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7 Oct 2020, 10:00 pm
Congressmen Ted Budd (R-NC) and Lou Correa (D-CA) introduced the Online Accessibility Act to the US House of Representatives on October 2, 2020. [read post]
1 Dec 2017, 11:45 pm
The Senate's consideration of the proposed legislation began at 10:00 am Friday, and more than 200 amendments [official materials] were considered as part of the final bill, some of which are surely part of what the Senate now must take to conference with the House of Representatives. [read post]
18 Dec 2005, 1:59 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved by voice vote the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act of 2005 [bill summary], which will extend for two years the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002 [PDF text], under which the federal government guarantees insurance coverage for catastrophic losses caused by terror attacks. [read post]
16 Sep 2007, 3:27 am
[JURIST] Japanese House of Representatives member Yasuo Fukuda [official website, in Japanese; Wikipedia profile], the leading candidate to succeed former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe [JURIST news archive], said Sunday that the coalition government under the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) [party website] may take the unusual step of renewing the controversial Anti-Terrorism Special Measures Law [ [read post]
25 Feb 2008, 2:54 pm
During a meeting with the National Governors' Association, Bush urged the House of Representatives to allow the [read post]
31 Oct 2010, 1:49 pm
Opposition Shi'ite parties represent the majority of Bahrain's population and claim they experience discrimination in government jobs and housing and have said that they were prevented from casting their votes in the first round of elections held last week [Guardian... [read post]
22 Dec 2011, 4:31 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Belarus Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2011 [text, PDF], imposing new sanctions on Belarus [JURIST news archive] in reaction [press release] to what the bill's author calls "the worst political crackdown in Europe in well over a decade. [read post]
14 Feb 2012, 8:20 am
Representative Spencer Bachus (Republican, Alabama), the Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee (which oversees the financial services industry), is under investigation by the Office of Congressional Ethics, for allegedly trading on non-public information he gleaned as a result of his elective office and leadership role in Congress. [read post]
14 Apr 2023, 8:41 am
Michael Wines for the NYT: There are 99 legislators in the Tennessee House of Representatives, the body that voted on Thursday to expel two of its Democratic members for leading an anti-gun protest in the chamber. [read post]
29 Jun 2009, 10:20 am
The House of Representatives passed a major climate change bill last week by an ice-thin margin, and it may be the first definitive step by the United States to do its fair share to stem the tide of global warming and shrinking ice floes. [read post]
4 Mar 2009, 2:36 pm
On March 3, 2009, HR 1260 was introduced into the House of Representatives, while S. 515 reached the U.S. [read post]
15 May 2008, 1:45 am
Regina v May House of Lords “Where codefendants had jointly received property as a result of criminal activity, each was liable to receive a confiscation order representing the entire value, as if he had acted alone, provided he had sufficient assets to meet the order. [read post]
22 Sep 2009, 3:04 am
The complaint claims that their votes carry far less weight in the House of Representatives than do those from [read post]
6 Dec 2021, 10:15 am
This week in Washington IP news, the House of Representatives will host committee hearings discussing several draft pieces of legislation that would update the 21st Century Cures Act as well as reduce immunity to liability for major tech firms currently enjoyed under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. [read post]
30 Apr 2015, 12:02 pm
North Carolina's House of Representatives [official website] passed the legislation in an 84-33 vote. [read post]
2 May 2011, 7:46 am
And it is rarer yet -- unheard of, really -- when that client is the House of Representatives and the position in question is a federal law. [read post]
12 Apr 2010, 7:19 am
"The DREAM Act, proposed one year ago in the United States House of Representatives, is a key issue among voters looking towards immigration reform. [read post]
23 Dec 2005, 11:11 am
The US House of Representatives passed [JURIST report] a controversial border security bill [text, PDF] earlier [read post]
10 Jun 2011, 9:58 am
[JURIST] The Alabama Senate and House of Representatives [official websites] on Thursday approved a bill [HB 18 text, PDF] that would ban abortions [JURIST news archive] after 20 weeks of pregnancy. [read post]
20 Nov 2013, 9:46 am
A bill to create an Ohio Veterans’ Health Care System was introduced by in the Ohio House yesterday by Representative Lynn Wachtmann “to provide eligible veterans with comprehensive health care services, including health, medical, hospital, dental, and surgical benefits.” [read post]
