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Fourth session of parliament
Thimphu :: Bhutan | 2 days ago
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The stage is set, the light is on, and the actors are back in the limelight. But the bulk of the National Assembly proceedings will not be telecast live like what happened in the last session. This time, the MPs may not have to parrot numberless lame...
Tags: fourth session, Bhutan, Thimphu, Session, Parliament of the United Kingdom, 39th Canadian Parliament, Legislative session
Lamberti looks toward 2006 legislative session, Congressional campaign
Oskaloosa :: IA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Southern Iowa, Iowa Senate co-president Jeff Lamberti made a stop at the 2005 Lighted Christmas Parade...Southern Iowa, Iowa Senate co-president Jeff Lamberti made a stop at the 2005 Lighted Christmas Parade. The 12-year veteran state lawmaker addressed...
Tags: Jeff Lamberti, Southern Iowa, Iowa Legislature, Southeast Iowa, Iowa State Penitentiary, Iowa Department of Corrections, Senate, death penalty, Oskaloosa Herald OSKALOOSA, legislative session, Oskaloosa, Leonard Boswell, Jetseta Gage, The Oskaloosa Herald, Lamberti, Iowa, Social Issues, Politics
Lawmakers will get jump on short session
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility The top priority is a proposed constitutional amendment to cap property taxes at 1 percent of a home's assessed value, with rental and farm property capped at 2 percent and businesses at 3 percent. But a new House bill also would limit how much the assessed...
Tags: Indiana General Assembly, Indiana Chamber of Commerce, Indianapolis, tax capping, property tax, legislative session, Texas constitutional amendment election, California Proposition 13, Politics, Real property law, Local taxation, Taxation in Indiana, Indiana, Gail Riecken, Tom DeLay, James Madison, United States Constitution, Douglas Bruce, National Road, United States Senate, Gregory Watson, David Paterson, Constitution of Indiana, Unemployment, Kansas state budget, Business Finance, Mitch Daniels, Joe Rice, Senate of Canada, Taxation in the United States, Social Issues
Harman attacks call to scrap Queen's Speech
London :: United Kingdom | 9 days ago
Credibility He argued that the next few months should instead be used to "clean up politics" and introduce constitutional reform. Harriet Harman, Labour's deputy leader, retorted that the Queen's Speech would contain important plans to foster economic growth and...
Tags: State Opening of Parliament, Harriet Harman, Mr Clegg, United Kingdom, London, House of Lords, Dennis Skinner, Speech from the throne, Liberal Democrats, Gordon Brown, Parliament of the United Kingdom, Nick Clegg, Human Interest, Politics, Westminster system, Clegg, Legislative session, Social Issues, Member of Parliament, Elections in the United Kingdom, Reform of the House of Lords, House of Commons of the United Kingdom, United Kingdom Parliamentary expenses scandal, Chris Huhne
Budgets to dominate legislative session
Gadsden :: AL :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Legislators looking ahead to the 2010 session in January are praying that the economy improves enough this year to reverse continued tax declines. Facts: Education Trust Fund Fiscal Year 2010 Total: $5.3 billion Proration: 7.5 percent $370 million less...
Tags: general funding, education trust, trust funding, education funding, Robert Bentley, legislative session, Jack Page, Gadsden, Kansas state budget, Public finance, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Business Finance, Social Issues, Education
Riley tries again for Ethics Commission powers
Tuscaloosa :: AL :: USA | 10 days ago
Credibility Gov. Bob Riley will try again to strengthen the state Ethics Commission with legislation to give it subpoena power. Riley said he would seek new Ethics Commission powers in the 2010 legislative session, which begins Jan. 12. An attempt to give the commission...
Tags: Bob Riley, subpoena powers, Ethics Commission, attorney general, commission powers, district attorney, legislative session, commission subpoena, Tuscaloosa, Troy King, United States Senate, Law Crime
Senator suggests 10-cent-a-gallon gas tax hike
Austin :: TX :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility The Senate Transportation and Homeland Security chairman Friday suggested a 10-cent-a-gallon increase in Texas' gasoline tax for a system that's soon to run short of money for new roads. The proposal touted by Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, got a cold reception...
Tags: Sen. John Carona, gas tax, Rick Perry, Texas Department of Transportation, State Comptroller Susan Combs, legislative session, East Texas, Austin, Fuel tax, John Carona, Tax, Business Finance
Perry beats feds' deadline
Austin :: TX :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Texas Gov. Rick Perry met a deadline Wednesday to request federal stabilization funds for education — with 18 minutes to spare. Perry was the last of the nation's governors to submit an application. Missing the deadline could have meant losing more than...
Tags: Rick Perry, special session, The Texas House, Texas Constitution, toll roads, roads bills, legislative session
Budget brings good, bad news for schools
Indianapolis :: IN :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility The $27.8 Billion, two-year budget that Gov. Mitch Daniels signed into law late Tuesday affects virtually every resident in the state. Higher education While universities essentially are seeing the same funding they received in 2009 -- with the exception...
Tags: Mitch Daniels, Indianapolis, legislative session, special legislative
Texas legislators launch special session
Austin :: TX :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Lawmakers this morning launched what they hope will be a three-day special legislative session to quickly deal with a few transportation issues before heading home for the Fourth of July holiday. Gov. Rick Perry ordered legislators back to Austin for...
Tags: Special Texas Legislature, special session, Texas Senate, toll roads, Rick Perry, House Transportation, Senate Finance, legislative session, Tim Cole, special legislative
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