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121Director of Floor Operations — is the title of two staff members in the United States House of Representatives, with the Majority Director in the Speaker s office and the Minority Director in the Minority Leader s or Minority Whip s office. Each director is primarily… …
122Members of the 110th United States Congress — The One Hundred Tenth United States Congress was the meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, between January 3, 2007, and January 3, 2009, during the last two years of the second term of President George W. Bush …
123Minority leader of the United States House of Representatives — Democratic Leader Incumbent Nancy Pelosi …
124List of freshman class members of the 111th United States Congress — 40 new members of the 111th Congress. (One pictured member, Marcia Fudge, is not technically a freshman; as she was sworn in near the end of the 110th Congress.) The 111th United States Congress began on January 3, 2009. As of November 30, 2010,… …
125Office of Congressional Ethics — The Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE), established by the U.S. House of Representatives in March 2008, is an independent, non partisan entity charged with reviewing allegations of misconduct against members of the House of Representatives and… …
126List of longest-living United States Senators — This page contains a list of the eldest United States Senators among those currently living (sitting or former) and a list of the individuals who, at the time of their deaths, were the longest lived United States Senators among those current or… …
127Portinari — This rare and interesting surname is of Italian origin, and is from an occupational name for a doorkeeper or usher. The name is derived from the Latin porta , door, and has the same meaning as the surnames, Portiero and portulano. A portinari was …
128usher — [14] An usher is etymologically a ‘doorkeeper’. The word comes via Anglo Norman usser from medieval Latin ūstārius, an alteration of classical Latin ōstārius ‘door keeper’. This was derived from ōstium ‘door’, which in turn was based on ōs… …
