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Legislator Uncertainty, Legislative Control, and the Delegation of Legislative Power
The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1986On May 2, 1878, the House Commerce Committee favorably reported a bill "to regulate interstate commerce and to prohibit unjust discrimination by common carriers." Known as the Reagan bill, after the chairman, John Reagan, of Texas, H.R. 3547 outlawed rebates and other forms of discrimination and included a restrictive longand short-haul clause.
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Legislative Response to Direct Legislation
2001Current scholarly knowledge suggests that direct legislation affects policy making in various ways.1 One way is directly, when voters pass laws by initiative or referendum. A second way is indirectly, when legislators or other policy-makers respond to the threat of, or act in anticipation of, initiatives or referendums.
Elisabeth R. Gerber, Simon Hug
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Legislative Productivity of Elderly Legislators
Polity, 1980Most research on the political interests and activities of the elderly has centered on their role as voters. Their participation, interest, and political commitment has been shown to be greater than that of most younger voters.1 Studies of party affiliation and of attitudes toward public issues suggest greater conservatism among older citizens ...
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The Legislators' View of the Legislative Process
Public Opinion Quarterly, 1954The author here sheds some light on the problem when she describes the different ways legislators view elements of the legislative or decision-making process and suggests how these concepts affect ones view of the role of political parties, organized interest groups, and administrative departments.
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Orthopaedic Nursing, 1995
These are years of rapid change in health care. Nurses face many challenges and have many opportunities to participate in and influence the formation of health care policy. Nurse citizens can become very effective in their lobbying efforts, whether on the federal, state, or local level, when they are armed with information about the key players and the
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These are years of rapid change in health care. Nurses face many challenges and have many opportunities to participate in and influence the formation of health care policy. Nurse citizens can become very effective in their lobbying efforts, whether on the federal, state, or local level, when they are armed with information about the key players and the
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Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1977
Sir .—Dr Frederick North's article on my National Health Insurance for Mothers and Children Act (S.370) represents the type of thoughtful and detailed analysis so essential for the development of a rational national health policy. I certainly agree with Dr North that the time has come to test the feasibility of a universally available national health ...
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Sir .—Dr Frederick North's article on my National Health Insurance for Mothers and Children Act (S.370) represents the type of thoughtful and detailed analysis so essential for the development of a rational national health policy. I certainly agree with Dr North that the time has come to test the feasibility of a universally available national health ...
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Legislative Pay and Legislator Quality
LABOUR, 2008AbstractThis study extends previous work by Mixon and Wilkinson (1999, Public Finance Review 27: 418–433) and Palia (2000, RAND Journal of Economics 31: 165–179) suggesting that formal human capital attainment is lower in political and managerial roles wherein expected compensation is less.
Franklin G. Mixon Jr, Sean P. Salter
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Legislative Behavior and Legislative Oversight
Legislative Studies Quarterly, 1981This article explores contrasting approaches to the study of oversight by state legislatures. A focus on individual orientations and behavior, which has dominated such study, reveals attempts by legislators to maximize credit, achieve concrete results, and avoid making additional trouble for themselves.
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1991
Every employee has a contract of employment with his/her employer. You cannot be an employee without having an employment contract. It is an important agreement between the two parties where the employee provides working skills for which the employer pays a wage/salary. Although an employer does not have to put the terms of contract in writing for them
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Every employee has a contract of employment with his/her employer. You cannot be an employee without having an employment contract. It is an important agreement between the two parties where the employee provides working skills for which the employer pays a wage/salary. Although an employer does not have to put the terms of contract in writing for them
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 2002
Serious concerns about pervasive, persistent, and unjustified social inequalities have prompted a small—but growing—number of academic commentators to raise some hard and troubling questions for those who would like to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
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Serious concerns about pervasive, persistent, and unjustified social inequalities have prompted a small—but growing—number of academic commentators to raise some hard and troubling questions for those who would like to legalize physician-assisted suicide.
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