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27 Mar 2009, 1:10 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] voted 285-140 [roll call vote] Wednesday to approve the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 [HR 146 materials], a collection of more than 160 bills aimed at preserving federal land as wilderness areas, limiting gas and oil development, establishing the National Landscape Conservation System, and various water protection efforts. [read post]
26 Dec 2022, 9:49 am
This article is the first of 3 parts to cover 3 Acts of Congress directed at expanding the rights of sexual harassment and abuse victims. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 6:29 am
Congress has given NASA a clear direction to follow in last year’s authorization bill. [read post]
10 May 2007, 1:20 am
Habeas is not spelled "habe-us. [read post]
10 Jan 2021, 5:09 pm
Thousands of pieces of legislation are introduced in a two-year Congress, though relatively few are ever enacted into law. [read post]
10 Sep 2018, 3:51 pm
Please join us in telling Congress to reject the FAA reauthorization unless these provisions are removed from it. [read post]
7 May 2012, 4:29 pm
Sessions and discussions will focus on how to us IP as a tool for development and include workshops as well as presentations. [read post]
19 Mar 2012, 9:32 am
Congress to “support equity and sales tax fairness. [read post]
17 Feb 2017, 4:12 pm
Congress should quickly move this bill and protect consumers’ privacy from warrantless searches. [read post]
21 Jun 2009, 8:16 am
While the new limits on transfers or release of detainees are written in terms of denial of federal funds (under Congress’s Article I Spending Clause powers), their actual practical effect is to restrict in major ways the President’s use of his powers under Article II. [read post]
5 Aug 2016, 9:32 am
The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was urged this week by some in Congress to speed up its rulemaking aimed at arbitration provisions in consumer contracts used by companies offering payment services or financial products to consumers. [read post]
24 Apr 2015, 8:32 am
What role does, and should, Congress play in overseeing the use of Executive Order 12333? [read post]
7 Mar 2017, 2:27 pm
If we raise our voices the same way we did when it came to passing net neutrality, Congress won’t be able to ignore us. [read post]
8 May 2018, 1:52 pm
It marked the first time in which a House of Congress invoked the CRA to invalidate something other than a formal regulation recently promulgated by an agency. [read post]
3 Jun 2024, 7:32 pm
“This CRS Insight, May 24, 2024 provides background and issues facing Congress concerning U.S. restrictions on the use of journalists for intelligence purposes. [read post]
17 Mar 2008, 10:00 am
The requirement has come to mean the presence of an expert opinion, with little attempt to qualitatively examine the information before the board or the board's actual use of the information. [read post]
3 Apr 2015, 6:22 am
The next time you visit us, see if you can spot the three courts outside the Library of Congress. [read post]
22 Jul 2012, 8:00 am
In a House Homeland Security oversight subcommittee hearing late this week, members of Congress raised concerns over the potential security risks posed by jamming and electronic hijacking of unmanned aerial systems, and the potential use of drones by terrorists. [read post]
17 Oct 2017, 9:01 pm
”Are Machineguns in “Common Use”? [read post]
19 Jul 2020, 7:46 pm
Social media use by members of Congress – and the online audience’s response to those communications – fluctuates in real time and varies based on the issues and events of the day. [read post]
