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2 Feb 2012, 5:26 pm by Securites Lawprof
The Senate passed, by a vote of 96-3, the STOCK Act, which prohibits members of Congress and their aides from trading on inside information and also requires public officials to disclose their financial transactions within 30 days. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 12:07 am
" The aforesaid senators stated that by law, the Pentagon was to report to Congress by March 1, 2011 on its cyber warfare policies, outlining a number of "critical questions" that must be addressed in the new battlefield of cyberspace. [read post]
3 Aug 2011, 12:07 am
" The aforesaid senators stated that by law, the Pentagon was to report to Congress by March 1, 2011 on its cyber warfare policies, outlining a number of "critical questions" that must be addressed in the new battlefield of cyberspace. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 9:23 pm
Because while everything else in the Constitution can be amended by a 2/3 vote in each house of Congress followed by ratification by 3/4 of the States, the Constitution provides a special rule for equal representation in the Senate: "no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. [read post]
22 Sep 2008, 3:39 am
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has indicated that it will wait until the next session of Congress before considering the Defense Trade Cooperation treaties with the U.K. and Australia that were signed in 2007. [read post]
30 May 2017, 12:41 pm by George Ticoras, Esq.
Senate Bill 1189, Close the Revolving Door Act of 2017, places a lifetime ban on current members of Congress from becoming lobbyists. [read post]
9 May 2013, 3:35 pm by James Hamilton
A book entitled ``Act of Congress: How America's Essential Institution Works and How It Doesn't,'' by Robert G. [read post]
22 Dec 2020, 6:38 am by Chris Castle
More on this to come, but I couldn’t be more pleased that the CASE Act passed the Congress and looks likely to be signed into law by the President. [read post]
4 Jul 2020, 8:21 pm by Zoe Gujral
The Senate vote came hours before the original application deadline expired on Tuesday. [read post]
27 Mar 2017, 9:40 am by Scott Bomboy
After a week of high drama in the House and Senate, lawmakers in Washington could enjoy a quieter period in Congress before another all-out fight in early April over Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation as a Supreme Court justice. [read post]
29 Nov 2018, 1:12 pm by Zachary Uram
Senate Joint Resolution 16 says that Congress, pursuant to both the 1973 War Powers Resolution and section 1013 of the Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985, directs the President to pull the US Armed Forces back “from hostilities in or affecting the Republic of Yemen. [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 8:37 am
House of Representatives and Senate passed a two-month extension to the doc-fix. [read post]
16 Dec 2010, 7:33 am by immigrationprof
Congress has passed two private bills that await the President's signature. [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 8:37 am
House of Representatives and Senate passed a two-month extension to the doc-fix. [read post]
14 May 2009, 1:30 pm
The National Immigration Forum issued this press release today: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) and Representatives Howard Berman (D-CA) and Adam Putnam (R-FL) introduced in both chambers of Congress the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act,... [read post]
20 Jan 2010, 1:37 pm by immigrationprof
Massachusetts Senator-Elect Scott Brown will shortly step into the Senate seat held for nearly half a century by one of the most loyal champions of immigrants to ever sit in Congress. [read post]
16 Mar 2009, 4:02 pm
John Cornyn (R-TX) sponsored a Senate Republican Conference hearing (i.e., a partisan hearing) this afternoon on legal reform in the 111th Congress, "Protecting Main Street Jobs from Lawsuit Abuse. [read post]