In another constitutional proposal this one smacks of populism he would cut the number of lawmakers in Peru's single-chamber Congress from 120 to just 25.
The Chamber's in-house law firm, the National Chamber Litigation Centre (NCLC), supports the ILR's work, filing lawsuits and amicus briefs.
After the beating Tripp has taken in the press, Starr's grand-jury chamber must seem downright inviting.
Eventually, though, the drill will go deep enough to push rock powder into the drill's sample-gathering chamber.
They simulated stray radio tower signals in UL's echo-free chamber (pictured here)outside Chicago to make sure the signals wouldn't accidentally trigger a car's air bag.
Business groups--notably the oil industry and U.S. Chamber of Commerce--warn that a decision against Exxon could open the door to excessive punitive damages claims against other companies.
And when its aluminium coating is replaced with silver in a year or two's time (a huge vacuum-chamber housed at the telescope's base will be used to deposit metallic vapour on to the mirror's reflecting surface), it will be able to see into the infra-red with equal clarity, opening up a much neglected area of astronomy.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees is now the biggest outside spender of the 2010 elections, thanks to an 11th-hour effort to boost Democrats that has vaulted the public-sector union ahead of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the AFL-CIO and a flock of new Republican groups in campaign spending.
The AFL-CIO and the pro-business U.S. Chamber of Commerce reached a deal late Friday that would allow tens of thousands of low-skill workers into the country to fill jobs in construction, restaurants and hotels.
And incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is showing her true colors - and her disdain for the moderate and conservative Democrats whose victory gave her the chamber's gavel - by favoring the darling of the anti-war left, Jack Murtha, over Stenny Hoyer for Majority Leader, and the radical, anti-military and once-impeached judge Alcee Hastings over Jane Harman for chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
And I want to also thank the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the U.S.-Russia Business Council, the American Chamber of Commerce in Moscow, and all the organizations who helped bring our countries together not just today but every day.
Currently, he's in the midst of a 3-year appointment as Artistic Partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, and he's the Pianist-in-Residence at the Berlin Philharmonic.
The AFL-CIO and U.S. Chamber of Commerce had been fighting over wages for tens of thousands of low-skilled workers who would be brought in under the new program to fill jobs in construction, hotels and resorts, nursing homes and restaurants, and other industries.
Nebraska's legislature, a single-chamber assembly unique among the states, recently passed a two-year moratorium on executions.
The last Holyrood election saw the SNP become the first party to win an overall majority, meaning it plays a dominant role in the parliament's chamber and cross-party committees.
In addition they're seeking to create a new visa program to bring foreign agriculture workers to the U.S. But wages and visa caps have been sticking points, just as they were for a separate low-skilled worker program that was resolved recently with a deal between the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the AFL-CIO.
Around 30% of the party's candidates for the lower-house Chamber of Deputies are under 40, and 42% are women.
ECONOMIST: Italy's election: Promises, but no delivery | The
The Chamber's ill-timed and reckless interview also threatens to undermine the growing support for a thoughtful legislative alternative to cap and trade.
Business Forward, a 3-year-old trade group that has facilitated meetings between businesses and Obama officials, is ramping up operation as a liberal counterweight to the conservative-leaning U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
That leaves Democrats in the House with no visible strategy for frustrating the president's plan in the short run just as Democrats in the Senate are hamstrung by their chamber's 60-vote rule.
Democrats currently have a 235 to 199 majority in the House of Representatives and a 51 to 49 majority in the Senate -- the chamber's two independent senators are allied with the Democrats.
Despite the attempt by some environmentalists to paint the U.S. Chamber as an anti-science climate denier, the business group has acknowledged the reality of greenhouse gas emissions and the need for a coordinated response.
In January, when the Senate refused to confirm Mr. Obama's new picks for the NLRB, he proclaimed the Senate to be in "recess" and appointed the members anyway, making a mockery of that chamber's advice-and-consent role.
He's also a consummate dealmaker who routinely collects endorsements from Republican-allied groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
The U.S.-Asean Business Council said it and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce will host a dinner for Mr. Thein Sein in Washington next Monday night.
Is it time -- and these are supported by the U.S. Chamber and others, businesses, that they say would help create jobs -- is it time for a regulatory reform bill?
The group kicked off the session with a live performance of the finale from Dvorak's "American" String Quartet, a staple of the chamber-music repertoire that sounded fresh in this young group's hands.
"We cannot be unaware of the fact that - particularly with the internet - there's this huge echo chamber out there, " he said.
BBC: Bill Clinton: Politics must change after Arizona attack
应用推荐