But enacting these depends on the federal Congress, in which Mr Fox lacks a majority.
In the wake of a vote in January by the federal Congress to increase civil servants' pension contributions, many states are following suit for their own workers.
The law is not expected to take effect until 2014, since the Mexican Federal Congress will need to draw up secondary legislation to implement the new rules.
Federal regulators, Congress and a federal grand jury in Chicago have investigated MF Global's failure and the disappearance of customers' money.
Late in the session Kennedy mused that perhaps the health care market is different from other markets and could require the sort of federal regulation Congress enacted.
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That means that if the Constitution does not specifically provide a Power to the Congress and therefore the entire federal government then neither the Congress nor the rest of the federal government has that Power.
At Princeton, he wrote his senior thesis on the relationship between the Federal Reserve and Congress.
The Supreme Court is routinely called upon to interpret and apply federal statutes which Congress drafted in an ambiguous manner.
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Its trade group quickly declared that the issue of global warming is best handled at the federal level by Congress.
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The decisions are part of a broad trend of media deregulation running through the courts and federal agencies since Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996.
It's likely to become one of many issues that will go under the microscope in 2009 when consumer advocates, federal regulators and Congress weigh in on financial regulatory reform.
At the federal level, Congress doesn't have the power to mandate a nationwide smart metering program, and many states don't have the programs or the political will to foster such programs.
On Friday, a series of broad automatic budget cuts known in Washington DC as the sequester are expected to take effect, hitting many areas of the federal government if Congress does not act.
In an effort to break the logjam, the lawmakers are discussing allowing private insurers to offer national policies under the supervision of the federal Office of Personnel Management, which currently administers a similar program for federal employees and Congress.
The 2009 federal lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages, alleges Clemens launched an "intense and coordinated public relations offensive" against McNamee after the trainer told federal investigators and Congress that he injected Clemens more than a dozen times with steroids and human growth hormone from 1998 through 2001.
Unlike the Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens case, in which both baseball stars testified before a federal grand jury and Congress and were accused of lying under oath, Armstrong was not questioned by federal authorities under oath, and therefore was not exposed to potential criminal perjury charges in the Los Angeles case, the source said.
The High Court's precedents say Congress can attach conditions to federal funds, akin to a contract, but Congress cannot use the spending power to force states to sign it.
The Federal Trade Commission and Congress need to take a look at this new technology before it becomes common.
Traders and investors are awaiting the Tuesday and Wednesday testimony on the U.S. economy to Congress from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
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Neither president would have control over the Federal Reserve Board or Congress.
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Officials in Congress and federal agencies often gravitate toward major changes (new visas, new initiatives) that they say will cut through the Gordian knot.
This kind of openness leads to accountability for the administration, for federal managers and for Congress that results in a better use of taxpayer dollars.
The parties did agree that a bureau should be established inside a federal agency to inform Congress, but they didn't say whether it should have power to set immigration quotas.
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The chamber and AFL also have agreed to create a new federal bureau to inform Congress and the public about labor supply issues, but the role of that entity remains unclear.
Roberts argued then that "all bets are off" when it comes to federal government authority if Congress was found to have the authority to regulate health care in the name of commerce.
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As Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, told Congress on October 28th, this does not mean that prices will inevitably fall, just that it will take a lot to explain a rise.
Washington (CNN) -- Some 23 years after Congress used federal muscle to open jobs, public transportation and public accommodations to disabled Americans, another venue is coming under the federal mandate -- swimming pools.
The unifying theme of the separate opinions is vagueness, and whether courts should continue deferring so readily to Congress or federal agencies which so often draft laws or rules in imprecise or impenetrable language.
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Chief Justice John Roberts argued that "all bets are off" when it comes to federal government authority if Congress was found to have the authority to regulate health care in the name of commerce.
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Remember when Congress banned federal funding for Acorn and the group, along with media lefties like Rachel Maddow, argued it was a bill of attainder, a law designed to punish a particular wrong, properly a judicial function?
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