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13 Feb 2004, 11:45 pm
On February 14, 1899, Congress approved the use of voting machines in federal elections. [read post]
25 May 2024, 5:57 am by Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD
This week, Congress introduced a resolution opposing MAID: "That it is the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should ensure that every person facing the end of their life has access to the best quality and comprehensive medical care, including palliative, in-home, or hospice care, tailored to their needs and that the Federal Government should not adopt or endorse policies or practices that support, encourage, or facilitate suicide or assisted suicide, whether… [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Arjun Krishnaswami
The cost of energy storage is plummeting, and Congress is moving to help storage technologies along. [read post]
14 Jul 2014, 4:42 am by Immigration Prof
In "Break the Immigration Impasse," Sheldon Adelson, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates call for Congress to pass immigration reform: "The three of us vary in our politics and would differ also in our preferences about the details of an immigration... [read post]
25 Aug 2020, 5:01 am by Molly E. Reynolds
But obstructing oversight by refusing to comply with subpoenas isn’t the only way the executive branch has used its informational advantages to try to circumvent the will of Congress. [read post]
5 Apr 2011, 1:09 pm by Steven
(GOOG) and authors and publishers over the Internet giant’s effort to scan all the world’s books shows the need for Congress to take up the issue of mass digitization, the head of the U.S. [read post]
22 Apr 2021, 5:01 am by Patrick Hulme
Conventional wisdom tells us that the legislature’s influence was minor or even nonexistent. [read post]
18 Sep 2013, 9:03 pm by Benjamin Wittes
Our piece last night summarizing the just-released FISC opinion on Section 215 bulk metadata collection unleashed a storm of protest that caught us a little by surprise. [read post]
17 Sep 2020, 5:14 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Two primary tools Congress may use to act in this area are statutes designed to enforce the protections of the Fourteenth Amendment and legislation requiring states to take specified action in exchange for federal funds disbursed under the Spending Clause.Legislating within the scope of its enumerated powers, Congress has enacted multiple statutes that regulate federal, state, and local law enforcement. [read post]
1 Oct 2018, 4:04 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
Yet, as Librarian of Congress Herbert Putnam noted more than a century ago, “A book used is fulfilling a higher purpose than a book which is merely preserved. [read post]
13 Jul 2020, 10:34 am by Lester Munson
How should Congress respond to the Russia bounty scandal? [read post]
19 May 2017, 6:30 am by Julian Ku
  Congress should not be inhibited from trying to use its own constitutional power to guide and cajole the U.S. administration into action. [read post]
16 May 2017, 5:26 am by Mark Astarita
"This article from Politico details the outrageous trading patterns of some members of Congress, who despite the STOCK Act, continue to trade in the securities of companies who are the influenced by their investigations and legislation.The Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge Act became law in 2012 and was designed to prohibit members of Congress and employees of Congress from using nonpublic information derived from their official positions for personal… [read post]
13 Mar 2008, 1:16 pm
The committee also didn't find any evidence that lack of immunity for the phone companies would jeopardize national security in any way, another scare tactic Bush likes to use. [read post]
27 May 2020, 6:24 am by Associated Press
Deadlocked over the next big coronavirus relief bill, Congress is shifting its attention to a more modest overhaul of small-business aid in hopes of helping employers reopen shops and survive the pandemic. [read post]
2 Jul 2020, 2:32 pm by Vandenack Weaver LLC
The latter date gives Congress additional time to determine appropriate use of the remaining funds. [read post]
10 Aug 2008, 4:20 am
[JURIST] Members of the Muslim group Hizbut Tahir Indonesia (HTI) [group website, in Bahasa] held a demonstration outside the US Consulate General and the US embassy in Jakarta Sunday to protest a letter [text, PDF] sent by members of US Congress asking for the release of two Papuan prisoners. [read post]
14 Oct 2020, 4:16 pm by Michel-Adrien
During one of the first weeks I learned that our foreign law collection is so large and comprehensive that foreign governments sometimes ask us to share our copies of their laws when they need to do primary source research. [read post]