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House Energy and Water Appropriations Bill: Makes Progress but Could Do More to Cut Spending (The Heritage Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 24 May 2016
This week, the Energy and Water appropriations bill is expected to be debated on the House floor. The second of 12 appropriations bills providing discretionary funding for the federal government, the bill provides funding for projects under the direction of the U.S ... The bill also includes a number of policy riders that will help to stop continued government overreach on environmental issues....

Oklahoma House votes to abolish high schools' end-of-instruction testing

Edit The Oklahoman 24 May 2016
A bill to abolish end-of-instruction tests which are currently required for Oklahoma high school graduation was overwhelmingly approved Monday by the state House of Representatives ... House Bill 3218 still must be approved by the state Senate and signed by the governor before it could become law ... The bill would remove the requirement for the end-of-instruction tests, which would no longer be required for high school graduation....

Statement of Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, On the Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016 (US Senate Committee on Judiciary)

Edit Public Technologies 24 May 2016
I supported this important law when it was first enacted nearly 10 years ago, and I am proud to be a cosponsor of this reauthorization bill. Both the original legislation and the reauthorization bill we are voting on today bear the name of Adam Walsh, a young boy who was abducted and murdered nearly 35 years ago ... As an original cosponsor of her bill, I supported the inclusion of her important measure as part of this bill....

The Latest: Extended session costs so far: about $520K

Edit The Oklahoman 24 May 2016
Bill Walker to deal with outstanding issues such as the budget, oil and gas tax credits and elements of a fiscal plan ... Bill Walker has added another item to his special session agenda. It's a bill that he introduced for the regular session that stalled, calling for establishing an oil and gas infrastructure development program. That bill joins 10 others Walker is asking lawmakers to consider ... Walker also introduced two new bills Monday....

LIBERALS SQUABBLE OVER WHO'S TOP ON ANTI-GUN (Gun Owners of California)

Edit Public Technologies 24 May 2016
Thus, the Senate is pushing a host of bad bills because they can't 'stand by while our communities suffer from this horrific violence.' Legislative process be damned because they certainly didn't stand by their own rules when they did 'gut and amends' (stripped content, inserted new stuff) on five Assembly Bills, circumventing committee hearings and thus jumping to the front of the line....

‘Just relax,’ Bill Clinton tells Democrats worried about Hillary

Edit Sacramento Bee 24 May 2016
Bill Clinton, sprinting through the Central Valley ahead of California’s looming primary, urged Democrats on Monday to “relax” about his wife Hillary’s general election prospects, with recent polls showing Donald Trump running even with – or ahead of – the likely Democratic nominee. Following the primary election, Bill Clinton said, “You get to scrape the windshield clean.”....

California water bill has three possible paths for passage

Edit Sacramento Bee 24 May 2016
House Republicans this week are adding a controversial California water bill to an unrelated Senate energy package, opening a new front in a fight that’s already put Democrats on the defensive....

Alaska Legislature convenes in special session

Edit The Oklahoman 24 May 2016
Bill Walker to address numerous issues unresolved during the extended regular session, including the budget, oil and gas tax credits and a plan to confront Alaska's budget deficit ... Walker has given lawmakers the ability to pick up most of the bills on the special session agenda where work left off ... The House version of the tax credit bill passed with ......

NARUC Praises House Passage of Bill Addressing Specific FCC Process Reform (NARUC - National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners)

Edit Public Technologies 24 May 2016
'NARUC supports passage of this bipartisan bill, which requires targeted Federal Communications Commission (FCC) process reform ... This bill is consistent with reforms endorsed by NARUC, which includes a specific deadline for release of adopted decisions ... This bill is an important step toward finding bipartisan consensus on a range of common sense FCC process reforms. We hope the bill is adopted by the Senate soon and signed into law.'....

California Senate rejects school credit for religious instruction

Edit Sacramento Bee 24 May 2016
After a lengthy debate, the California Senate on Monday rejected a bill that would have allowed students unlimited time off from school and up to two elective credits toward graduation for private religious and moral instruction. Senate Bill 1457, which was opposed by the ......

Rep. Paul Cook Bill to Create Alabama Hills National Scenic Area Passes House (Paul Cook)

Edit Public Technologies 24 May 2016
Paul Cook (R - Apple Valley) announced that his bill, H.R ... This bill guarantees that all recreational activities currently taking place in the Alabama Hills will continue ... This bill is the culmination of months of work by Rep ... This bill is a balanced approach, meets the desires of all stakeholders, and preserves the Alabama Hills for future generations to enjoy....

The Latest: Lawmakers advance bill for school overdose meds

Edit The Oklahoman 24 May 2016
School nurses could give antidotes to anyone who overdoses on opioids at a California school or affiliated event under a bill advancing in the state Legislature ... The bill by Republican Assemblyman Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley would allow pharmacies to provide naloxone hydrochloride or other emergency opioid medications to school districts, offices of education and charter schools....

Senate passes bill to bar public funding to abortion providers

Edit The Times Picayune 24 May 2016
A bill to bar public funding for entities that provide abortions, legislation that could be used to prevent Planned Parenthood from opening an abortion clinic in New Orleans, passed the full Senate on Monday (May 23). The bill now heads to the desk of Gov ... The bill is one of several this session that have sought to address concerns raised by the ......
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