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committee and disapproving
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.

committee and Johnson's
According to the historian David O. Stewart, Cornelius Wendell led an acquittal committee, which met in the Astor House in New York ; it collected a bribery fund of up to $ 150, 000 to influence Senators into voting for Johnson's acquittal.
Many of the men involved with Johnson's acquittal committee were friends of Secretary William Seward, Johnson's strongest ally on his Presidential Cabinet.
By a majority of one member ( 29 – 28 ) the committee voted to certify Johnson's nomination, with the last vote cast on Johnson's behalf by Temple, Texas, publisher Frank W. Mayborn, who rushed back to Texas from a business trip in Nashville, Tennessee.
Johnson's brilliant handling of the press, the efficiency with which his committee issued new reports, and the fact that he ensured every report was endorsed unanimously by the committee all brought him headlines and national attention.
These petitions were referred to Johnson's committee, and in response, Johnson, a practicing Baptist, drafted a report now commonly referred to as " The Sunday Mail Report ".
On cancellation of the supercarrier, the committee questioned the qualifications of the Army and Air Force chiefs of staff, who had testified in support of Johnson's decision, to determine vessels appropriate for the Navy.
In 1961, President Kennedy signed Executive Order 10925 which enabled a presidential committee on equal opportunity, which was soon followed by President Johnson's Executive Order 11246.
Powell's committee proved extremely effective in enacting major parts of President Kennedy's " New Frontier " and President Johnson's " Great Society " social programs and the War on Poverty.
On cancellation of the supercarrier, the committee questioned the qualifications of the army and air force chiefs of staff, who had testified in support of Johnson's decision, to determine vessels appropriate for the navy.
During his 2007 campaign for the Assembly, Johnson's contributions to Lyndon LaRouche's political action committee became a subject of criticism.

committee and summary
It must publish all information regarding the meeting, including committee name, the time, place, and purpose of the meeting, and a summary of the agenda.
Additionally, if any part of the meeting is closed to the public, The notice must include the committee name ; the time, place and purpose of the meeting ; a summary of the agenda ; and if any portion of the meeting is closed, the reason and exemption ( s ) in the Government in the Sunshine Act that apply.
According to the CRS, " The LIS ... provides bill summary and status, full text of legislation and public laws, full text of committee reports, hearings, and other documents, and the Congressional Record for the current and earlier Congresses.
In addition to corporate executive committee members mentioned in the summary information box
* summary records of committee meetings,
The committee did not change any of the earlier recommendations but did alter some of the language in an executive summary of the findings.
The committee finds that the full IPCC Working Group I ( WGI ) report is an admirable summary of research activities in climate science, and the full report is adequately summarized in the Technical Summary.

committee and manner
As a result, Pissarro worked in the traditional and prescribed manner in order to satisfy the tastes of its official committee.
Representatives were chosen in the following manner: Local caucuses in each of the 59 districts sent forward the names of three nominees, whose credentials were reviewed by a cabinet committee.
In January 1941, Davis became the first female president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences but antagonized the committee members with her brash manner and radical proposals.
President Roosevelt opposed this revision to Section 16 and wrote Glass thatthe old abuses would come back if underwriting were restored in any shape, manner, or form .” In the conference committee that reconciled differences between the House and Senate passed versions of the Banking Act of 1935, Glass ’ s language amending Section 16 was removed.
Whatever legislation, if any, the conference committee finalizes must then be approved in an unamendable " take-it-or-leave-it " manner by both chambers.
On 30 September 1840, the first stone of the column was laid by Charles Davison Scott, honorary secretary of the committee ( and son of Nelson's secretary, John Scott ), at a ceremony conducted, according to the Nautical Magazine, " in a private manner, owing to the noblemen and gentlemen comprising the committee being absent from town ".
The committee can in no way condone this manner of deciding public questions.
He was guilty of the greatest extortions upon prisoners, and, according to a committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the state of English gaols, arbitrarily and unlawfully loaded with irons, put into dungeons, and destroyed prisoners for debt, treating them in the most barbarous and cruel manner, in high violation and contempt of the laws.
On 12 June 1775, the Rhode Island General Assembly, meeting at East Greenwich, passed a resolution, which created the first formal, governmentally authorized navy in the Western Hemisphere: “ It is voted and resolved, that the committee of safety be, and they are hereby, directed to charter two suitable vessels, for the use of the colony, and fit out the same in the best manner, to protect the trade of this colony ... “ That the largest of the said vessels be manned with eighty men, exclusive of officers ; and be equipped with ten guns, four-pounders ; fourteen swivel guns, a sufficient number of small arms, and all necessary warlike stores.
The committee's jurisdiction has been changed several times since it was first created, through additional powers or by changing the manner in which committee members are appointed.
In Miracle at Philadelphia, Catherine Drinker Bowen called Johnson " the perfect man to preside over these four masters of argument and political strategy fellow committee members Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, James Madison, and Rufus King ... His presence on the committee must have been reassuring ; the doctor's quiet manner disarmed.
At the first session, Noailles appointed a committee presided over by Cardinal Rohan of Strasburg to decide upon the most suitable manner of accepting the Bull.
Two men were appointed to approach policy in a scientific manner the Chief Scientist Professor David King, and Professor Roy Anderson an epidemiologist who had been modelling human diseases at Imperial College and was on the committee concerned with BSE.
The committee can in no way condone this manner of deciding public questions.
He was found guilty of extortion, and, according to a committee of the House of Commons appointed to inquire into the state of English gaols, arbitrarily and unlawfully loaded with irons, put into dungeons, and destroyed prisoners for debt, treating them in the most barbarous and cruel manner, in violation of the law.
He decided that the law was within the power of the federal government on account that the committee was not given any power over any provincial jurisdiction under section 91 nor did it function in any sort of judicial manner under section 96.
The committee report also was written in an unusually accessible manner, filled with soundbites.
The legislative department may delegate regulatory authority to the executive department ; except that any administrative regulation of any agency of the executive department may be disapproved by the general assembly or a committee thereof in such manner as shall by law be prescribed.
In 2001, the IAC established a committee to ensure that scriptures were interpreted in a manner to serve the interests of the Chinese government and Communist Party.
The processes these companies have in place should be reviewed in a general manner by the audit committee, but they need not be replaced by the audit committee.

committee and terminating
On 29 September, the Yorkshire club committee met with Boycott to discuss terminating his captaincy.

committee and carrier
The Belgian Parliament formed a committee to investigate the reasons behind the bankruptcy of SABENA and the involvement of Switzerland's flag carrier.

committee and failure
At the final meeting of this committee on 11 October 1917, Lloyd George authorized the Passchendaele Offensive of autumn 1917 to continue by warning of failure in three weeks ' time.
She organized a fight to regain control of the committee and, upon their failure she resigned, triggering a wave of resignations from other Hollywood figures, including her own star-recruit to the reform camp, Ronald Reagan.
Despite the failure of the committee to solve the issue, public sentiment in the 1920s was in favour of fixing the flag problem for Canada.
The University ’ s board of governors and audit committee had an oversight role, which made them ultimately “ accountable for a financial failure of this magnitude ” and meant that they “ must take overall responsibility ”.
Second, since the thesis supervisor ( and the other members of the advisory committee ) will normally have reviewed the thesis extensively before recommending the student proceed to the defense, such an outcome would be regarded as a major failure not only on the part of the candidate but also by the candidate's supervisor ( who should have recognized the substandard quality of the dissertation long before the defense was allowed to take place ).
Germany's financial contribution to the programme was considered essential but for more than two years development was hamstrung by the repeated failure of the German defence budget committee to approve funding.
In his ruling Judge Ramos wrote that Grasso's failure to disclose the true extent of his total compensation prevented the compensation committee from exercising its fiduciary duties.
Although the FEC did promulgate a new rule in the fall of 2004 requiring some 527s participating in federal campaigns to use at least 50 % " hard money " ( contributions regulated by the Federal Election Campaign Act ) to pay their expenses, the FEC did not change its regulations on when a 527 organization must register as a federal " political committee "- prompting Representatives Shays and Meehan to file a federal court lawsuit against the FEC for the Commission's failure to adopt a 527 rule.
* Along with a general feeling that the government was not democratic, the failure of the executive committee to maintain the confidence of the elected officials leads to violent but unsuccessful rebellions in Upper and Lower Canada.
The committee investigating the failed launch concluded that the failure was caused by a malfunctioning hydraulic drive unit on the rocket's first stage.
In testimony before the Senate committee on foreign relations on May 19, 2004, he stated regarding the situation in Iraq, " I believe we are absolutely on the brink of failure.
Clausen's failure in the elections and his unwillingness to actively assist in forming a Danish branch of the Schutzstaffel alienated his German supporters, and as such SS Obergruppenführer Dr. Werner Best, the Plenipotentiary of the German Reich for Denmark, convinced Clausen to step down as leader of the party and replaced him with a three man committee shortly after his return to Denmark.
House committee Chairman Henry Waxman said the committee received thousands of pages of internal documents from Lehman and these documents portray a company in which there was “ no accountability for failure ".
A committee of inquiry blamed the American failure on poor coordination between land and sea forces and on Commodore Saltonstall's failure to engage the British naval forces.
Pursuant to RCW 29A. 28. 071, hen a vacancy in the office of precinct committee officer exists because of failure to elect at a state primary, the vacancy may not be filled until after the organization meeting of the county central committee and the new county chair has been selected as provided by RCW 29A. 80. 030.
On Wednesday, July 25, 2007, the House Judiciary Committee voted 22 – 17 to cite Miers for contempt of Congress for her failure to appear before the committee in response to its subpoena.
In the second half of the decade McGregor's failure to attend many committee meetings led to criticism from John Bentley, his successor as president.
On 23 August 2010, The Irish Times reported that a further complaint against Callely was received by the committee investigating his expenses claims, relating to his alleged failure to declare in his annual Oireachtas statement of interest all his property assets that are not for family use.
March Fong Eu, Secretary of State of California, notified the committee that her office had received numerous complaints of harassment by signature gatherers, including " outrageous verbal abuse for mere failure to sign petitions ".
The failure of the military uprising ( Revolt of Jaca ), in Aragon, of that same year took him to prison, as member of the revolutionary committee.

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