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Mandatory registration of hedge fund advisers was supported by the largest hedge fund trade group, the Managed Funds Association ( MFA ), which announced its support for registration in testimony to a US congressional committee on May 7, 2009.

: Reno in congressional testimony stated that she authorized the FBI assault on the Branch Davidians because of reports that Militia groups were enroute to Waco during the standoff " either to help Davidian leader David Koresh or to attack him.

North's convictions were vacated, after the appeals court found that witnesses in his trial might have been impermissibly affected by his immunized congressional testimony.

To prepare for the expected defense challenge that North's testimony had been used, the prosecution team had-before North's congressional testimony had been given-listed and isolated all its evidence ; further, the individual members of the prosecution team had isolated themselves from news reports and discussion of North's testimony.

While the defense could show no specific instance where any part of North's congressional testimony was used in his trial, the Court of Appeals ruled that the trial judge had made an insufficient examination of the issue, and ordered North's convictions reversed.

Although it is widely reported that Puzo was inspired to use " Godfather " as a designator for a Mafia leader from his experience as a reporter, the term The Godfather was first used in connection with the Mafia during Joe Valachi's testimony during a 1963 United States congressional hearing on organized crime.

In congressional testimony in November Perry explained why U. S. troops should go to Bosnia: The war threatened vital U. S. political, economic, and security interests in Europe ; there was a real opportunity to stop the bloodshed ; the United States was the only nation that could lead a NATO force to implement the peace ; and the risks to the United States of allowing the war to continue were greater than the risks of the planned military operation.

He was a regular visitor to Capitol Hill and lobbied on behalf of veterans ' benefits in testimony before various congressional veteran affairs committees.

The House Rules provide that the Chairman of a Committee presides over its meetings, maintains decorum and ensures that the Committee adheres to the House Rules governing Committees and generally acts in an administrative role respective to such issues as determining salaries of committee staff, issuing congressional subpoenas for testimony and issuing committee reports.

In congressional testimony given in July 2008, Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody's Economy. com, provided estimates of the one-year multiplier effect for several fiscal policy options.

The qualifications and selection of Gunnery Sergeants in the " Old Corps " was explained in congressional testimony in 1912:

At the time of this congressional testimony there were 82 Gunnery Sergeants in the USMC.

In a letter to Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, Fielding claimed that " Mr. Rove, as an immediate presidential advisor, is immune from compelled congressional testimony about matters that arose during his tenure and that relate to his official duties in that capacity ...."

Rove's lawyer writes that his client is " constitutionally immune from compelled congressional testimony.

He is best known for his research in the field of climatology, his testimony on climate change to congressional committees in 1988 that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy of action to limit the impacts of climate change.

* Iraq weapons inspector David Kay's congressional testimony Iraq Survey Group Report on WMD in Iraq

In his testimony to the congressional committee studying the Iran – Contra affair, Vice Admiral John Poindexter stated: " I made a deliberate decision not to ask the President, so that I could insulate him from the decision and provide some future deniability for the President if it ever leaked out.

Biggs was investigated by Senate Democrats in 2005, while serving as Assistant Commissioner for the Social Security Administration, concerning whether he violated a federal ban on congressional lobbying by federal employees when he edited the prepared testimony for a lobbyist appearing before a Democratic Policy Committee Social Security hearing as alleged by John Stanton in Congress Daily.

After reviewing the report, following congressional testimony, the Obama administration decided to exclude Constellation from the 2011 United States federal budget.

First introduced into the United States Congress in 1999, a number of congressional committees have heard testimony on the bill ; however, it has not moved from committee and has yet to have any effect on the tax system.

A number of congressional committees have heard testimony on the FairTax, but it has not moved from committee since its introduction in 1999.

Members of the Board frequently testify before congressional committees such as this one.

Clemens firmly denied these allegations under oath before Congress, leading congressional leaders to refer his case to the Justice Department on suspicions of perjury.

Persons called before a congressional investigatory committee are entitled to the constitutional guarantees of individual rights, such as those in the Bill of Rights.

Bradley Belt, former executive director of the PBGC ( the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the federal agency that insures private-sector defined-benefit pension plans in the event of bankrupment ), testified before a congressional hearing in October 2004, “ I am particularly concerned with the temptation, and indeed, growing tendency, to use the pension insurance fund as a means to obtain an interest-free and risk-free loan to enable companies to restructure.

He maintained close contact with old congressional friends, and he spent many hours testifying before Senate and House committees.

Recognizing the congressional determination, with wide public support, to cut defense costs ( including winding down the Vietnam War ), Laird worked hard to prune budgetary requests before they went to Congress, and acceded to additional cuts when they could be absorbed without serious harm to national security.

While each state has plenary power to determine how it chooses its electors, it is unclear whether Article I, Section 10, Clause 3 of the Constitution requires congressional consent before this compact could take effect.

* Otis Wingo, member of the United States House of Representatives from Arkansas's 4th congressional district, practiced law in De Queen before his congressional career.

* Frank C. Osmers, Jr. ( 1907 – 1977 ), served on the Haworth Borough Council from 1930 – 1934 and as mayor in 1935 and 1936, before representing New Jersey's 9th congressional district from 1939 – 1943 and 1951-1965.

On February 25, 1998, Wolfowitz testified before a congressional committee that he thought that " the best opportunity to overthrow Saddam was, unfortunately, lost in the month right after the war.

Less than two weeks before the 1942 midterm congressional election, columnist Drew Pearson's nationally-syndicated column ( Washington Merry-Go-Round ) described in detail how in 1939 Fish had received over $ 3, 100 in cash from a source with German ties.

To ensure congressional approval of proposed DOD budget requests, both President Truman and Secretary Johnson demanded public acquiescence, if not outright support, from the Joint Chiefs of Staff ( JCS ) and other military department commanders when making public statements or testifying before Congress ..

The committee, disapproving of Johnson's " summary manner " of terminating the carrier and failure to consult congressional committees before acting, stated that " national defense is not strictly an executive department undertaking ; it involves not only the Congress but the American people as a whole speaking through their Congress.

In 1970, the Maine senator was chosen to articulate the Democratic party's message to congressional voters before the midterm elections.

During his short tenure, Richardson spent much time testifying before congressional committees on the proposed FY 1974 budget and other Defense matters.

Even before statehood he was writing legislation ( sponsored by other congressional representatives ), such as the Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act of 1956.

He was called to testify before several congressional committees and served as an energy adviser to President Jimmy Carter.

About 100 Public Affairs Bulletins were generated before congressional appropriators ended their production in 1951.

When the Congressional Research Service Review was launched in 1980, it continued for a little more than a decade before congressional appropriators, once again, invoked fiscal closure.

After losing the Democratic nomination to Gray Davis, she briefly taught public policy and international relations at UCLA before running for and winning her old congressional seat in the 2000 election.

Res 33, which would require congressional approval before any incursion into Iran, and H. R.

In 1981, Wise started a career in the West Virginia Senate before being elected in 1982 to the U. S. House of Representatives from West Virginia's 3rd congressional district.