They face their first electoral test on Saturday, when the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has scheduled a national referendum on eight constitutional amendments to lay the groundwork for legislative elections in June and a presidential vote in August.
Negotiating the lay of the legislative land comes more quickly now for Mr. Hall, a Dutchess County resident who rode anti-Bush sentiment into Congress, narrowly besting the six-term incumbent Sue Kelly.
The problem lies inside the legislative chambers and more specifically inside the brains of each member of Congress.
The influence of the federal government lay in its legislative power, illustrated by the enactment of the 2006 legislation.
The discussion with the Senate leaders, hosted by Crain's New York Business, offered a preview of some of the areas of agreement, and disagreement, that lie ahead in the legislative session.
No doubt there is evidence lying around in the legislative history or in the charge to the committee of drafters or in newspaper articles that would point the interpreter in the right direction.
Under that test, a delegation of legislative authority will be upheld as long as Congress "shall lay down by legislative act an intelligible principle" to which the agency "is directed to conform".
They noted it will be different from the Republicans' "Contract with America" in that it will not lay out specific legislative and policy proposals, but instead broadly define Democratic themes and present explanations for why voters should bump the minority into the majority.House Republicans, led by then-Rep.
Upon his election, Tydings began to lay out his legislative agenda for his upcoming term, which included water conservation, pollution and air purity, and mass transportation.
If a Republican elected official with legislative claim on relevance says or does something destructive, then I'm happy to spend time on that because at least that Republican official can lay claim to legislative relevance.
