Steve Test

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• Letter from President of the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage to Senator Sutherland
• Telegram from Martha Brock of Morgantown, WV, to Senator Howard Sutherland
• Individual Voting Record by Roll Calls in the United States House of Representatives
• Voting Record of Congress prepared by the IUE-CIO, 1953-1954
• Letter from President Lyndon Johnson to Congressman Staggers regarding the Fair Packing and Labeling Act, November 1966
  from the Congressman Harley O. Staggers papers
• Draft floor speech regarding the “housewives’ bill"
• Fair Packaging and Labeling Act Conference Report
• Poll of House Interstate Commerce Committee
• News article, “Modified legislation near on consumer protection"
• Letter from the National Association of Margarine Manufacturers
• H.R. 15440 Committee Print
• S. 985 Committee Print
• Letter from Senator Magnuson to Congressman Staggers
• Rahall Weekly Report, “Crisis in the Middle East"
  In a Weekly Report to constituents, Congressman Rahall explains a resolution he introduced calling for a cease -fire and withdrawal of military troops from Lebanon.
• Photograph of Congressman Nick Rahall with Prime Minister Hosni Mubarak
  Photograph of Congressman Nick Rahall with Prime Minister of Egypt Hosni Mubarak during CODEL Murthel
• News from Congressman Nick Rahall, “Rahall to Lead Mid-East Mission"
  In 1982, Congressman Nick Rahall (D-WV) led a congressional fact-finding mission to six Middle East countries, including Lebanon. In a news release, Rahall's office explained the purpose of the mission was to understand the current situation and find a "peaceful resolution of the current siege of West Beirut..."
• Senate roll call vote on obstruction of justice charge against President Bill Clinton
  Congress may impeach, or formally charge, a federal official who commits a crime or otherwise acts improperly. The House of Representatives votes to impeach, and the Senate then sits as a court to determine guilt or innocence. The House of Representatives has impeached three presidents: Andrew Johnson (1868), Bill Clinton (1998), and Donald Trump (2019). The Senate acquitted all three.
• Secret Committee Print, Investigation of the National Defense Program, S. Res. 71, Report on Tank Lighter Program of the Navy Department
  Special, or select, committees are formed to address a specific bill or to investigate anything that is related to the development of public policy. Congressional investigations may provide oversight of the executive or judicial branches, but they have also looked at issues such as Wall Street banking prices, organized crime, and more. In the 1940s, Congress prepared for America’s entry into World War II by appropriating $10 billion in defense contracts. Senator Harry Truman heard stories about contractor mismanagement and conceived of a special Senate Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program. It was one of the most productive investigating committees in history and saved millions of dollars. Senator Harley Kilgore (D-WV) served on the committee, heading up numerous investigations of the scientific and organizational weaknesses in the war effort.
• Copy of letter from Senator Harry Truman to Secretary of War Henry Stimson
  Special, or select, committees are formed to address a specific bill or to investigate anything that is related to the development of public policy. Congressional investigations may provide oversight of the executive or judicial branches, but they have also looked at issues such as Wall Street banking prices, organized crime, and more. In the 1940s, Congress prepared for America’s entry into World War II by appropriating $10 billion in defense contracts. Senator Harry Truman heard stories about contractor mismanagement and conceived of a special Senate Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program. It was one of the most productive investigating committees in history and saved millions of dollars. Senator Harley Kilgore (D-WV) served on the committee, heading up numerous investigations of the scientific and organizational weaknesses in the war effort.
• Photograph of Truman Committee’s visit to Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas
  Special, or select, committees are formed to address a specific bill or to investigate anything that is related to the development of public policy. Congressional investigations may provide oversight of the executive or judicial branches, but they have also looked at issues such as Wall Street banking prices, organized crime, and more. In the 1940s, Congress prepared for America’s entry into World War II by appropriating $10 billion in defense contracts. Senator Harry Truman heard stories about contractor mismanagement and conceived of a special Senate Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program. It was one of the most productive investigating committees in history and saved millions of dollars. Senator Harley Kilgore (D-WV) served on the committee, heading up numerous investigations of the scientific and organizational weaknesses in the war effort.
• Standing Committees of the House of Representatives of the United States, 85th Congress
  Standing committees are permanent panels established by the standing rules of the Senate or House. These committees specialize in considering legislation of particular subject areas. There are currently 16 standing committees in the Senate and 20 in the House.
• H.R. 1742 referral to U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary
  Committee appointments largely determine the areas of legislation in which members of Congress will work and have the most influence. Members must persuade a party’s steering committee to place them on committees that match their own, and their constituents’, interests. Congressman Arch Moore served on the Republican Committee on Committees and received correspondence from members requesting placement on their preferred committees.
• Eighty-sixth Congress House of Representatives Republican Committee on Committees
  Committee appointments largely determine the areas of legislation in which members of Congress will work and have the most influence. Members must persuade a party’s steering committee to place them on committees that match their own, and their constituents’, interests. Congressman Arch Moore served on the Republican Committee on Committees and received correspondence from members requesting placement on their preferred committees.
• House of Representatives 86th Congress, 1st Session Republican Committee Ratios and Vacancies
  Committee appointments largely determine the areas of legislation in which members of Congress will work and have the most influence. Members must persuade a party’s steering committee to place them on committees that match their own, and their constituents’, interests. Congressman Arch Moore served on the Republican Committee on Committees and received correspondence from members requesting placement on their preferred committees.
• Letter from Representative James C. Gardner to Arch Moore regarding committee placement
  Committee appointments largely determine the areas of legislation in which members of Congress will work and have the most influence. Members must persuade a party’s steering committee to place them on committees that match their own, and their constituents’, interests. Congressman Arch Moore served on the Republican Committee on Committees and received correspondence from members requesting placement on their preferred committees.