Lawmakers wrap up busy legislative session
Lawmakers wrap up busy legislative session
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INSIDERNebraska hasn't passed a single bill this year because one lawmaker keeps filibustering in protest of an anti-trans bill: 'I will burn this session to the ground'
Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh filibustered every bill in this year's session in opposition to a bill that would ban medical care for transgender youth.
- The Hill
Manchin calls Biden administration priorities ‘absolutely infuriating’ after ESG veto
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) teed off on President Biden’s decision earlier on Monday to veto a bill that would have nixed a Labor Department rule on environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. Manchin, who was one of two Senate Democrats to vote with Republicans to overturn the rule on March 1, called Biden’s decision “absolutely…
- The Providence Journal
During debate over bill, RI GOP lawmaker asks Democrat — 'Are you a pedophile?'
A hearing on the pros and cons of requiring "equity impact" statements before lawmakers vote on any piece of legislation took an unexpected turn Friday
- Fox News
Republicans torch Biden veto of bipartisan ESG bill: 'Good luck explaining this one'
President Biden's first veto of a bipartisan bill striking down his Labor Department's new ESG rule drew sharp rebukes from Republicans in Congress.
- The Topeka Capital-Journal
Topeka senator calls for security as frustrations flare at Kansas anti-vaccine hearing
Sen. Kristen O'Shea, a Topeka Republican, asked for security after a comment she perceived as a threat during an anti-vaccine bill hearing.
- The Daily Telegram
Local senators split on gun safety measures that passed Michigan Senate
Sen. Joe Bellino, R-Monroe, voted against the bills, while Sen. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, voted for them.
- The Hill
McConnell’s absence leaves colleagues wondering about GOP’s future
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) extended absence from the Senate has stirred speculation among Republican senators over how much longer the 81-year-old senator will lead the Senate GOP conference. There’s no word yet on McConnell’s date of return, but some lawmakers expect he may not come back to the Senate until mid-April, after the…
- Tallahassee Democrat
'The Don't Say Period Bill?' Anatomy of a sex ed bill moving through Florida legislature
Rep. Stan McClain, R-Ocala, a contractor in private life, said he was "amenable" to amendments if they were in the context of what he was trying to do.
- Fox News
New York AG Letitia James appeals court ruling blocking people from being forced into quarantine, isolation
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed an appeal against a ruling by the state Supreme Court blocking a rule that allowed the state government to force people into quarantine.
- The Guardian
Idaho hospital will stop delivering babies as doctors flee state due to abortion ban
Near-total ban on abortions is driving doctors away, hospital says, leading to lack of nearby labor and delivery care for thousands
- The Daily Beast
How Rick Scott Became the Senator Washington Loves to Hate
Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/ReutersIn his seminal public relations book How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie warns about the risks of confrontation."There is only one way to get the best of an argument,” he writes. “And that is to avoid it."According to The New York Times, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) rereads the book regularly. He’s even given out thousands of copies to friends and associates over the years.But Scott’s reputation these days has been most
- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Tony Evers, legislative Democrats announce bill to restore abortion access that existed under Roe v. Wade
The Democratic proposal faces an uphill battle, coming a week after Republicans couldn't agree on a bill that created rape and incest exceptions.
- Reuters
North Carolina urges US Supreme Court to toss major elections case
The U.S. Supreme Court should dismiss a major case from North Carolina that could give more power over federal elections to state politicians because the matter is being reconsidered by a lower court, North Carolina said in a filing on Monday, while the Republican lawmakers at the center of the dispute disagreed. The case began as a legal fight over a map drawn by Republican state legislators of North Carolina's 14 U.S. House of Representatives districts - one that a lower court blocked as unlawfully disadvantageous for Democrats. The state's Department of Justice, headed by Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein, said that a decision by the North Carolina Supreme Court to revisit its ruling last year invalidating the Republican-drawn map means there is not a final judgment typically needed to trigger a review by the top U.S. judicial body.
- IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star
'Outgunned': Bill targets devices that turn handguns into 'machine guns'
Lawmakers and Marion County's prosecutor hope House Bill 1365, if passed, will target machine gun conversion devices such as Glock switches.
- Kansas City Star
Kansas bills push unproven ‘abortion reversal,’ call for protection of infants ‘born alive’
One bill requires doctors to inform patients about an unproven practice to “reverse” a medication abortion.
- Idaho Statesman
Idaho bill to execute inmates by firing squad clears Legislature, heads to governor
House Bill 186 is sponsored by Rep. Bruce Skaug, R-Nampa, and Sen. Doug Ricks, R-Rexburg. Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador helped draft the proposed law.
- The Hill
Huckabee Sanders signs law paving way for anti-abortion ‘monument to the unborn’
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) has signed a law that paves the way for a “monument to the unborn” to be built on the state capitol’s grounds, her office announced on Friday. The law aims to erect a monument “as a memorial to the lives lost from 1973 to 2022 due to the decisions…
- Miami Herald
Allowing death sentence for child rapists gets unanimous OK in Senate committee
Under U.S. law, the death penalty for any case other than murder is unconstitutional.
- Fox News
GOP moves to block Biden’s pistol brace rule: ‘Abuse of rule-making authority’
House GOP will introduce a Congressional Review Act resolution in an effort to block the Biden administration's new rule tightening regulations on pistol stabilizing braces.
- Reuters
Indonesia passes jobs decree into law, easing investment uncertainty
JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday passed into law an emergency decree on jobs and investment, eliminating legal uncertainty hanging over measures President Joko Widodo has pushed to spur investment in Southeast Asia's largest economy. The new law replaces the 2020 Jobs Creation law, which was praised by foreign investors for streamlining business rules in the bureaucracy-heavy country, but also criticised by labour and green groups as being too pro-business. In 2021, the Constitutional Court ruled the passage of that law was flawed due to inadequate public consultation and ordered a renewed debate process in parliament within two years.