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1 Jun 2007, 12:02 am
Note, however, that passage of the bill in its current form is still several very significant steps away, and it is by no means certain the President would sign this bill -- not, at least, without a signing statement signaling that he will refuse to abide by some of the bill's most important provisions (including requirements of disclosure to Congress).CIA InterrogationsUnfortunately, perhaps the most important development was an amendment sponsored by Senators… [read post]
31 May 2007, 7:37 am
Bexar County officials say HB 2391 would save the local jail $10,000 per day and generate proportional savings for other counties, if the Governor will only sign the bill.An aide to Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff forwards this letter sent to Governor Rick Perry (pdf) asking him to support HB 2391 by Madden/Seliger (discussed on Grits here and here). [read post]
30 May 2007, 9:51 am
Nelson, Sen. [read post]
30 May 2007, 6:14 am
The AP reported today ("Bexar County struggles with jail overcrowding," May 30) that the Bexar County Jail in San Antonio currently exceeds its capacity by more than 300 beds:"Our population has bounced way up in the last 60 days, and I don't know why," County Judge Nelson Wolff said. [read post]
24 May 2007, 2:48 pm
Young, Jr., Michigan Supreme Court; Lyle Roberts, LeBoeuf Lamb; Timothy Slavish, Thorp Reed; Sheldon Bonovitz, Duane Morris; Barnet "Barney" Phillips IV, Skadden Arps; John Magee, McKee Nelson; Justin Klein, Ballard Spahr. [read post]
24 May 2007, 1:19 pm
According to Florida Senator Bill Nelson, "If you want to guard the interests of the hens, you don't put the fox in charge of the henhouse," Increasingly, other Senators and organizations agreed. [read post]
24 May 2007, 3:05 am
Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville, to author legislation that would require schools to monitor students' health to prevent childhood obesity . . . [read post]
22 May 2007, 8:23 pm
An identical bill in the Senate is expected to be savaged by a rampaging T. [read post]
21 May 2007, 9:28 am
Jane Nelson, who voted for needle exchange legislation in her committee in the Senate. [read post]
17 May 2007, 10:20 am
Bill Nelson to the Aviation Investment and Modernization Act of 2007 (S. 1300) (PDF 16.3 KB) Legislative text to be offered in the Senate Commerce Committee on May 16, 2007 05/16/2007
Legislative Text of the Lobbying Transparency Act of 2007 (H.R. 2317) (PDF 50 KB) Introduced by Rep. [read post]
17 May 2007, 2:44 am
Even though the bill was supported by a 7-1 margin in the Senate committee (including conservative Chair Jane Nelson), even though 60% of GOP senators voted for it, the House chair whose committee heard Texas' pending needle exchange legislation this week refuses to let her committee vote on it, she told the Houston Chronicle ("No hope for needle exchange legislation," May 17).SB 308 would empower local governments to decide whether to allow nonprofit needle exchange… [read post]
14 May 2007, 9:37 am
Several newspaper companies, such as Nelson Poynter’s St. [read post]
10 May 2007, 3:28 am
Jane Nelson's decision to change her vote - she opposed identical legislation in 2003 and 2005 when Sen. [read post]
3 May 2007, 8:59 am
The funny thing is the Dems backed down on binding timelines in the bill they sent to Bush. [read post]
27 Apr 2007, 4:47 pm
Bill supporters included Senate Health and Human Services Chair Jane Nelson who opposed the legislation in years past. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 10:07 am
Deuell, who is a medical doctor, secured the backing of Health and Human Services Chair Jane Nelson and also Kyle Janek, a Galveston surgeon, neither of whom had supported the bill when Sen. [read post]
19 Apr 2007, 2:50 am
(Bill Walton was working as an announcer elsewhere and didn't make it.) [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 2:24 pm
Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) and Rep. [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 6:01 am
Establishment candidates like Nelson Rockefeller and Bill Scranton were happy to play along with the dirigiste consensus. [read post]
12 Apr 2007, 1:06 am
But both Chair Jane Nelson and Sen. [read post]
