The CCMA appeared in front of the Portfolio Committee yesterday to close the ... The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee for Labour has thanked the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) for standing up for good governance and not allowing the abuse of state resources.
Fell in love with Mexico almost to the point of obsession ;). Texas had already seceded from Mexico during the Texas Revolution (1835-1836), but it became part of the US when it was admitted to the Union in 1845.
Ultimately, Texas won  and decided to seek entrance into the Union. Their entrance was  delayed by Congress because Texas would most likely join as a slave  state. In 1844, Congress officialled annexed Texas and Texas  entered the Union six months later, in 1845, as a slave state. This  deepened the issues of slavery in the United States and sparked the  Mexican-American War.