Tag Archive | "representatives"

Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004 (RA 9262)

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9262 ]AN ACT DEFINING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, PROVIDING FOR PROTECTIVE MEASURES FOR VICTIMS, PRESCRIBING PENALTIES THEREFORE, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSESBe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:SECTION 1. Short Title.- This Act shall be known as the “Anti-Violence Against Women and Their Children Act of 2004″.SEC.

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Andy Borowitz: Wilson Shouts ‘You Lie’ After Wife Fakes Orgasm

Friday, September 11, 2009

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) courted controversy again today as he reportedly shouted "You lie" during a sexual encounter in which his wife pretended to have an orgasm. While details of Rep.

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Andy Borowitz: Wilson Shouts ‘You Lie’ After Wife Fakes Orgasm

Friday, September 11, 2009

Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) courted controversy again today as he reportedly shouted "You lie" during a sexual encounter in which his wife pretended to have an orgasm. While details of Rep.

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Baldwin, Lieberman Push Federal Domestic Partner Benefits

Thursday, August 27, 2009

Believe it or not, it’s harder for same-sex couples to get health benefits from the Federal government than it is from Dow Chemical. Tammy Baldwin, the only out lesbian in the House of Representatives, is trying to change that with H.R. 2517, also known as The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2009.

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Q & A for H.R. 3200 – The proposed Obamacare bill

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

August 18, 2009 Healthcare bill H.R. 3200 Q & A by: Steve Smith The following is a question & answer approach to help understand a few of the nuances of HR-3200’s 1,000 plus pages, aka “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009” as recently reported out of committee(s) to the full House of Representatives: Q. Is there anything wrong with the title of this act: America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009?

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Traditional foods get the upscale treatment in Kenya

Monday, August 17, 2009

Matoke, spinach (local, or genuine Spinacea oleracea ?) and rice (Why not sorghum, or millet?) about to be served at a Nairobi restaurant. The photo illustrates an article in the Daily Nation , following up on Agriculture Minister William Ruto’s call for traditional crops to be given a greater role in Kenya’s food security plan. According to the article, Kenya’s farmers, or their representatives, seem to want more and better incentives to turn away from maize.

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A Man’s Right To Choose?

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

I first read about this last week, but waited to gather my thoughts on it before speaking. A bill about abortion was recently re-introduced in the Ohio state House of Representatives.  The bill was originally proposed in 2007 by the same person, Representative John Adams (back from the dead and demoted, apparently), and either never made it to a floor vote or was defeated when it did – my research is unclear on its original fate.  But it’s back now, and more patriarchal than ever! The bill

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Is Benefit-Cost Analysis Helpful for Environmental Regulation?

Monday, August 3, 2009

With the locus of action on Federal climate policy moving from the House of Representatives to the Senate, this is a convenient moment to step back from the political fray and reflect on some fundamental questions about U.S. environmental policy. One such question is whether economic analysis – in particular, the comparison of the benefits and costs of proposed policies – plays a truly useful role in Washington?

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