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11 May 2007, 4:43 am
And that's what we all ought to be getting smart about right now.Related random notes:The DC tax error really does appear to be the fault of Washington, DC tax administrators, who implemented a rule just in 2002 that restricts the use of homestead exemptions by people who don't vote in DC. [read post]
7 May 2007, 10:50 am
" Not surprisingly, he concludes by begging Congress to vote for a "better" farm bill. [read post]
29 Apr 2007, 2:25 am
Workman required a majority vote toprevail; the hearing was denied after the vote wastied at seven votes to seven. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 7:25 am
The bill, which passed 241-177 [roll call], would make the District of Columbia [official website] a congressional district with full voting rights in the House, and as a [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 6:06 am
The Washington Post reports: A bill giving the District its first full seat in Congress cleared the House yesterday, marking the city's biggest legislative victory in its quest for voting rights in nearly three decades. [read post]
17 Apr 2007, 6:17 am
A preliminary non-binding vote came in a meeting of the Executive and Finance Committee with all... [read post]
13 Apr 2007, 5:50 am
In Nebraska's legislative assembly in March2007, a measure to abolish the state's death penalty failed by one vote(25-24) to pass to the second of three stages.Efforts to narrow the state's death penalty law are continuing in thelegislature.Since 1913, Nebraska's method of execution has been electrocution, and it isnow the only US state where this is the sole method. [read post]
10 Apr 2007, 1:38 am
Court is an all 1890 castOf judges who live long in the past,And whose ideas reflect reaction.Thus, if you desire a decision from hell,Just look to David Sentelle.He so often seems to be thereWhen some form of scumbaggery pervades the air.A protégé of Jesse Helms --Jesse Helms for crying out loud --He always leads the reactionary crowdWhen there is dirty work to be done.Here is one:When the right wing felt an apparently fair Whitewater… [read post]
9 Apr 2007, 11:24 am
Despite being a lifelong and self-described liberal Demcrat, the first time I voted in a presidential election, I voted for a Republican (Gerald Ford).b. [read post]
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5 Apr 2007, 2:53 pm
It is the case, as Chief Justice Roberts said, that the petitioners never cited in their briefs before the Court or the DC Circuit, that not one of the many amici supporting petitioners ever cited, and that not one of the three DC Circuit judges ever cited. [read post]
3 Apr 2007, 4:02 pm
EPA, had been stayed in the DC Circuit pending the Supreme Court's decision in Mass v. [read post]
2 Apr 2007, 9:34 am
This was a busy Monday at One First Street in DC. [read post]
29 Mar 2007, 8:23 am
Combine that with the 2nd amendment and I think the DC police would not be well advised to try to enforce what looks like a shaky law. [read post]
24 Mar 2007, 12:13 pm
Well, I doubt Washingtonians are quite as nonchalant about their voting rights as Fred Hiatt is with their voting rights, but the intriguing question is 'what true position is that Mr. [read post]
22 Mar 2007, 7:19 pm
  The process has been quiet and effective, surviving the required waiting period between council enactment and effective date so that Congress can exercise its veto - but in contrast to earlier years when Congress regularly vetoed or voted to restrict or defund pro-gay District legislation, the process of slowly expanding the scope of domestic partnership has proceeded apace without notable stumbles. [read post]
21 Mar 2007, 1:25 pm
[JURIST] The Bush administration on Tuesday indicated it would veto HR 1433 [policy statement, PDF; HR 1433 text, PDF], a bill that would treat the Washington DC as its own Congressional district with voting rights. [read post]