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25 Aug 2015, 12:39 pm by Cody M. Poplin
  Finally, a note on the role of Congressional oversight: what would it say about the current state of our politics if Congress were to pass a pre-emptive AUMF against a state we ostensibly are seeking to avoid war with, while failing to pass an AUMF against a foe almost everyone agrees we should fight and that are already bombing? [read post]
25 Aug 2015, 12:39 pm by Cody M. Poplin
  Finally, a note on the role of Congressional oversight: what would it say about the current state of our politics if Congress were to pass a pre-emptive AUMF against a state we ostensibly are seeking to avoid war with, while failing to pass an AUMF against a foe almost everyone agrees we should fight and that are already bombing? [read post]
5 Oct 2018, 3:55 pm by Jamie Williams
EFF urged the California legislature to amend the bill and worked with Senator Hertzberg's office to ensure that the bill’s dangerous elements were removed. [read post]
7 Jul 2011, 3:25 am by Sean Shaw
In the struggle to save the state from Senate Bill 408, Representative Kriseman teamed up with other consumer advocates and legislators at a Policyholders of Florida rally inside the capitol. [read post]
18 Dec 2007, 2:34 am
Corzine signed into law Monday a measure abolishing the death penalty, making New Jersey the first state in more than four decades to reject capital punishment.The bill, approved last week by the state Assembly and Senate, replaces the death sentence with life in prison without parole. [read post]
4 Feb 2024, 10:22 am by Jonathan H. Adler
First, the presiding officer in the joint session is the President of the Senate, and she acts as any other presiding officer of a legislature. [read post]
10 Mar 2009, 1:40 pm by Mark J. Caruso, attorney
Democrats increased their numbers in the 2008 elections and now outnumber Republicans 72-40 in the Legislature. [read post]
13 Feb 2019, 11:56 am by Emily Everson
“The New York-New Jersey metro area is home to the largest concentration of Indians in the United States, making our State Legislature an appropriate advocate for granting India a seat on the UN Security Council,” Senator Thompson noted. [read post]
21 Jan 2013, 6:12 am by Nicole Kellner-Swick
  In April 2012, Dennis Moriarity, the treasurer-manager of Unity Credit Union, a local Michigan credit union, wrote a letter to the United States Senate and the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs committee, which has now become public record, expressing his concern about the potential risk to credit unions that do not participate in business lending. [read post]
3 Jan 2023, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
The describes the British treatment of the American colonial legislatures, willy-nilly vetoing their laws. [read post]
1 Aug 2008, 3:27 pm
House of Representatives has introduced legislation, the Secretary of State and Attorney General have called upon Texas to work with the federal government to avoid a breach of its treaty commitments, a Texas senator has promised to introduce legislation to implement [the World Court decision] as soon as the Texas Legislature reconvenes, and leaders of the diplomatic and business communities have warned that Mr. [read post]
23 Oct 2017, 3:05 pm by ernesto
Undoubtedly, the companies and their proxies will recycle what worked in California to other states as legislatures move closer to passing their own bills. [read post]
19 Jul 2011, 7:28 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Such data-driven policymaking should be the goal of state officials everywhere. [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 8:09 am by David Kravets
The Assembly approved the bill 70-0 and the state Senate, 32-4. [read post]
31 Mar 2021, 9:01 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
Yes, there were never-ending partisan battles against voter suppression as well as concerns over the Electoral College, the imbalances of the Senate, and gerrymandering of Congress and state legislatures. [read post]
17 Mar 2017, 6:43 am by Jim Sedor
Senate Bill 97 refines and clarifies state law on public financing, which applies to judges and public regulation commissioners. [read post]
18 Jun 2020, 10:42 am by Cameron Kerry, John B Morris, Jr.
In the face of industry resistance and congressional inaction, state legislatures have taken the lead on privacy legislation; advocates hope for a steady march forward from California and Illinois to other states. [read post]
16 Feb 2024, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Republican-dominated Legislatures have already enacted more than 100 laws to limit LGBTQ+ rights over the past few years, but most affected adolescents and schools. [read post]