The executive power is better to be trusted when it has no screen. Sir, we have a responsibility in the person of our President; he cannot act improperly, and hide either his negligence or inattention; he cannot roll upon any other person the weight of his criminality; no appointment can take place without his nomination; and he is responsible for every nomination he makes... far from being above the laws, he is amenable to them in his private character as a citizen, and in his public character by impeachment.

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I have notified the speaker that I will temporarily step aside from my position as majority leader pursuant to rules of the House Republican Conference and the…

The politicians pontificate and manoeuvre with eloquent manifestos and pronouncements saying little about the challenges we must confront.

There is no doubt that Jacomoni and Visconti Prasca have a large share of the responsibility in the Albanian affair, but the real blame must be sought elsewher…