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...Virginia plan envisioned replacing the Confederation with a strong national government. This government would be dominated by a bicameral legislature elected by proportional representation, i.e., more seats for the more populous or wealthier states. There would be a national "executive," but the executive's only function would be to carry out the wishes of the national legislature...
Indiana Democrat Lee Hamilton, chairman of the House select committee, eloquently summed up the lessons learned so far. "Our Government cannot function cloaked in secrecy," he said. "It cannot function unless officials tell the truth." Beyond that, Hamilton noted that "privatization of foreign policy is a prescription for confusion and failure." He found an absence of accountability throughout the sorry affair. "High officials cannot look the other way or distance themselves from key aspects of policy or the actions of those they supervise...
Although the Board has gone well beyond its rubber stamp function of a decade ago, the Board's role clearly falls well short of that of a century or even of forty years ago. And while some tenure appointments have been assailed by the Board, overseers say, real challenges are very infrequent. Most tenure cases are decided in a joint Overseers-Corporation committee, whose staff flags problematic cases...
Today from his vantage as Corporation member, Rosovsky says of his comment: "That's the principle of governance. I think power has to be a function of what is being governed and the time one devotes to these issues and also I think to the level of maturity. All I meant to say with that particular remark is that there's a conflict of interest. If you're in a place for four years, you might make the decision the consequences of which don't touch you at all and could have a slight conflict of interest...
Many legislators said that Harvard's main function in the legislature is to provide expertise and and information on various legal questions. Lamont University Professor Emeritus John T. Dunlop, is among some of the faculty sought out to advise on legislative issues. He has served as a chair of committees dealing with labor unions, and pension and retirement disputes, Bolling says...