House hesitates over votes on spy authority renewal bills - Roll Call A plan to vote on two competing House bills that would reauthorize a powerful surveillance authority ran into trouble Monday evening. Roll Call · Dec 11, 2023
'One Of The Most Respected Figures In Golf' - Expert Rules Official To Bring 37-Year Career To A Close Chief Referee David Rickman will retire next October after 37 years with The R&A Golf Monthly · Nov 28, 2023
Karnataka High Court says surrogacy using donor gametes can’t be prohibited as a condition in consent form Though HC came to the conclusion that the clause (1)(d) of Form No-2 of the surrogacy regulations, amended with effect from March 14, 2023 (allowing surrogacy using both gametes from the intending couple only and not through donor gametes) as ‘blatantly contrary to law’, it refrained from declaring the amendment… The Hindu · Nov 21, 2023
Senate leaders give green light to Johnson stopgap funds plan - Roll Call Senate leaders of both parties sent encouraging signals Monday for Speaker Mike Johnson’s bill to avoid a partial government shutdown. Roll Call · Nov 13, 2023
World Cocktail Day: the bluffer’s guide to London’s signature cocktails Want to know the smartest orders at the chicest drinking dens? Millie Milliken has a hit list for those pretending to be in the know Evening Standard · Oct 30, 2023
Four spending bills readied for House floor amid stopgap uncertainty - Roll Call The House GOP set up debate on four full-year spending bills, but a stopgap is needed to keep the government fully operating past Sept. 30. Roll Call · Sep 23, 2023
GOP conservatives' demands imperil House spending bills - Roll Call Even the supposedly easiest spending bill may be a heavy lift for House GOP leaders due to conservatives' demands. Roll Call · Jul 25, 2023
Centre says it will not notify fact checking unit till September 4 Centre informs Bombay HC it won't notify Fact Check Unit (FCU) under IT Rules till Sept 4; hearing adjourned till Aug 31 & Sept 1. The Hindu · Jul 21, 2023
‘Cannot bring hammer to kill an ant’: Bombay HC calls IT Rules ‘excessive’ “You cannot bring a hammer to kill an ant,” said the Bombay High Court on Friday while hearing petitions challenging the amended IT Rules against fake content on social media, according to Bar and Bench. Newslaundry · Jul 14, 2023
Graves-led push on Social Security benefits gains traction - Roll Call Nearly two-thirds of the House has signed onto a bill that would boost Social Security for public-sector workers with government pensions. Roll Call · Jul 12, 2023
No matter how laudable the new IT Rules are, if the effect is unconstitutional, they must go: Bombay High Court The Bombay High Court on Thursday said that no matter how laudable or high the motives are while framing the new Information Technology (IT) Rules, if the effect of a rule or law is unconstitutional then it must go. The Hindu · Jul 6, 2023
Won’t notify fact-checking unit until July 10: Centre tells Bombay High Court On April 21, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology had said that it would not notify the FCU till July 5; this has now been extended to July 10. The Hindu · Jun 7, 2023
House conservatives block GOP bills, voice frustration in response to last week's debt ceiling vote Eleven House conservatives have staged a mini-revolt as part of the fallout from last week’s vote to lift the debt ceiling The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2023
Debt limit deal clears key hurdle; more land mines await - Roll Call Debt limit legislation cleared its first critical hurdle Tuesday, when the House Rules Committee backed the terms for floor debate. Roll Call · May 30, 2023
Ballotpedia · Feb 10, 2023 Michigan Democrats seek to repeal law prohibiting public employees from being required to pay union fees Fifty-one Democratic members of the Michigan House of Representatives and all 20 Democratic senators are sponsoring companion bills that would repeal a section of law prohibiting public employees from being required to pay union fees.
Tribune News Service · Feb 8, 2023 As Republicans end remote testimony, Democrats worry about diversity WASHINGTON — Remote testimony saved Guam officials about 48 hours and nearly $2,000 in round-trip airfare for a one-hour hearing of the House Natural Resources Committee last year. It allowed a doctor to testify about female veterans’ access to medical care before the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, and then perform surgery…
Roll Call · Feb 8, 2023 As Republicans end remote testimony, Democrats worry about diversity - Roll Call More than half of all witnesses last Congress appeared remotely, which may have boosted diversity. Now the House GOP is rolling that back.
Tribune News Service · Jan 11, 2023 Jonathan Bernstein: The concession McCarthy shouldn’t have made Rep. Kevin McCarthy made many concessions in his bid to become speaker of the House. But his offer to allow the hard-line House Freedom Caucus to select three of the nine Republicans on the powerful House Committee on Rules stands out for its ability to diminish the influence of the…
Tribune News Service · Jan 10, 2023 House adopts rules package for the 118th Congress WASHINGTON — The House on Monday adopted its rules package for the 118th Congress, which includes the return of a controversial rule that would allow a single member to force a vote on ousting the speaker.
WEKU · Jan 9, 2023 House rules changes breeze through the chamber following a bitter speaker fight The House voted Monday on a new rules package that contains key concessions to the most conservative wing of the party.
Roll Call · Jan 9, 2023 House adopts rules package for the 118th Congress - Roll Call The House adopted its rules package for the 118th Congress, allowing a single member to force a vote on ousting the speaker.
The Guardian - US · Jan 8, 2023 After chaotic week, McCarthy faces new battle as House votes on rules package Some Republicans indicate they may withhold support unless details of concessions made to hard-right lawmakers are unveiled
Tribune News Service · Jan 6, 2023 House Republicans want to wipe out staff unions, but it’s not that simple WASHINGTON — The House rules package proposed by Republican Kevin McCarthy, the man who would be speaker, aims to kneecap congressional staff’s nascent labor movement, but union supporters say his attempt at union-busting may go worse than his bid for the speaker’s gavel.
Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2022 My London: Gaz Mayall The host of the capital’s longest-running club night dines like Dickens at Rules, sticks to the market stalls of Notting Hill and never misses Carnival
The Hindu · Jul 4, 2022 Right intent, confusing content The core changes proposed by the Draft E-waste Management Rules require careful deliberation