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25 Feb 2014, 9:10 am by Kelly Phillips Erb
” Ditto for National Council of La Raza, the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the country, which has remained silent. [read post]
24 Feb 2014, 6:20 am by aallwash
As the former chair of AALL’s Government Relations Committee and a District of Columbia resident, I encourage you to attend this special event in our nation’s beautiful capital. [read post]
14 Feb 2014, 4:52 am by Karen Hoffmann
ILW 2014 Program Committee Tamara Cummings-John, Legal Officer, United Nations Office of Legal Affairs; Davis Robinson, Former Legal Adviser, U.S. [read post]
13 Feb 2014, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
Rep Peter DeFazio (D-OR) to mandate national labeling of GMO foods. [read post]
13 Feb 2014, 11:00 am by aallwash
Earlier in the week, House Speaker John Boehner conceded to bring a “clean” debt ceiling increase to the floor for passage with Democratic support after failing to rally his conference behind a modest Republican offset proposal. [read post]
13 Feb 2014, 8:12 am by WIMS
Landrieu Becomes Energy Committee Leader - It's official: Before adjourning yesterday, the Senate formally approved the shift in chairmanships following Max Baucus's departure that leaves Louisiana Democrat Mary Landrieu atop the Energy and Natural Resources Committee as Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden moves to the Finance Committee. [read post]
12 Feb 2014, 8:12 am by WIMS
Democrats Hearing Site<> House Passes Drought Research Legislation - The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2431, the National Integrated Drought Information Systems Reauthorization Act. [read post]
11 Feb 2014, 3:01 am by Katitza Rodriguez
Even laws intended to protect national security or combat crime will inevitably lead to abuse if left unchecked and kept secret. [read post]
8 Feb 2014, 5:06 pm by Unknown
Fifty years ago, on another February Saturday, after what had been a grueling fight to pass a strengthened Civil Right bill out of the House, Representative Howard Smith (D-VA) who had lost his battle to bottle the bill in the Rules Committee that he chaired, offered an amendment on the floor of the House to expand the protected categories from race, color, national origin and religion, by adding sex.Some have viewed his amendment as one last ditch effort to sink the bill, others a… [read post]
8 Feb 2014, 5:06 pm by Michael Fox
Fifty years ago, on another February Saturday, after what had been a grueling fight to pass a strengthened Civil Right bill out of the House, Representative Howard Smith (D-VA) who had lost his battle to bottle the bill in the Rules Committee that he chaired, offered an amendment on the floor of the House to expand the protected categories from race, color, national origin and religion, by adding sex.Some have viewed his amendment as one last ditch effort to sink the bill, others a… [read post]
7 Feb 2014, 8:29 am by WIMS
Committee Majority Assault on EPA – Science Democrats Stress EPA's Role in Protecting Public Health - The House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology held a hearing titled, "Examining the Science of EPA Overreach: A Case Study in Texas." [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 10:01 pm by Dan Flynn
” Proponents of the national SAFE Seafood Act argue that fish fraud is a national problem that requires a national solution. [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 11:43 am by Clara Spera
” In news from yet another hearing on the Hill yesterday, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee are pushing for “new standards governing how companies defend against and respond to data breaches. [read post]
5 Feb 2014, 8:08 am by WIMS
<> National Award for Smart Growth Achievement - EPA announced the winners of the 2013 National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. [read post]
3 Feb 2014, 6:42 pm by David Fraser
But dragnet surveillance of innocent people is not acceptable in a free and democratic society. [read post]
1 Feb 2014, 9:07 pm
” It undermines public trust to have a democratic government say that it’s not lying to the public, not technically lying, merely because because it refuses comment. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 3:40 pm by Carole (Staff Lawyer)
The Senate then adopted a report from the committee exonerating Mr. [read post]
31 Jan 2014, 8:14 am by WIMS
The committee leaders called on the Senate to. . . [read post]
29 Jan 2014, 7:25 am by WIMS
  <> Is the Senate Energy Committee being handed to Big Oil? [read post]