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First established in the 116th Congress (2019-2020) in clause 1 of House Rule XIII and clause 7 of House Rule XV, the Consensus Calendar provides an alternative route to the floor for certain unreport...

In the Senate, a hold on a nomination is a communication to the majority or minority leader that a Senator would object to approving the nomination by unanimous consent. When Senators inform their lea...

International law is derived primarily from two sources: international agreements and customary international practice. Under U.S. law, the United States enters into international agreements by either...

Three entities in the Department of the Interior (DOI) share responsibility for managing the nation’s ocean energy resources on almost 2.5 billion acres of the U.S. outer continental shelf (OCS). The ...