I arrive barely on time to meet with Putin ally Alexey Pushkov, a foreign policy expert and member of the upper house of Russia’s national legislature, where he heads a commission on information and media. ..…

Matt Shea has served in the Washington State legislature since 2008, representing his native Spokane Valley. ... But Shea’s Republican colleagues in the state legislature have declined to censure him or attempt to remove him from party leadership. ..…

“This body has every right to petition the legislature in this fashion. ..…

General Assembly in September. . Related Coverage . . If Zarif received such a visa, that would leave the door open to possible direct or indirect U.S. contacts with Zarif during the gathering, which brings most of the world’s leaders to New York and has been the venue for previous U.S...…

When the UN took its vote to seat a delegation from Beijing instead of from Taiwan in 1971, members of the Tanzanian delegation started dancing in the General Assembly. ..…

And the third and not least of the reasons is it helps that the Silver State’s legislature is the first ever state legislature in U.S. history to be majority-female. . ..…

The anti-defection law states that, in case two-thirds of the members of a party in a legislative body defect to another party, they can merge their original party with the party they defected to. . ..…

Despite this structural limitation, the pro-democracy coalition still generally wins around 55% of popular support in the LEGCO elections, but the pro-Beijing coalition still controls the legislature through the functional representatives. ..…

And this move—approved in the California Legislature along strict party lines—is sure to stir controversy and likely be challenged in court. . ..…

The legislation passed with overwhelming bipartisan support in the state legislature last month, and was also backed by a diverse coalition of public interest and law enforcement groups. ..…

Over the years, the state expanded its domestic partnership law several times, including in 2003 when the Legislature voted to make registered domestic partners have “the same rights, protections, and benefits” as married people. . . . . . . . ..…

In the call, he says, Reagan is heard referencing the way Tanzanian delegation started dancing in General Assembly when the UN took the vote to seat the delegation from Beijing instead of Taiwan... ..…

Constitution expressly delegates to each state’s legislature the role of deciding how that state’s presidential electors are to be chosen,” Tribe said. ..…

o Iranian Foreign Minister's plan of 'non-aggression pact, plan for Persian Gulf and presented it to UN Security Council and UN General Assembly on July 2019. ..…

Local decisions on taxable values are a common source of complaint from manufacturers, with the issues often surfacing at the General Assembly. . ..…

The bill passed one legislature and stalled in the second for reasons unknown, but the chief sponsor has said he was willing to resubmit the legislation with additional elected officials if necessary. ... But when the right to vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice..…

“There have been a lot of cases in front of the United States Supreme Court as it relates to issues around abortion and pro-life legislation that came out of the Legislature,” Schmitt said at the time. ..…

California has responsibility to require this information of presidential and gubernatorial candidates, ment that accompanied his signature on the bill approved by the Legislature earlier this month.. To continue to be hostile, from this legislative body, to the president of..…

Tim Walz and Republican in Legislature have talked about requiring lawmakers to follow the same open records laws that cover the rest of state government. ... Legislature has long exempted from open government requirements, keeping the bulk of communications, records and other hidden from..…

It was passed by California's heavily Democratic legislature last month, and appears only to affect candidates running in their parties primary votes, not November 2020 poll itself.. ..…

Its mandate is renewed every few years in the UN General Assembly. . The agency, which is mostly funded by donations from UN member states, currently provides education, healthcare, relief and social aid to more than five million Palestinian refugees across the Middle East, including the..…

New Hampshire’s Democrat-controlled legislature sent GOP Gov. Chris Sununu a bill to create an independent redistricting commission. ... Virginia’s legislature passed a bill to do the same, but it requires a constitutional amendment, which means it must be passed again in next year’s..…

The Legislative Assembly in Puerto Rico has failed to step up to its leadership, particularly within the statehood party, who is the party that the governor currently belongs to. ..…

By protesting state legislator, President Donald Trump, under fire Washington for verbal attacks on minority lawmakers, condemned American slavery on Tuesday at the anniversary of the first legislative assembly Virginia and was interrupted.. ..…

In his first speech to United Nations General Assembly on Sept 19, 2017, he called on the world to join U.S. in demanding that Iran's government end its pursuit of death and destruction... ..…