Tag Archives: Legislation

Alabama Republicans pushed through a sprawling measure on Tuesday that would not only ban state funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs at public universities, local boards of education and government agencies, but also limit the teaching of “divisive concepts” surrounding race, gender and identity. The bill passed with broad …

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) have introduced a bipartisan amendment to the NDAA that would declassify government UFO records. Majority Leader Schumer’s office announced in a statement: Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity …

By J.D. Davidson (The Center Square) Republicans and Democrats in Congress want to tighten railroad regulations and spend more than $20 million to develop rail safety nearly a month after a train carrying hazardous materials derailed near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. New legislation proposed by three Democrats and three Republicans addresses instruments …

Representative David Cicilline, backed by 40 other House Democrats, introduced legislation citing a Civil War-era provision in the 14th Amendment to bar Donald Trump from ever holding public office. Cicilline put forth HR 9578 which seeks to deem Trump “ineligible to again hold the office of President of the United …

The US House of representatives gave final passage on Thursday, December 8 to a landmark legislation protecting same-sex marriage, in a bipartisan vote that reflects a remarkable shift in public opinion just over 25 years after Congress defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The final …

Bindya Rana, a Karachi-based transgender activist and founder and president of Gender Interactive Alliance (GIA), and Shahzadi Rai, a Karachi-based transgender person, believe that the debate over the law protecting the rights of transgender persons is problematic. Credit: Zofeen Ebrahim/IPS by Zofeen Ebrahim (karachi) Thursday, October 06, 2022 Inter Press Service …

The Senate passed the Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act 86 – 11. The legislation expands healthcare benefits for veterans suffering from various ailments associated with burn pit exposure. It was widely believed that the PACT Act would pass the Senate without incident. However, that proved wrong last week …