U.S. Congress - News Articles for S.160 District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
S.160 - District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009
A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives. view all titles (5)
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- Official: A bill to provide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an additional seat in the House of Representatives. as introduced.
- Short: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 as introduced.
- Short: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 as reported to senate.
- Short: Second Amendment Enforcement Act as passed senate.
- Short: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 as passed senate.
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'Broadcast my radio show or you're unfair'
I quoted the Durbin Amendment (SA 591) to the DC voting bill (S. 160) that orders the FCC to require "diversity" in station ownership and "localism" â two ...
Provide voting rights while protecting the Constitution
As a result, we believe that S.160 rests on a solid constitutional foundation. Kenneth W. Starr, dean of Pepperdine University School of Law, ...
Las Vegas Sun
The Senate recently passed S. 160, its version of the DC House Voting Rights Act of 2009 by a vote of 61-37. Yet, to get the votes needed for the bill, ...
Afro American
The Senate recently passed S. 160, its version of the DC House Voting Rights Act of 2009 by a vote of 61-37. Yet, to get the votes needed for the bill, ...
Voting Rights Bill Stalled in the House
Legislation that passed the US Senate (S. 160, the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act ) two weeks ago to give the residents of the District of ...
Correspondence From Senator Tom Harkin [Fairness Doctrine]
That is why I supported an amendment offered by Senator Durbin to the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 (S.160) that requires the FCC to ...
Feds Send Mixed Signals On Push For Gun Control
The amendment, attached to S.160, the "DC Voting Rights Act", will repeal restrictive gun control laws passed by the District of Columbia's (DC) city ...
Speaker Pelosi Backs Senate Amendment to Regulate Talk Radio
The amendment, sponsored by Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and attached to a bill (S.160) that would grant Washington, DC, ...
Democrats Issue Call for Slogans for Anti-Limbaugh Billboard in ...
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who added an amendment to the DC voting rights bill (S.160) that mandates "actions to encourage and promote diversity in communication ...
Voice of America
If passed, S. 160 will add Sec. 303B (a) to USC 303 with instructions to the FCC as follows: "(a) Certain Affirmative Actions Required- The Commission shall ...
Cantwell And Murray Ignore The Plain Words Of The Constitution
Last Thursday, you voted for S. 160, which provides a House seat to the District of Columbia. That bill conflicts, directly, with Article I, Section 2, ...
Bring Back the Fairness Doctrine
As a reaction against this public support, two amendments were tacked on to Senate Bill S. 160 (the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act) that ban ...
Vote React: Kwame Brown
Today, the United States Senate passed the DC Voting Rights Act (S.160) by a vote of 61 to 37. The legislation was authored by Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT) ...
Today on the Hill
The Senate will resume consideration of S.160, the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act, at 9:30 am ET. A roll call vote is scheduled for 10:30 am ...
Five "One Minutes" Per Side
Lee (NY) â Transportation and Infrastructure) Resume consideration of S.160, District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act. The time until 10:30am will be ...
Washington Post
The constitutional amendment is an alternative to the Senate bill (S. 160, DC Voting Rights Act), which would add two seats to the 435-member House - one ...
Interfaith letter opposes effort to âundermineâ DC firearms laws ...
This is especially true in the context of S. 160, a bill which attempts to give the residents of the District of Columbia a voting member of Congress to ...
Murkowski To Introduce Constitutional Amendment
...route" for this. "I belive that the District of Columbia deserves representation in the House of Representatives, but S.160 does not conclusively resolve the question of whether theyâll get it," Murkowski said. "Where this is going to lead is litigatio
Unlimited "One Minutes" Per Side
Calvert â Natural Resources) At 10am, the Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to S.160, the DC Voting Rights Act. At 11:00am, ...
RAC pressing for DC vote
... the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 (S. 160) and ensure fair and equal representation for citizens of the United Statesâ capital. ...
An Excited Norton Gives Update on Hill Process
"Our present count indicates that we have the 60 votes necessary to invoke cloture and begin the debate on S. 160," Norton said. After that vote today, ...
Local GOP Backs Voting Rights
We spent countless hours on the Hill educating and urging our fellow Republicans to support S. 160. Shortly after we met with Senator Susan Collins, ...
DC Vote Responds To Spakovskyâs Claim That District Representation ...
By Amanda Terkel at 10:00 pm Today, the Senate began debate on S. 160, a bill to âprovide the District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of Utah an ...
Norton Outlines Expected Senate Procedures that Begins Today as DC ...
After 2 pm today, Senators may begin speaking on the DC House Voting Rights Act, S. 160. The first item will be a motion to proceed to consider S. 160. ...
The Week Ahead...
The Senate is slated to take up a motion to proceed to the DC voting rights bill (S.160) next week. The legislation would recognize the District of Columbia ...
District Gets Boost in Bid for Voting Rights
S.160, and its companion legislation in the House, HR 157, would increase the total number of Representatives in the House from 435 to 437, adding one for ...
So, What's Next? (w/ poll!)
What is S.160? Glad you asked. S.160 is Joe Lieberman's proposed District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act, the two-seat DC/Utah compromise last debated ...
Senate Committee Approves DC Voting Rights Act
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, held a markup on the DC House Voting Rights Act (S.160) on Wed. Feb. 11. ...
US Senate Committee Passes Bill for DC Voting Member of House
On February 11, the US Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs passed S.160 by a vote of 11-1. It permanently expands the size of the ...
Today on the Hill
Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs -- The committee meets at 10 am to consider S.160, also known as the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act ...
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