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16 Oct 2008, 4:47 pm
Our law firm is representing several victims of a Texas Salmonella outbreak linked to The International House of Pancakes (IHOP) on Western Street in Amarillo, Texas. [read post]
3 Jan 2017, 4:57 pm by Jerry Donnini, Esq.
  The US House of Representatives already passed the Act in late September 2016, and the Bill is now being reviewed and considered by the Senate Finance Committee. [read post]
12 May 2008, 11:32 am
House of Representatives passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) by a 414-1 vote.The bill is designed to protect workers against discrimination based on genetic information. [read post]
1 Aug 2007, 11:30 am
When he represented Georgia in the House from 1995 to 2003, he was a staunch opponent of same-sex marriage rights, was an adamant supporter of the War on Drugs and led the charge to impeach President Clinton. [read post]
22 Apr 2011, 2:47 pm
The Texas House of Representatives voted down a bill yesterday that would have created a nine-member commission to investigate wrongful conviction cases and publish its findings. [read post]
11 Sep 2020, 4:26 pm by Tom Smith
Two years ago, a flood of anti-Trump sentiment helped flip the House of Representatives blue, with Democratic candidates winning more votes than Republicans by nearly 10 percentage points nationwide — a record margin for a party that had been in the minority.Because the 2018 election was largely seen as a referendum on President Trump, Democratic strategists are looking to carry those gains forward. [read post]
8 May 2009, 12:15 am
AP reported yesterday that the Oklahoma House of Representatives, by a vote of 83-2, has passed HB 1330, the Ten Commandments Monument Display Act [full text, Word doc]. [read post]
On February 16, 2012, the House of Representatives sent its version of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act (the “STOCK Act”) to the Senate for reconciliation. [read post]
3 May 2006, 12:37 pm
Just a day after the French Minister of Culture backed the Assemblée Nationale's (France's equivalent to the House of Representatives) vote on legislation threatening the viability of the U.S. content provider business model, a committee in the Sénat has modified the legislation. [read post]
3 Oct 2017, 6:49 am
The Financial CHOICE Act, which passed the House of Representatives on a strictly partisan vote, includes provisions that are similarly, if not more, restrictive. [read post]
26 Apr 2006, 12:42 pm
Mealey's Asbetos Report (LexisNexis) reported that Federal legislation that would create a $140 billion trust fund to handle asbestos claimants is unlikely to come up for a vote on the Senate floor in the near future, and alternatives in the House of Representatives are also stalled. [read post]
20 Mar 2017, 3:30 am by Eric B. Meyer
House of Representatives, would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to permit parents to take up to 12 weeks of leave to mourn the death of a child. [read post]
9 May 2012, 1:15 pm by Cyrus Farivar
A bipartisan group of senators and representatives introduced the “Password Protection Act” in both houses of Congress today. [read post]
9 Dec 2010, 7:48 am
The deal reached by Senate leaders for both parties is now headed to the House of Representatives, and then to President Obama for signature. [read post]
3 Jan 2022, 12:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
As a House of Representatives History webpage points out: Since the First Federal Congress (1789–1791), the official start date of the new Congress was March 4, a tradition dating back to the Articles of Confederation. [read post]
3 Jan 2017, 4:57 pm by Michael Anidjar
  The US House of Representatives already passed the Act in late September 2016, and the Bill is now being reviewed and considered by the Senate Finance Committee. [read post]
14 Jun 2018, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Benjamin Chew Howard On this day in history, Representative Howard rose in the House during the debate over the annexation of Texas to express his “regret” that so many women had presented petitions on this matter: These females could have a sufficient field for the exercise of their influence in the discharge of their duties to their fathers, their husbands, or their children, cheering the domestic circle, and shedding over it the mild radiance of the social virtues,… [read post]