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Entries from May 2009

How Do Supreme Court Nominations Work?

May 26th, 2009 · No Comments

OpenCRS.com has the following two reports, for all your nomination questions:
http://opencrs.com/getfile.php?rid=60153
RL31989
Supreme Court Appointment Process: Roles of the President, Judiciary Committee, and Senate
June 25, 2007

http://opencrs.com/document/RL33225/
RL33225
Supreme Court Nominations, 1789 – 2006
September 15, 2006

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What happens after a bill becomes a law

May 14th, 2009 · No Comments

Many people remember from middle school the movie on how a bill becomes a law, but few civics courses teach about what happens afterward. On Monday, John, Josh, and I sat down with members of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Their job, in short, is to consolidate and codify laws passed by Congress [...]

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CRS Reports Should Be Publicly Available

May 6th, 2009 · 1 Comment

The campaign to publicly release government reports that provide policy and legal guidance to Congress were the focus of a recent New York Times article by Stephanie Strom. She writes that the Center for Democracy and Technology is spearheading efforts to give the public access to non-confidential Congressional Research Service reports. CRS is Congress’s “think [...]

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