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Omnibus bill, a single legislative document containing many laws or amendments; Omnibus claim, a patent claim which does not explicitly state any technical features of the product or process; Omnibus clause; Omnibus hearing; Omnibus issue, in philately; Omnibus law (Serbia), a Serbian law regarding Vojvodina; Omnibus progression, a type of ...
In Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process, Walter Oleszek describes omnibus measures as follows: Packaging all or a number of appropriation bills together creates what are called omnibus or minibus measures. These bills appropriate money to operate the federal government and make national policy in scores of areas.
Omnibus legislation is routinely used by the United States Congress to group together the budgets of all departments in one year in an omnibus spending bill. For example, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 was designed to help reduce the federal deficit by approximately $496 billion over five years through restructuring of the tax code.
That could mean all 12 bills get rolled into one massive measure referred to as an “omnibus bill” or split up into several bills, known as “minibuses.” Otherwise, another short-term ...
In the United States, the Omnibus Clause or Omnibus Provision refers to a specific provision in federal law which appears in section 18 U.S.C. §1503. According to this provision, "anyone who corruptly... obstructs or impedes, or endeavors to influence, obstruct or impede, the due administration of justice ", is guilty of the crime of ...
The motto is derived from a sentence in Cicero's most influential philosophical work, his treatise On Duties (Latin: De Officiis).In full, Cicero writes, "non nobis solum nati sumus ortusque nostri partem patria vindicat, partem amici" ("Not for us alone are we born; our country, our friends, have a share in us"; De Officiis, 1:22).
The complete phrase is "de gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum" ("when we talk about tastes and colours there is nothing to be disputed"). Probably of Scholastic origin; see Wiktionary. de integro: again, a second time: de jure: by law "Official", in contrast with de facto; analogous to "in principle", whereas de facto is to "in practice ...
A rift appeared to open Sunday between some of President Donald Trump’s agency heads and Elon Musk, the billionaire tasked with reforming the federal government, over Musk’s demand that all ...