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Legislative Process
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Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
House Democratic Leaders Struggle With Abortion-Related Objections to Health Care Bill
NY Times: Abortion Deal in Health Bill Sets Off Haggling in Congress, by Robert Pear & David M. Herszenhorn: House Democratic leaders struggled Wednesday to strike a deal thatwould restrict…
Labor & Collective Bargaining
Who is Next for Leadership of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions?
The death of Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D.-Mass.) on August 28 has left open the chairmanship of the U.S. Senate's Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP Committee). The Committee…
The Right Coast
Becker on Supermajority RulesMike Rappaport
It gives me great pleasure to discover that my position on supermajority rules (which John McGinnis and I have developed in a series of papers) coincides with that of Gary…
Health Law Prof Blog
Timing of Health Reform: Delay?
ThinkProgress and RollCall report on Senator Dodds recent discussion about the timing of a health reform bill. David Drucker of RollCall writes:Senate Democratic leaders’ hopes of approving health care reformbefore…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Texas House Representatives Pass Bad Insurance Bill They Have Not Read
By Chip Merlin
The legislative process has been called something akin to watching sausage being made. In Austin last night, it was very old and molded meat as the ingredient. The story was…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Effort to repeal death penalty in Colorado now faltering
Main May 5, 2009Effort to repeal death penalty in Colorado now falteringAccording to this New York Times article, the on-going efforts to repeal the death penalty in Colorado had a…
Texas State & Local Tax Law Blog
Today’s the deadline for filing most types of bills in the Texas Legislature
As mentioned in a previous post captioned “The Ways & Means Committee's organizational meeting is today,” today is the deadline for members of the Texas Legislature to file most types…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Efforts to kill death penalty in Maryland appear to be dying
Main February 27, 2009Efforts to kill death penalty in Maryland appear to be dyingThe latest news out of Maryland would seem to suggest that the Governor's efforts to kill the…
The Right Coast
The OppositionMike Rappaport
It is not too early to start thinking about how Republicans, with small numbers, will function best in the opposition. There are some easy moves. A House member and a…
The Right Coast
How not to pass a bill Tom Smith
So did Pelosi miscalculate or did she not really want the bailout to pass? After it failed, it looked to me at least as if the McCain position on Intrade…