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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]
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]
15 Jun 2005, 5:14 am
[JURIST] A Senate committee approved the nomination of Lester Crawford [official profile] as the new head of the US Food and Drug Administration [official site] on Wednesday, sending the issue to the full Senate for a final vote. [read post]
6 Apr 2006, 8:55 am
[JURIST] US Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) [official website], Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) [official website] and eleven other senators announced Thursday that party leaders have hammered out a compromise immigration reform bill [PDF summary; press conference transcript] that both sides hope to submit for a floor vote before Friday. [read post]
12 Sep 2006, 4:12 am
[JURIST] US Senators John Warner (R-VA), John McCain (R-AZ), and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Monday circulated a revised draft [PDF text] of a bill that would establish military commissions [JURIST news archive] for terror detainees. [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]
10 Nov 2005, 3:45 am
[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommitee on the Constitution [official website] approved a proposed constitutional amendment, the Marriage Protection Amendment [PDF text], in a 5-4 vote Wednesday. [read post]
24 May 2012, 12:45 pm
Article II, Section 2 of the US Constitution grants the President "... [read post]
19 May 2006, 5:03 am
[JURIST] The US Senate on Thursday passed the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2005 [PDF text], which would increase the maximum FCC indecency [JURIST news archive] fines per station by a multiple of ten, from $32,500 to $325,000 per violation. [read post]
29 May 2005, 11:13 am
[JURIST] The Texas Senate Saturday approved Senate Bill 60 [text], which would give jurors in capital murder cases the option of sentencing a defendant to life in prison without parole instead of death. [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]
17 May 2008, 10:10 am
Senate panel has unanimously approved a bill that would encourage federal, state, and local police to use and create special software designed to nab child pornography swappers on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 4:07 am
[JURIST] The US Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] voted 17-2 Wednesday to approve the nomination of Eric Holder [professional profile] to serve as Attorney General. [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]
27 Jul 2005, 9:44 am
[JURIST] Republican members of the Senate Judiciary committee [official website] and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) [official profile] have urged committee chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) [official profile] to begin confirmation hearings on US Supreme Court nominee John Roberts during Congress' August recess, rather than after September 5 when the body reconvenes. [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]
19 Jul 2005, 12:29 pm
The Akaka bill [background website] is sponsored by US Senators Daniel Inouye and Daniel Akaka [official websites], both from Hawaii, who said the Republican majority had committed to sending [read post]
30 Aug 2005, 2:28 am
[JURIST] US Senator Patrick Leahy [official website], ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Monday that the committee's Democrats intend to question Supreme Court nominee John Roberts [JURIST news archive] about a Justice Department memo that some say led to torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison [JURIST news archive] and in Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
24 Apr 2016, 10:06 pm
Senate Dem calls for household child protections. [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]
