Section Four gives to state legislatures the power to set the " times, Places and Manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives ," but provides for Congressional oversight of elections.

Congressional oversight over the AEC was exercised by the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, which had considerable power in influencing AEC decisions and policy.

Regulatory capture can be countered only by vigorous public scrutiny and Congressional oversight, but in the 32 years since Three Mile Island, interest in nuclear regulation has declined precipitously.

However, Congressional oversight of this local government still exists, and locally elected officials ' powers could theoretically be revoked at any time.

Congressional oversight is intended to prevent waste and fraud, protect civil liberties and individual rights, ensure executive compliance with the law, gather information for making laws and educating the public, and evaluate executive performance.

Dingell is well known, and often feared, for his vigorous approach to Congressional oversight of the executive branch.

But in December, Hoffa sent letters to the Securities and Exchange Commission, state Attorneys General, state insurance officials and Congressional leaders on financial industry oversight calling on regulators to review the questionable promotion of credit default swaps for bonds of YRCW.

The public contest led to U. S. Congressional oversight committee hearings chaired by Congressman Howard Wolpe, which issued subpoenas to DOJ principals despite several instances of DOJ's refusal to comply.

A six-member bipartisan Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, colloquially known as the " Franking Commission ," is responsible for oversight and regulation of the franking privilege in the Congress.

The NSA program itself is being reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee as to whether it sidesteps the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and after The Times articles, the Administration changed its procedures, allowing for more safeguards and more Congressional and judicial oversight.

Bodies such as the War Claims Commission, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Federal Trade Commission — all quasi-judicial often have direct Congressional oversight.

Since then, Nixon's successors have sometimes asserted that they may act in the interests of national security or that executive privilege shields them from Congressional oversight.

As a result of a full-scale Congressional investigation, the seventieth Congress in 1928 directed the establishment of a Board of Officers to provide oversight of the storage conditions of explosives.

*" that Congress reorganize itself to accommodate this Executive Branch realignment, and that it also form a special select committee for homeland security to provide Congressional support and oversight in this critical area "

Additionally, the committee has oversight of the Congressional Budget Office.

Congressional leaders also renamed the Committee and five of its subcommittees to emphasize its new commitment to oversight responsibilities, and added a subcommittee on transparency.

Since the November 2006 elections, The Washington Post published a series of investigative articles on the poor Congressional oversight of government contracts.

During Reconstruction the Constitutional clause was the legal foundation for the extensive Congressional control over the eleven former Confederate states ; there was no such oversight over the border slave states that had remained in the Union.

While Director of Central Intelligence Porter Goss has not submitted a formal damage assessment to Congressional oversight committees, the CIA's Directorate of Operations did conduct a serious and aggressive investigation.

Regulatory capture can be countered only by vigorous public scrutiny and Congressional oversight, but in the 32 years since Three Mile Island, interest in nuclear regulation has declined precipitously.

As a result of a full-scale Congressional investigation, Congress directed the establishment of the Armed Forces Explosives Safety Board to provide oversight on every aspect of explosives under the control of the US Armed Forces.

As a result of a full-scale Congressional investigation, Congress directed the establishment of the Armed Forces Explosives Safety Board to provide oversight on every aspect of explosives under the control of the US Armed Forces.

Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, Adams was appointed to the United States Naval Academy from the state's second Congressional district in 1931, and graduated in 1935 with an appointment to the rank of ensign.

* The Importance of Foreign-born Scientists and Engineers to the Security of The United States: A Congressional Report, submitted by the National Academy of Engineering

McKim was a member of the Congressional commission for the improvement of the Washington park system, the New York Art Commission, the Accademia di San Lucca ( Rome, 1899 ), the American Academy in Rome and the Architectural League.

law degrees from NYU and the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1882, a Congressional medal for directing the U. S. expedition to photograph the 1874 transit of Venus, and election to both the National Academy of Sciences and the Astronomische Gesellschaft.

NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal, NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal, Two NASA Space Flight Medals, 1990 Congressional Hispanic Caucus Award, Awarded Aviation Week & Space Technology Aerospace Laureate in Space and Missiles for 1991, Hispanic Engineer magazine 1992 Hispanic Engineer of the Year National Achievement Award, Aviation Week and Space Technology Citation for Aerospace Laureate in Space and Missiles for 1994, 1994 selected by Hispanic Business magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics, selected by Hispanic Magazine for the 1995 Hispanic Achievement Award in Science, 1995 inductee into the International Space Hall of Fame, Distinguished Graduate of the USAF Academy ; awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal, the Air Force Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, National Defense Service Medal, and Air Training Command Master Instructor.

The Academy holds a Congressional charter under Title 36 of the United States Code ( 42 USC 20301 et seq.

The Academy was incorporated under the laws of the State of New York in 1914, which factors in decision-making which resulted in Congressional approval in 1916.

His dismissal from the Naval Academy was the lone black mark against him ; however, his Congressional Gold Medal and service as commanding officer of the Bear were all points in his favor.

He was promoted to sergeant in January 1958, prior to receiving Congressional appointment to the U. S. Military Academy, sponsored by Senator Henry Dworshak of Idaho.

A native of Maysville, Georgia, McDonald originally sought to go to the United States Military Academy, receiving a nomination from Representative Thomas Montgomery Bell of the 9th Congressional District.

Other previous positions include assignment to the United States National Academy of Sciences as co-director of the US-China Education Clearinghouse, adviser to the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, and consultant to numerous U. S. government agencies and private sector organizations.

A unified concept can serve as a guide to budgeting and, if public support is gained, will command Congressional support.

`` My personal view is that not one patented invention in ten is worth making '', he later told a Congressional committee.

Chronicles was formerly presumed to represent the source-material whence Samuel and Kings were composed ; that is, the kings ' official Day-Books, much like the U. S. Congressional Record of modern times.

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.

The System does not require public funding, and derives its authority and purpose from the Federal Reserve Act, which was passed by Congress in 1913 and is subject to Congressional modification or repeal.

Tolson is buried a few yards away from Hoover in the Congressional Cemetery.

Moxie is mentioned in the independent film Man with a Plan ( 1996 ), as the favorite beverage of the titular dairy farmer and Congressional candidate.

In addition, this is reiterated by an April 2000 CRS report by the Congressional Research Service, this report asserts that citizens born in Puerto Rico, are legally defined as natural born citizens and are, therefore, also eligible to be elected President of the United States.

At the Federal level, the two U. S. Senators from Texas are Republicans John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison ; Paris is part of Texas ' US Congressional 4th District, which is currently represented by Republican Ralph M. Hall.

* Colegrove v. Green, – Apportionment of Congressional districts is a political question by Baker v. Carr ;

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

Although the Sixteenth Amendment is often cited as the " source " of the Congressional power to tax incomes, at least one court has reiterated the point made in Brushaber and other cases that the Sixteenth Amendment itself did not grant the Congress the power to tax incomes, a power the Congress had since 1789, but only removed the possible requirement that any income tax be apportioned among the states according to their respective populations.

** The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is established by the 5 Latinos in the United States Congress: Herman Badillo of the Bronx, E. de la Garza and Henry B. Gonzalez of Texas, Edward R. Roybal of California, and the nonvoting Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, Baltasar Corrada del Rio.

** Democrats sweep the U. S. Congressional midterm elections ; Ronald Reagan is reelected governor of California ; Jimmy Carter is elected governor of Georgia.

He is buried in Washington, D. C .' s Congressional Cemetery.

* Clay is one of the many senators honored with a cenotaph in the Congressional Cemetery.

The entirety of Greene County is in the 20th Congressional District, and is represented by Chris Gibson.

A sweeping Republican victory in the 1866 Congressional elections in the North gave the Radical Republicans enough control of Congress to override Johnson's vetoes and began what is called " Radical Reconstruction " in 1867.

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 ).

Congressional authority to enact such a law is twofold: Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the United States Constitution and Section 3 of the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution.

At the federal level, the majority of Montgomery is part of the 2nd U. S. Congressional district, currently represented by Republican Martha Roby.