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12 Jul 2006, 2:12 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Tuesday approved a bill [HR 4411 text] to effectively ban most Internet gambling by a margin of 317-93 [roll call]. [read post]
5 Aug 2007, 3:27 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives voted 227-183 [roll call] late Saturday in favor of the Protect America Act 2007 [S 1927 materials], legislation that gives the Executive Branch expanded surveillance authority for a period of six months while Congress works on long-term legislation to "modernize" the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) [text; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
23 Oct 2003, 12:01 pm
The Massachusetts House of Representatives has voted to extend the state's workplace smoking ban to all restaurants, night clubs and bars, making a move to become the sixth state in the nation to ban cigarettes from virtually all public venues. [read post]
4 Dec 2015, 1:36 pm
The House of Representatives Social Policy and Legal Affairs Committee has to report back by June. [read post]
1 Aug 2007, 3:20 pm
House of Representatives Judiciary Committee approved an amended version of the Free Flow of Information Act.Read the article: CNET News.com [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 5:47 am
[JURIST] The Hawaii House of Representatives [official website] voted 31-20 Thursday to approve legislation [HB 444 text, PDF] allowing same-sex civil unions [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 12:30 pm
[JURIST] The Belgian House of Representatives [official website, in French] on Thursday voted 136-0 to approve a bill that would ban the Islamic burqa [JURIST news archive] and other full face veils in public. [read post]
2 Oct 2003, 8:22 am
House of Representatives has passed a final version of a bill that prohibits the procedure known as partial-birth abortion. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 1:11 pm
House of Representatives voted 142-276 to reject legislation sponsored by Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) that would have prohibited exports of natural gas produced from public lands. [read post]
22 Jun 2005, 3:29 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives Wedneday afternoon approved a proposed constitutional amendment [text] that would make it a crime to desecrate the American flag by a vote of 286-130 [roll call], eight more votes then necessary for the two-thirds required. [read post]
6 Dec 2006, 11:39 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] Wednesday rejected by a vote of 250-162 [roll call] a controversial bill [summary] that would have mandated medical practitioners to inform women seeking an abortion after 20 weeks of the pain the procedure causes to an unborn fetus. [read post]
29 Mar 2007, 5:10 pm
House of Representatives Small Business Committee, which doesn't have the power to write patent laws but aimed to explore the small-business implications of Congress' ongoing push for sweeping changes in the area.Read the article: CNET News.com [read post]
4 May 2021, 9:03 am
, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the crisis in Myanmar. [read post]
29 Nov 2005, 9:38 am
[JURIST] The Australian House of Representatives [official website] passed the federal government's anti-terrorism bill [text; JURIST news archive] Monday night, without amendments requested [text] by a coalition Senate committee and by members of the Labor Party. [read post]
20 Mar 2005, 4:42 pm
[JURIST] After over three hours of debate ending after midnight Monday morning, the US House of Representatives passed a bill [JURIST text of S. 686] that will allow a federal judge to conduct a de novo review of the Terri Schiavo case to determine whether the withholding of food, water or medical treatment necessary to sustain her life violates the US Constitution or any federal laws. [read post]
19 Sep 2007, 10:05 am
Internet search company Google Inc. has registered in-house lobbyists for the first time since establishing a Washington office in 2005. [read post]
7 Mar 2006, 11:31 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives has approved renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act [PDF text; JURIST news archive], sending the reauthorization bill to President Bush for his signature. [read post]
3 Apr 2009, 2:12 am
[JURIST] The Vermont House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday passed a bill [S-115, PDF] approving same-sex marriage [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
3 Dec 2009, 12:54 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives Financial Services Committee [official website] on Wednesday approved [press release] the Financial Stability Improvement Act [HR 3996 materials; summary, PDF] to address various economic dangers posed by large financial institutions. [read post]
2 Apr 2009, 2:07 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] approved a bill [H.R. 1664 materials] Wednesday which allows the Treasury Department [official website] to ban certain types of compensation at companies which receive federal bailout money from the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). [read post]
