- Senate clears key procedural step on legislation codifying same-sex marriage https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/16/politics/senate-vote-same-sex-marriage/index.html 3 comments politics
- 2021 Is Already The Year Of Anti-Abortion Legislation. State legislatures with eyes on a Supreme Court showdown have introduced more than 500 bills restricting the procedure. https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_605e17fac5b65d1c28154b24 22 comments politics
- Utah legislators approve abortion bill requiring women to complete an ‘information module’ that discourages the procedure https://www.sltrib.com/news/health/2018/02/01/utah-abortion-bill-would-ditch-1980s-era-video-in-favor-of-making-pregnant-women-complete-an-information-module-that-discourages-the-procedure/ 47 comments politics
- Congress is holding a hearing on a bill that would ban virtually all abortions - The legislation would ban the procedure as early as six weeks. https://thinkprogress.org/gop-abortion-restrictions-b99b1ae5feb0/ 3 comments politics
- The GOP has had a strategy to block anything the Democrats tried to do, to use Senate procedures to slow things down, and deny Democrats any Republican support on big legislation. And then to whine about the lack of bipartisanship. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/17/us/politics/17mcconnell.html 3 comments reddit.com
- [Huddersfield Town] have been sold to a North American consortium, pending government and legislative procedures. https://twitter.com/htafc/status/1638863825905631233?s=46&t=E3VfLNvdIGONClhsnO8fsQ 50 comments soccer
- Senate procedural vote on burn pits legislation fails amid widespread Republican opposition https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/27/politics/senate-burn-pit-bill-fails 2 comments politics
- Xi expands wartime mobilization powers as Taiwan tensions rise | Rules allow swift recruitment of civilians, bypassing legislative procedures https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Xi-expands-wartime-mobilization-powers-as-Taiwan-tensions-rise 5 comments worldevents
- South Dakota Legislator Calls Planned Parenthood "Worse Than ISIS" Over a Procedure They Don't Do http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2015/02/19/isaac_latterell_of_south_dakota_calls_planned_parenthood_worse_than_isis.html 5 comments politics
- A procedural "violation" means US health care reform legislation will have to return to the House of Representatives for a new vote http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100325/pl_afp/ushealthpolitics 31 comments reddit.com
- Texas’ near-total abortion ban caps a decadeslong war by conservative legislators to block access to the procedure https://www.texastribune.org/2021/09/21/texas-abortion-law-history/ 71 comments politics
- The roll call marked the fifth time McConnell (R-Ky.) has held a fruitless procedural re-do on legislation, the most in a year since 1997, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/mitch-mcconnell-record-senate-213921#ixzz3mufarm2u 10 comments politics
- The Atlantic: Why would legislators who regard abortion as murder oppose a program that caused a 42 percent reduction in women seeking the procedure? http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/08/two-stories-that-are-changing-the-abortion-debate/400385/ 129 comments politics
- Ugandan court rules anti-gay law unconstitutional, United Nations welcomes ruling and praises activists: Uganda's constitutional court has struck down an anti-homosexuality law that punishes gay sex with long jail sentences, citing procedural irregularities in the way the legislation was enacted. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-08-02/ugandan-court-rules-anti-homosexuality-law-unconstitutional/5642712 4 comments worldnews
- Britain to use secret evidence in court: The Justice and Security Act 2013 (JSA) came into force this month. The key provision contained within the legislation creates a new judicial procedure which will permit the use of secret evidence in any civil trial in the UK. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07/15/jsa-j15.html 5 comments europe
- Britain to use secret evidence in court: The Justice and Security Act 2013 (JSA) came into force this month. The key provision contained within the legislation creates a new judicial procedure which will permit the use of secret evidence in any civil trial in the UK. https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/07/15/jsa-j15.html 163 comments worldnews
- The Missouri House has given first-round approval to legislation that would allow medical workers to refuse to take part in procedures that violate their religious or ethical beliefs. http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/medical-conscience-bill-receives-1st-round-approval-mo-house?utm_referrer=http%3A//t.co/lqombw0igw 5 comments politics
- LIVE stream of students protesting against Taiwan's ruling party inside Legislative Yuan, which ignores legislation procedure, forcing a Trade Agreement passing w/o discussion. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/longson3000 3 comments worldnews
- Push grows to ban medical procedures performed without consent on intersex Australians. The Australian Human Rights Commission has called for legislation to prohibit medically unnecessary interventions performed without consent on people born with variations in sex characteristics. https://www.sbs.com.au/news/push-grows-to-ban-medical-procedures-performed-without-consent-on-intersex-australians/951e40d8-b92b-4b49-ac6b-1a716b963c28 37 comments worldnews
- "A piece of sweeping legislation that would have expanded healthcare and education for veterans, After clearing a procedural vote by a 99-0 margin.... hijacked by Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans... ultimately defeated with 41 of 45 Senate Republicans voting against the bill" http://usuncut.com/politics/happy-veterans-day-5-times-republicans-in-congress-screwed-veterans/ 78 comments politics
- Leaked: Oklahoma Personhood Letter to Legislators about procedural vote to overthrow leadership https://docs.google.com/open?id=0b1co4zwj7jtxltvxx1mtd001njg 11 comments politics
- Who Permits Abortion? An Ohio state legislator wants women to obtain written permission from the father before having the procedure done. http://splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/who-permits-abortion 39 comments reddit.com
- Onslaught of new abortion restrictions looms in reddest of states | New state legislative sessions likely to bring fresh efforts to restrict, penalize or altogether ban the procedure https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/13/abortion-restrictions-us-state-legislatures 11 comments politics
- Legislative committee recommends proposal to ban treating youth gender dysphoria with surgery in Utah. The bill, proposed by Republican state Sen. Michael Kennedy, would allow the same procedures for a minor if it was needed for a “medically necessary” reason other than gender dysphoria. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/10/20/legislative-committee-recommends/ 11 comments politics
- Kansas legislators Wednesday approved a proposed ban on a common second-trimester procedure described by abortion opponents as dismembering a fetus, making their state the first to adopt a national group's model policy. http://www.apnewsarchive.com/2015/kansas-lawmakers-pass-nation-s-1st-ban-on-procedure-abortion-foes-describe-as-dismemberment-/id-38adfe6ef5e54dc08522802afbdda484 11 comments politics
- Legislation to allow student loan borrowers to refinance at lower interest rates failed to clear a procedural hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Wednesday, dooming a measure that was a Democratic priority ahead of November congressional elections. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/11/us-usa-loans-students-iduskbn0em1ls20140611?feedtype=rss&feedname=politicsnews 4 comments politics
- The Case Against the Filibuster - The procedural maneuver, long used by Senate minorities to block civil rights legislation, is now poised to stop democracy reforms supported by broad majorities. If the Senate is to be responsive to the popular will, the filibuster must go https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/case-against-filibuster 34 comments politics
- Shutdown a possibility as Rand holds up defense bill The libertarian-leaning senator is using his procedural powers to block swift passage of the legislation. https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/12/10/rand-paul-defense-bill-444363 4 comments politics