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17 Dec 2005, 10:56 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] late Friday evening narrowly approved [roll call vote] a tough new border security and immigration bill that includes plans to build a security fence across 621 miles of the Mexican border and authorizes the US Department of Homeland Security to study the possibility of placing barriers across the famously "undefended" US border with [read post]
1 Apr 2009, 1:01 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] approved Tuesday a bill that would limit the government's ability to compel reporters to disclose confidential sources by delineating conditions under which it may do so. [read post]
27 Apr 2006, 8:54 pm
[JURIST] The Republican leadership of the US House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday postponed debate on the Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 [HR 4975 summary] in order to allow more time for the bill's supporters to secure enough votes to pass the legislation. [read post]
16 Nov 2017, 5:50 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] approved HR 1 [text, PDF], a bill which will overhaul the US tax code, by a vote of 227-205 [NYT report] on Thursday. [read post]
2 Mar 2015, 3:00 am
The House of Representatives standing committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs is currently undertaking an informal inquiry, called a roundtable, about surrogacy. [read post]
21 Apr 2005, 8:07 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives passed a Republican-backed energy bill [text] late Thursday aimed at increasing domestic production, including provisions that would permit drilling in the Alaska wildlife refuge [JURIST report] and protect the manufacturer of gasoline additive MTBE [EPA backgrounder] from liability for water contamination. [read post]
23 Sep 2006, 9:21 am
FDA associate commissioner explained the activities of Nanotechnology Environmental and Health Implications (NEHI) Working Group to the US' House of Representative's Comittee on Sciences over the past two years:communication by participating regulatory agencies concerning their respective statutory authorities for regulating nanoproducts, and their approaches for carrying out those authorities;encouraging all the participating regulatory agencies to develop a position… [read post]
2 Dec 2019, 7:05 pm
Donald Trump and his campaign ads argue that the House's focus on impeachment is irresponsible because it has gotten in the way of dealing with the bread and butter issues the people sent Representatives to Congress to address. [read post]
18 Feb 2009, 8:45 am
The House of Representatives voted on February 11, 2009 to pass HR 448 which is the Elder Abuse Victims Act of 2009. [read post]
16 Nov 2023, 7:14 am
The post New York: “State’s highest court weighs redistricting arguments that could shape House of Representatives” appeared first on Election Law Blog. [read post]
12 May 2016, 11:32 am
"House of Representatives Wins Historic Ruling in Constitutional Challenge under the ACA": Law professor Jonathan Turley -- lead counsel for the challengers -- has this blog post. [read post]
22 Sep 2016, 12:50 pm
On September 12, 2016, the House of Representatives passed the Consumer Review Fairness Act (the “Fairness Act”), aimed at preventing companies from penalizing consumers who post negative reviews online. [read post]
25 May 2016, 8:51 am
<> House Clears Monumental Update to Chemical Safety Laws - The House of Representatives today (5/24/16) passed a landmark bicameral, bipartisan overhaul of our chemical safety standards -- the Frank R. [read post]
9 Jan 2019, 8:02 am
Sometime before July 6, 2019, a by-election will be announced for the seat in the House of Commons representing Nanaimo–Ladysmith in the province of British Columbia. [read post]
12 Mar 2010, 11:56 am
A crooked Louisiana federal judge who took bribes from lawyers to pay off gambling debts has become the 15th in the nation’s history to be impeached by the House of Representatives for “high crimes and misdemeanors. [read post]
2 May 2015, 10:14 am
The late vote [WP report] by the divided US House of Representatives [official website] this week marks the first time in almost 25 years the House has voted on whether to upend a District law and the first time in almost 35 years that such... [read post]
28 Jun 2008, 11:20 pm
On June 26, the House of Representatives passed by voice vote H. [read post]
17 Nov 2017, 11:24 am
A city in Colorado is settling with tenants of a public housing project who said their homes were searched without warrants. [read post]
28 Jul 2017, 2:55 pm
The House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday which would provide $790 billion for defense, as well as preliminary funding for Donald Trump’s oft-promised border wall. [read post]
29 Jun 2006, 9:10 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] has defeated a measure that would have barred the US Justice Department from collecting evidence in violation of the "knock and announce" rule. [read post]
