Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
legislative investigations — Legislatures are empowered to make investigations as an incident of their legislative authority; included are powers of subpoena, cross examination, etc. Quinn v. United States, 349 U.S. 155, 161, 75 S.Ct. 668, 99 L.Ed. 964 … Black's law dictionary
legislative investigative powers — powers of a lawmaking body to conduct investigations. In most countries this power is exercised primarily to provide a check on the executive branch of government. The U.S. Congress, however, has exercised broad investigative powers,… … Universalium
Russian legislative election, 2007 — Legislative elections were held in the Russian Federation on December 2 2007. [cite web |url=http://www.electionguide.org/country.php?ID=179 |title=Country Profile: Russia |accessdate=2007 12 04 |date=2007 |work=IFES Election Guide ] At stake… … Wikipedia
Government Accountability Office investigations of the Department of Defense — are typically audits in which the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the United States Congress’ investigative arm, studies how the Department of Defense spends taxpayer dollars. Since the GAO is accountable only to the legislative branch,… … Wikipedia
United States Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations — The Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) is the oldest subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (formerly the Committee on Government Operations). Recent investigationsIn 2004 2005, the… … Wikipedia
Republic of China legislative election, 2004 — The Election for the 6th Legislative Yuan (第六屆立法委員選舉) of the Republic of China on Taiwan was held on December 11, 2004. All 225 seats of the Legislative Yuan were up for election: 168 elected by popular vote, 41 elected on the basis of the… … Wikipedia
Florida Legislative Investigation Committee — The Florida Legislative Investigation Committee (also known as the Johns Committee) was established by the Florida Legislature in 1956, during the era of the Second Red Scare and the Lavender Scare. Like the more famous anti Communist… … Wikipedia
Austrian legislative election, 2008 — Infobox Election election name = Austrian legislative election, 2008 country = Austria type = parliamentary ongoing = no previous election = Austrian legislative election, 2006 previous year = 2006 previous MPs = next election = next year = seats … Wikipedia
Mongolian legislative election, 2008 — 2004 ← 29 June 2008 → 2012 … Wikipedia
United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations — House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is a subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee in the United States House of Representatives.JurisdictionThe Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee has no legislative… … Wikipedia
