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24 Jul 2008, 12:31 pm
The Speaker of Indonesia's House of Representatives this week supported the use of the death penalty for corruption offences, despite the global trend towards abolishing it for economic crimes.Agung Laksono encouraged other members of the House to support the suggestion, claiming it would help prevent the serious social consequences of corruption, according to the Antara newsagency. [read post]
20 Apr 2024, 6:35 pm by Tom Lynch
Speaker Mike Johnson, transforming what had been a spine of jello into one of firmer stuff, aligned himself with willing Democrats waving Ukrainian flags, and today cajoled the House of Representatives into passing a $95 […] [read post]
13 Jan 2023, 5:00 am by Stuart N. Brotman
Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as the new Speaker of the House of Representatives, there is much talk about how much power he needed to give up in order to achieve his narrow-majority victory. [read post]
9 Jun 2015, 1:42 pm by Jeralyn
Dennis Hastert, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he... [[ This is a content summary only. [read post]
11 Jan 2007, 8:49 am
The Indiana House of Representatives just reconvened yesterday, and Speaker Pat Bauer (D-South Bend) kicked things off by reading a prayer. [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 8:25 am by Bob Bauer
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has now joined Gerald Ford as a House leader putting on the record an influential view of the boundaries of impeachment. [read post]
7 Oct 2019, 11:52 am by Alan S. Kaplinsky
  In addition to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, the other House members of the Advisory Group are Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and Majority Whip James Clyburn. [read post]
8 Mar 2019, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
House of Representatives by a vote of 407-23 passed House Resolution 183 (full text) condemning anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry against other minorities as contrary to the values that define the people of the United States. [read post]
29 Dec 2008, 11:34 pm
I've been taking an "I'll believe it when I see it" approach to claims by "insurgents" in the Texas House of Representatives that they had enough votes to definitively oust Speaker Tom Craddick. [read post]
14 Jan 2009, 11:57 pm
Like so many of his predecessors in the office of the Massachusetts House Speaker, former Representative Tom Finneran left the office in disgrace, convicted of obstruction of justice in 2007. [read post]
16 Aug 2008, 6:15 pm
Representative Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Assistant to the Speaker of the House, will speak late Tuesday night. [read post]
10 Sep 2018, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
In November 1869, Lynch won his first elected office, serving in the Mississippi State House of Representatives. [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 8:25 am by Joanna Kamvouris
Lang was formerly second-in-command to House Speaker Mike Madigan. [read post]
4 Oct 2022, 5:00 am by Susan Schneider
On September 28, the White House convened a conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health - the first since 1969 -  and Arkansas was particularly well-represented. [read post]