The Georgia General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is bicameral,consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The North Carolina General Assembly is the bicameral legislature of the state government of North Carolina. The legislature consists of two chambers:the Senate and the House of Representatives. The General Assembly meets in the North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh,North Carolina.
The New York State Legislature consists of the two houses that act as the state legislature of the U.S. state of New York:the New York State Senate and the New York State Assembly. The Constitution of New York does not designate an official term for the two houses together;it says only that the state's legislative power "shall be vested in the senate and assembly". Session laws passed by the Legislature are published in the official Laws of New York. Permanent New York laws of a general nature are codified in the Consolidated Laws of New York. As of January 2021,the Democratic Party holds supermajorities in both houses of the New York State Legislature,which is the highest paid state legislature in the country.
Henry McKinley "Mickey" Michaux Jr. is an American civil rights activist and Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's thirty-first House district from 1983 to 2019 and previously served from 1973 through 1977. The district included constituents in Durham County. Upon his retirement,Michaux was the longest-serving member of the North Carolina General Assembly. In the 2007-2008 session,Michaux served as senior chairman of the House Appropriations Committee and chairman of the House Select Committee on Street Gang Prevention.
The Tennessee House of Representatives is the lower house of the Tennessee General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Carroll Ashmore Campbell Jr.,was an American Republican politician who served as the 112th governor of South Carolina from 1987 to 1995. Prior to this,he served as a member of the South Carolina Senate representing the 2nd district from 1977 to 1978 and as a congressman representing South Carolina's 4th district from 1979 to 1987.
Floyd Davidson Spence was an American attorney and a politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. Elected for three terms to the South Carolina House of Representatives from Lexington County as a Democrat,in 1962 Spence announced his decision to switch to the Republican Party,as he was unhappy with shifts in the national party.
Nia H. Gill is an American Democratic Party politician,who has represented the 34th Legislative District in the New Jersey State Senate since 2002. She ran unsuccessfully as a candidate in the June 2012 primary election to fill the seat in Congress left vacant by the death of Donald M. Payne,the former U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 10th congressional district. Gill was the State Senate President pro Tempore from 2010 to 2018,succeeded by Teresa Ruiz.
Romulus Mitchell Saunders was an American politician from North Carolina.
Censure is a formal,public,group condemnation of an individual,often a group member,whose actions run counter to the group's acceptable standards for individual behavior. In the United States,governmental censure is done when a body's members wish to publicly reprimand the president of the United States,a member of Congress,a judge or a cabinet member. It is a formal statement of disapproval. It relies on the target's sense of shame or their constituents' subsequent disapproval,without which it has little practical effect when done on members of Congress and no practical effect when done on the president.
The 1990 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on November 6,1990 to select the governor of the state of South Carolina. Governor Carroll A. Campbell Jr.,the popular Republican incumbent,handily defeated Democrat Theo Mitchell to become only the second governor at the time elected to a second consecutive four-year term.
David Lloyd Thomas is a Republican former member of the South Carolina Senate. He represented District 8 from 1984 to 2012,which included part of Greenville.
Expulsion is the most serious form of disciplinary action that can be taken against a Member of Congress. The United States Constitution provides that "Each House [of Congress] may determine the Rules of its proceedings,punish its members for disorderly behavior,and,with the concurrence of two-thirds,expel a member." The processes for expulsion differ somewhat between the House of Representatives and the Senate.
The 1788–1789 United States Senate elections were the first U.S. Senate elections following the adoption of the Constitution of the United States. They coincided with the election of George Washington as the first president of the United States. As these elections were prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were chosen by state legislatures.
Jeremy Ryan Durham is an American former politician and attorney. From January 2013 to September 2016 he served as the Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 65th District,encompassing parts of Williamson County,Tennessee. On July 13,2016 a special committee of the Tennessee House of Representatives released a report that found Durham had had inappropriate "sexual interactions" with 22 women. On September 13,2016,Durham was expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives on a 70–2 vote.
William Richardson Timmons IV is an American attorney,entrepreneur and politician serving as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district since 2019. His district is in the heart of the Upstate and includes Greenville,Spartanburg,and most of their suburbs. A member of the Republican Party,Timmons served as the South Carolina state senator from the 6th district from 2016 to 2018.
George Wilmarth "Wiley" Nickel III is an American attorney and Democratic politician serving as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 13th congressional district since 2023.
Destin C. Hall is an American attorney and politician who has served in the North Carolina House of Representatives,representing the 87th district since 2017.
Thomas D. Corbin is an American businessman and politician. He is a member of the South Carolina Senate from the 5th District,serving since 2012,and served for two years prior as a member in the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 17th District. He is a member of the Republican party.
Deon T. Tedder is an American attorney and politician. He was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 109th District,serving since 2020,and is a member-elect of the South Carolina Senate representing District 42.
