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Press release: “Today, the House Judiciary Committee approved four crime bills and sent them to the House floor for consideration. The bills were: HR 1700, the “COPS Improvement Act of 2007;” HR 916, the “John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007;” HR 1525, the “Internet Spyware Prevention Act of 2007;” and, HR …
S. 849: A bill to promote accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 3/13/2007). Related Bills: H.R. 1309, H.R. 1326. Senate Reports: 110-59
RS22654 – Veto Override Procedure in the House and Senate, April 30, 2007: “A bill or joint resolution that has been vetoed by the President can become law if two-thirds of the Members voting in the House and the Senate each agree to pass it over the President’s objection. The chambers act sequentially on vetoed …
Gadgets, Gadgets, Gadgets!, by Barbara Fullerton, Sabrina I. Pacifici and Aaron Schmidt The Government Domain: Tracking Federal Dollars, by Peggy Garvin Legal Protection of Cultural Property: A Selective Resource Guide, by Louise Tsang Reference from Coast to Coast: Stalking and Finding the Full-Text Article, by Jan Bissett and Margi Heinen CongressLine by GalleryWatch.com – Reporting …
Joshua Tauberer announced the following enhancements to his terrific site: “…a new Presidential Candidates page for those candidates that have served in Congress, which is actually most. You can see how they line up in political leanings as Ive sorted them based on their position in GovTracks Political Spectrum. The representative statistics page has been …
Press release: As Bush Administration Finally Agrees To Restrict Terrorists Access To Guns, Lautenberg Introduces Bill To Close ‘Terror Gap’: ” Last night, U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) introduced legislation to prohibit terrorist suspects from purchasing firearms, mirroring an Administration plan released yesterday. The bill seeks to close the “terror gap” in federal gun …
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Report Card for the First Quarter, April 19, 2007. Press release: “Today, Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee Bob Filner (D-CA) announced an ambitious agenda focused on providing funds for the warrior, reaching out to Americans veterans and providing Congressional oversight with results. In the first 100 days of the …
Appropriations Committee Announces Earmark Reform Standards, April 17, 2007 Press release, Taxpayers for Common Sense: “The new standards require that both the committee bill and report clearly identify earmarks and include the amount, the recipient (or location) and the purpose and that the bill and report be published on the internet. S. 1 required this …
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, April 13, 2007, Fact Sheet: Proposed FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act)Modernization Legislation “Key Provisions of this Bill Are: Updating the definition of electronic surveillance to account for the sweeping changes in telecommunications technology that have taken place. The proposed legislation is technology neutral. In contrast to the 1978 …
Press release: “Calling for protection of consumers right to know, State Senator Carole Migden today unveiled legislation [SB 63] which would require that milk and meat products from cloned animals that are intended for human consumption be clearly labeled…California consumers want to know what theyre eating and what were feeding our children, said Migden. People …
Follow up to this March 12, 2007 posting, OMB Releases Database on Earmarks in Appropriations Bills for FY 2005, today the OMB “updated its earmarks database with details on 13,496 earmarks totaling more than $19 billion for Fiscal Year 2005 appropriations.”
Congressional Redistricting: The Constitutionality of Creating an At-Large District, March 20, 2007: “Among other provisions, H.R. 1433 (110th Cong.), the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007, would expand the U.S. House of Representatives by two Members to a total of 437 Members. The first of these two new seats would be allocated …
