In the judgment of Chief of Staff Scott it was ironic that the draft policy of a Democratic President, aimed at Germany, had to be pushed through the House of Representatives by the ranking minority member of the Military Affairs Committee -- a Republican Jew born in Germany!!

All but two of my nine terms in the House of Representatives has been served under the Speakership of Sam Rayburn.

I pay my personal tribute to Sam Rayburn, stalwart Texan and great American, not only because today he establishes a record of having served as Speaker of the House of Representatives more than twice as long as Henry Clay, but because of the contributions he has made to the welfare of the people of the Nation during his almost half century of service as a Member of Congress.

Sam Rayburn is one of the greatest American public figures in the history of our country and I consider that I have been singly honored in the privilege of knowing Sam Rayburn and sharing with him the rights and obligations of a Member of the House of Representatives in the Congress of the United States.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Act of July 3, 1952 ( 66 Stat. 328 ) as amended ( 42 U.S.C. 1952-1958 ), is further amended to read as follows: Section 1.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to make or cause to be made a study covering -- ( 1 )

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to establish and maintain a program of stabilization payments to small domestic producers of lead and zinc ores and concentrates in order to stabilize the mining of lead and zinc by small domestic producers on public, Indian, and other lands as provided in this Act.

This section prevents the military departments and the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization from carrying out certain transactions involving real property unless they come into agreement with the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Rep. James Cotten of Weatherford insisted that a water development bill passed by the Texas House of Representatives was an effort by big cities like Dallas and Fort Worth to cover up places like Paradise, a Wise County hamlet of 250 people.

Henry Hall Wilson, a student at the music camp 25 years ago and now on the President's staff as liaison representative with the House of Representatives, turned guest conductor for a Sousa march, the `` Stars and Stripes Forever ''.

Reared in a poor family on the western frontier, Lincoln was mostly self-educated, and became a country lawyer, a Whig Party leader, Illinois state legislator during the 1830s, and a one-term member of the United States House of Representatives during the 1840s.

He served four successive terms in the Illinois House of Representatives as a Whig representative from Sangamon County.

In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, where he served one two-year term.

This first attempt at an amendment failed to pass, falling short of the required two-thirds majority on June 15, 1864, in the House of Representatives.

* 1929 – Huey P. Long Governor of Louisiana is impeached by the Louisiana House of Representatives.

* 1991 – Takako Doi, chair of the Social Democratic Party, becomes Japan's first female speaker of the House of Representatives.

The bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate ( seventeen-member body appointed by the Governor General ) and the House of Representatives ( seventeen seats ; members are elected by proportional representation to serve five-year terms ).

The most recent elections to the House of Representatives were held on 12 March 2009.

The Antigua Labour Party has seven seats in the House of Representatives.

The House of Representatives has 18 members, elected for a two year term, 17 in single-seat constituencies and one by a public meeting on Swain Island.

* 1789 – In New York City, the United States House of Representatives holds its first quorum and elects Frederick Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania as its first House Speaker.

Johnson's reconstruction policies failed to promote the rights of the Freedmen ( newly freed slaves ), and he came under vigorous political attack from Republicans, ending in his impeachment by the U. S. House of Representatives ; he was acquitted by the U. S. Senate.

He was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, where he served a total of five terms.

The Radicals in the House of Representatives impeached him in 1868 ( a first for a U. S. president ), charging him with violating the Tenure of Office Act, when he sought to remove his Secretary of War without Senate approval ; his trial in the Senate ended in an acquittal by a single vote.

In his journal for November 6, 1860, he wrote: " At Town House, and cast my vote for Lincoln and the Republican candidates generally — the first vote I ever cast for a President and State officers.

Taking the title " Margrave of Brandenburg ", he pressed the " crusade " against the Wends, extended the area of his mark, encouraged German migration, established bishoprics under his protection, and so became the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg in 1157, which his heirs — the House of Ascania — held until the line died out in 1320.

A private member's bill — the Succession to the Crown Bill — was introduced in the House of Lords in December 2004.

United Airlines Flight 93 crashed into a field as flight attendants and passengers — who had heard about the other three hijacked planes ramming into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon — fought hijackers who were likely flying to crash the plane either into the White House or the United States Capitol.

Abiathar's removal from the Priesthood fulfilled that other part of the curse on the House of Eli — that the Priesthood would pass out of the House of Eli.

* " The House of Marcus Lycus " — Lycus and Pseudolus

For instance, since 2006, annual Canada Day celebrations have been held at Trafalgar Square — the location of Canada House — in London, England ; initiated by the Canadian community in the United Kingdom, endorsed by the Canadian High Commission, and organised by a private promotions company, the event features Canadian performers and a demonstration of street hockey, among other activities.

It is largely based on the British Westminster System, adopting many of its practices and precedents, but with a similar structure — House of Representatives, and Senate — to the U. S. Congress.

The kingdom ruled by Kenneth's descendants — older works used the name House of Alpin to describe them but descent from Kenneth was the defining factor, Irish sources referring to Clann Cináeda meic Ailpín (" the Clan of Kenneth MacAlpin ") — lay to the south of the previously dominant kingdom of Fortriu, centred in the lands around the River Tay.

* ( Hanukkah ) is also the Hebrew acronym for — " Eight candles, and the halakha is like the House of Hillel ".

This is a reference to the disagreement between two rabbinical schools of thought — the House of Hillel and the House of Shammai — on the proper order in which to light the Hanukkah flames.

Being declared a Covenant-breaker is done by the head of the Faith — which since 1963 refers to the elected nine-member Universal House of Justice, the governing body of the Bahá ' ís.

* Disciples Divinity House of the University of Chicago — Chicago, Illinois

* Disciples Divinity House at Vanderbilt University — Nashville, Tennessee

The Bourbon monarchy was destroyed by the French people in 1792 — it would be restored after Napoleon, then destroyed again with the Restoration of the House of Bonaparte.

In the pilot, Banacek's car pulls into his Beacon Hill home, the historic Second Harrison Gray Otis House located at 85 Mount Vernon Street.

At the same time liberal democracies i. e. countries Freedom House regards as free and respectful of basic human rights and the rule of law are 85 in number and represent 38 percent of the global population.

House: 333 – 85

The House of Savoy ruled unified Italy for 85 years with Victor Emmanuel II, Umberto I, Victor Emmanuel III, and Umberto II as monarchs.

The Senate only can pass or reject laws in full ( Article 85 ), defended by the responsible minister or by members of the House of Representatives having taken the initiative to propose the law ; however, in practice it can send the proposal back asking for a novelle to be passed by the House of Representatives, in fact an amendment of law.

He served in the Virginia House of Delegates ( 1779 – 81, 1783 – 85, 1796 – 1800 ) and in the United States Senate ( 1792 – 94, 1803, 1822 – 24 ).

* 2010 Republican Jim Landtroop, an insurance agent in Plainview, is elected as the District 85 member of the Texas House of Representatives, after having lost the 2006 legislative contest to Joseph P. Heflin of Crosby County.

Former Crosby County administrative County Judge Joseph P. Heflin represented District 85 in the Texas House of Representatives from 2007-2011.

He served in the Virginia House of Delegates ( 1779 – 81, 1783 – 85, 1796 – 1800 ) and in the United States Senate ( 1792 – 94, 1803, 1822 – 24 ).

This Italian tricolour, defaced with the armorial bearings of the former Royal House of Savoy was the first national flag and lasted in that form for 85 years until the birth of the Italian Republic in 1946.

Subsequently he sat for Colchester, 1850 – 57 ; for North Leicestershire, 1857 – 85 ; and for Melton from 1885 until, in 1888, he took his seat in the House of Lords upon succeeding to the dukedom.

* Chris Van Hollen ( MPP ’ 85 )-member, U. S. House of Representatives, 8th District of Maryland

* Todd Eachus ' 85, former majority leader, Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Image: 2nd Harrison Gray Otis House. jpg | 2nd Harrison Gray Otis House, 85 Mount Vernon Street

Subsequently, he was a member of the House of Assembly for the 1780 / 81 and 1781 / 82 sessions, and returned to the Legislative Council, for three sessions from 1782 / 83 through 1784 / 85.

After 85 years of monarchy, with 12, 717, 923 votes for and 10, 719, 284 votes against, Italy became a Republic, and the monarchs of the House of Savoy were deposed and exiled.

* Dennis House ’ 85: Emmy Award-winning journalist for Eyewitness News at CBS affiliate WFSB TV-3 in Hartford, CT

He died on 15 December 1985 at the age of 85 at the State House due to health complications.

These include the opera ' The Fall of the House of Usher ' ( 1915 – 17 ), first performed at the Bregenzer Festspiele on 7 August 2006 in a production by Phyllida Lloyd and now available on DVD Capriccio 93517 ; No-ja-li ou Le Palais du Silence '( 1914 ), first performed in Los Angeles on 8 May 2006, conducted by Ransom Wilson ; ' Fetes galantes ' ( 1915 ); ' La Saulaie ' ( 1899 – 1900 ); ' Nocturne ' for Violin and Orchestra ( 1893 – 96 ); ' Poeme ' for Violin and Orchestra ( 1910 – 14 ); as well as orchestrations of ' Diane au bois ' ( 1881 – 85 ); the ' Proses lyriques ' ( 1892 – 93 ); the ' Chansons de Blitis ' ( 1898 ) and the ' Second Suite Bergamasque ' ( 1904 ).

In his decade in Congress, McEwen compiled a conservative voting record, usually scoring in the single digits in the annual Americans for Democratic Action ratings and 85 % or higher in the American Conservative Union's similar polls, though McEwen was never one of the most conservative Republicans in the House nor the most conservative Republican in the Ohio delegation.

On February 22, 1928, 85 percent of Broward County's residents gathered for a ceremony in which President Calvin Coolidge was to push a button from the White House detonating explosives to remove the rock barrier separating the harbor from the Atlantic Ocean.

* On February 22, 1928, 85 percent of Broward County's residents gathered for a ceremony in which President Calvin Coolidge was to push a button from the White House detonating explosives to remove the rock barrier separating the harbor from the ocean.