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The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 ( ACES) was an energy bill in the 111th United States Congress ( H.R. 2454) that would have established a variant of an emissions trading plan similar to the European Union Emission Trading Scheme. The bill was approved by the House of Representatives on June 26, 2009, by a vote of 219–212.
Discharge petition. In United States parliamentary procedure, a discharge petition is a means of bringing a bill out of committee and to the floor for consideration without a report from the committee by "discharging" the committee from further consideration of a bill or resolution. [ 1] The signatures of an absolute majority of House members ...
The Border Protection, Anti-terrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 ( H.R. 4437) was a bill in the 109th United States Congress. It was passed by the United States House of Representatives on December 16, 2005, by a vote of 239 to 182 (with 92% of Republicans supporting, 82% of Democrats opposing), but did not pass the Senate.
Congress: A Political-Economic History of Roll Call Voting. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-514242-6. Remini, Robert V. (2006). The House: The History of the House of Representatives. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-06-088434-5. Sinclair, Barbara (1983). Majority Leadership in the U.S. House. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins ...
H.R.1044 : Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act of 2020. The bill, H.R. 1044, was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in February 2019 by Democratic Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and Representative Ken Buck. It was considered and substantially amended in the U.S. Senate (S.386) which passed unanimously led by Senator Mike Lee .
July 26, 2024 at 12:49 PM. By Tom Hals. WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has blocked a Department of Labor rule from taking effect that would have expanded the types of retirement ...
3. Education. Dickinson College ( BA, JD) Signature. James William Gerlach [1] (born February 25, 1955) is the former U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district, serving from 2003 to 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party. Gerlach retired from Congress after completing his sixth term.
Mahsa Amini Human rights and Security Accountability Act (MAHSA Act) is a United States federal law that was enacted on April 24, 2024 as a bipartisan human rights and anti-terrorism legislation in the United States that, for the first time, imposes sanctions and holds accountable leaders of the Islamic Republic regime in Iran for their domestic suppression, crimes against humanity, and ...