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Public Science, Public Access.
Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2006 This article comments on the introduction of the Federal Research Public Access Act of 2006 in the U.S. Senate. This bill would require most recipients of federal research funds to make their findings freely available within six months of publication ...
David Flaxbart
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Confirming Dr. Lisa Cook to the Fed
Journal of Public Interest Communications, 2023 On May 10, 2022, Dr. Lisa Cook was confirmed by a 51-50 vote in the U.S. Senate as the first Black woman to join the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.
Carter Dougherty
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Senate Delegations and Federalism: The Dynamics of State Representation
American Review of Politics, 1995 The integrity of the individual states as components of the United States" system of federalism depends upon effective representation of the states interests at the national level. The states’ delegations to the U.S. Senate are of prime importance in this capacity, especially when deciding between federal authority and state discretion.
Christopher L. Markwood +1 more
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Bicameralism in Belgium: the dismantlement of the Senate for the sake of multinational confederalism
Perspectives on Federalism, 2018 Belgium was established in 1830 as a unitary state with a bicameral parliament, with symmetrical powers for the upper and the lower house. While federalism and bicameralism are often considered a pair, the Belgian system shows an inverse relationship ...
Popelier Patricia
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The Polish Senate and the Armed Aggression of the Russian Federation on Ukraine
Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Finansów i Prawa w Bielsku-Białej, 2023 The paper explores activities undertaken by the Senate of the Republic of Poland in the early stages of full-scale armed Russian aggression on Ukraine. The activities of the Senate are analysed from a number of angles. Political positions and viewpoints expressed by the Senate as a whole are examined.
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The New Belgian Senate. A (Dis)Continued Evolution of Federalism in Belgium?
Representation, 2015 The 2012–14 reform of the Belgian state has deeeply transformed its Senate. Not only does the reform reduce the legislative powers of the Belgian upper chamber, but it also alters its composition. The former appointment of Senators based on a system of direct and community-based election is replaced by a system of indirect and mixed regional and ...
Dandoy, Régis +3 more
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Congressbr: An R Package for Analyzing Data from Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies and Federal Senate
Latin American Research Review, 2019 In this research note, we introduce congressbr, an R package for retrieving data from the Brazilian houses of legislature. The package contains easy-to-use functions that allow researchers to query the Application Programming Interfaces of Brazil’s ...
Robert Myles McDonnell +2 more
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German Law Journal, 2020 The First Senate of the German Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has recently introduced the express promise that where EU fundamental rights take precedence over German fundamental rights, the Court itself could directly review, on the basis of EU ...
Karsten Schneider
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The Politics of Framing the Student Problem: Inquiries Into Australian Civics Education, 2006–2024
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Recurring debates about civics, the kinds of history that should, and should not, be taught in school, and ‘standards debates’ about the ‘basics’ typically follow on the heels of recurring moral panics about the ‘declining’ state of ‘our’ education system.
Patrick O'Keeffe +2 more
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Federal election results 1901–2014 [PDF]
, 2014 During the period 1901 to 2014, there have been 44 general elections for the House of Representatives and 42 Senate elections. This paper contains a brief commentary on each election along with statistical summary information and results in each state ...
Stephen Barber, Sue Johnson
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