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The first article of the Constitution, referred to as Article 1, lays out the basic structure of the legislative branch of the U.S. government. It establishes a bicameral legislature, called Congress, consisting of two houses. The lower house is called the House of Representatives and the upper house is called the Senate.
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Puerto Ricans Use Noise Control Act of 1972 To Fight U.S. Government: Challenging the U.S. government, Puerto Rico's governor Sila Calderon, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the U.S. Navy to halt bombing exercises on Vieques island. For years, islanders have charged that the bombing damages their environment and endangers their health. Read a Bergen Record story on it below or go to: http://www.bergen.com/morenews/vieq25200104258.htm http://www.bergen.com/morenews/vieq27200104273.htm http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2001/4/29/world/2941pric&sec=world http://news.excite.com/news/r/010426/14/politics-arms-vieques-dc
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Beyond the specific context of U.S. federal judicial appointments, the term "nuclear option" has come to be used generically for a procedural maneuver with potentially serious consequences, to be used as a last resort to overcome political opposition. In a recent legal ruling on the validity of the Hunting Act 2004 (Jackson and others v. Her Majesty's Attorney General [2005] UKHL 56, 13 October 2005), the UK House of Lords used "nuclear option" to describe the possibility of creating hundreds of new Liberal peers, which the government threatened to do in order to force the Tory-dominated Lords to accept the Great Reform Act in 1832.
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In a letter hand-delivered to company chairman and CEO Charles Williamson, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Richard Trumka asked him to explain to shareholders how Unocal does not violate U.S. government sanctions against new investment in Myanmar. Recent press reports have indicating that Unocal intends to pursue a new Burma-India gas pipeline. In addition, documents available on Unocal's web site show a proposed new pipeline linking the company's Burmese offshore gas fields to the Burmese capital Rangoon.
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