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In June, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Wastewater Infrastructure Pollution Prevention and Environments Safety (WIPPES) Act (H.R. 2964), which would create national standards for 'Do Not Flush' labeling [...]

Sign up for (https://tn.chalkbeat.org/newsletters/subscribe) Chalkbeat Tennessee's free daily newsletter to keep up with statewide education policy and Memphis-Shelby County Schools. Seven months after Gov. Bill Lee's first universal school voucher [...]

LEGAL types who were troubled by the previous Conservative government's low regard for Parliament took heart from a speech delivered on October 14th by Richard Hermer, the new attorney-general. In [...]

By Andrew McKean Non-hunters and even anti-hunters are pushing for seats on wildlife commissions, which decide regulations, across the nation. (© VLADEK/DREAMSTIME) In Colorado earlier this year, the state Senate [...]

By Andrew McKean Non-hunters and even anti-hunters are pushing for seats on wildlife commissions, which decide regulations, across the nation. (© VLADEK/DREAMSTIME) In Colorado earlier this year, the state Senate [...]

Byline: Carten Cordell With a week until the election, a House bill is outlining new penalties for federal employees - including a potential five-year debarment - if they impede or [...]

The House of Representatives hit a milestone last week not achieved since 1977:HR 10000. The 118th Congress has introduced over 10,000 pieces of legislation this term. A big thanks is [...]

The following is a (https://blogs.loc.gov/law/category/guest-post/?loclr=bloglaw) guest postfrom (https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2023/07/a-congress-gov-interview-with-andrew-reiter-legislative-data-specialist/?loclr=bloglaw) Andrew Reiter, a legislative data specialist in the (https://www.loc.gov/crsinfo/?loclr=bloglaw) Congressional Research Service(CRS) of the (https://www.loc.gov/?loclr=bloglaw) Library of Congress. Andrew previously blogged about [...]

Kim Leadbeater has said her bill to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people is not about ending their lives, its about shortening their death. Leadbeater, the Labour MP for [...]

Byline: Dan Netter Researchers, advocates and planning professionals talked through the ways a state government can address a housing shortage through the adjustment of statewide land use policy and zoning [...]

Trump's plan for a 10% tariff on all imports has been panned by Democrats and Republicans alike. Vice President Kamala Harris has even called it the 'Trump Sales Tax.' But [...]

Byline: Ed Kilgore Dating back to 2022, when Democrats controlled the Senate and had the theoretical power to carve out new exceptions to the filibuster by a simple majority vote [...]

Byline: Erich Wagner A bipartisan group of senators announced Tuesday that they have introduced legislation that would create a new publicly available database tracking the status of the president's nominees [...]

PLUS:Biden looks to rally world leaders to his vision; discharge petition sets up vote on bipartisan retirement bill; data-privacy legislation dead again; White House opposes IRS cuts. The House Foreign [...]

Byline: Isatou Ndure The proposed No Funds for Forced Labor Act would require the US Secretary of Treasury to direct US executive directors at international financial institutions to oppose funding [...]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Tina Smith introduced a bill to build 'social housing.' The HOMES Act would build and rehabilitate permanently affordable homes for low- and middle-income people. It [...]

With other critical deadlines looming Sept. 30, it's not just a government shutdown at stake. House Republicans again failed Wednesday to pass their stopgap spending legislation, edging Congress closer to [...]

Byline: Erich Wagner Congressional committees dedicated to federal workforce issues were busy Wednesday, as both panels advanced bills impacting federal personnel policy via markup hearings. On the Senate side, lawmakers [...]

Today the (https://www.axios.com/2024/09/12/schumer-trump-ivf-vote-senate) Senate will vote on the Right to IVF Act, which would make fertility treatments a federal right enshrined in law. It would supersede state court actions (like [...]

PLUS:Security upgraded for Jan. 6 election count; Senate to revisit IVF legislation; senators hear desperate accounts about Steward hospitals; and ethanol fuel for aviation reaching new heights. Work on the [...]

Scorpius Holdings commended the U.S. House of Representatives on the passage of the BIOSECURE Act, a piece of legislation passed with bipartisan support following a 306-81 vote earlier this week. [...]

Speaker Mike Johnson has pulled a government funding bill amid party dissent, risking a shutdown. The government will shut down on October 1 if no extension is passed, affecting federal [...]

TLDR: North Carolina Senate overrode Governor Cooper’s veto of anti-CBDC bill Bill bans state from accepting CBDCs as payment or participating in CBDC tests Initially passed with bipartisan support, but [...]

Official name Ireland/Eire Form of state Republic Legal system Common law; written constitution (1937) National legislature Bicameral Oireachtas (parliament): Dail (lower house) of 160 members directly elected by proportional representation [...]

Byline: Carten Cordell A coterie of House Republicans introduced new legislation on Friday to provide supplemental funding to help cover a budget shortfall at the Veterans Affairs Department through the [...]

Official name Republic of the Philippines Form of state Under the 1987 constitution, the government is based on a separation of powers between the executive presidency, a bicameral legislature and [...]

The outlook for political stability is positive under the centre-left Labor Party, which has been in power since May 2022. Despite having only a narrow majority in the House of [...]

Agriculture stakeholders across the nation are showing support for legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Mike Rounds, R-S.D., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., which offers producers fairer market prices for livestock disaster [...]

CHICAGO – In the Democratic National Convention hall, in side events in hotel ballrooms and conference centers, and on the campaign trail, lawmakers and candidates are promising big change. They [...]

Less than a year after the trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, the Democratic Party’s leadership has lost any political will it briefly had to govern and regulate cryptocurrencies. All [...]

Official name Republic of the Philippines Form of state Under the 1987 constitution, the government is based on a separation of powers between the executive presidency, a bicameral legislature and [...]

PLUS:House GOP ask Speaker to hold off on repealing clean energy credits, DOE's handling of nuclear waste raises concerns, and latest homeless report brings dire news. Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday [...]

Byline: Carten Cordell Following Republican attempts to revisit and rein in regulations in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to end a four-decade legal precedent (https://www.govexec.com/management/2024/06/supreme-court-ends-judicial-deference-federal-agency-expertise/397739/) known as the [...]

The outlook for political stability is positive under the centre-left Labor Party, which has been in power since May 2022. Despite having only a narrow majority in the House of [...]

Official name Ireland/Eire Form of state Republic Legal system Common law; written constitution (1937) National legislature Bicameral Oireachtas (parliament): Dail (lower house) of 160 members directly elected by proportional representation [...]

Committee passage of Manchin bill breathes life into the previously stalled effort, but competing priorities and limited time frame stand in the way of legacy legislation. The years-long push to [...]

This article by (https://www.commondreams.org/news/manchin-permitting-reform-bill) Common Dreams is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. A bipartisan energy permitting reform bill introduced last week in the [...]

PLUS:Middle East on brink of war as Hamas, Hezbollah leaders killed; surprise amendments added to broadband measure; and more Americans access mental health services. Senate Democrats are setting down a [...]

Paul Pelosi, husband of Nancy, purchased 10,000 shares of Nvidia last week. The trades come amid ongoing scrutiny of stock trading by members of Congress and their families. A group [...]

Senator (https://bitcoinmagazine.com/tags/cynthia-lummis) Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) has announced plans to introduce legislation directing the U.S. government to accumulate 1 million Bitcoin, which would be worth over $68 billion at current prices. [...]

Byline: Shreya Paropkari 'Do we believe in the fundamental principle that we must not get benefit for ourselves at all costs? Are we going to get benefits at all costs? [...]

What happened King Charles set out the new Labour Government’s legislative plans on Wednesday. At the State Opening of Parliament, the King unveiled 40 bills that Keir Starmer said would [...]