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30 Jul 2008, 12:40 pm
[JURIST] The Massachusetts House of Representatives [official website] Tuesday voted 119-36 for a bill [HB 1710 petition, PDF] that would repeal a 1913 law barring people from marrying in Massachusetts if their own state would not recognize such a union. [read post]
3 Aug 2009, 4:52 am
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that on Friday the House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HR 2728, the William Orton Law Library Improvement and Modernization Act. [read post]
19 Jun 2009, 12:57 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives passed a spending bill [HR 2847 materials] Thursday that denied the Obama administration's request for $60 million to close the Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detention center and placed limits on the government's ability to transfer detainees to the US and release detainees to foreign countries. [read post]
2 Dec 2006, 1:39 am
[JURIST] Republicans in the US House of Representatives agreed Friday to vote on a compromise offshore drilling bill [S 3711 text; CRS summary] on Tuesday under special rules that limit amendments and generally speed up proceedings, but require a two-thirds majority for approval. [read post]
17 Jul 2006, 12:10 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] Monday approved a bill by voice vote that would make a 2000 treaty between the US and Russia [text] effective to protect the future of the world's polar bears (Ursus maritimus) [backgrounder; video]. [read post]
7 Dec 2004, 7:47 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives has passed the revised conference report version of an intelligence reform bill based on recommendations from the 9/11 Commission. 7:57 PM ET - S. 2845, variously called the National Intelligence Reform Act or (according to the conference report) the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, passed 336-75. [read post]
13 Dec 2007, 7:24 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives voted 222-199 [roll call] Thursday to pass an intelligence funding bill [HR 2082 materials] that would restrict CIA interrogators to using only those interrogation techniques explicitly authorized by the 2006 Army Field Manual. [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 12:35 am
[JURIST] The Colombian House of Representatives [official website, in Spanish] on Tuesday voted 85-5 [official results, DOC, in Spanish] to approve a bill [text, PPS, in Spanish] to hold a referendum on whether President Alvaro Uribe [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] can run for a third presidential term. [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 10:52 am
House of Representatives filed a brief Friday in support of Baltimore’s lawsuit over the Trump administration’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act, alleging “significant efforts to undermine” the act’s goals. [read post]
23 Oct 2019, 6:23 am
On Oct. 23, the House Foreign Affairs Committee will host a hearing titled, "The Betrayal of Our Syrian Kurdish Partners: How Will American Foreign Policy and Leadership Recover? [read post]
21 May 2009, 6:22 am
[JURIST] The New Hampshire House of Representatives [official website] on Wednesday rejected a same-sex marriage bill [text] after it was amended [text] at the request [JURIST report] of Governor John Lynch [official website]. [read post]
27 Sep 2006, 12:15 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives approved a bill Tuesday that would prohibit federal courts from awarding attorney's fees to plaintiffs challenging the use of "religious words or imagery" in a public building, a veteran's memorial, or on the official seals of the United States. [read post]
16 Nov 2007, 12:02 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives passed the RESTORE Act of 2007 ("Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed and Effective Act of 2007") [HR 3773 materials] by a margin of 227-187 [roll call] late Thursday without including a provision that would grant immunity to telecommunication companies [JURIST report] that aided the US government in its domestic surveillance [read post]
26 Jun 2005, 10:35 am
Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) [official website] said that "[t]he Guantanamo we saw [read post]
8 May 2009, 12:31 am
[JURIST] Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday announced [press release] the "Keep Terrorists Out of America Act," which would require approval from a state's governor and legislature before Guantanamo Bay [JURIST news archive] detainees could be transferred or released into it. [read post]
14 Nov 2007, 4:09 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] passed legislation by voice vote Tuesday that would ban federal prosecutors from threatening to prosecute corporations for refusing to turn over information protected by attorney-client privilege [ABA backgrounder]. [read post]
20 Oct 2005, 1:07 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] is expected on Thursday to approve a bill that will block various civil lawsuits filed against US gun manufacturers. [read post]
20 Mar 2009, 5:46 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] passed a bill [H.R. 1586 text, PDF] Thursday that would tax bonuses given to employees of companies that received money from government stimulus programs at 90 percent. [read post]
13 Feb 2008, 5:50 am
Bush Wednesday urged [statement; fact sheet] the House of Representatives to immediately pass the version of the FISA Amendments Act [S 2248 materials] passed by the Senate this week. [read post]
28 Jul 2005, 8:13 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives passed the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) [text] early Thursday by a narrow two-vote margin, 217-215 [roll call] after a strong push by President Bush. [read post]
