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4 Aug 2009, 8:59 am
On Thursday, the Law Lords delivered their final ruling and it was, by all accounts, historic, not just for what it represented, but for what it decided. [read post]
3 Jun 2015, 8:44 pm
As reported in this AP piece, headlined "GOP-Controlled House Backs State Medical Marijuana Laws," today brought a number of notable federal votes on federal marijuana enforcement funding. [read post]
29 Jul 2014, 10:04 am
House of Representatives took a major positive step towards increasing the nation’s cyber security posture today when, on a voice vote, it passed H.R. 3696, the “National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act. [read post]
10 Oct 2013, 7:31 am
(Nick Rosenkranz) The House of Representatives cannot only refuse, but they alone can propose, the supplies requisite for the support of government. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 10:04 am
After Missouri voters approved a minimum wage law in 2006 with a 76% majority, the Missouri House of Representatives attempted to repeal this law, though the bill died in the Senate. [read post]
24 Apr 2012, 12:56 pm
House of Representatives passed its own version of an extension of surface transportation law by a vote of 293 to 127. [read post]
17 Oct 2006, 6:21 am
Democratic candidates in competitive US House districts clearly see opposition to the national sales tax as a winning issue for them. [read post]
1 Feb 2007, 1:34 am
House of Representatives Speaker Newt Gingrich has published an article in National Review Online severely critical of Gene R. [read post]
29 Jun 2011, 4:10 am
According to AP and Reuters, the House of Representatives of the Dutch Parliament yesterday passed, by a vote of 116-30, a bill that bans kosher and halal slaughter of animals. [read post]
19 Apr 2011, 7:06 am
[JURIST] The Republican-led US House of Representatives [official website] filed a motion [text, PDF] Monday with the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] seeking to intervene in a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) [text; JURIST news archive]. [read post]
31 May 2017, 9:01 am
The Illinois House of Representatives [official website] approved a bill [text] in a vote of 61-53 on Tuesday to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour. [read post]
16 Oct 2007, 12:30 pm
[JURIST] The US House of representatives Tuesday voted 398-21 [roll call] to pass a shield bill [HR 2102 materials] that would prevent courts from compelling reporters to disclose confidential sources. [read post]
31 Jan 2018, 10:39 am
Yesterday afternoon we had our spring semester open house at the law library. [read post]
24 May 2007, 7:03 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] passed two measures Thursday that would require stricter regulation of lobbying practices. [read post]
23 Feb 2009, 8:58 am
HR200, a bill pending in Congress to allow for mortgage modification in chapter 13 bankruptcy, may be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives by Wednesday or Thursday of this week. [read post]
1 Mar 2018, 9:12 am
The Illinois House of Representatives [official website] on Wednesday approved three bills to tighten gun control. [read post]
3 Feb 2015, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman In a "message" vote, the Republican-led House of Representatives elected to repeal the Affordable Care Act in its entirety. [read post]
16 Nov 2016, 8:01 am
The US House of Representatives [website] passed the Iran Sanctions Extension Act [materials] Tuesday, aimed at expanding the duration of the 1996 sanctioning [text] of Iran. [read post]
31 Jul 2007, 2:44 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives voted 411-8 [roll call] Tuesday in favor of the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 [PDF text, S 1 materials], which requires members of Congress to disclose more information about their fund-raising efforts and gifts they receive from lobbyists, and also prohibits former congress members from lobbying for a short period of time. [read post]
22 Jul 2005, 8:08 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] voted Thursday to extend the Patriot Act [text], a key document used to combat terrorism in the US. [read post]
