However, in 1885 the House passed legislation that essentially dissolved the authority of the existing Appropriations Committee and created various bodies to authorize expenditures for different purposes. Shortly after that, federal spending (including deficit spending) increased. From 1919 to 1921, both ...
Democratic State House members vow to block school choice legislation Democratic State House Members Rafael Anchia and John Bryant, both from Dallas, are vowing to block a school voucher bill favored by Gov. Greg Abbott and conservative Republicans in the Texas House. They also told Jack they may...
A retroactive interest rate increase is when a credit card company raises the interest rates on purchases you charged in the past. In 2009, legislation was passed to protect consumers against unfair retroactive interest rate increases, excessive fees, and misleading credit card terms. To avoid retro...
While voting by mail has become more common since the pandemic, a fewrecent mishapshave shaken some voters' faith in the system. Just this week, ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington wereset ablaze, while inMiami, a stash of sealed ballots fell out of an election worker's truck, sto...
Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has said she supports a federal law that makes abortion legal across the U.S. Shecosponsored legislation to protect accessto the procedure during her time in the Senate. What North Texas races should I be paying attention to?
Kinzinger has also backed Rep. Colin Allred’s (D-Texas) bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), as well as Avlon in his Long Island race. Oct 2024 | Playbook exclusive Major Dem super PAC rolls out$75 millionin new ads Future Forward's eight-figure spend repres...
In the years to come, judges and juries (and even one of the main accusers) apologized for their roles in the trials. Then in 1711 Massachusetts passed legislation exonerating those executed as witches and paying restitution to their families. Nearly a century after the crisis in Salem, du...
The consequences of ignoring EEO legislation are severe. In 2021, Wal-Mart received a $125 million fine for discriminating against an employee with Down Syndrome. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) The Americans with Disabilities Act has protected disability rights since 1990 and extends protected...
Texas House passes bipartisan school safety legislation Eleven months after the Robb Elementary mass shooting, the Texas House of Representatives on Monday initially passed broad, bipartisan legislation intending to make schools safer. House Bill 3dedicates new funding for districts to improve physical ba...
From time to time, common law has furnished the basis for new legislation to be written. For example, the U.K. has long had a common-law offense of "outraging public decency." In the last decade, the authorities have used this ancient common law to prosecute a new intrusive activity cal...