Article: Vic: Pro-euthanasia MPs see flaws in right-to-die bill

Article: In Close Vote, House Passes Climate Bill; Measure Aims to Change Energy Use [Correction 7/7/09]
The Washington Post;  June 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ......House narrowly passed an ambitious climate bill yesterday that would establish national...individuals and corporations use energy. The bill passed 219 to 212 after a furious lobbying...Democrats voted against the legislation. The bill, if it became law, would lead to vast changes...

Article: Climate change bill squeaks by in the House; 8 Republicans help; 44 Democrats defect.(PAGE ONE)
The Washington Times (Washington, DC);  June 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ......narrowly approved a sweeping climate change bill backed by Democratic leaders and President...vote of 219-212, the chamber approved a bill that, starting in 2012, would limit carbon...efficient. Only eight Republicans voted for the bill, and 44 Democrats defected from their party...

Article: ENERGY BILL IS STILL TOO WEAK.(OPINION)(Editorial)
The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  June 30, 2009 ;     663 words ......Democrat who was a primary architect of the bill, called its passage a decisive and historic...endorsement was anything but enthusiastic. The bill earned just 219 votes in its favor to 212...were progressive opponents who said the bill did not go far enough to address climate...

Article: BOUCHER PLEASED WITH CLIMATE BILL
Roanoke Times & World News;  June 27, 2009 ;     557 words ......change and spent four months drafting a bill on controlling emissions. That work became...Boucher remained a key player in guiding the bill to the House floor this year and negotiating...take up the legislation this fall. The bill is designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions...

Article: STUDENT VOTING BILL DIES IN HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE
Roanoke Times & World News;  February 20, 2009 ;     433 words ......with Smith's intent, but, "We had another bill that was trying to accomplish basically the same thing." That bill was sponsored by Del. John Cosgrove, R-Chesapeake, chairman of the subcommittee. That bill has passed the House. A similar bill has...

Article: OBIT - PETERS, WILLIAM JASPER III (BILL)
Roanoke Times & World News;  June 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Captain William (Bill) Jasper Peters III, 75, USNR (Retired...June 24, 2009. Since his marriage in 2007, Bill had lived with his wife, Mary Sue Newsome, in Pulaski, Va. The earthly cause of Bill's passing was lung disease, which had caused...

Article: SENATE PANEL KILLS BILL ON PRAYERS AT STATE POLICE EVENTS
Roanoke Times & World News;  February 24, 2009 ;     647 words ...Del. Bill Carrico's bid to put an end to the Virginia...Justice Committee voted 8-7 to kill House Bill 2314, which would have prohibited state officials...Grayson County, said that by killing his bill they were still promoting a religion...

Article: Senate panel passes bipartisan Energy bill.
The Oil Daily;  June 18, 2009 ;     514 words ......more efficiently. Many elements of the bill represent major changes in US energy policy...Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas leasing. The bill passed out of committee by a 15-8 vote...and we've certainly seen it [with this bill]. Organizations that support energy development...

Article: Bill's opponents are far from being the usual suspects
The Irish Times;  July 8, 2009 ;     578 words ......about the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill. The organisers stated that, due to time...reservations about the Criminal Justice Bill 2006, which was also rushed through the...within the legal profession about this Bill. Last week the solicitors' professional...

Article: Gangland Bill 'vulnerable' to constitutional challenge
The Irish Times;  July 4, 2009 ;     604 words ......legislation, the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill, is vulnerable to constitutional challenge...Civil Liberties. However, introducing the Bill in the Dail, Minister for Justice Dermot...any grounds for the suggestion that the Bill may be unconstitutional. Mr Gillane said...

Article: ENZI GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BORDER BILL, SAYS PROCESS FLAWED, REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO AMNESTY
Capitol Hill Press Releases;  May 18, 2007 ;     428 words ......Enzi getting to the bottom of the border bill, says process flawed, reaffirms opposition...the proposal, but warns that if the final bill includes amnesty, he will oppose it. Enzi will not support any bill that rewards illegal behavior. "I will...

Article: COMPLEX ENERGY BILL IS A WASTE OF ENERGY.(Editorials)
The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM);  July 1, 2009 ;     668 words ...Byline: RICH LOWRY The cap-and-trade bill passed the House of Representatives shrouded...voting for -- not after the 1,200-page bill had a 300-page amendment added at 3:09 a.m. the day of its passage. The bill is so complex and jerry-built that even...

Article: Forget a 'Clean Bill.' D.C. Needs a House Vote.
The Washington Post;  July 5, 2009 ;     549 words ......it will never end. The D.C. voting rights bill is stalled. Our nonvoting delegate, Eleanor...those terrible pro-gun amendments in the bill. But those amendments unfortunately can be placed on any bill having to do with the District. The National...

Article: Sweeping immigration bill stalls in SenateProposal is not dead, but 'on life support'
International Herald Tribune;  June 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ......authors of a comprehensive immigration bill said Friday that they would try to resuscitate...of Massachusetts, who helped write the bill in months of negotiations with the White...the chief Republican architect of the bill, voted against limiting debate. He said...