THE MOVEMENT towards the introduction of a bill of rights in the Australian Capital Territory is gaining momentum. In April 2002 the Chief Minister and Attorney-General, Jon Stanhope, appointed an ACT Bill of Rights Consultative Committee to examine whether or not Such a bill...

A bill amending Oklahoma's interstate banking law - by ending the preference for Oklahoma bidders over out-of-state bidders on failed and failing banks - was passed Tuesday without debate by the Senate Finance Committee. Senate Bill 117, authored by Sen. Roy Boatner, D-Calera,...

Bill Clinton would have been an unlikely poster-child for healthy heart habits. But earlier today, the reformed donut-hound and fast-foodie-in chief trekked up to the airy reaches of Washington Heights to deliver a talk on cardiac health -- and to help celebrate the groundbreaking for...

Key elements of the bipartisan immigration measure:_Allows illegal immigrants who were in the country as of Jan. 1, 2007, to gain a "Z visa" if they pay fees and fines and pass a background check. Allows them eventually to get on a path to citizenship...

Essay explains the relevance of bill S1150 in the 104th Congress and talks about how a bill becomes a law.

This essay describes the events that lead to a bill's passage or rejection from House, Senate, and President.

The House of Representatives and the Senate follow different rules in considering and passing bills. The use of committees and subcommittees within both the House and the Senate, conference committees to develop final versions of bills, and the role of party caucuses and congressional leadership are important in the lawmaking process.