He traveled to Washington, D.C. where he met senators and congressmen.

What is the source of this right wing veto over presidents, congressmen, and public opinion?

Chilean congressmen show banners calling for the end of the massacre and occupation of Palestine.

U.S. congressmen continue to debate on how to possibly cut even more financing of the government.

Congressmen Keith Ellison and John Lewis have proposed legislation to protect union organizing as a civil right.

Congressmen who opposed the law in the first debate received strong criticism. As Susan wrote in Maecr s blog

Part of the sanctions that were proposed by U.S. congressmen were to freeze bank accounts and eliminate visas.

American Congressmen view the Chinese as archetypal currency manipulators, but the Swiss have introduced a firm cap on the franc s appreciation.

Roughly one half of US Congressmen are millionaires, and many have close ties to companies even before they arrive in Congress.

More recently, leading American congressmen have been impressing on President Barack Obama the need for a muscular effort to implement the CPA.

Even today, the US blocks aid for Haiti because some right wing US Congressmen are intent on toppling President Aristide, whom they abhor.

Tahoun analyzed the relationship between stock owned by congressmen and contributions their political campaigns by the relevant firms, and found a powerful positive association.

Many American congressmen, for example, complain that American jobs are being destroyed by China s intervention in currency markets to maintain an artificially low value for the yuan.

Baffled by that conclusion, the Congressmen began asking one question relentlessly if the existing PLA missiles did not constitute a buildup,'' then what number of missiles would?

Japanese demands to reconsider fell on deaf ears, and the initiative was put on ice only when US congressmen threatened economic repercussions and China increased pressure on Taiwan.

As a result, a small group of pro Israeli congressmen has been free to threaten and pressure those countries likely to vote for the recognition of the Palestinian state.

In particular, Tahoun s research shows that US congressmen systematically invest more in firms that favor their own party, and that when they sell stock, firms stop contributing to their campaigns.

And the banks themselves are back to business as usual anxious to block any financial sector reform and trusting congressmen eager for campaign contributions to delay and disrupt the legislative process.

Party discipline is weak, and Congressmen must themselves raise most of the money that they need for re election and that happens every two years for members of the House of Representatives.

Just before the recent G 20 meeting in Toronto, China announced a formula that would allow modest renminbi appreciation, but some American Congressmen remain unconvinced, and threaten to increase tariffs on Chinese goods.

Reforms to alter the boundaries of Congressional districts to make them more competitive would help alleviate this problem, but few incumbent Congressmen will vote for changes that might increase their risk of defeat.

Believe me the visits the opposition s leaders make to American congressmen anger significantly more people online than Putin and his decrepit system. , they re not yet ready to share their grief with the politicians of another country.

Similarly, no deal with the opposition was possible regarding the inauguration ceremony thus the chaotic, depressing scenes of congressmen fighting it out in their chamber, while Calderón was ushered in through the back door for a rushed ceremony.

Whatever happens with the city councils, the Jalisco Congress' unanimous endorsement is being widely described as a milestone in the fight against political impunity and corruption. Are you tired of congressmen who use threats and get away with anything?

But, while the killing of the 11 congressmen from Cali region attributed to crossfire during an attack by an unidentified military group the leftist rebels provoked shock and anger, there was no agreement on how to solve the chronic problem of El Secuestro (The Kidnapping).

In particular, Tahoun s research shows that US congressmen systematically invest more in firms that favor their own party, and that when they sell stock, firms stop contributing to their campaigns. Moreover, firms with more stock ownership by politicians tend to win more and bigger government contracts.

Even though the Pentagon itself wanted to close many of them and use the money elsewhere, no measure could be gotten through the Congress, because military bases qualify as pork the favors for their constituents that help congressmen get re elected and, according to old and sacred informal rules, no congressman will ever vote against pork in a colleague's district.

In America, the Republican congressional caucus is just saying no no to short term deficit spending to put people to work, no to supporting the banking system, and no to increased government oversight or ownership of financial entities. And the banks themselves are back to business as usual anxious to block any financial sector reform and trusting congressmen eager for campaign contributions to delay and disrupt the legislative process.

Virtually no mainstream American politician seems opposed to eliminating the estate tax a policy move that will further concentrate wealth for no countervailing supply side gain. As Clinton's Assistant to the President for Economic Policy Gene Sperling once wrote, staff aides who tell Congressmen that estate tax repeal ...costing tens of billions of dollars... will benefit only a few thousand families are answered maybe so, but I think I met every one of them at my last fundraiser.