Congressional Delegation

"Our exclusively Democratic congressional delegation is ranked the least effective congressional delegation in the United States by Roll Call newspaper."

The U.S. House passed its FY 2016 transportation appropriations bill earlier this month, and the Senate bill was reported from the Senate Committee on Appropriations on June 25....

This is far more than a trade agreement, but creates a self-governing and self-perpetuating Commission with extraordinary implications for American workers and American sovereignty....

• Senate: Fiscal 2016 Defense Authorization -- Cloture
• House: CFTC Operations – Passage
• House: Fiscal 2016 Transportation-HUD Appropriations
• House: Police Body Cameras – Passage
• House: Meat Labeling – Passage
• House: Fiscal 2016 Defense Appropriations – Passage

• House: Fiscal 2016 Military Construction - VA Appropriations - Passage
• House: D.C. Reproductive Health Law - Passage
• House: Fiscal 2016 Energy-Water Appropriations - Passage

• Senate: Human Trafficking Victims' Fund - Passage
• Senate: Lynch Nomination – Cloture
• House: Consumer Financial Protection Advisory Boards – Passage

Since 1990, Roll Call has been tracking the potential influence each state has on national affairs....

This looks more like Mark's excellent adventure....

“You guys’ profiling her is going to be like the kiss of death.”

AMATA COLEMAN RADEWAGEN (AUMUA AMATA), Republican, was elected as American Samoa’s Member of Congress on November 4, 2014....

...Aumua Amata, who serves as the Vice-Chairman of the subcommittee, addressed Esther P. Kia’aina....

Even in his latest pet project: the election of the new prime minister of India, he has been eclipsed by the other Samoan in the House, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) ....

NELHA currently accommodates 37 tenants ranging from companies bottling deep sea water to solar and biofuel companies....

"That you're not only outlining the timeline — which is troubling, but you're also talking about specifically how many troops, how many brigades, where they're coming from, and what they're going to be doing...."

...Healthcare.gov failed customers on the last hours of open enrollment this past weekend and now anyone who had problems signing up is getting an extension....

• Senate: Child Pornography Victims Restitution - Passage
• House: Keystone XL Pipeline – Passage
• House: Small Business Tax Extenders – Passage

• Senate: Keystone XL Pipeline - Passage
• House: Liquefied Natural Gas Exports - Passage

• Senate: Keystone XL Pipeline - Climate Change
• Senate: Keystone XL Pipeline - Energy Efficiency Standards
• House: Gas Pipeline Permit Deadlines – Passage
• House: Federal Abortion Funding Ban – Passage

Senate: Confirmation of Vivek Hallegere Murthy to be Surgeon General....

"...Defendants, pursuant to Hawaii law, selected this appointee through a process that ignores the Seventeenth Amendment...."

• Senate: Fiscal 2015 Omnibus Appropriations - Motion to Concur
• House: Fiscal 2015 Omnibus Appropriations - Passage

The Geoghegan firm successfully represented plaintiffs in Judge v. Quinn involving related Seventeenth Amendment issues resulting from the temporary appointment to the US Senate of Roland Burris....

...the “2014 Congressional Pigbook,” published by the Citizens Against Government Waste identifies federal government “pork” spending in the millions of dollars in Hawaii....

...On Aug. 3,  2013, Sherbow sent an email to the FBI and the media with the headline “Cutting Off Tulsi Gabbard’s Head.”....

Democratic leaders in Washington should put job creation ahead of the ravings of environmental wing-nuts and their deep pocketed billionaire funders....

Senate: Child Care and Development Block Grant - Cloture

House: Keystone XL Pipeline - Passage

Congressional candidate Aumua Amata was yesterday elected to serve as American Samoa’s non-voting Delegate to the U.S. House, unseating longtime incumbent, Congressman Faleomavaega Eni....

...a former member of Faleomavaega's staff is suing the delegate....

...by calculating the number of elected officials in the federal government per adult population in each state for the most recent election years....

...if we are honored to win this race, in our first 30 days in office, I will....

...the election being conducted by Defendant Nago and the State of Hawaii Office of Elections is unconstitutional under the Seventeenth Amendment....

...Faleomavaega neither resigned nor retired and finally has returned home just a few days short of a year after his medical evacuation last October....