That’s hardly guaranteed. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) hasblocked a potential Senate vote on the House version, arguing that the existing language is too broad. “The bill as written would allow altercations resulting in a cut, abrasion, bruise, or any other injury no matter how tempo...
The Senate has reached a bipartisan agreement on a historic relief package for those suffering the economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The massive bill includes $2 trillion for workers and businesses, as well as people who have already lost their jobs. Nancy Cordes breaks down the conte...
Senate Bill 6, or “An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring” (CTDPA), went into effect July 1, 2023. The law also draws from Virginia and Colorado’s statutes, with a few departures. It applies to businesses that, during the preceding calendar year: Controlled or ...
9, 2021. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate filibuster is among the upper chamber’s "most characteristic procedural features," according to the Congressional Research Service. The Senate has a longstanding practice of allowing any senator ...
The U.S. Senate passed a House-approved bill late Thursday to suspend the national debt limit and put a lid on government spending for two years, and President Joe Biden is expected to sign the legislative compromise into law today. After several long days of negotiation between the White Ho...
Larry Hogan, a Republican, vetoed three, including the police Bill of Rights repeal. The vetoed bills returned to the General Assembly for a vote on Saturday, where both the state House and Senate voted to successfully override Hogan's vetoes. The collection of bills, which together amount ...
ICD-10 is an update to ICD-9. ICD-10 takes into account modern advances in clinical treatment and medical devices, and it offers more classification options thanICD-9. The World Health Organization (WHO) owns, develops and publishes the ICD codes. National governments and other regulating bodie...
A Senate bill is a piece of proposed legislation that either originates or is modified in the United States Senate. Bills come from ideas before they are written and presented to the appropriate committee and to theSenatefor debate. Senators then work together and negotiate the terms of the bi...
years, namely the Family Savings Act and multiple iterations of the Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act (RESA). A version of RESA was under consideration in the Senate after its introduction on April 1, 2019. The bill died after not receiving a vote, but theSECURE Act passedand became ...