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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]
17 May 2017, 9:07 am
Representative Jason Chaffetz [official website], chairman of the House Oversight Committee [official website], sent a letter [text, PDF] to the Acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations on Tuesday requesting "all memoranda, notes, summaries, and recordings referring or relating to communications between [fired FBI Director James] Comey and [President Donald] Trump. [read post]
15 Feb 2018, 1:50 pm
The US House of Representatives [official website] passed the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2017 [text] on Thursday in a 225-192 vote [roll call] changing the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) [materials]. [read post]
20 Apr 2012, 12:27 pm
[JURIST] The Alabama House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday passed changes to the state's immigration law [HB 56, PDF], said to be one of the toughest in the nation. [read post]
12 Jan 2016, 10:45 am
The US House of Representatives [official website] approved legislation [HR 3231] Monday that would expand rights of unpaid interns in the federal government. [read post]
19 Dec 2005, 11:01 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] early Monday morning passed legislation that would ban the torture of terror detainees and would require that detainees in US custody be treated humanely. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 7:30 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday voted 219 to 206 [roll call] to approve legislation [HR 5175 materials] aimed at decreasing the ability of corporations and other special interest groups to influence elections. [read post]
13 Jan 2010, 11:24 am
The US House of Representatives has passed HR 3237,which gathers provisions relating to national and commercial space programs, and restates the provisions as Title 51, United States Code, ``National and Commercial Space Programs''. [read post]
17 Dec 2010, 6:08 am
CBS News reports that the House of Representatives voted late last night to pass the Obama tax deal which, among other things, will extend the Bush tax cuts for all American taxpayers: Acting with uncommon speed, Congress sent President Obama sweeping, bipartisan legislation late Thursday to avoid a Jan. 1 spike in income taxes for millions and renew jobless benefits [...] [read post]
10 Jun 2017, 9:15 am
The Republican-led US House of Representatives [official website] voted on Thursday to lift many of the constraints that were put into place following the 2008 financial crisis. [read post]
21 Jul 2011, 12:50 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs [official website] Thursday voted in favor of reinstituting a directive known as the "Mexico City policy," or "Global Gag Rule," that prohibits government funding from going to international organizations that perform abortions [JURIST news archive] or provide information, referrals and counselors regarding abortions. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 10:07 am
[JURIST] Members of the US Senate and House of Representatives [official websites] on Friday reached an agreement on the financial reform bills [HR 4173 materials; S 3217 materials] passed by each chamber, which focus on increasing regulation in the financial sector following the recent economic crisis [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
9 Oct 2009, 5:45 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Thursday approved a bill [HR 2647 materials] that extends the definition of federal hate crimes to include crimes motivated by gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability. [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 1:20 pm
WASHINGTON — A decades-long movement to reshape the American political map took a further step Thursday as the House of Representatives approved a bill to make the nation’s capital the 51st state. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 1:08 pm
The US House of Representatives voted on Thursday to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, expanding gun control for those convicted of domestic abuse by closing the so-called “boyfriend loophole. [read post]
2 Jan 2020, 5:32 am
Laura Turner O’Hara, Web Content Manager for the House of Representatives History, Art & Archives site. [read post]
12 May 2009, 9:45 pm
By Donald Zuhn -- On April 30th, the House Committee on the Judiciary heard testimony from seven witnesses (and accepted written testimony from other interested parties) regarding the House patent reform bill (H.R. 1260) (see "House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Patent Reform"). [read post]
23 May 2007, 10:29 am
Bush sent a representative. [read post]
8 Jul 2016, 8:20 am
By Jennice Fuentes / Fuentes Strategies Today the House of Representatives is scheduled to consider at least one amendment to the FY2017 Financial Services & General Government appropriations bill that would deny funding for the Cuba travel ban. [read post]
10 Jul 2020, 9:49 am
House of Representatives to create a special committee of five members appointed by the Speaker of the House to investigate fraud and profiteering in military contracts during the Civil War. [read post]
