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14 Jul 2020, 7:31 am
While this represents a drop of 6.8 percent from June 2019, it marks a 36.4 percent ... [read post]
14 May 2009, 5:05 am
BREAKING NEWS: Connecticut's House of Representatives voted Wednesday to abolish the state's death penalty and replace it with a life sentence without chance of parole. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 8:20 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday passed the Second Amendment Enforcement Act (H.R. 6842) [bill text], which would repeal multiple parts of the District of Columbia's Firearms Control Regulations Act of 1975, including its semiautomatic handgun ban, its registration requirements, and its mandate that any guns in the home be locked up and inoperable. [read post]
26 Mar 2009, 4:46 am
[JURIST] The New Hampshire House of Representatives [official website] voted 193-174 Wednesday to pass a bill [text] repealing the death penalty [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
17 Jan 2006, 7:45 am
[JURIST] Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert (R-IL) [official profile] on Tuesday introduced a proposal which will restrict the gifts Congressmen may receive from lobbyists. [read post]
1 May 2007, 3:00 pm
House of Representatives subcommittee once again approved a bill that proposes up to five years in prison for malicious spyware-related activities. [read post]
11 Apr 2008, 2:12 am
House of Representatives on Wednesday passed H. [read post]
8 Nov 2009, 2:05 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] late Saturday passed [press release] landmark legislation [HR 3962 materials] designed to reform the US health care system. [read post]
23 Jul 2008, 11:30 am
[JURIST] Two members of the US House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce [official website] began an investigation [information request, PDF; press release] Tuesday into whether the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) allowed the continued sale of certain drugs that agency officials knew had been manufactured and sold using faulty data. [read post]
18 Nov 2005, 6:34 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives voted Friday to repeal a trade program passed in 2000 which the World Trade Organization (WTO) [official website] has determined to be a violation of global trade laws [JURIST report]. [read post]
19 Feb 2007, 5:44 am
[JURIST] The Philippines House of Representatives [official website] adopted a new anti-terrorism law [press release] on Monday allowing authorities to detain suspected terrorists for up to three days without filing charges. [read post]
10 May 2006, 3:03 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives Tuesday approved a bill limiting protests during military funerals. [read post]
24 Aug 2018, 2:00 am
The applicants are proposing to a new building at […] The post Rezoning Application Will Add Housing to Brooklyn Neighborhood appeared first on CityLand. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 7:44 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday passed a bill [HR 2647 materials] that amends the Military Commissions Act of 2006 [text, PDF] to provide suspected terrorists with greater due process rights. [read post]
13 Sep 2012, 1:34 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Wedneday voted to reauthorize the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act of 2008 (FISA) [text, PDF], a highly contested law designed as a national security protection against terrorism and other foreign threats. [read post]
5 Mar 2010, 4:35 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs [official website] voted 23-22 Tuesday to adopt a resolution [H Res 252 text] that recognizes the Ottoman Empire's treatment of Armenians between 1915 and 1923 as genocide [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
23 Jan 2007, 6:48 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] unanimously passed a bill [HR 476 summary] Tuesday to deny retirement pensions to any member of Congress "convicted of any of certain offenses," including fraud, bribery and perjury. [read post]
9 Oct 2007, 3:06 pm
[JURIST] Democrats in the US House of Representatives introduced a draft bill [PDF text; summary, PDF] Tuesday designed to "modernize" the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) [text; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
21 Jun 2007, 7:39 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] Thursday passed a measure by 223-201 that would reverse a ban on contraceptive aid to overseas agencies that offer abortions. [read post]
23 Oct 2007, 8:20 am
As expected, the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs backed a slightly amended version of the Global Online Freedom Act by a voice vote.Read the article: CNET News.com [read post]
