By the time Fifteenth Amendment was sent to States for in early 1869, Congress had already passed legislation enfranchising black in District of Columbia, the federal territories, and Reconstructed South. ..…

Virginia Walden Ford's efforts were critical to Congress passing District of Columbia's voucher program in 2003. ..…

District Court for the District of Columbia on Oct. 1.  . “Despite the ongoing obstruction of Congress, the Trump administration will now have to start releasing records concerning its dealings with Ukraine,” said Austin Evers, American Oversight executive director in..…

At least 13 states across the country and District of Columbia have implemented ERPOs — and Congress introduced S.2521 in 2018, called Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act of 2018. ..…

President Trump on Friday suffered his second setback this week in his bid to keep his tax records out of Democrats hands as appellate court upheld lower court decision and ordered him to turn over eight years of personal and corporate tax returns to Congress.. ..…

Trump, members of Congress a second, and the District of Columbia joined the state of Maryland in filing a third. .   . ..…

Shame on the District of Columbia. Congress should change our laws to allow you to hold minor children and their families long enough to process their claims.” . ..…

This entry was posted in and tagged, Australia, Congress, DC politics, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Statehood, Taiwan. ..…

federal judge ordered New York state authorities Thursday to take no action, for the time being, on turning over President Donald Trump's state tax returns if they're requested by Congress.. District Court Judge Carl Nichols of District of Columbia agreed with the president's..…

District Court for District of Columbia says it's up to Congress to hold President Donald Trump because Justice Department policy prevents prosecutors from indicting sitting president... ..…

The letter urges the president to repay the fund for July 4 costs and the $7.3 million that was never reimbursed from Trump's 2017 inauguration, expressing concern about the financial impact that your hastily-produced expansion of July 4 celebrations had on the budgetary resources for key security measures..…

(Only New Jersey and the District of Columbia have passed their own individual mandates since Congress eliminated it.) . ..…

Over the federal enclaves, Congress has constitutional authority to ban abortion: Pursuant to Article I, §8, next to last clause, Congress is granted 'exclusive Legislation' over the District of Columbia, military bases, dock-Yards, and other places purchased with the consent of..…

Two federal judges at the trial court level have refused to disallow lawsuits (one filed by the District of Columbia and the state of Maryland and another filed by 201 members of Congress) charging that the Trump businesses are violating the emoluments clause. ..…

Writing in The Washington Post opinion section, Conway and Katyal said Trump's brief, filed Monday in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, presents 'an argument for autocrats, not Americans,' in maintaining that Congress cannot investigate the president --..…

Abrams was occasionally forced to use similar language to explain what he and his supporters deem to be the irrelevance of his ignominious role in Ronald Reagan’s Iran-Contra scandal, when he pleaded guilty to two counts of withholding information from Congress, and was disbarred in the..…

. • The second method of holding someone in contempt of Congress is criminal; the House votes on contempt and then refers it to the District of Columbia U.S. attorney’s office for prosecution. ..…

From January 2014 to September 2016, a total of 21,205 declined requests in 567 counties in 48 states including the District of Columbia were recorded. . “Under these circumstances, it is hard to believe that Congress made the Secretary’s mandatory detention authority vanish at..…

By making calls appear to come from local numbers, Attorneys general from every state, Puerto Rico and District of Columbia signed on to appeal urging Congress to pass legislation cracking down on robocalls and spoofing techniques that trick consumers into answering... ..…

“because the states retain all powers not delegated to the federal government-unlike the District of Columbia, which has only those powers that Congress is willing to grant it-states have the authority to set their own limits on their employees' political activities, and states..…

Today, there are 538 votes in the Electoral College based on the make-up of Congress (which has 435 House members and 100 senators) plus three more votes for the District of Columbia. ..…

The “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress,” on which this analysis is based, does not count Espaillat among the black members of Congress.) ... Two nonvoting delegates, representing the District of Columbia and the U.S. ..…

Beginning in 1948, when the United States Congress (which then governed the District of Columbia) passed a  criminalizing gay behavior, the hospital became a repository for gay men and women who ran afoul of the law. ..…

While the federal bill stalled in the last Congress, jurisdictions (including the District of Columbia) are passing state legislation to accomplish similar goals. . . ..…

Janette Hoston Harris, an outstanding civil rights leader and my friend, will be felt throughout the District of Columbia,” DC Delegate to Congress Eleanor Holmes Norton. ..…

District Court for the District of Columbia held that approximately 201 minority members of Congress have standing to sue the president for violating the Foreign Emoluments Clause by failing to seek Congress’s consent before accepting foreign emoluments. ..…

Each state’s top election official certifies electoral votes and transmits the results to Congress. . Electors in 29 states and the District of Columbia are compelled by state law to vote for their party’s candidate if they win the statewide popular vote. ..…

But, not in my lifetime has anyone not only divided but tried his best to divide [like Trump has],” said Norton, the legendary Congressman who is the overwhelming favorite to win a 15th term in Congress serving the District of Columbia. . ..…

National Representation for Residents of District of Columbia, Hearing 70th Congress, 1st session, 143 55 ( statement of Grover W. ..…

Justice Department spokesman Wyn Hornbuckle said DOJ was “aware of the concerns raised in the letter” and would respond to the members of Congress. . In a separate letter this month, the District of Columbia’s House delegate, Eleanor Holmes Norton, asked the Justice..…

But after Congress repealed the ACA's mandate in its 2018 tax reform package, New Jersey and the District of Columbia stepped in with their own mandates, closely mirroring the federal rules. . . ..…

The single state of California, with a population more than 5 million higher than these 13 states combined, sends 2 Democrats to the upper chamber of Congress. . The District of Columbia is home to 693,972 people, more than all of Wyoming and just roughly 46,000 less than that of..…

He spent the majority of his Congress actually substituting his own ideology for the judgment of his own constituents... 16 states and District of Columbia enacted 30 pro-choice measures in 2016... ..…

The relationship between District of Columbia and Congress, own Nov 3, when District residents vote on congressionally mandated referendum on whether to reinstate Washington.. ..…

Clinton's support, Congress removed a ban on abortions offered to federal employees through their health insurance policies and a prohibition against the District of Columbia from spending federal money for abortion services. . ..…

The program is gaining imitators around the country, and Congress has sought to create similar program in District of Columbia. ..…

The following month Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia, and in July 1862 passed a second act that “confiscated” the slaves and declared free all slaves of owners who could be proved to have supported the Confederacy. . ..…

Despite both the express terms of 1115 and its underlying purpose, the administration has persisted in using this experimental authority to advance its stated position to the Governors, while arguing that insuring poor adults through Medicaid — enabled by an act of Congress and adopted by 32 states..…

WASHINGTON — As Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh, District of Columbia appellate court judge, headed to Capitol Hill to meet members of Congress. ..…

The District of Columbia Organic Act of 1871 was Act of Congress that repealed the individual charters of the cities of Washington and Georgetown and established new for District of Columbia. ..…

For the purposes of this section, any Act of Congress applicable exclusively to District of Columbia shall be considered to be statute of District of Columbia... ..…

United States Congress created Anatomical Board within District of Columbia that consisted of members from each in the city, officer and medical representatives from Army and Navy. ..…

In similar fashion, many states are also addressing crime, prisons and marijuana policy to varying degrees, all issues that have not garnered much attention in Congress or on the presidential campaign trail. . According to the survey conducted by 70 reporters in all 50 states and the..…

“We were going to try to block it and ultimately either get the Supreme Court to overturn it or Congress to repeal it.” . ... District Court for the District of Columbia argues that the Internal Revenue Service does not have the legal authority to issue tax credits or subsidies..…

Bolger was arrested and released and had planned to plead guilty to the charge of Unlawful Conduct — Disruption of Congress at a hearing, to make her point, and appeared before Judge Stuart Nash in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia on Thursday, April 12th 2012. . ..…

pro-life advocates have to fight several battles annually Congress to ensure abortions are not funded in programs ranging from HHS and USAID to health care and District of Columbia.. ..…

But Family Research Council president Tony Perkins said both bills necessary given the actions of the previous Congress to fund abortion in health care, and in the District of Columbia. . ..…

Congress said the detainees can ask U.S court of appeals for District of Columbia Circuit to review the decisions of these tribunals.. ..…

Congress also replaced several legislative vetoes in the District of Columbia Home Rule Act with a joint resolution of disapproval. 98 Stat. 1974, § 131 (1984). This form of legislative action puts the burden on Congress to stop a District of Columbia..…