The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002,informally known as the Iraq Resolution,is a joint resolution passed by the United States Congress in October 2002 as Public Law No. 107-243,authorizing the use of the United States Armed Forces against Saddam Hussein's Iraq government in what would be known as Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The government of Maryland is conducted according to the Maryland Constitution. The United States is a federation;consequently,the government of Maryland,like the other 49 state governments,has exclusive authority over matters that lie entirely within the state's borders,except as limited by the Constitution of the United States.
Marion Tinsley Bennett served as a member of the United States Congress,as a Judge of the United States Court of Claims and as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Louis I. Lang is an American politician,lobbyist,and former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives,representing the 16th District from 1987 until 2019.
Mary E. Flowers is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives and serves as the House Deputy Majority Leader. She represented the 31st district from January 9,1985 to January 13,1993,represented the 21st district from January 13,1993 to January 8,2003,and represents the 31st district again since January 8,2003. On January 14,2021,Flowers became the longest serving African-American legislator in Illinois history.
Shane Pendergrass is an American politician from Maryland and a member of the Democratic Party. She is serving in her seventh term in the Maryland House of Delegates,representing Maryland's District 13 in Howard County. She currently serves as Chair of the Health and Government Operations Committee.
Rob Briley is an American politician and a Democratic former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 52nd district,which is part of Davidson County. He is the brother of Nashville politician David Briley and the grandson of Beverly Briley,Metro-Nashville's first mayor.
Betty June "B.J." Nikkel was a state representative in the U.S. state of Colorado. She served in House leadership as Republican House Majority Whip,the fourth highest-ranking leader in the Colorado House of Representatives. Nikkel was appointed to the Colorado House of Representatives in January 2009 by vacancy committee to fill the vacancy caused by Kevin Lundberg's appointment to the Colorado State Senate. She was sworn in on January 22,2009.
Matt Huffman is a member of the Ohio Senate,representing the 12th district since 2017,and currently serving as the Ohio Senate Majority Leader as a Republican. The district includes Allen,Champaign,Mercer and Shelby counties,as well as parts of Auglaize,Darke and Logan counties.
Lindell Shumake is a Republican former member of the Missouri House of Representatives. Shumake first represented the 6th District,encompassing all or portions of Marion and Ralls counties in northeast Missouri. In November 2012,he was elected to serve the newly designated 5th Missouri House district.
Paul Quinn is an American politician from the state of Missouri. A Democrat,he served as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from the 9th District from 2007 to 2012. The district formerly encompassed all or parts of Audrain,Boone,Chariton,Howard and Monroe counties. However,due to redistricting following the 2010 United States Census,Quinn's district was redrawn,placing him in the 40th District. He was defeated in the 40th District race by Republican Jim Hansen in November,2012. He was first elected to the Missouri House in 2006.
Kathleen Willis is the Illinois state representative for the 77th district. The 77th district includes all or parts of Addison,Bellwood,Bensenville,Franklin Park,Maywood,Melrose Park,Northlake,Stone Park,and Wood Dale.
A heartbeat bill or fetal heartbeat bill is a form of abortion restriction legislation in the United States which makes abortions illegal as soon as the embryonic or fetal heartbeat can be detected.
Dan A. Rayfield is an American politician serving as the Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives representing the 16th district,which includes Corvallis and Philomath.
Anne Rachel Traum is an American lawyer,academic and judge who is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. She was a professor of law at the William S. Boyd School of Law in 2002 and again from 2008 to 2022.
Deb Lavender is an American politician who from 2015 to 2021 served in the Missouri House of Representatives. A Democrat,Lavender represented the 90th district,which comprises all or part of the cities of Glendale,Kirkwood,Oakland,Sunset Hills,Warson Woods,and Webster Groves in St. Louis County. In 2020,she unsuccessfully ran for the Missouri Senate against incumbent Republican Andrew Koenig.
Dafna Michaelson Jenet is a Democratic member of the Colorado House of Representatives. She represents House District 30,which covers a portion of Adams County including parts of Commerce City,Aurora,Brighton,Henderson,Bennett,Keensburg,Strasburg,and Thornton. She was elected to her seat in 2016,unseating Republican incumbent JoAnn Windholz.
Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz is a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 17th district. The 17th district includes all or parts of Evanston,Glenview,Golf,Morton Grove,Northbrook,Skokie and Wilmette.
Kevin Lamar Windham Jr. is a Democratic member of the Missouri General Assembly representing the state's 85th House district.
Robert Edward Sauls is a Democratic member of the Missouri General Assembly,representing the state's 21st House district. He currently serves as the ranking minority member on the Crime Prevention and Public Safety committee,in addition to his positions on the following committees;Fiscal Review,Insurance Policy,Judiciary,Rules - Legislative Oversight,and Special Committee on Homeland Security. On April 23,2019,Representative Sauls was named a,"Freshman to Watch" by the Missouri Times.
