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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]
27 Oct 2005, 7:54 am
[JURIST] Lawyers could be suspended for a year for repeatedly filing frivolous lawsuits under a bill introduced in the US House of Representatives [official website] as part of a Republican effort to limit such lawsuits. [read post]
20 Feb 2007, 7:10 pm
[JURIST] The Kansas House of Representatives [official website] on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to a bill [text, PDF] making English the state's "official" language. [read post]
17 Mar 2005, 7:04 am
[JURIST] The Florida House of Representatives [official website] passed a bill [bill summary] Thursday that would block the withholding of food and water from patients in a persistent vegetative state when the patient did not leave specific instructions refusing artificial feeding. [read post]
10 Aug 2006, 3:13 am
[JURIST] The Australian House of Representatives [official website] approved the Migration Amendment (Designated Unauthorised Arrivals) Bill [PDF text] by a margin of 78-62 Thursday, a bill that will require asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat to be processed in offshore camps. [read post]
7 Mar 2008, 2:41 am
[JURIST] A bill [HR 5560 materials] that would overturn a decision by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny a greenhouse emissions waiver [rejection letter, PDF; JURIST report] to California was introduced in the US House of Representatives [official website] Thursday. [read post]
17 Jul 2008, 7:02 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives Wednesday approved by voice vote a ban prohibiting the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) [official website] from allowing private contractors to interrogate detainees. [read post]
11 Dec 2009, 6:47 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] voted 223-202 [roll call vote] Friday to approve a bill [HR 4173 materials] that would create a consumer financial protection agency and strengthen oversight of the financial industry. [read post]
28 Jun 2006, 8:01 am
[JURIST] The US Justice Department [official website] on Tuesday asked a federal judge in Detroit to dismiss a lawsuit [complaint, DOC] brought by eleven Democrats from the US House of Representatives seeking to halt the implementation of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 [PDF text]. [read post]
20 Apr 2007, 5:29 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] voted Friday to provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation [HB 1257 summary], noting that in the last 15 years, compensation of Fortune 500 CEOs has moved from 140 times that of the average employee to over 500 times. [read post]
1 Jun 2015, 10:14 pm
House of Representatives passed H.R. 1493, the Protect and Preserve International Cultural Property Act.CHL has prepared a video snippet of the debate and vote, courtesy of C-Span. [read post]
15 Feb 2008, 7:25 am
Bush Friday chided the US House of Representatives for failing to pass [WH fact sheet] the FISA Amendments Act [S 2248 materials] before leaving for a 12-day recess, saying that the US would be in greater danger of an attack when the temporary Protect America Act [S 1927 materials; JURIST report] expires on Saturday. [read post]
16 Jul 2004, 2:51 am
The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that stops aid to countries refusing to grant US soldiers immunity from prosecution by the International Criminal Court. [read post]
18 May 2007, 3:45 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives voted 220-208 [roll call] Thursday to pass an amendment [PDF text, via CR] to the FY'08 Defense Authorization Bill [PDF text; HR 1585 summary] to require the Office of the Secretary of Defense to develop a report within 60 days after the bill is signed into law, identifying the "current capacity at Department of Defense (DOD) facilities in the United [read post]
4 May 2006, 1:00 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] has passed a bill that, under the Federal Trade Commission Act, would impose stiff civil penalties and authorize jail sentences for officials from energy companies that engage in price gouging when selling gasoline or crude oil, by a 389-34 vote [roll call] Wednesday. [read post]
1 May 2008, 8:15 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives voted 414-1 [roll call] on Thursday to pass the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) [HR 493 materials], a bill aimed at preventing employers and health insurers from discriminating against people who have a genetic predisposition to disease. [read post]
27 Sep 2006, 6:39 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives approved its version of the controversial military commissions [JURIST news archive] bill [HR 6166 text] Wednesday by a margin of 253-168 [roll call] with 160 Democrats voting against the legislation. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 5:19 am
House prices on the downturn again: FNBAfter a brief uptick around mid-year.Johannesburg, Dec 1 (I-Net Bridge) - House price growth is on the downturn once again, after a brief uptick around mid-year according to FNB's House Price Index.The November average house price was still 3.2% higher than November a year ago (year-on-year), but this represents a slower growth rate than the October revised year-on-year growth rate of 4%, and represents… [read post]
