Posts Tagged ‘legislative’

Legislative leaders won’t budge on support for Israel

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Ché Ahn’s Churches Are Funding Candidates Who’ll Serve As ‘The Legislative Body Of The Kingdom Of God’

Dominionist pastor Ché Ahn appeared at an event in Oklahoma last night that was organized by the Christian nationalist program “FlashPoint,” where he bragged that several members of his congregation are on the ballot for the November elections in California. Ahn, a leader in the New Apostolic Reformation and head of Harvest International Ministries ​based […]

Australian Senator Has Legislative Proof Covid Was Planned Decades Ago: ‘We Will Expose Your Global Agenda’

Australian Senator Malcolm Roberts has proof the Covid-19 pandemic was “planned and globally coordinated” decades in advance by globalist figures determined to seize totalitarian control of humanity. “It has become clear that people in this […] The post Australian Senator Has Legislative Proof Covid Was Planned Decades Ago: ‘We Will Expose Your Global Agenda’ appeared […]

Why Insurrectionist and ‘Legislative Terrorist’ Jim Jordan Should Never Be Speaker of the House—and What His Rise Says about the MAGA Republican Party

Rep. Jim Jordan, founding chair of the far-right Freedom Caucus and a pardon-seeking supporter of former President Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in power after losing the 2020 presidential election, is, as of Wednesday morning, just a few Republican votes from being elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. With MAGA leaders, religious-right activists, and right-wing media […]

The American Legislative Exchange Council: 50 Years of Making America Less Fair, Less Safe, Less Democratic

The American Legislative Exchange Council, a major force behind harmful legislation enacted at the state level, is celebrating its 50th anniversary with an Oct. 4 gala in Washington, D.C. ALEC, founded in 1973 by right-wing political operative Paul “We Don’t Want Everyone to Vote” Weyrich, is a key part of the massive political infrastructure that […]

Orange County Hires Professional Firm to Redraw Legislative Districts

The Orange County Legislature passed a resolution on July 6 to hire Boston-based Applied Geographics to assist in its decennial redistricting process.  Applied Geographics was picked out of four firms by a selection committee based on criteria such as qualifications, experience, timelines, and costs, according to a recent rules committee meeting.  The firm has over […]

Bullfighting Ban Faces Critical Legislative Vote In Colombia

Colombia is one of just eight countries where bullfights are still legal. Source

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Floats Special Legislative Session After SCOTUS Pro-2nd Amendment Ruling

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) responded to the Supreme Court of the United States’ (SCOTUS) pro-2nd Amendment ruling by stressing, “We’re not going to cede our rights that easily.”

House Democrats Look for Legislative Wins as Republicans Put Forth Hard-Line Votes Before the Midterms

Democrats, months away from the midterm election where the GOP is favored to take back the House, are looking to pass bills to show they have been able to do something productive for the country while having total control of Washington, DC, as Republicans also look to put them on the record opposing hard-line bills.

Legislative Election Held in Hong Kong

Election to the Legislative Council, the local parliament in Hong Kong, was held on December 19 of this year – an event that observers outside China should be interested in from an academic point of view. It is always curious to see how one of the two leading world powers solves its internal problems, which […]

Tunisia General Labour Union calls for early legislative elections

The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) on Friday called for early legislative elections after amending the electoral law to get out of what was described as a “political crisis” after President Kais Saied seized most of the powers in the country four months ago.

DeSantis calls for special Florida legislative session to fight Biden’s vaccine mandate

The governor did not announce a date for the session. DeSantis’ call for a special legislative session does not require approval from state Senate President Wilton Simpson and Florida House Speaker Chris Sprowls. Simpson did not respond to text messages about the governor’s plan. Sprowls wrote in a text to wait for a statement from […]

Party Controlling Executive, Legislative Branches Blames Minority Party For Everything Going Wrong

Party Controlling Executive, Legislative Branches Blames Minority Party For Everything Going Wrong WASHINGTON, D.C.—A spokesman for the Democrat party announced today that despite his party holding the White House and majorities in both houses of Congress, Republicans are to blame for their failure to pass any meaningful legislation so far this year. “Those pesky Republicans have […]

Amid growing Fatah rift, Abbas expected to postpone Palestinian legislative elections

The prospect of holding long awaited legislative elections in Palestine is quickly slipping away, as Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is expected to announce that the elections, which have been 15 years in the making, will be delayed.  Abbas is expected to make the announcement on Thursday during a meeting of senior Palestinian political leaders in […]

Palestinian Resistance running in the New Legislative Elections Simulates Insanity,إستراتيجية فلسطينية واقعية في مقابل انتخابات تحاكي الجنون

** النسخة العربية الكاملة أسفل النسخة الإنجليزية ** Palestinian Resistance running in the New Legislative Elections Simulates Insanity * Palestinian writer and Political researcher Amro Allan First published in Arabic in Al-Akhbar Fri 5 Feb 2021 “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results:” this quote is wrongly attributed to […]

Biden Readying Legislative, Executive Blitz in Administration’s First 10-Days

President-elect Joe Biden is readying a blitz of executive orders and legislation during his first ten days in the White House. On Saturday, the New York Times reported that the president-elect and his team plan to use their first days in office to “signal a turning point” away from the Trump era. Central to that […]

Big Business: Joe Biden’s Amnesty for Illegal Aliens Is a Legislative Priority

The big business lobby is cheerleading President-elect Joe Biden’s massive amnesty plan for the 11 to 22 million illegal aliens living in the United States, calling the initiative one of their many “priorities.” Biden floated the amnesty plan with a number of open borders and business lobbying groups during a meeting this week. Some executives […]

Ron DeSantis: Conservative Censorship ‘Probably the Most Important Legislative Issue’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Thursday named addressing the censorship of conservatives and conservative viewpoints as a top legislative issue to “get right” moving forward. DeSantis, an ally of President Trump, spoke at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Policy Orientation in Austin, Texas, on Thursday and said that the country must “really think deeply about […]

Venezuela’s Legislative Elections

Venezuela’s Legislative Elections Above photo: Ariana Cubillos/AP. A Defiant Stand Against Neo-colonialism. Venezuela wins just by carrying out this election. The legislative process, stalled for years, will return to normal under a plural assembly that truly resembles the country’s current political landscape and positions itself in favour of self-determination and national sovereignty, writes Carlos Ron, Venezuela’s Deputy […]

Biden builds out White House legislative affairs team

Goff has worked for House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer in a number of positions, most recently as floor director for the House of Representatives. She was the first Black woman to hold that position, which allowed her to set the legislative schedule and determine which bills came to the House floor. “The American people are […]

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