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Adoption (Adopted): Usual parliamentary term for approval of conference report. This definition is from the Glossary in our Congressional Deskbook. Perfect reference tool of Congressional jargon and procedural terms. Congressional Deskbook: The Practical and Comprehensive Guide to Congress, by Michael Koempel and Judy Schneider. TheCapitol.Net offers training and a Certificate in Congressional Operations and Federal … Read more
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Roosevelt seemed to be setting up the equivalent of the most ancient forms of tyranny, the god-king–combining magic and religion, as anthropologist Gordon Childe put it, with magic being “a way of making people believe they are going to get what they want” and religion “a system for persuading them that they ought to want … Read more
“One of the countless drawbacks of being in Congress is that I am compelled to receive impertinent letters from a jackass like you in which you say I promised to have the Sierra Madre mountains reforested and I have been in Congress two months and haven’t done it. Will you please take two running jumps … Read more
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