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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Congress claimed jurisdiction to enact the law based on the Commerce Clause of the Constitution and the 14th Amendment.
It ruled that Congress had the authority to take away the states' constitutional immunity from being sued in federal court against their will when it passed civil rights legislation such as the ADA.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Subject headings are taken from Library of Congress Subject Headings and the APA Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms and sometimes differ from the terms you might use.
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Josh Hogan,
Commander
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Congress passed a resolution in October authorizing President Bush to use force against Iraq and the US military has been steadliy preparing for war.
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Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate
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Congress took a formal complaint to the EU Commission and again won the argument and the Commission called on the Irish Government to amend the Parental Leave Act by removing the requirement that related to the date of birth of the child.
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant
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The IOM urges Congress to pass legislation extending peer review protections to data related to patient safety and quality improvement that are collected and analyzed by health care organizations for purposes of improving safety and quality.
Congress passed a moratorium on any new regulation of derivatives, and then toward the end of the administration’s term enacted legislation placing most of the derivatives outside the purview of regulation.
A variety of Senators and members of Congress have introduced Federal legislation during the year which would require filtering or Internet use policies in school and public libraries that receive federal funding.
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Ben Werner,
Student Newspaper Editor
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S Congress enacted a landmark legislation to grant immigration status adjustment to 50,000 Haitian refugees fleeing political turmoil in their homeland.
It is paramount that we contact our member of Congress to let them know than Immigration reform legislation must be brought back in the frontline and they need to support the legalization program for Mexican immigrants as well those measures being proposed by Congressmen Gutierrez and Smith.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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The Library of Congress and its American Folklife Center are urgently seeking the assistance of Americans throughout the nation to identify World War I veterans in their communities who are willing to be interviewed about their wartime memories and experiences.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Congress passed the Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, giving law enforcement grants to states and local governments to increase the number of officers and improve crime prevention.
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