Unlike the federal commission, however, its recommendations could be overruled by voters.

In the 1970s, a federal commission was established to design a new administrative system for the ports of Mexico.

An independent federal commission said last year that the Medicare changes had not reduced patients' access to care.

The hearing at the federal regulatory commission is expected to continue until next week.

A federal commission estimates that up to 4.4 million Americans will be turned away from four-year colleges for financial reasons in this decade alone.

He was confirmed by the Senate three days later and received his federal commission on June 2, 1972.

After four years of work, a federal commission on terrorism issued its final report last week.

In the last 30 years, two federal commissions examined the impact of women in the military for months on end.

James Hoecker, chairman of the federal commission, has told state officials repeatedly that they had to get their own house in order.

He said Broadwater's filing with the federal commission clearly established need and other benefits, including lower energy costs.