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The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), established by the U.S. House of Representatives in March 2008, is a nonpartisan, independent entity charged with reviewing allegations of misconduct against members of the House of Representatives and their staff and, when appropriate, referring matters to the United States House Committee on Ethics.
The Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act of 1998, [1] amending the Central Intelligence Agency Act of 1949 and the Inspector General Act of 1978, sets forth a procedure for employees and contractors of specified federal intelligence agencies to report complaints or information to the United States Congress about serious problems involving intelligence activities.
The Speech or Debate Clause is a clause in the United States Constitution (Article I, Section 6, Clause 1).The clause states that "The Senators and Representatives" of Congress "shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony, and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their attendance at the Session of their Respective Houses, and in going to and from the same; and for any Speech or ...
It required that a Commission be provided at every Parliament to "hear by petition delivered to them, the Complaints of all those that will complain them of such Delays or Grievances done to them". Then later, Article 5 Bill of Rights 1689 , which explicitly declared "That it is the Right of the Subjects to petition the King and all Commitments ...
Office of Compliance logo. The Office of Congressional Workplace Rights (OCWR; formerly the Office of Compliance) [1] was created through the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (CAA) which applied workplace protection laws to approximately 30,000 employees of the legislative branch nationwide and established the Office of Compliance to administer and ensure the integrity of the Act ...
Douglas Graham/CQ Roll CallRep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) and Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) listen to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified Wednesday before Congress ...
“The margin in Congress is razor thin and the lack of a Republican vote representing CD-12 disenfranchises 2 million people,” wrote Tarrant County GOP chairman in a statement to the Express.
The second committee room upstairs in Congress Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1932, a reform movement temporarily reduced the number of signatures required on discharge petitions in the U.S. House of Representatives from a constitutional majority of 218 down to 145, i.e., from one-half to one-third of the House membership.