In akin to pep rally before the game, supporters of Equality Act from House and Senate said the country is patchwork of conflicting state laws where gay or transgender residents are either protected or legally discriminated against... ... do they have 239 co-sponsors in House and 47 in..…
. * Four Senate Republicans voted in favor… . Illinois lawmakers have resurrected and are moving ahead with legislation that would make creating local right-to-work zones at the municipal level a criminal offense. . ..…
It passed the Senate, 92-8. . Six new national heritage areas were created by the act, including two in Washington state and two in California. ..…
She just doesn’t care about antisemitism In January 2018 a Senate committee was evaluating the nomination of Ken Marcus for the position assistant secretary for civil rights at the Department of Education. ... Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) does “not..…
Jerry Brown to replace Harris, said during his Senate confirmation hearing that he supported the death penalty. ..…
WASHINGTON The Senate voted 54-46 Wednesday to end America's in Saudi-led Yemen, potentially setting the stage for President Donald Trump to use veto powers for the first time.. ..…
Senate on Wednesday approved resolution seeking to end U.S support for Saudi Arabia-led in Yemen, in rebuke of President Donald Trump's towards the kingdom... The vote was 54-46 in Senate, more as seven Republicans joined Democrats in backing the measure. ..…
Senate, eliminated the medium-range missile arsenals of the world’s two biggest nuclear powers and reduced their ability to launch a nuclear strike at short notice. . ..…
Senate on Wednesday passed resolution calling for end to U.S support for Saudi-led airstrikes Yemen. It's the in just few months Senate has voted on the resolution. Senate passed December and it expired at the end of Congress.. ..…
John Ashcroft, Bush's attorney general, was politician who could not win against deceased opponent, reference to Senate Missouri when Ashcroft lost to Gov. ..…
Rao also got some early resistance from two Senate Republicans, Josh Hawley of Missouri and Joni Ernst of Iowa. ... The Republican-controlled Senate has been approving the president's judicial nominees, many of. ..…
Durso admitted that while the receiving in Senate will be difficult, she is important for constituents to engage their senators and impress upon them the importance of passing Equality Act... I think it's going to be process, and so I'm glad we have the in House to do our jobs and demonstrate..…
They traveled to the Syrian border to declare that Israel would never retreat from the Golan Heights and would continue pushing for international recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over the territory—a new favorite idea of Republicans in the Senate—which Israel captured in the June 1967 war. ...…
Hopes were high that EFCA would pass in the early months of Obama administration, when there were Democratic votes in Senate and in House.. By the time it was over the needed votes in Obama would get to the law reform when that was done, and health care was longer fight than expected and..…
The principle is whether the members of senate are to be elected as it's in US Senate .. By district and not statewide, Interestingly, in my review of the present structures of the senate of large US states, are elected. ..…
The Reagan administration provides the best example in 1985 it broadened the terms of Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, over the objections of Senate and Soviet Union, to accommodate the development of the defense initiative. ... Philippine Senate ratified Rome Statute in 2011, making..…
Tuesday's action marks the bill's first ever in Senate and its third in House.. ..…
New York Times and other papers had inveighed against it at the time before agreeing to let it go and accept Gillibrand as Senate member.. ..…
Republicans controlling Senate had long blocked that move, and Democrats took over November's midterm elections.. ..…
Last year, California state senate boss Kevin de Léon appointed false-documented Lizbeth Mateo, Mexican national, to California Student Opportunity and Access Program Project Grant Advisory Committee, government position. ..…
It already passed the state House and is now being considered by the Senate. . . . . ..…
Tom Udall of New Mexico has said he would shortly introduce a Senate version of H.R. 1. . . . . ..…
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Mike Pompeo testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 13, 2018. . © 2018 Reuters . ..…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already said the Republican-controlled chamber would not take it up. . ..…
Senate. . Shannon Minter, the legal director of the National Center for Lesbian Rights, urged lawmakers to act quickly to combat attempts by the Trump administration to enact the ban as quickly as possible. . ..…
Republicans in Senate and President Trump has built anti- LGBT record that makes it unlikely he'd support the legislation.. ..…
The move follows report by Senate Homeland Security Committee that found the government approved requests from thousands of men to bring child brides or fiancées into the country over the past decade, in part because the Immigration and Nationality Act does not set minimum age requirements in such..…
The bill was introduced by Senate and House Democrats at a press conference on Capitol Hill. . . . . ... However, with Republicans firmly in control of the White House and Senate, the bill's chances of becoming law appear slim. . . ..…
WASHINGTON — The Senate has voted to end U.S support for Saudi Arabian-led Yemen.. ... By regime with policy, The bottom line is that United States should not be supporting war led, on Wednesday from Senate floor. ..…
Passage in Democratic-controlled House seems almost assured, while Republican-majority Senate will be more of challenge, as will getting the signature of the president, Donald Trump.. ..…
She'll be joined by Assistant State Senate Majority Leader Julia Ratti, D-Sparks, one of several activists, politicians and journalists scheduled to receive award at the event.. ..…
USAID Administrator Mark Green told the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere last month how thankful the Guaidó team inside Venezuela was for the democracy support. . ... “While Congress tends to appropriate at higher levels, the president’s budget is historically lower..…
Rubio's open efforts to stoke conflict prompted Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Menendez to Venezuela-related legislation due to impasse with Senator Rubio over Senator Menendez's attempts to insert clause prohibiting unauthorized use of force.. ..…
Today, Ohio Senate passed Senate Bill 23, Human Heartbeat Protection Act by vote of 19-13.. On Tuesday, Senate Health Committee passed the bill 8-4, Senate happened today, with majority of legislators supporting the measure... ..…
Senate on Tuesday approved bill, SB 106, 's 2013 Good Samaritan law to specify that the people. ..…
Senate is expected to vote Wednesday on the nomination of Michigan Neomi Rao to serve on powerful federal appeals court Washington. . ... Since nomination, Senate Democrats have expressed concerns about Rao's views on power, Trump's deregulatory agenda and articles that Rao wrote..…
He has degree and masters Foreign Service from Georgetown and has worked in US Senate, World Bank, Children's Defense Fund, United Nations Development Programme, and as stringer for Economist. ..…
The 2019 session of the Texas legislature is currently considering legislation (House Bill 2730 and Senate Bill 2162) that could… . ..…
“It’s a Republican Senate, but to get anything done on the budget they need Democratic support, and so anything on the budget in the Senate, even though it’s Republican controlled has been bipartisan,” Schmid said. ..…
Paul Matey was confirmed by Senate in 54 45 vote, with one more pending vacancy. ... Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, will also face Senate vote on March 13.. ..…
Senate representing Virginia; a lifelong reader that included Aristotle, Cicero, Machiavelli; a husband and father of three. ..…
The state Senate will then have a year to confirm her appointment, which so far hasn’t produced any organized opposition. . ..…
Perhaps most importantly, he stands to benefit from electoral rules that allow the junta to appoint the entire 250-seat upper house Senate, plus one - needed to choose the prime minister.. ..…
A similar resolution passed the Kansas Senate in February. . The New York law has been met with continuous outrage since lawmakers passed and celebrated it in January. ..…
Senate Panel Seeks Reset of Policies Toward China . House bill seeks curbs on Chinese students . . . . ... The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is examining new policies aimed at dealing with the growing challenge from China, the committee's chairman said Tuesday. . ..…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has pledged to make the bill priority though it will face tougher ride in Senate, where Republicans. ..…
Sasse told Fox News, 'Happily, big win tonight,' as the Senate voted unanimously for his resolution. ..…
The bill is likely to face stiff opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate, even if it passes in the House. . ..…
INEC However, a few days later, while on the campaign trail for the gubernatorial elections, the ruling party itself condemned the conduct of elections held in Akwa Ibom State in which one of its members who had defected from the opposition, lost the election to return to the Senate. .....…
Today, Democratic members of House of Representatives and Senate introduced The Equality Act.. ..…