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14 Aug 2012, 8:54 am
[JURIST] A US House of Representatives [official website] committee filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF] on Monday seeking to compel Attorney General Eric Holder [official profile] to produce subpoenaed documents relating to a failed arms-tracking operation. [read post]
9 Jun 2011, 7:26 am
[JURIST] The Iowa House of Representatives [official website] on Wednesday voted 54 - 37 [Des Moines Reporter] in favor of a bill [HF-1736 text, PDF] that would effectively ban abortions [JURIST news archive] after 18 weeks of pregnancy, making it the most restrictive abortion law in the country. [read post]
23 May 2007, 4:03 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives narrowly passed the Federal Price Gouging Prevention Act [HR 1252 summary; JURIST report] Wednesday, approving heavy criminal penalties for oil companies and individuals who take "unfair advantage" or charge "unconscionably excessive" prices for fuel. [read post]
1 Jul 2010, 8:00 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Wednesday voted 237 to 192 to approve the final version of financial reform legislation [HR 4173 materials], which focuses on increasing regulation in the financial sector following the recent economic crisis [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
5 Apr 2007, 7:11 am
[JURIST] New Hampshire's House of Representatives [official website] passed a bill [HB 437 text] Wednesday to allow civil unions for gay and lesbian couples, placing the state in line to become fourth in the country to allow such relationships. [read post]
29 Sep 2004, 10:00 pm
The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to repeal Washington DC's gun ban. [read post]
17 Feb 2017, 10:10 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] voted in favor of a bill [materials] that would overturn the Obama administration's rule prohibiting [text] states from denying federal funding to Planned Parenthood [advocacy website]. [read post]
9 Jan 2009, 12:54 pm
NPR is reporting that the House of Representatives has approved both the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act. [read post]
20 Dec 2017, 10:55 am
The US House of Representatives voted 224-201 Wednesday to give final approval to the sweeping Tax Cuts and Jobs Act [HR 1 materials]. [read post]
11 Jul 2024, 5:27 am
Civil litigation — Summary judgment — Default judgment Charlene McCormick, representing herself, appeals the Circuit Court for Baltimore City’s order granting a motion for judgment made by appellee, Housing Authority of Baltimore City (“HABC”). [read post]
1 Jul 2007, 11:29 pm
The South Carolina House of Representatives last week, by a 38-63 vote, sustained Governor Mark Sanford's line item veto of a one-year repeal of Sunday closing laws that had been placed in the state's budget bill. [read post]
14 Jul 2020, 1:05 pm
Because of that work, the House of Representatives is poised to pass a bill that begins the long overdue process of divesting from ICE and CBP. [read post]
7 May 2019, 8:30 am
The current dispute between Democrats in the House of Representatives and Attorney General William Barr could result in contempt proceedings. [read post]
15 Aug 2018, 5:00 am
A House Ethics investigation showed that Collins encouraged other House members to invest in the company. [read post]
9 Jan 2014, 10:18 am
As we consider the prospects for immigration reform in 2014 -- an election year, the Center for American Progress has an interesting list of five major election-year immigration laws passed by the House of Representatives from the recent past: 1.... [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 1:33 pm
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives passed the Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act... [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 9:05 am
The House of Representatives gave initial approval Thursday to a proposal that would temporarily end the payment of attorney fees to some people who successfully sue the federal government. [read post]
11 Dec 2003, 1:31 pm
In family law news Thursday, the Ohio House of Representatives passed a bill late yesterday that would have the effect of banning same-sex marriage in the state. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm
The House of Representatives’ Special Select Committee on the Climate Crisis has finally released its roadmap, which seeks to put the United States on a path to net-zero carbon emissions by midcentury. [read post]
22 Feb 2016, 11:08 am
The House of Representatives is to consider the so-called Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2016, H.R. 3624. this week. [read post]
