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- MN Legislators Submit Bill to Criminialize mRNA Vaccines https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF3219&session=ls94&session_number=0&session_year=2025&version=0 1 comment
- Anthony Albanese walks back pledge to legislate integrity commission by year end https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/12/federal-icac-anthony-albanese-walks-back-pledge-to-legislate-integrity-commission-by-year-end 14 comments worldnews
- Switzerland legislates all new buildings must install solar https://renewablesnow.com/news/switzerland-seeks-rapid-solar-expansion-to-boost-winter-power-supply-796366/ 105 comments futurology
- Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory closer to being able to legislate for voluntary assisted dying as territory rights bill passes lower house https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-03/act-nt-voluntary-assisted-dying-house-of-representatives-vote/101294648 3 comments worldnews
- New York Passes Legislation that Will Protect Unmarked Graves -- If Gov. Hochul Signs It https://nativenewsonline.net/sovereignty/new-york-passes-legislation-that-will-protect-unmarked-graves-if-gov-hochul-signs-it 2 comments politics
- Louisiana legislator pushes bills benefiting the oil and gas industry — and her husband | Internal emails show Louisiana state senator Sharon Hewitt worked on a bill with a company that had financial ties to her spouse https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/may/06/sharon-hewitt-louisiana-senator-oil-gas-industry 24 comments politics
- Legislators look to make cannabis laws more equitable, again https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/marijuana/article257599008.html#aoh=16429883283562&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theolympian.com%2Fnews%2Flocal%2Fmarijuana%2Farticle257599008.html 8 comments politics
- 'Full speed ahead': Dems look to quell internal dissent. Leaders said yesterday they’ll push on with a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package with significant climate provisions, despite deficit concerns by a key senator. Democrats plan to “pay for more than half, maybe all of the legislation." https://www.eenews.net/articles/full-speed-ahead-dems-look-to-quell-internal-dissent/ 37 comments energy
- Five Bills To Watch At The End Of California’s Legislative Session https://www.capradio.org/169534 5 comments politics
- FBI agents search legislative offices of multiple Tennessee Republicans https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/08/fbi-agents-search-offices-multiple-tennessee-republicans-capitol/6593526002/ 1208 comments politics
- Lawmakers Call For Legislation Requiring Federal Officers To Identify Themselves https://www.npr.org/2020/06/07/871600322/lawmakers-call-for-legislation-requiring-federal-officers-to-identify-themselves 59 comments politics
- Russian women pleading for legislation to halt epidemic of domestic assault https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russian-women-pleading-for-legislation-to-halt-epidemic-of-domestic-assault-1.5437241 8 comments worldnews
- Virginia passes sweeping LGBT rights legislation https://www.upi.com/top_news/us/2020/02/07/virginia-passes-sweeping-lgbt-rights-legislation/2671581060270/?sl=10 38 comments politics
- The Latest: Virginia Legislators Adjourn Without Gun Vote https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-07-09/the-latest-activists-rally-outside-virginia-gun-law-session 6 comments politics
- Justin Amash calls Trump 'irresponsible' after threat to block legislation amid investigations https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/politics/amash-trump-irresponsible-threat/index.html 9 comments politics
- N.Y. legislators vote to give Congress access to Trump's state tax returns https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-tax-returns-new-york-20190522-story.html 31 comments politics
- Elizabeth Warren Outlines Right-To-Repair Legislation That Could Affect Apple's Products https://www.macrumors.com/2019/03/27/elizabeth-warren-right-to-repair/ 77 comments apple
- Everyone who enabled Trump — doctors, lawyers, Republican legislators — should be held accountable https://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-professionals-doctors-lawyers-trump-20180102-story.html 1789 comments politics
- Body cam footage shows Oklahoma legislator in hotel room with teen boy http://fox59.com/2017/12/05/body-cam-footage-shows-night-oklahoma-legislator-found-in-hotel-room-with-teen-boy/ 196 comments politics
- Scarborough hits Trump: 'Much easier to stamp your name on buildings' than pass legislation http://thehill.com/homenews/342459-scarborough-hits-trump-much-easier-to-stamp-your-name-on-buildings-than-pass 469 comments politics
- Legislator requires Muslims who want to see him at Capitol to answer questions, including 'Do you beat your wife?' http://m.tulsaworld.com/homepagelatest/legislator-requires-muslims-who-want-to-see-him-at-capitol/article_ba1c5695-f2c1-5bdc-ac37-c6d13e8d3617.html?mode=jqm 14 comments politics
- In an obscenity-filled voicemail message on Thursday, LePage slurred a state legislator as a “cocksucker.” Angered that Rep. Drew Gattine (D) had criticized his “racially charged” comments, LePage warned that he was “after” him. https://thinkprogress.org/maine-paul-lepage-homophobic-slur-5a8f012abf09#.3uyhndxbv 15 comments politics
- California Legislators Pushing Warrant Requirement For All Access To Electronic Information, Including That Obtained By Stingrays | Techdirt https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150325/18270830434/california-legislators-pushing-warrant-requirement-all-access-to-electronic-information-including-that-obtained-stingrays.shtml 113 comments technology
- Hungary: Only around twenty MP (from the 299) are in the Parliament listening to the Chief Prosecutor's 5 year report. Are this kind of absences common in your countries legislative body? http://img.444.hu/polt_pter.jpg 79 comments europe
- Top House Republican and Senate Democratic leadership have next to no interest in passing any sort of legislation to deal with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) threat in Iraq and Syria, according to aides. http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/congress-isil-110727.html 4 comments politics
- Wash. State Legislation Ending Illegal Drone Surveillance Gains Bipartisan Support http://www.storyleak.com/wash-state-legislation-stops-illegal-drone-spying-gains-bipartisan-support/ 12 comments politics
- Wielding Whip and a Hard New Law, Nigeria Tries to ‘Sanitize’ Itself of Gays. “Rarely have I seen a piece of legislation that in so few paragraphs directly violates so many basic, universal human rights.” http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/world/africa/nigeria-uses-law-and-whip-to-sanitize-gays.html?hp 4 comments worldnews
- Why Texas Bans the Sale of Tesla Cars? Musk is declaring war on car dealers, but car dealers are also declaring war on Musk. They have already successfully booted him out of Texas and there is anti-Tesla legislation pending in North Carolina, Colorado and Virginia. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/nightline-fix-abc-news/why-texas-bans-sale-tesla-cars-140842349.html 135 comments politics
- Icelandic Legislator Ready To Help NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden Seek Asylum http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/06/09/icelandic-legislator-im-ready-to-help-nsa-whistleblower-seek-asylum/ 43 comments politics
- Congress Is Quietly Abandoning the 5th Amendment. Meet the prominent legislators who think it's okay to throw Americans in jail forever without charges or trial. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/12/scandal-alert-congress-is-quietly-abandoning-the-5th-amendment/266498/ 1787 comments politics
- Republican state representative who steered legislation through the House to drop thousands of people from the state-run MinnesotaCare program is an independent contractor for an insurance brokerage firm that lobbied for the change http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/12/08/politics/gop-gottwalt-health-insurance/ 8 comments politics
- Nine Tea Party legislators in Wisconsin want to arrest any federal officials who come to their state and try to implement Obamacare - you know, that law passed by Congress, upheld by the Supreme Court and declared the "law of the land” by mainstream conservatives. http://www.commondreams.org/further/2012/11/14-2 219 comments politics
- Wall Street reform legislation fallout: Debit cards: $50 spending limit coming? http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/10/pf/debit_cards_limit/index.htm?hpt=t2 13 comments economy
- A state representative has introduced legislation that would make miscarriage a crime punishable by death. (Georgia) http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/577/966/572/ 2 comments politics
- Arizona has passed one of the toughest pieces of immigration-enforcement legislation in the country, making it a violation of state law to be in the U.S. without proper documentation, and granting police the power to stop and verify the status of anyone they suspect of being illegal. http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052702304604204575182721466632104.html?mod=wsj_hpp_middlenexttowhatsnewsforth 42 comments politics
- Andrew Napolitano: "if rights come from the government, then the government, by ordinary legislation, or presidential decree can take them away." http://prorev.com/2009/08/judge-on-our-rights.html 4 comments politics
- Why are six senators in charge of health care for 300 million Americans? We have a Democratic president in the White House. It is possible to pass health care legislation through the Senate with 51 votes. So why does the fate of health care rest in Grassley's hands? http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/robert_reich/2009/08/why-the-gang-of-six-is-decidin.php?ref=fpblg 12 comments politics
- Government Biological Weapons Legislator: "Anthrax attacks were perpetrated by criminal elements of the US government" http://www.prisonplanet.com/government-biological-weapons-legislator-anthrax-inside-job-cover-up-continuing.html 3 comments reddit.com
- Sen Webb: "The president ... in charge of the conduct of this war... is now saying that he believes a legislative body can pass a law that he can choose to ignore." http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/30560 24 comments politics
- Senate Democratic leadership threatens Disney with legal and legislative sanctions http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/09/senate-democratic-leadership-threatens.html 16 comments reddit.com
