Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon signed the nation’s first statewide mandatory rent control measure on Thursday, giving a victory to…
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The Colorado Senate this week passed a bill that would award the state’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who…
The US Senate passed a controversial “fast-track” trade bill in a 62-37 vote on Friday. It is a key part…
In an ongoing effort to curb online piracy in Singapore, the country has just passed new amendments to its Copyright…
The New York State Senate passed a controversial bill on Wednesday that aims to classify ‘aggravated harassment of a police…
The state of Connecticut has become the first to successfully enact a law requiring food containing genetically modified ingredients to…
By David Edwards The South Carolina state House on Wednesday passed a so-called “nullification” bill that is declares President Barack…
The US House of Representatives has passed the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protect Act (CISPA). Lawmakers in the House…
Connecticut has passed a series of new gun regulations following the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary. After weeks of…
Bob Adelmann New American After 10 hours of intense debate, the Maryland Senate passed Governor Martin O’Malley’s gun control measure handily…
New Jersey’s Democrat-led Assembly passed 22 gun-control bills on Thursday that proponents say will help curb gun violence in the…
Reuters Faculty and staff members in Arkansas would be allowed to carry concealed handguns on the state’s college campuses under…
For Immediate Release:Dec. 5, 2012 A bill condemning detention provisions written into the National Defense Authorization Act and blocking any…
Just after 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, the Senate did it again. By a vote of 98-0 (two senators abstained) lawmakers in…
By David Lawder A deeply divided and unproductive Congress wrapped up its final business before November’s elections early on Saturday…
After a controversial vote, Portland city leaders have directed the Water Bureau to build a fluoridation plant, scheduled to come…
By Joe Wolverton, II By a vote of 261-116, the House of Representatives passed a bill rewriting Article II of…
By Jennifer Bendery In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the House overwhelmingly passed a bill by Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas)…