saw the replacement of the six consular tribunes with five officials with distinct functions: the head of state became the two consuls, who would wage Rome ’ s wars and lead the Senate's deliberations.

After retiring from the NHL, Stein served in Washington as special counsel to the U. S. Senate's Select Committee on Intelligence, and subsequently as Special Assistant to U. S. Senator Arlen Specter, who was then serving as vice chairman of the Commission looking into the effectiveness of U. S. government agencies in dealing with the threat of weapons of mass destruction, a commission appointed by President Clinton.

" President Bush stated that the Senate's interest in internal White House documents " would undermine a president's ability to receive candid counsel " and that he had " reluctantly accepted " her request.

As outgoing Republican chairman during the last months of the Herbert Hoover presidency, Norbeck appointed Ferdinand Pecora as Chief Counsel to the U. S. Senate's Committee on Banking and Currency.

In 1933, the smooth and affable Kahn successfully disarmed antagonism against members of the banking community during four days of testimony before the United States Senate's Pecora Commission hearings into the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

" His congressional colleague, Henry Wise, later wrote that White's " patriotism and firmness " as the Senate's president pro tempore was key to resolving the Nullification Crisis.

After nearly 20 years of slavish adherence to the Roman Senate's dictats, Philip had been goaded beyond endurance by the incessant and devastating raiding of the Dardani, a warlike Thraco-Illyrian tribe on his northern border, which his treaty-limited army was too small to counter effectively.

:::( 2 ) President of the Republic may be prosecuted for high treason at the Constitutional Court based on the Senate's suit.

For the impeachment of any other official, the Constitution is silent on who shall preside, suggesting that this role falls to the Senate's usual presiding officer.

* In 1999, as chair of the Senate's subcommittee on patents, he played a pivotal role in extending patents for several drugs, most significantly allergy medication Claritin, to prevent the marketing of less-expensive generics.

Attaining the support of the Senate can be more difficult as government usually lacks an absolute majority because the Senate's representation is based on overall proportion of votes and often includes minor parties.

Implementation of this provision ran into practical problems because neither the Senator's staff, nor the Senate's Committee on Labor and Human Resources, nor the Department of Justice could propose a definition of what would constitute a " course of instruction the substance of which is Secular Humanism ".

The Senate's 31 members are appointed by the President: 16 on the advice of the prime minister, six on the advice of the leader of the opposition, and nine independents selected by the President from among outstanding members of the community.

The Senate's version of the Whistleblower Protection Act ( S. 274 ), which has significant bipartisan support, was approved by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 13, 2007.

The Constitution forbids the Senate to originate or amend a money bill, but places no limitation on the Senate's ability to defeat one.

Octavian himself resigned shortly after, allowing the appointment of a second pair of suffect consuls ( the original consuls for the year, Caesar's legate Aulus Hirtius and Gaius Vibius Pansa Caetronianus, had died fighting on the Senate's side of the first civil war to follow Caesar's death, that between the Senate and Mark Antony himself ).

On July 8,, discussing his career before the United States Senate's Estes Kefauver committee on baseball's antitrust status, he made this observation: " I had many years that I was not so successful as a ballplayer, as it is a game of skill.

He himself had broken with tradition on previous occasions and his effort to reverse the Senate's appointment of Sulla as commander of the Mithridatic War was highly questionable under Roman constitutional tradition.

This action in itself was a source of controversy and debate continues on the proper usage of the Senate's ability to block supply and on whether such a power should even exist.

The Senate's proposal would have conferred a broad array of rights on patients.

The U. S. Senate's subcommittee on tax haven banks has charged that the documents and information provided by Heinrich Kieber show that the LGT bank which is owned by the princely family, on whose board it serves and " is a willing partner, and an aider and abettor to clients trying to evade taxes, dodge creditors or defy court orders.

The head of the USPTO is David J. Kappos, who was sworn in on August 13, 2009 following the United States Senate's confirmation of his appointment by President Barack Obama.

President Obama said he would consider making recess appointments to the NLRB due to the Senate's failure to move on any of the three nominations.

In May 2005, the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, chaired by Coleman, held hearings on their investigation of abuses of the UN Oil-for-Food program, including oil smuggling, illegal kickbacks and use of surcharges, and Saddam Hussein's use of oil vouchers for the purpose of buying influence abroad.

After Sulla left Rome again for Nola, Sulpicius ( after receiving a promise from Marius to wipe out his enormous debts ) called an assembly to reverse the Senate's decision on Sulla's command, transferring it to Marius.

Sulla justified his actions on the grounds that the Senate had been neutered and the mos maiorum (" the way of the elders "/" the traditional way ", which amounted to a Roman constitution though none of it was codified as such ) had been offended by the Senate's negation of the rights of the year's consuls to fight the year's wars.

An image of this window served as the theme of the Senate's web page from about 2002 to 2006.

Wanniski's 1978 book, The Way The World Works, documented his theory that the US Senate's floor votes on the Smoot-Hawley tariff legislation coincided day-to-day with the Wall Street stock market Crash of 1929, and that the Great Depression was the result of the Smoot-Hawley tariff, rather than any failure of classical economics.

If the neighborhood is considered, as according to some definitions, to extend to 23rd Street as its northern boundary, it also encompasses parts of the New York State Senate's 29th district ( represented by State Senator Thomas Duane ), New York City Council's 4th district ( represented by Daniel Garodnick ), and Manhattan Community Board 6.

Under the monarchy, the Senate possessed very little power and authority as the king held most of the political power of the state and could exercise those powers without the Senate's consent.

Under the Senate's seniority rules, he was next in line for the chairmanship and there was no significant effort to deny him the post, which he held until his retirement.

* Debates-Issue 44-April 6, 2000 ( Senate's Second Reading debate about the passage of specific powers to the House of Commons ; notable because the Senate is a co-equal body )

In 2003 the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings about tax shelters which are entitled U. S. tax shelter industry: the role of accountants, lawyers, and financial professionals.

Gray's Senate confirmation hearing was to become the Senate's first opportunity to ask pertinent questions about the Watergate investigation.

The Senate's Special Committee on Atomic Energy met about six months after the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, where it held its first public hearing, and later became the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.

The episode debuted a month after the House impeached Clinton, but less than two weeks before the Senate's impeach / acquit vote, so an air of uncertainty lingered over an otherwise lightweight episode about Homer organizing a Super Bowl trip.

* Constitution ( Amendment No. 13 ) Act ( 23 July 1928 ): This amendment extended the Senate's power of delay over legislation from 9 months to 20 months.

On May 11, 1864, Illinois Senator Lyman Trumbull, Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, received the Senate's permission to discharge Senate ( Joint ) Resolution No. 25 from the Committee, with no action having been taken on Anthony's joint resolution.

In July, Jacobson announced that he would not seek the Senate's top job and settled for the No. 2 spot as president pro tempore, allowing Senator Bill Harris to take the top slot.

No official tally of the Senate's vote was published.

By moving the centre of government ( more or less formally ) to the imperial court, Domitian openly rendered the Senate's powers obsolete.

Although this was probably originally intended to avoid a situation where the Vice President was presiding over a debate that could ultimately result in his promotion to the presidency ( were the President convicted and removed from office ), it also prevents a possibly more likely contemporary scenario, where a President accused of some offense is being tried by the Senate presided over by a Vice President who may well be sympathetic to the President, reducing the independence of the Senate's consideration of the delicate question of whether to remove a sitting chief executive.

The Senate's powers over financial bills are more restricted: it may veto them in their entirety, but may not amend them.

The Senate's powers over financial bills are more restricted: it may veto them in their entirety, but may not amend them.

While the Assembly's apportionment strongly favors New York City, Buffalo, Rochester and the Capital District, the Senate's apportionment strongly favors the more conservative Upstate.

However, at the same time, the Senate's powers would be reduced and more Commons seats for the populous provinces would be added to that chamber, to justify the equality of the Senate.

In 2003 Duquesne was elected to the Senate once more, served as Chairman of the Senate's Committee on Agriculture and Small Businesses, but he resigned in 2004 upon election to the European Parliament, in which he served 2004 – 2009.

United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions ( more commonly referred to as the Plum Book ) is a publication of the United States Senate's Committee on Governmental Affairs and the House of Representatives ' Committee on Government Reform.