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Newly Designed Print Newspaper and Web Site to Launch November 13, 2012 WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CQ Roll Call, an Economist Group business, announced today the upcoming launch of a redesigned Roll Call featuring expanded coverage, circulation, and frequency, along with a new web site. The publication will deliver a smart, robust package of news and analysis on the politics, policies, and people of Congress, incorporating legislative news and schedules...

AKRON, Ohio, July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "Legislation without representation: Every day new laws are imposed on you by people who aren't elected," says Jim Babka, President of DownsizeDC.org, Inc. "But that could change, thanks to Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who has introduced our 'Write the Laws Act' (WTLA) in the Senate." "WTLA would prohibit unelected bureaucrats from passing laws and compel the elected Congress do its job," Babka explains. "WTLA would require that...

Historic First Step in Implementing No Labels Make Congress Work! Action Plan WASHINGTON, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, March 14 at 10 a.m. ET, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hear testimony on the No Budget, No Pay Act, which withholds congressional pay if members fail to pass spending bills and the budget on time. The committee will also hear testimony on additional reform proposals based on the No Labels...

On March 14, Historic First Step in Implementing No Labels Make Congress Work! Action Plan WASHINGTON, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, March 14 at 10 a.m. ET in 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hear testimony on the No Budget, No Pay Act and other reforms from the No Labels MakeCongressWork! action plan in a hearing entitled "Raising the Bar for Congress: Reform Proposals for the 21st...

Highlights Need for Congressional Term Limits ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week marked the 61st anniversary of the Twenty-second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution establishing Presidential term limits. The Twenty-second Amendment of the United States Constitution created a term limit for the President of the United States of two four-year terms. The amendment was ratified by three-fourths of the states on February 27, 1951. This anniversary and a...

AKRON, Ohio, Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "It's been a long time since Congress needed a majority to pass a law," says Jim Babka, President of DownsizeDC.org, Inc. "But that could change, thanks to Congressman Tom Marino of Pennsylvania (R-10), who has introduced our 'One Subject at a Time Act' (OSTA) in Congress." "OSTA would require each bill Congress passes to be about one subject only," Babka explains. "This would end the practice of clustering unrelated measures...

HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today signed into law the following bills: House Bill 332 - This bill amends the Medical Practice Act further providing for definitions; and providing for regulation of genetic counselors. House Bill 333 - This bill amends the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act further providing for definitions; and providing for regulation of genetic counselors. House Bill 344 - This bill provides for gas and hazardous...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Guard community ? nearly 500,000 men and women in uniform, plus hundreds of thousands of family members and retirees ? is urging members of the Senate to prevent one of their colleagues from going behind closed doors to muzzle a congressionally approved Guard voice at the Pentagon. Their plea came in the form of a National Guard Coalition letter yesterday to all 100 senators asking that they leave intact...

Mack, Leads Delegation of 57 House Members Urging Obama To Reconsider Priorities on Energy, and Job Creation WASHINGTON, Nov. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Urging President Obama to remove politics from a key decision that impacts U.S. jobs and national security, Chairman of the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Connie Mack (FL-14) along with 56 other Members of the House, signed a letter recently demanding the President reconsider his decision to delay approval of the Keystone XL...

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The World Peace Prize Awarding Council held a grand award ceremony on June 14, 2011 in the Gold Room at the U.S. Capitol to express our respect for the recipients of the 2010 World Peace Prize: H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, prominent leader of Buddhism in the world; Hon. Benjamin A. Gilman, former Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The ceremony, chaired by Dr. Han Min Su, founder of the World Peace Prize Awarding Council, was...