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20 May 2010, 2:01 pm
Clint Didier is running for the US Senate. [read post]
21 Dec 2014, 6:05 am
In his final days as a United States senator, West Virginia Democrat Jay Rockefeller released a draft bill that would subject drone operators to unprecedented new privacy regulations. [read post]
13 Aug 2014, 9:49 am
In a letter to President Obama, Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durban (D-IL), and Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), key members of the Banking Committee, urged him to use executive authority to reduce or eliminate tax breaks for companies that shift their headquarters overseas to avoid paying U.S. taxes. [read post]
27 Dec 2018, 9:01 pm
An interesting and potentially important lawsuit in federal court in Arizona is challenging the way state officials have sought to deal with the vacancy in the US Senate created by Senator McCain’s death four months ago (on August 25, 2018). [read post]
10 Nov 2017, 5:25 am
Senator Jeff Merkley“It’s time for us to catch up to the rest of the developed world, and ban this dangerous public health threat once and for all. [read post]
4 Jan 2011, 12:39 pm
Udall believes the companies’ advertisements violate the Federal Trade Commission Act, which prohibits the use of misleading descriptions of the protective qualities of a safety device, especially those used by children. [read post]
23 Jul 2010, 9:20 am
[JURIST] US Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) [official website] on Wednesday introduced an amended version of the Senate campaign finance bill [S 3628 materials] in order to gain support from moderate Republicans in the hope of increasing the chance of the bill's passage. [read post]
19 Dec 2017, 10:28 pm
The US Senate [official website] on Wednesday voted 51-48 along party lines to approve a slightly modified version of the conference committee version [text] of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act [H.R. 1 materials]. [read post]
19 Jan 2024, 10:00 am
" The post Senate GOP to Treasury: Why Urge Banks to ‘Surveil Customer’ Transactions ‘Using Politically Charged Search Terms? [read post]
19 Apr 2010, 12:52 pm
Senate may table a new climate change bill on April 26. [read post]
24 Mar 2010, 4:58 pm
Key Senator Scores Protectionist EU Proposed Hedge Fund DirectiveJoining the growing outcry over protectionist tendencies in the proposed EU Directive regulating hedge funds, Senator Charles Schumer, a key member of the Banking Committee, expressed deep concern that the Directive would overtly discriminate against US hedge funds. [read post]
1 Jun 2023, 1:13 pm
A US State Department ambassador told senators during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Wednesday that the Department of Defense (DOD) continues to block the US’s cooperation in the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) case against Russian President Vladimir Putin. [read post]
20 May 2009, 5:34 am
[JURIST] Members of the US Senate [official website] on Tuesday voted 90-6 [roll call] to approve an amendment [S AMDT 1133 materials] eliminating $80 million from pending legislation intended to fund the closure of the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detention facility. [read post]
30 Jul 2005, 11:00 am
[JURIST] By voice vote late Friday the US Senate unanimously approved a bill that would permanently extend most provisions of the USA Patriot Act [text] while limiting it in the most controversial areas. [read post]
25 Mar 2009, 1:38 am
[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] held a hearing Tuesday to investigate "abusive credit card practices and bankruptcy" [hearing materials]. [read post]
27 Feb 2003, 8:47 pm
[JURIST] The Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] Thursday approved the nominations of Deborah Cook, John Roberts and Jay Bybee [DOJ nomination background] as new US Court of Appeals judges in a rancorous session during which Committee Chairman Senator Orrin Hatch overrode Committee rules to get a vote on Cook and Roberts over the objection of Democrats who wished to hold those two [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 3:06 am
[JURIST] The US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs [official website] on Monday voted 13-10 in favor of the Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010 [text, PDF; summary, PDF], aimed at increasing oversight of the American financial system in the wake of the recent economic crisis. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 5:32 am
[JURIST] The US Senate [official website] unanimously passed legislation [S 1789 materials] Wednesday to reduce sentencing disparities for powder and crack cocaine [JURIST news archive] offenses. [read post]
24 Feb 2003, 8:40 pm
[JURIST] By a vote of 84-0 Monday the Senate passed the Protect Act [text], a child pornography bill designed to help authorities track down pedophiles on the Internet while avoiding free-speech concerns that prompted the US Supreme Court to strike down a similar law last April in Ashcroft v. [read post]
1 Jul 2020, 2:00 am
The process will be different from the process used to draw legislative and congressional district lines in the past. [read post]
