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Geotimes
July 2007
Allyson K. Anderson |
A Political Comment on ... The Life of a Bill A brief primer on bills originating in the Senate using S. 1321, the Energy Savings Act of 2007, a bill that the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources recently proposed.   |
Entrepreneur
February 2008
Mark Henricks |
Fair is Fair Steer clear of trouble by making sure you pay men and women equally. |
Reason
April 2008
Jeff Flake |
Passing Bad Laws A short guided tour -- by a congressman -- of the worst bills currently in Congress. |
Information Today
February 3, 2015
George H. Pike |
New U.S. Laws Impact Information Gathering and Security Congress has not been the only branch of government acting in ways that could impact the information industry. The Supreme Court is continuing its recent trend of increased attention to patent and copyright issues. |
InternetNews
September 8, 2004
Roy Mark |
Time Running Out on Fed's Tech Agenda CAN-SPAM and nanotech funding aside, the tech industry has seen little legislative success in a Congress consumed with matters of war and national security. |
Reason
December 2003
Rachel Alembakis |
Dueling Discriminations: Religion vs. gender Can a handshake be grounds for a lawsuit? Perhaps, under a European Union directive passed in 2000 requiring member states to crack down on workplace discrimination on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, and religion. |
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010
James Warren |
Why the Senate Is Sitting on 309 Bills The "hold" is a tactic so juvenile that it isn't even in the Senate rules. Yet it's never been more common, and it's keeping important legislation at bay |
Managed Care
August 2000 |
Competing Bills Put Drug Benefit In Medicare Analysts say chances of a Medicare drug benefit passing the Senate are slim. The Senate began debate on competing bills after the House narrowly passed a Republican-backed prescription benefit proposal. |
InternetNews
April 19, 2006
Roy Mark |
Bush Renews Competitiveness Agenda President Bush renewed his call Tuesday for a competitiveness initiative in the United States. In particular, he urged lawmakers to pass a permanent extension of the R&D tax credit. |
Registered Rep.
May 20, 2010
Kristen French |
Senate Nears Vote On Financial Reform, Fiduciary Standard On Hold The Senate voted 60-40 Thursday to end weeks of debate on Christopher Dodd's financial regulatory reform legislation, in what is called a cloture vote. That clears the way for a final vote on the bill within 30 hours. |
National Defense
July 2004
Peter M. Steffes |
2005 Defense Bill Beginning to Take Shape Congress is making progress on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2005. The defense authorization bill sets policy and funding levels. |
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
Melanie Waddell |
New Year Will Likely Include New Tax Scheme Odds favor both House and Senate passage of bipartisan tax package. |
InternetNews
November 9, 2006
Roy Mark |
Lame Ducks Limp Back to Congress With a major power shift coming in January, Republican-led House and Senate return for mop-up session. |
Entrepreneur
June 2006
Chris Penttila |
One Big Family? The EEOC just passed a milestone, but we're still striving for workplace equality. |
Geotimes
August 2004
Emily Lehr Wallace |
Budget Procrastination If the average American were aware enough of the budget process to be outraged by this governance via procrastination, perhaps the Congress would get the message and perform one of their central duties in an efficient and timely manner. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2011
Rich Smith |
Senators, Act Senatorially -- and Pass the STOCK Act All investors are equal -- except in the U.S. Congress. |
InternetNews
July 12, 2007
Sean Michael Kerner |
Senate Panel Amends Patent Reform Bill Patent reform in Congress took a tentative step forward today with the Senate Judiciary Committee approving several amendments to the proposed legislation. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2009
Jonathan Katz |
How to Play Fair Pay Clarification on what the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act means and how manufacturers can protect themselves from future claims. |
Information Today
June 20, 2013
Barbie E. Keiser |
Co-Sponsor a Congressional Bill and Track Its Progress Cosponsor.gov is a sweeping expansion of the Citizen Cosponsor Project. The new website will now feature every bill and resolution introduced in the House, from Republicans and Democrats. |
Fast Company
Samantha Cole |
What Today's SCOTUS Ruling Means For Pregnant Employees Hopeful news for working families today: In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court threw out a lower court ruling which blocked a woman's discrimination lawsuit against her former employer, reviving the case. |
The Motley Fool
November 9, 2009
Brian Orelli |
Health-Care Reform: A Tale of Two Chambers Halfway done, but the battle is just heating up. |
InternetNews
April 26, 2005
Roy Mark |
Tech Wants Patent 'Trolls' Tamed Intel's top patent attorney urged a Senate panel Monday to crack down on "trolls" who manipulate the patent system for large profits. |
Job Journal
September 12, 2004
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Wal-Mart Case an Eye-Opener The nation's largest workplace sex-discrimination case is supposed to be about 1.6 million women who work for, or used to work for, Wal-Mart. But it's really is about something much bigger. |
Job Journal
December 5, 2004
Michael Kinsman |
Career Pros: Supreme Court Weighs Age-Old Issue With about 70 million American workers over 40 -- roughly half of the labor force -- it's difficult to think that they need protected status as a class. Yet that's just what federal and state laws do. And for very good reasons. |
Entrepreneur
June 2007
Jane Easter Bahls |
Babble On? Is your English-only policy open for misinterpretation? |
National Defense
September 2015
Craig R. McKinley |
Congress Should Follow Its Budget Rules Of the five members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who will be leaving their positions or retiring this September, none ever had a defense budget passed on time under regular order following the procedures of the Budget Control Act of 1974 during their entire term in office. |
