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22 May 2015, 11:41 am
The title of this post is the headline of this notable new piece reporting on a notable recent vote in the US Senate. [read post]
24 May 2017, 11:05 am
The piggy-backing rules will require transgender Texans to use public restrooms that correspond to the sex identified on their birth certificates. [read post]
25 Apr 2010, 10:06 am
[JURIST] US Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) [official website] withdrew support for a comprehensive climate change bill on Saturday, delaying the unveiling of the legislation and casting its prospects for passage into doubt. [read post]
19 May 2023, 8:00 am
Following recent Senate testimony in which OpenAI CEO Sam Altman proposed additional Congressional oversight for the development of artificial intelligence (AI), Colorado Senator Michael Bennet has re-introduced the Digital Platform Commission Act, a bill that would enable the creation of a federal agency to oversee the use of AI by digital platforms. [read post]
8 Jul 2015, 6:27 am
The amendment states that the only flags allowed on state grounds will be the US flag and the South Carolina flag and that the Confederate flag... [read post]
22 Apr 2020, 10:47 am
On April 21, the Senate approved $484 billion in new coronavirus aid, of which $310 billion will be used to replace the exhausted funds of the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). [read post]
3 Feb 2022, 10:23 am
On February 3, during an Executive Business Meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) proposed several amendments on the markup of S. 2710, the Open App Markets Act. [read post]
3 Feb 2022, 10:23 am
On February 3, during an Executive Business Meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) proposed several amendments on the markup of S. 2710, the Open App Markets Act. [read post]
11 Apr 2007, 12:33 pm
[JURIST] The US Senate Wednesday approved the Stem Cell Enhancement Act of 2007 [S.5 materials] by a margin of 63-34 [roll call], despite a Tuesday warning from President Bush that he would veto the bill [PDF policy statement; JURIST report]. [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 2:01 pm
Senate Armed Servs. [read post]
10 Feb 2005, 7:34 am
[JURIST] AP is reporting that the US Senate has approved the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 [bill summary], which will limit class action lawsuits. 3:54 PM ET - The Senate passed the bill, which will require multistate class action lawsuits to be brought in federal court, by a 72-26 vote. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 7:08 am
The US Senate on Wednesday voted to reverse a 2007 law [JURIST report] an Obama-era gun regulation that required mental health information to be shared with the national gun background check system. [read post]
19 Dec 2017, 9:20 pm
The US Senate's vote on the sweeping tax bill [JURIST report] approved earlier today by the House of Representatives hit a procedural bump after the Senate Parliamentarian struck three provisions of the conference committee bill under the Byrd Rule [materials] governing the content of bills passed through the reconciliation process. [read post]
Senate Conferees Defend Payment, Clearance and Settlement Provisions of Financial Reform Legislation
20 Jun 2010, 4:28 pm
Title VIII also would bring US regulation in line with international consensus that gives central banks a role in payment, clearance and settlement.According to Senator Shelby, the legislation provides for enormous new duties for central clearinghouses. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 12:08 pm
"NJ court agrees to hear US senator recall case": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "New Jersey's highest court has agreed to hear the case of a tea party group seeking to recall one of the state's U.S. senators. [read post]
22 Jul 2016, 4:45 am
In particular, the Senators question the CFPB’s rationale for not using a 60-day waiting period, which the CFPB had indicated it was considering in the outline of its proposals used by the SBREFA panel. [read post]
27 Apr 2006, 8:43 am
[JURIST] A US Senate panel conducting an investigation into the federal response to Hurricane Katrina [JURIST news archive] has concluded that the Federal Emergency Management Agency [official website] should be abolished and replaced with a new federal agency [recommendations, PDF] with more authority over emergency preparedness. [read post]
21 Sep 2006, 8:02 pm
[JURIST] Senior US Senate Republicans reached an agreement on military commissions legislation [JURIST news archive] with the White House Thursday that would make the President the sole arbiter of the meaning of the Geneva Conventions [ICRC materials] for the United States and would bar litigants such as detainees from invoking the Conventions in habeas or civil actions in the federal courts. [read post]
21 Nov 2003, 12:01 am
On this day in 1969, the Senate voted down President Richard Nixon's nomination of US Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Clement Haynsworth to the United States Supreme Court.click for yesterday's This day at law [read post]
4 Dec 2010, 5:29 am
The Chicago Tribune reports that Illinois Democrat State Senator Michael Noland has acknowledged using material from President Kennedy without attribution.The trick is: did the audience recognize the JFK text? [read post]
