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...Despite big legislative accomplishments on the economy and his role in uniting the west over the war in Ukraine, there is uneasiness about his low approval ratings and his age....
...We cannot continue to sit on our hands and allow innocent lives to be lost,” said Dick Durbin, the Illinois senator and chair of the Senate judiciary committee....
...Multiple countries within decades of being underwater,” tweeted Sean Casten, an Illinois Democrat. The COP26 climate summit in Scotland runs from October 31 to November 12....
...Richard Goldberg, who helped spearhead anti-BDS state law in 2015 as deputy chief of staff for legislative affairs in Illinois, said that while there are “credible arguments” for considering ESG in investment...
...Legislators in Illinois are proposing a controversial ban on the collection of facial recognition data....
...However, the Democrats picked up one senate seat in Illinois, where Tammy Duckworth was elected with 54 per cent of the vote....
...Earlier this year, Kentucky’s general assembly, its legislative branch of government, passed a budget that allocates $1.2bn to the state’s ailing pension system....
...After years of legislative inaction on a pension crisis that has given Illinois the lowest credit rating among US states, Mr Quinn on Wednesday used a line-item veto on a budget bill to suspend legislators...
...HFT as part of the Mifid II legislative overhaul....
...Similar schemes are under way in New York, Louisiana and Illinois, and the Obama administration is watching closely....
...Senior Republicans – who claimed legislative immunity in the case – said that doing so would have amounted to an admission that they had acted improperly....
...“This is a critical election,” says Michael Sargeant, executive director of the Democratic legislative campaign committee, which expects to spend more than $12m this election winning state seats for Democrats...
...Dick Durbin, the Illinois Democrat, said on Tuesday that he was “not very” optimistic that a deal would be struck in the lame-duck session....
...The final legislative package also faces votes in the House and Senate....
...Also, looming US midterm elections could start to act as a drag on legislative progress....
...she asks after the upstart from Illinois criticises her plan....
...Medical Association, whose opposition was critical in shooting down the Clinton administration’s attempted reform in 1994, comes at a critical stage in the congressional debate which is set to dominate the legislative...
...US lawmakers on Tuesday unveiled their first legislative proposal for a radical shift in US energy policy....
...I serve as a ranking member of the budget committee, so I’m going to talk a little budget if you don’t mind....
...Mr Daschle had been criticised for the role business leaders said he played in blocking key legislative priorities, including legal reform and tax cuts....
...At one point, Rep John Shimkus of Illinois, who oversees the page programme, confronted Mr Foley – who stonewalled him....
...Barack Obama, the Illinois Democrat, asked Ms Rice whether the fact that eight of India?...
...While vice-presidents do not generally attend legislative sessions, they are occasionally called on to cast a deciding vote....
...Venal congressmen need only put their legislative careers on hold for a term or two....
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