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6 Mar 2020, 6:00 am
Though the committee cites the Supreme Court’s decision in Arizona State Legislature v. [read post]
17 May 2024, 3:00 am
Out of 75 Black women who have run or are running for the U.S Senate since 2010, 10 have secured major-party nominations. [read post]
12 Mar 2014, 4:39 pm
She did so after an extraordinary lobbying campaign by the Arizona business community, many state and federal Republican Arizona legislators—including Senators John McCain and Jeff Flake--and countless Republican officials and leaders throughout the nation. [read post]
8 Jul 2013, 7:09 am
Beginning with the Reconstructionist Amendments, the trend continued with the 17th Amendment decommissioning state powers by granting direct election of United States Senators. [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 6:00 am
Legislators use these district lines to allocate representation in Congress and state legislatures. [read post]
10 Mar 2020, 11:15 am
LB974: Increasing State Aid to Reduce Local Property Taxes Nebraska is a state in which every bill is guaranteed a hearing, but expedited floor consideration is given to any bill that is designated a “priority bill” by a senator, a committee, or the Speaker of the Legislature. [read post]
9 Jul 2014, 2:24 pm
Many state legislatures—who picked the Senators—were blatantly controlled by powerful economic interests. [read post]
20 Oct 2021, 7:01 am
Although Yarmuth is the sole Democrat in Kentucky's delegation, his seat is unlikely to turn red even after redistricting, because his district already reflects the Republican state legislature's efforts to "pack" Democrats from Louisville and environs into a single district, thus rendering the rest of the state's delegation safely Republican.Nonetheless, Congressman Yarmuth's retirement will be a major loss for the Democratic Party and the… [read post]
1 May 2009, 12:04 pm
Brad Ashford of Omaha, chairman of the Legislature's Judiciary Committee, said he hopes to launch a study on sentencing, akin to the Legislature's special probe of the troubled Beatrice State Developmental Center. [read post]
18 Jan 2011, 1:25 pm
On Jan. 11, the Illinois Senate passed a repeal measure by a 35-22 vote, five days after the state house approved the measure, 60-54. [read post]
27 Mar 2012, 4:52 am
In neighboring North Carolina State Senator Julia Boseman, the first openly gay member of that state’s Legislature, is suing for joint custody of a 2-year-old son born to a woman Boseman referred to as her spouse. [read post]
9 Feb 2010, 5:33 am
CEJ Multimedia Audio of Panels on Corrections and Overcriminalization at 8th Annual TPPF Policy Orientation for the Texas Legislature – January 14, 2010 The speakers on the corrections panel were Senate Dean & Criminal Justice Chairman John Whitmire, House Corrections Chairman Jim McReynolds, Pew Center on the States Public Safety Performance Project Director Adam Gelb, and Council of State Governments Justice Center Research Director Tony Fabelo. … [read post]
2 Sep 2009, 2:51 am
The Legislature cut funding to prisons by $1.2 billion but failed to specify how. [read post]
4 Dec 2018, 10:35 am
These states’ legislatures agreed. [read post]
10 Nov 2016, 2:10 pm
As the Trump Administration and Congressional Republicans seek to repeal and replace the ACA,, state legislatures, particularl [read post]
19 Aug 2011, 5:31 am
Why would the Florida Legislature vote to pass pieces of legislation like Senate Bill 408 when times are so tough? [read post]
27 Apr 2023, 5:00 am
” So, members drafted a provision that declared that “No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any… [read post]
1 Jul 2011, 8:10 am
Rather, the debate over the ACA is tied to the much larger argument about the scope of congressional power, a scope that is defined by the party that is in the majority in both Congress and in the state legislatures. [read post]
16 Mar 2008, 8:36 am
Senate. [read post]
20 Apr 2009, 9:20 am
The Senate cut it out. [read post]
