Hate Crimes Legislation Likely Dead for Year
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Congressional negotiators stripped a  measure to strengthen 1960s-era hate crimes law from a massive  defense bill, likely killing for this year the effort to  broaden hate crimes protections for gay people and the  disabled, lawmakers said on Thursday.
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A Philippine government inquiry into   hundreds of killings and disappearances of left-wing workers   and media has made little visible progress amid a climate of   fear, a rights watchdog said on Thursday.
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With the immigration bill dead, troop-withdrawal deadlines vetoed and other high-profile initiatives stalled, Democratic leaders closed six months in control of Congress mired in low approval ratings and plotting a legislative blitz on an issue they once tried to escape: Iraq.
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Though not likely to become law, the legislation is already being used by Republicans to paint Democrats as weak on terror
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The day after the sentencing of one of the most notorious figures in this region's three-year-old clergy abuse crisis, lawmakers and victims advocates said Wednesday they are building momentum to repeal statutes of limitations on sex crimes that have prevented other abusers from facing lawsuits and prosecution.
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SEPTEMBER 23, 2004  - WASHINGTON -- New legislation expected to be introduced in the House today that would move the nation&#39;s director of cybersecurity from the Department of Homeland Security to the White House is apparently already dead
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WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (IPS) - A resolution recognising as "genocide" the  deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in the former Ottoman Empire  nearly a century ago has gained the sponsorship of a majority of  members in the U.S. House of Representatives. But it has also  drawn heavy criticism from George W. Bush administration  officials, who argue that the non-binding and largely symbolic  legislation could harm relations with Turkey at a particularly  crucial time.
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A year after a sweeping federal antispam law went into effect, there is more junk e-mail on the Internet than ever.
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Two years after an explosion tore apart the Sago Mine and killed 12 men, prompting Congress to pass legislation strengthening mine safety standards, many of those standards have yet to be implemented.
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The Register ran a story on August 6th called 'Phone spam misery looms stateside.' It seems that there's legislative nastiness underway in Washington, DC to essentially gut the existing junk fax law, and replace it with a marketer's wet dream.
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The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously threw out the state's hate crimes law Monday, calling it over-broad and "unconstitutionally vague."
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The Senate's revived legislation to legalize millions of unlawful immigrants faces a critical test Thursday after surviving potentially fatal challenges.
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Blog: A report reviewing a handful of state bills endorsing open document formats finds that none has survived.
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The US Senate is poised to apologize and express regret for having historically blocked legislation that would have outlawed lynchings between 1920 and 1940, two senators proposing the initiative announced.
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Legislation faces major hurdle in the House of Delegates, which rejected the ban last year.
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The number of executions in the United States hit a 13-year low in 2007, mostly because of a de facto moratorium on the death penalty prompted by challenges against the use of lethal injection, according to a report by a group that opposes capital punishment.
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Legislation implemented by New England's devout earliest residents, such as laws against blasphemy and adultery, are coming under fire as not just anachronistic but also potentially harmful -- and, in some cases, unconstitutional.