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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03/15/09
'Broadcast my radio show or you're...

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...

Source: WorldNetDaily
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03/12/09
Provide voting rights while protec...

As a result, we believe that S.160 rests on a solid constitutional foundation. Kenneth W. Starr, dean of Pepperdine University School of ...

Source: St. George Daily Spectrum
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03/10/09
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...

Source: Washington Informer
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03/10/09
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...

Source: Washington Informer
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03/09/09
Voting Rights Bill Stalled in the ...

Legislation that passed the US Senate (S. 160, the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act ) two weeks ago to give the residents of ...

Source: NAACP (press release)
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03/08/09
Correspondence From Senator Tom Ha...

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 r...

Source: Gather.com
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03/05/09
Feds Send Mixed Signals On Push Fo...

The amendment, attached to S.160, the "DC Voting Rights Act", will repeal restrictive gun control laws passed by the District of Columbia...

Source: Hawaii Reporter
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03/05/09
Speaker Pelosi Backs Senate Amendm...

The amendment, sponsored by Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and attached to a bill (S.160) that would grant Washing...

Source: CNSNews.com
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03/04/09
Democrats Issue Call for Slogans f...

Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who added an amendment to the DC voting rights bill (S.160) that mandates "actions to encourage and promote diversi...

Source: CNSNews.com
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03/02/09
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- T...

Source: Nolan Chart LLC
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Blog Coverage

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01/24/11
S.160: Right Start Child Care and ...

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the credit for employers establishing workplace child care facilities, to i...

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01/03/11
Government Policy: Congressional R...

On February 26, 2009, the Senate passed a related bill, S. 160, by a vote of 61-37. During the 110th Congress, the House passed similar l...

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01/03/11
Penny Hill Press » Blog Archive » ...

On February 26, 2009, the Senate passed a related bill, S. 160, by a vote of 61-37. During the 110th Congress, the House passed similar l...

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11/29/10
Gregor Brand: Veröffentlichungen «...

In: Zw�lfte Etappe, 1996, S. 160. Weisheit der V�lker. In: Zw�lfte Etappe, 1996, S. 161. East meets West. In: Zw�lfte Etappe, 199...

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11/28/10
Shopping Mall PC in Washington DC ...

We will then drop off post cards from DC residents demanding the vote while urging Congress to pass the DC Voting Rights Act (H.R.157/S.1...

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11/04/10
Phil Woolas loses court case over ...

The consequences are [S.160(4)] that he is unseated forthwith as an MP, that he is banned for three years from being registered to vote, ...

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10/31/10
Rez. AG: K.-J. Hölkeskamp (Hrsg.):...

Allerdings: Weder ein anderer Caesar noch dessen zufällige Niederlage hätten die Republik stabilisieren können, sodass deren Untergang zw...

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10/31/10
Rez. AG: K.-J. Hölkeskamp (Hrsg.):...

Allerdings: Weder ein anderer Caesar noch dessen zufällige Niederlage hätten die Republik stabilisieren können, sodass deren Untergang zw...

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10/25/10
#Rezension: Klaus Dörre/Matthias N...

(S. 160). Dazu gehöre zunächst, dass die Unterfinanzierung des Wissenschaftssystems als wichtigste Innovationsbremse benannt werde. Der W...

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10/24/10
Die Denkfehler des vergangenen Jah...

So müssen die Privatversicherten ein Alter von über 90 Jahren erreichen, um in die Gewinnzone zu kommen – von der Gefahr eines Börsencras...

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