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The Senate passed a sweeping defense authorization bill Tuesday without floor debates over sexual assault in the military or expanding draft registration to women. </p> Sen.
</p> [ Gun Bill Planned in Wake of Orlando Club Shooting ] </p> New York Rep.
Updated 3:58 p.m. 6/14 The House will vote Thursday on legislation packing counterterrorism bills it has previously passed into one bill, but it may be a package of three bills instead of nine, House
</p> “It’s not limited to one community or one part of the country,” Casey said. </p> He announced a bill that would prevent those convicted of hate crimes from purchasing firearms.
Bill Nelson arrived at the Capitol Monday ready to take on the Islamic State.
The bills on the state Senate’s docket Tuesday would make it more difficult to buy guns that could kill multiple people quickly, including a bill that would ban the possession of high-capacity magazines
</p> <p class="p1"> </p> </p> Schumer said the Commerce Justice Science appropriations bill is one avenue for Democrats to push their legislation barring suspected terrorists from acquiring firearms
</p> The Commerce-Justice-Science bill, which funds the FBI and other federal law enforcement, is expected to be debated on the Senate floor in coming days.
</p> [ How LGBT Job Protection Became the New Confederate Flag ] </p> “I’ve never voted against a defense bill before. I never thought I would,” Maloney said.
Senate floor debate on the vehicle for the fiscal 2017 Commerce-Justice-Science spending bill.
</p> [ Gun Bill Planned in Wake of Orlando Club Shooting ] </p> Federal law enforcement officials have found no reason to conclude that Omar Mateen, 29, was part of a wider Islamic State plan
</p> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">If you live in Central Florida, blood donations are needed after mass shooting at #PulseNightclub https://t.co/g0Hg5FK1sY </p> — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 12, 2016 </
</p> The amended measure was the first appropriations bill this year to come to the House floor under a structured rule that limited amendments to just 13.
</p> In fact, most Puerto Rico residents are exempt from federal income taxes.
The measure was already adopted in another bill by the full chamber last month.
That means that most of the time, any member could offer any amendment on the floor to a spending bill. </p> Republicans were in control of the House for 16 of those 20 years.
of funds to successfully protect the public health of our country against the imposing threat of Zika,” Rubio wrote to the lawmakers negotiating the final bill.
</p> In a fiery speech on the Senate floor, the Arizona Republican berated Sen.
</p> Cox, who is transgender, said that the lack of data is tied to the passing of laws like North Carolina’s bill that prevents transgender people from using the restroom corresponding to their gender