Word: congress
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...their quest to carve out a defined scope for the powers of traditional tribal courts, Congress and the Supreme Court have differed over the extent of that jurisdiction...
...Congress reversed the Court's ruling, expanding the Indian Civil Rights Act to give individual tribal governments criminal jurisdiction over any American Indian on their lands...
Capuano pledged to fight for affordable housingin Congress...
...Congress later negated that ruling when they amended the Indian Civil Rights Act. Under the revised act, a tribe's criminal jurisdiction covers all Native Americans...
...party," says Dickerson. That unpopular image is a much harder noose to slip out of, and one that will take all the political talent that GOP leaders can muster. "The Republican party," says Dickerson, "needs to quickly hammer out a post-impeachment agenda and start lining up achievements in Congress." Policy activism, however, is also the strategy that the Democrats need to pursue. That battle could make for yet another nasty partisan fight. So what else...