Congressional members have tried repeatedly to relocate the Congress back to Santiago, where it operated until the Chilean Coup of 1973, but have not been successful.

Going before the Congressional subcommittee, he proceeded to charm the members with his drawings and the force of his personality.

* Congressional Progressive Caucus, members within the Democratic Party in the United States Congress dedicated to the advancment of progressive issues and positions

* Powell v. McCormack, – Congressional authority to exclude members who have met qualifications to serve is not a political question ;

Other cabinet secretaries backed Lansing's request, as did Congressional leaders, including members of both the Democratic and Republican parties who sent private communications to Marshall.

" The committee found that the KCIA decided to use the Unification Church as a political tool within the United States and that some Unification Church members worked as volunteers in Congressional offices.

As dictated by southern Congressional members the route ran from St. Louis, Missouri through Arkansas, Oklahoma Indian Territory, Texas, New Mexico Territory, and across the Sonora Desert before ending in San Francisco, California.

Such rules are often criticized because they abridge freedom of speech, which is normally given extremely high value when exercised by members of legislative or decision-making bodies ( see Parliamentary privilege and Congressional immunity ).

The McCarthy Cold War era had taken a heavy toll on the Communist Party USA, as many American members were called to testify to Congressional committees.

The annual Congressional Juneteenth Reception, hosted by members of Congress at the U. S. Capitol, was established as a part of the Washington Juneteenth National Holiday Observance.

* Congressional Black Caucus, an organization of African American members of the Congress of the United States

In February 2006, Sanchez withdrew from the Congressional Hispanic Caucus's political action committee, along with 5 other members, because the caucus chairman, Joe Baca, authorized political contributions to members of his family who were running for state and local offices in California.

Johnson believed that Congressional business was too slow and tedious, and that the per diem system of compensation encouraged delays on the part of members.

The Italian American Congressional Delegation currently includes 30 members of Congress who are of Italian descent.

Because of questions raised by the State of Nevada and Congressional members about the quality of the science behind Yucca Mountain, the Department of Energy announced on March 31, 2006 the selection of Oak Ridge Associated Universities / Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education ( a not-for-profit consortium that includes 96 doctoral degree-granting institutions and 11 associate member universities ) to provide expert reviews of scientific and technical work on the Yucca Mountain Project.

However, during votes, the House subway is restricted to Congressional members only.

The Investigative Project on Terrorism reported that on August 7, 2007, a Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ) agent testified at the Holy Land Foundation trial that CAIR was " listed as a member of the Muslim Brotherhood's Palestine Committee ", that it had received money from the Foundation ( conflicting with Nihad Awad's Congressional testimony ), and that co-founders Awad and Omar Ahmad were " listed as individual members the Brotherhood Palestine Committee in America.

In 1941, a judiciary panel investigating the activities of Nazi agents in the U. S., sent officers to the Washington headquarters of an anti-British organization, the Islands for War Debts Committee, to seize eight bags of franked Congressional mail containing speeches by isolationist members of Congress.

In that prior instance, the Congress passed a law ( over the veto of the then-President ) that required the President to secure Congressional approval for the removal of Cabinet members and other executive branch officers.

She also served as treasurer of the Congressional Club, a group composed of the wives of congressmen and Cabinet members.

Of the many Congressional caucuses, one of the best-known is the Congressional Black Caucus, a group of African-American members of Congress.

Another prominent example is the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, whose members voice and advance issues affecting Hispanics in the United States, including Puerto Rico.

When not on the House floor, Johnson, in Washington without wife Eliza, shunned social functions in favor of increased self study and reading in the Congressional library.

During a Congressional recess, Johnson died from a stroke near Elizabethton, Tennessee, on July 31, 1875.

FBI pressure on Chaplin grew after his 1942 campaign for a second European front in the war and reached a critical level in the late 1940s, when Congressional figures threatened to call him as a witness in hearings.

The census of the Philippines is enumerated every 5 years ( beginning on 1960, except in 2005 where it was moved to 2007 due to budgetary constraints ) and the results are used to allocate Congressional seats ( congressional apportionment ) and government program funding.

An influential report on Contra atrocities was issued by lawyer Reed Brody shortly before the 1985 U. S. Congressional vote on Contra aid.

It depended on emergency and temporary Congressional legislation for its existence.

" After Congressional phone lines were flooded by organized anti-gay opposition, President Clinton backed off on his campaign promise to repeal the ban in favor of DADT.

Congressional and first-round presidential elections were held on May 31, 1998.

* Congressional testimony on technologies for detecting go-fast boats

According to White House and Congressional Budget Office figures, the maximum share of income that enrollees would have to pay for the " silver " healthcare plan would vary depending on their income relative to the federal poverty level, as follows: for families with income 133 – 150 % of FPL will be 3-4 % of income, for families with income of 150 – 200 % of FPL will be 4-6. 3 % of income, for families with income 200 – 250 % of FPL will be 6. 3-8. 05 % of income, for families with income 250-300 % of FPL will be 8. 05-9. 5 % of income, for families with income from 300 to 400 % of FPL will be 9. 5 % of income.

In May 2007, a bill entitled the " Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act, or STOCK Act " was introduced that would hold congressional and federal employees liable for stock trades they made using information they gained through their jobs and also regulate analysts or " Political Intelligence " firms that research government activities.

In recognition of his achievements on and off the field, Robinson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal.

President Ronald Reagan posthumously awarded Robinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom on March 26, 1984, and on March 2, 2005, President George W. Bush gave Robinson's widow the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian award bestowed by Congress ; Robinson was only the second baseball player to receive the award, after Roberto Clemente.

Cannon declined to run in the 1922 Congressional election, and retired at the end of his last term in 1923 ; he was featured on the cover of the first issue of Time magazine on the last day of his last term in office.

In 2007, Jones served as chairman of the Congressional Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq, which investigated the capabilities of the Iraqi police and armed forces.

Nancy and her husband were jointly awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on May 16, 2002 at the Capitol, and were only the third President and First Lady to receive it ; she accepted the medal on behalf of both of them.

Similarly introduced on the last day of the Congressional session four years later, the Act of March 3, 1855 required the prepayment of postage on all mailings.

* 1985 – Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa and other musicians testify at U. S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.

In 1977 he was assigned to the Office of the Chief of Staff, Army where he served on the Congressional Activities Team, and subsequently as an Executive Assistant.

As a result of this debate the Congressional Board of War was created, on which Mifflin served from 1777 to 1778.