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In recent years, the United States has struggled to develop a comprehensive policy for climate change and concomitant greenhouse gas emissions that addresses the current scientific thinking on the topic. The absence of any clear legislative or executive approach dominated national discussions and the court system was used to litigate a variety of issues associated with global warming. This paper synthesizes actions taken in the three branches of government prior to and immediately following the Obama election. In the Judicial branch, several branches of law have been used to force government and private parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Based on the historic greenhouse gas lawsuit, Massachusetts et al. v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA), and under the direction of the Obama administration, the U.S. EPA has taken significant action to regulate greenhouse gases. In the legislative branch, a comprehensive energy and climate bill passed the House of Representatives and comparable and alternate energy and climate bills were debated in the Senate indicating hope for legislation in the 111th Congress. However, these bills proved to be unsuccessful, therefore leaving the U.S. EPA and the courts the only options for national climate policy in the near future.

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Maps; Note to the Reader; Prologue; 1. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 6 a.m.: Mr Hume's motion for a new House; 2. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 7 a.m.: Novelty, novelty, novelty; 3. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 9 a.m.: Worn-out, worm-eaten, rotten old bits of wood; 4. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 3 p.m.: Manifest indications of danger; 5. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 6 p.m.: One of the greatest instances of stupidity upon record; 6. Thursday, 16 October 1834, 7 p.m.: The brilliancy of noonday

Table of Contents; Introduction -- Michael Barone; USA Page; Leadership; Senate Seniority; House Seniority; Congressional Class of 2010; Minorities in Congress; Women in Congress; Military Service; National Journal Vote Ratings; District Demographics; Senate Seats; Governorships; Closest Congressional Elections; Campaign Finance; Index; Alabama; Alaska; Arizona; Arkansas; California; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; District of Columbia; Florida; Georgia; Hawaii; Idaho; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Louisiana; Maine; Maryland; Massachusetts; Michigan; Minnesota; Mississippi

Federal post-employment lobbying restrictions currently apply only to former executive branch employees. Congress is considering legislation that expands the prohibitions to include the legislative branch. This Comment discusses the proposed legislation in light of first amendment concerns, and concludes that the legislation is constitutional. Moreover, the legislation strikes an optimal balance between the interests of the public, the government, lobbyists, and their clients

Agenda Crossover in the HouseAgenda Crossover in the Senate; Agenda Crossover and Senate Electoral Success; Agenda Crossover in At-Large States; Conclusion; 6 Rethinking State Delegations in Congress; The Origins of and Changes in State Delegations ; Broadening our Conception of State Delegations; Normative Consequences of Agenda Crossover; Agenda Crossover, Representation, and Bicameralism; Appendix A Interviews; Conducting the Interviews; Interview Structure; Appendix B Wisconsin's Unwritten Rule; Bibliography; Index.

Foreword / Lord Lisvane -- Introduction / Alexander Horne and Andrew Le Sueur -- What is the parliamentary scrutiny of legislation for? / Sir Stephen Laws -- Pre-legislative scrutiny / Jessica Mulley and Helen Kinghorn -- Parliament's constitutional standards / Jack Simson Caird and Dawn Oliver -- European scrutiny / Paul Hardy -- Legislative scrutiny in the House of Lords / Philip Norton (Lord Norton of Louth) -- Parliamentary reform and the accountability of government to the house of commons / Richard Kelly and Lucinda Maer -- The regulation of lobbyists / Oonagh Gay -- Robot government : automated decision-making and its implications for parliament / Andrew Le Sueur -- Parliament and national security / Alexander Horne and Clive Walker -- Parliament and international treaties / Arabella Lang -- Sovereignty, privilege and the european convention on human rights / Alexander Horne and Hélène Tyrrell -- Euroscepticism and parliamentary sovereignty : the lingering shadows of Factortame and Thoburn / Gavin Drewry.

Introduction: the House and Senate floors -- The floor and the legislative process: theoretical underpinnings -- Developing procedural character: a quantitative analytical history of House and Senate floor power and rights -- The restrictive House and natural Senate: the story of two floors -- The quality of floor proceedings I: concepts, measures, and data -- The quality of floor proceedings II: analysis -- Conclusion: a future for the floor.

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Reflections; Chapter Two: Refraction: The Crown; Chapter Three: Redefinition: The Senate of Canada; Chapter Four: Readjustment: The House of Commons; Chapter Five: Reconsideration; Chapter Six: Recapitulation; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

A brief history of the House of Lords -- Bicameralism in theory and comparative perspective -- A brief introduction to the contemporary House of Lords -- Political actors in the Lords -- The Lords as a barrier to government : legislative defeats -- Negotiated outcomes and the wider legislative impact of the Lords -- Non-legislative policy work -- Is the House of Lords 'legitimate'? : attitudes towards the chamber -- The politics of Lords reform -- Conclusions : the House of Lords, British politics and legislative bicameralism.