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6 Apr 2011, 6:39 pm
The following is an April 6, 2011 press release provided by Edge Communications: In a sharply-worded letter to leaders of both houses of Congress, a coalition of start-up entrepreneurs, faculty and independent inventors and technical professionals has called on lawmakers to reject or substantially modify the America Invents Act, now pending in the House of Representatives as H.R. 1249, addressing reform of the U.S. patent system. [read post]
29 Sep 2017, 1:25 pm
I do suspect that this will be a decisive moment in the relationship between the US national government and what is now the world's largest remaining colony (defined by the absence of any voting representation in the metropolitan government, unlike, for example, the French territories). [read post]
3 Dec 2021, 3:00 am
Groups use these homes, often registered with the city as residential property, most notably as a fundraising venue for members of Congress. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 5:01 am
It may not be quite as a powerful place as the White House, but the chance of getting there is more than 500 times as much. [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]
9 Nov 2009, 1:10 pm
And the have managed to be terribly uncivil while going about Congress's business. [read post]
15 Dec 2023, 3:00 am
National/Federal Kevin McCarthy Uses PAC to Lavish Cash on High-End Resorts, Private Jets and Fine Dining MSN – Paul Pringle and Adam Elmahrek (Los Angeles Times) | Published: 12/7/2023 As her exits Congress two months after his historic ouster as House speaker, political obituaries tout Kevin McCarthy’s skills as a prolific fundraiser on behalf of Republican candidates. [read post]
15 Jan 2015, 12:56 am
The White House definition of covered information is broader than those in many of the bills introduced in Congress. [read post]
2 Jul 2015, 5:00 am
Each year I use July 2nd as a jury celebration day, as this is the day that the Continental Congress voted to liberate the Colonies from the Crown. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 7:58 am
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is moving ahead with a plan to allow for quicker elections on union representation even as Congress considers legislation aimed at thwarting the Board’s proposed rule. [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 5:01 am
The use of the word “scrambling” probably was read as meaning “rushing” but, as described in this story, it apparently means “messing up” in the ways eggs are stirred together. [read post]
29 Mar 2018, 5:39 am
Are there parliamentary “in house” procedures that facilitate oversight? [read post]
18 Jan 2015, 12:30 am
There’s little portraiture, not much drama, and only enough mood-setting context to let us know what America was up to while L.B.J. and Congress were contriving new ways to strengthen the social safety net and exhaust the national treasury. [read post]
11 Jul 2011, 9:24 am
Perhaps that’s why the Republican Congress is getting in on the act: Last week, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on the proposed regulations. [read post]
5 Nov 2021, 5:01 am
Circuit held that the House, which had passed a resolution authorizing the chamber’s intervention in ongoing litigation and funding outside counsel to provide representation, had standing to assert its Article I authority. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 9:15 am
Last month, we posted about the white paper that US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. [read post]
12 Dec 2011, 5:00 pm
There’s been a lot of noise from House Republicans (and others) about how EPA regulation of carbon dioxide under the Clean Air Act is somehow an end-run around Congress or anti-democratic. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 9:20 am
Hopefully, Congress will take this opportunity to include within this legislation not only the increase in access to the federal appellate system but practical solutions to the accompanying financial support that will be needed for this expansion in post-conviction legal representation. [read post]
9 Nov 2020, 12:20 pm
As the voters of Boulder showed us on Election Day, right to counsel programs are one important step that can be taken to keep people in their homes. [read post]
19 Nov 2021, 3:00 am
House Censures Rep. [read post]
