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..…
This afternoon, Illinois House of Representatives voted 60-42 to pass HB 246. ..…
This is the second time the resolution has come before the Senate. . It passed 56-41 in the Senate in December but then-Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, a Republican, refused to take it up. ..…
With Democrats in control, House passed its own version of February, and procedural issue meant House must vote on Senate's of the measure.. ..…
Senate passed December and it expired at the end of Congress.. This time, Democratic in House is poised to back Senate-passed bill and send it to the president. ..…
It already passed the state House and is now being considered by the Senate. . . . . ..…
In most states in this country, couple can be married on Saturday, post their wedding photos to Instagram on Sunday, and lose their jobs or get kicked out of their apartment on Monday, just because of. ..…
Senate, only 18% in the House of Representatives,” Gillibrand had ranted. ... Senate would still be doing nothing to change the sexual harassment system.” . ..…
candidates have announced raft of new tax proposals, including increases in the top income tax rate, the creation of wealth tax, and reversing recent cuts to U.S estate tax. ..…
We should adopt a similar requirement to prevent our own legislators to hop from the Senate to the House or vice-versa and turn around again, ad infinitum. . To this day, the members of the Philippine Senate continue to be elected nationwide. ..…
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..…
Tuesday's action marks the bill's first ever in Senate and its third in House.. ..…
In Congress, the bill has near-unanimous Democratic backing and seems certain to pass the House. ... Two such bills passed Virginia’s Democratic-controlled Senate, but GOP leaders in the House of Delegates refused to consider them. ..…
The bill passed the House along party lines on March 8, but it’s unlikely to move forward. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already said the Republican-controlled chamber would not take it up. . ..…
Despite the confidence about passage of the in House, the chamber of Congress and the White House are another matter. Republicans in Senate and President Trump has built anti- LGBT record that makes it unlikely he'd support the legislation.. ..…
resolution to end support for Yemen war passed Senate December, and it was not taken up under the then Republican-controlled House.. ..…
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. . . ..…
Maryland would join California as a sanctuary state if the bills pass—which seems likely, considering the spread of 99 Democrats and 42 Republicans in the House. The same result is likely in the Democratic-controlled Senate. . If signed by the governor, the bills will go into effect on..…
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.. ..…
And the congressional Democrats now leading the party on foreign policy — Eliot Engel, who currently chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Bob Menendez and Ben Cardin, the two ranking Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee — were opponents of the 2015 nuclear..…
We write to request your support for the bipartisan measure, H.R.1004 Prohibiting Unauthorized Military Action Venezuela Act, introduced by Rep. ..…
We’re proud to be on the forefront of protecting the unborn, and we thank Senate President Larry Obhof for making this a priority. Ohio Right to Life looks forward to working with the Ohio House and to move swiftly on this crucial piece of legislation.” . ..…
In votes Tuesday, the House supported the override on a 55-11 vote, but the Senate came up short, voting 20-13 to override when it needed 24 votes to be successful. . ... The House had approved it earlier, then the Senate amended it, and now the House has approved..…
The 2019 session of the Texas legislature is currently considering legislation (House Bill 2730 and Senate Bill 2162) that could… . ..…
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.. ..…
Senate Panel Seeks Reset of Policies Toward China . House bill seeks curbs on Chinese students . . . . ..…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has pledged to make the bill priority though it will face tougher ride in Senate, where Republicans. ..…
The bill is likely to face stiff opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate, even if it passes in the House. . ..…
(a) organise, undertake and supervise all elections to the offices of the President and Vice President, the Governor and Deputy Governor of a State, and to the membership of the Senate, the House of Representatives and the House of Assembly of each State of the Federation. . ..…
Today, Democratic members of House of Representatives and Senate introduced The Equality Act.. ..…