Congressional Oath Of Office

At the start of each new Congress, the entire House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate are sworn into office. This oath-taking dates to 1789, the first Congress; however, the current oath was fashioned in the 1860s, by Civil War-era members of Congress.

The current oath was enacted in 1884:
    I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.



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Sunday, November 15, 2009

$50 Million From Soros For New Tank

George Soros will give $5 million annually for the next ten years to the Institute of New Economic Thinking, a new think tank.

Joseph Stiglitz and Jeffrey Sachs are among the luminaries affiliated with the org.

More from the Financial Times is here.

From the press release, it would appear that INET will be based in Budapest, with an initial event scheduled for next Spring in England.

At first glance, the closest INET comes to a direct Calif. connection is A. Michael Spence's time at Stanford. Spence is a fellow at the Hoover Institute.

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