In June, a US House of Representatives committee found Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding documents related to the operation.
BBC: Mexican arrested over US agent 'Fast and Furious' murder
Also on Tuesday's ballot were 11 state governorships, a third of the seats in the 100-member US Senate and all 435 seats in the House of Representatives.
In recent testimony before the US House of Representatives, Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke stated that if the national debt ceiling were not raised by the August deadline, the US Government would either have to default on some of its debt or reduce spending by 40 percent .
The likelihood of us being able to get the votes in the House of Representatives for DOMA repeal are very low at this point so, truthfully, the recourse to the courts is probably going to be the best approach.
In February 2004, the Chairman, Retirement Committee Louisiana House of Representatives asked us for guidance in drafting a law to prevent pension wrongdoing.
There she attacked the Netanyahu government for purportedly reacting with happiness to the news that the Republicans won control of the US House of Representatives in Tuesday's elections.
"You may not like what we've proposed but at least let us have a vote in the House of Representatives, " Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, said Thursday in criticizing congressional Republicans.
For example, the US House of Representatives voted in 1993 to ban the National Biological Survey from accepting the services of volunteers.
The report sent to the House of Representatives in the matter before us violated almost every standard followed by Judge Sirica.
The US House of Representatives voted 361-41 in favour of a plan passed by the Senate on Thursday that would cover the essential aviation staff's costs.
According to the US constitution, tax legislation has to start in the House of Representatives - by standard practice, in the powerful Ways and Means Committee - rather than the Senate.
And we're speaking with Fred Beuttler, deputy historian of the House of Representatives, who joins us here in - I guess I can call it Studio H144.
The law is supported by Republicans in Congress, and lawyers acting for the House of Representatives leadership are defending the law instead of the US government.
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