Germany urges Albania on judicial reform, key to EU step

Edit Austin American Statesman 14 Jun 2016
Steinmeier called on Albania to pass a judicial reform package, considered fundamental to convince the European Union launch membership negotiations ... Last week Prime Minister Edi Rama of the governing Socialist Party met with the leader of the Democras, Lulzim Basha, in an attempt to win Basha's support for the reforms, but no consensus was reached on the outstanding differences....

E&C; Committee Democrats Mark First Step Towards Mental Health Reform (Doris O Matsui)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jun 2016
E&C; Committee Democrats Mark First Step Towards Mental Health Reform ... 'We are pleased that the mental health bill under consideration in Committee includes many of the provisions Democrats offered to make the legislation more meaningful for patients and families ... Original documenthttps.//matsui.house.gov/press-releases/ec-committee-democrats-mark-first-step-towards-mental-health-reform/....
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Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., second from left, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 15, 2008, as, from left, Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. look on.

Cornyn-Leahy open records bill soon to become law

Edit The Dallas Morning News 14 Jun 2016
Leahy boasted that the reforms enjoy broad bipartisan support ... Members include the American Society of News Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, National Newspaper Association, Newspaper Association of America, Online News Association, Radio Television Digital News Association, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Society of Professional Journalists....

New Medical converting eastside site to full-service clinic

Edit Business Journal 14 Jun 2016
New Medical Health Care is converting its eastside facility into a full-service clinic. Administrator Brad Harris tells me New Medical will start offering chiropractic, lab, primary care and X-ray services next month at its 7602 E. Harry location. As it is now, that facility is used for pre-employment drug screenings ... Dr. Joe Forred has been hired as the practice chiropractor.… ... ....

Congress sends Obama bill to ease access to gov't records

Edit Atlanta Journal 14 Jun 2016
Congress on Monday sent President Barack Obama legislation making it easier for Americans to obtain government records ... Members include the American Society of News Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, National Newspaper Association, Newspaper Association of America, Online News Association, Radio Television Digital News Association, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Society of Professional Journalists....

Bill to ease access to gov't records reaches Obama

Edit WPTV 14 Jun 2016
Supporters of the shift said it would make it harder for agency officials to block release of government records ... Members include the American Society of News Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, National Newspaper Association, Newspaper Association of America, Online News Association, Radio Television Digital News Association, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Society of Professional Journalists....

This graphic shows why it is so impossible to get gun reform through Congress

Edit Vox 14 Jun 2016
A simple majority for a bill to pass requires only 51 votes, and, as we can see in the chart above, there are already 56 senators that are unlikely to vote for comprehensive gun control reform ... There’s little compromise, and opposing political parties often stick to their lines of rhetoric — Republicans call for "thoughts and prayers" while Democrats call for gun control....

Pa. House gives first nod to state pension reform plan; "stacked hybrid" passes 150-41

Edit Penn Live 14 Jun 2016
Forty-six Democrats voted for the plan, setting the stage for final House passage later this week ... For public sector unions and their mostly-Democrat allies, it preserves a guaranteed base pension built on a workers' years of service and salary ... No Democrats spoke during Monday's debate, but dozens of supporters in the House minority seemed to feel ......

Congress sends Obama bill to ease access to government records

Edit Ohio 14 Jun 2016
Congress on Monday sent President Barack Obama legislation making it easier for Americans to obtain government records ... Members include the American Society of News Editors, Association of Alternative Newsmedia, National Newspaper Association, Newspaper Association of America, Online News Association, Radio Television Digital News Association, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and Society of Professional Journalists....

Sanders: End of Voting Does Not Mean End of Political Revolution

Edit Common Dreams 14 Jun 2016
Bernie Sanders held a press conference on Tuesday calling for reform of the Democratic party—starting with the ouster of Democratic National Committee (DNC) chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz—and said he would remain in the presidential race until the end ... now—in fact, the time is long overdue, for a fundamental transformation of the Democratic party."....

YABLOKO Lev Shlosberg awarded Boris Nemtsov Prize (ELDR - European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Party)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Jun 2016
ELDR - European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Party) ... and Chair of the Pskov branch of YABLOKO, was awarded the Boris Nemtsov Prize for his courage in defending democratic values in Russia ... ELDR - European Liberal, Democratic and Reform Party published this content on 14 June 2016 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein....

N.J. Politics Roundup: Christie, Trump, Clinton respond to Orlando shooting

Edit NJ dot com 14 Jun 2016
And presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton said the U.S. needs to defeat terrorist group the Islamic State but also need sot reach out to Muslims and enact new gun control reforms... Republican and Democratic state senators proclaimed a proposal to cut taxes on estates and retirement income in exchange for a 23-cent increase on fuel taxes as the most significant package of tax reforms to emerge in decades....

Dems in Congress Protest GOP Grandstanding Over Orlando Shooting

Edit Alternet 14 Jun 2016
Some House Democrats are really unimpressed by Congress' inaction ... But this time, some Democratic representatives were simply not having it. One such Democrat was Connecticut Congressman Jim Himes, who indicated in a series of Twitter posts he would not participate in the moment of silence in protest of Congress’ consistent inaction on gun reform ... According to the Hill, Democrats are seeking votes on three gun reform bills.....
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