H.R.1592 - Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007

To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Short: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Official: To provide Federal assistance to States, local jurisdictions, and Indian tribes to prosecute hate crimes, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Short: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 as reported to house.

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09/16/07
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This year the Matthew Shepard Act (HR 1592) was passed by the House and is expected to be passed by the Senate this year. It is a bill th...

Source: Loyola College Greyhound (subscription), MD
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09/11/07
Wasting No Time

Presently, Congress is considering two key bills - an anti-employment discrimination bill (HR 2015) and a federal hate crimes bill (HR 15...

Source: Evening Bulletin, PA
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09/11/07
Civil rights advocate warns federa...

As WND reported earlier, the federal plan, HR 1592, was approved by the US House of Representatives, and then when it got to the US Senat...

Source: WorldNetDaily, OR
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08/28/07
Where, again, are the Republicans?

Passed by the House of Representatives in May and awaiting Senate approval, the federal hate crimes bill, HR 1592, the Local Law Enforcem...

Source: California Catholic Daily, CA
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08/18/07
Breaking down myths of the Matthew...

By David W. Shelton | August 19, 2007 The Matthew Shepard bill, also known as HR 1592, the “Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention ...

Source: Clarksville Online, TN
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08/15/07
Lingering debate on hate crimes

"HR 1592 only makes it a crime to incite violence by willfully causing 'bodily injury based on the actual or perceived race, color, relig...

Source: commercialappeal.com (subscription), TN
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08/07/07
Bush Pledges to Veto Homosexual Ha...

Bush promised earlier this May to veto the House of Representatives version of the bill HR 1592. The White House issued a statement conde...

Source: Lifesite, NY
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08/07/07
White House promises hate crimes b...

The transgender category includes transsexuals and cross-dressers. The House-passed bill is HR 1592, while the Senate version is S. 1105.

Source: Church Executive Magazine, AZ
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08/05/07
BILL HILTS JR.: Fish board pushes ...

... and a related research bill (HR 1592). We’ve been dragging our feet for too long and we need to do something about it. Hopefully this...

Source: Niagara Gazette, NY
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07/29/07
Why liberals use God's name, witho...

Our position remains clear with concern to the Hate Crimes Bill (HR 1592/S1105). As in our previous correspondence which is on Congressio...

Source: Virtue Online, PA
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08/25/10
Herseth Sandlin v. Noem: Let's Deb...

Joel Rosenthal got me thinking. In his most recent blog post, Rosenthal mentions the Kristi Noem strategy of pointing out how often Steph...

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01/02/09
Evangelical Perspective: Things I ...

Planned Parenthood (1); Gun Control (1); Guy P. Waters (1); HR 1592 (1); I Timothy 2:2 (1); II TImothy 4:5 (1); II Timothy 2:2 (1); Jim e...

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01/02/09
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... government-corruption · governor · grand-mufti-al-husseini · grand-mufti-of-jerusalem · grassley-six · great-awakening · great-mosque...

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12/30/08
glbt_stlouis: URGENT: Hate Crimes ...

The language of the amendment is identical to that passed by the US House of Representatives on May 3, 2007 (H.R.1592). It is vital that ...

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12/30/08
Evangelical Perspective: The Bigge...

Planned Parenthood (1); Gun Control (1); Guy P. Waters (1); HR 1592 (1); I Timothy 2:2 (1); II TImothy 4:5 (1); II Timothy 2:2 (1); Jim e...

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12/30/08
Yahoo! 360° - Know Thyself Blog -...

... government-corruption · governor · grand-mufti-al-husseini · grand-mufti-of-jerusalem · grassley-six · great-awakening · great-mosque...

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12/29/08
What to Expect from President-Elec...

They will point out that Section 8 of H.R. 1592 contains the following verbiage: ”(Sec. 8) Provides that nothing in this Act shall be c...

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12/27/08
The Fodder Site. Hello, Fodder, He...

HR 1592. Local Law Enforcement (1); political (2); political advertising (1); political affiliation and social role (2); political euphem...

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12/27/08
Yahoo! 360° - Know Thyself Blog -...

... government-corruption · governor · grand-mufti-al-husseini · grand-mufti-of-jerusalem · grassley-six · great-awakening · great-mosque...

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12/26/08
Evangelical Perspective: Huffingto...

Planned Parenthood (1); Gun Control (1); Guy P. Waters (1); HR 1592 (1); I Timothy 2:2 (1); II TImothy 4:5 (1); II Timothy 2:2 (1); Jim e...

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