Sentences with phrase «congressional act»

And of course congressional acts must also be consistent with other laws passed by Congress as well as the constitution.

Without researching it, I suspect that other Congressional acts have missed their re-authorization date by wider margins.

That takes congressional acts.

So far as congressional acts relate to the procedure in the Federal courts, they are clearly within the congressional power.»

Therefore, the Court is persuaded that the congressional act of extending the time period for ratification was an improper exercise of Congress» authority under article V.

In 1885, Wisconsin teacher Bernard J. Cigrand arranged for his students to observe June 14 — the 108th anniversary of the congressional act establishing the first national flag — as the «flag birthday.»

After previously calling the waivers premature, Harkin said that, while he is still committed to a congressional act to revamp NCLB, the plan provides states with necessary flexibility.

«Pre-emption as a defense is going to be much more difficult without express written language in the congressional act.»