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Both houses of the United States Congress have refused to seat new members based on Article I, Section 5 of the United States Constitution which states that: "Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to ...
To obtain an NLRB-conducted election, the union must file a petition supported by a showing of interest from at least thirty percent of the employees in the group that the union seeks to represent, typically called the bargaining unit. Unions typically use authorization cards, individual forms in which a worker states that they wish to be ...
A. U. Fuimaono was elected at the first delegate at-large in 1970 before ending his term to run unsuccessfully for Governor of American Samoa. A. P. Lutali became the territory's second delegate to Washington in 1975. FofÅ Sunia was elected in 1978 after Lutali declined to run for reelection. He went to Washington knowing his term would be ...
Fifty-two members of Congress—eight senators and 44 representatives—have announced they will not seek reelection this year. Since Ballotpedia's April 16 update on congressional incumbents not ...
A resign-to-run law is a law that requires the current holder of an office to resign from that office before they can run for another office. This is distinct from a dual mandate prohibition, where a person has to resign from their old office to assume the new office, rather than to run for the new office. Resign-to-run laws exist in several ...
[8] [9] [10] These include junior members of Congress, members of the minority party in the House, ideologically extreme representatives, or non-committee chairs. These members of Congress have little opportunity to shape the legislative process, and therefore rely on alternative mechanisms, such as one-minute speeches to represent their ...
About 4.3 million American citizens that reside in Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories do not have the same level of federal representation as those that reside in the 50 U.S. states. These areas only have non-voting members in the U.S. House of Representatives and no representation in the
A post on X shows Trump ally Steve Bannon stating that President-Elect Donald Trump can actually run for a third term as President by law. Verdict: False The 22nd amendment of the U.S ...