The senate passed a defense bill worth $662 Billion, down $43 billion from last year. The defense authorization bill passed by a vote of 93-7. The new bill comes with a new policy that has attracted controversy. Compromise allows suspected al Qaeda terrorists to be held indefinitely by the military. This gives the military right to detain and imprison suspected al Qaeda memebers as long as they wish. This new policy does exclude American citizens and permanent residents. Levin and McCain denied
Energy Jobs and American Power Act. The bill was a follow up to the American Clean Energy and Security Act, (ACES) also called the Waxman-Markley Bill which was passed in the House of Representatives on June 26th 2009. The purpose of the bill is “to create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy.” (United States Government Printing Office, S.1733, First Paragraph) To do this the bill proposes a variant of cap and trade
H.R. 1529 Anne Reynolds SOWK 535 Laura Gale USC May 5, 2012 Abstract Amending title 10, United States Code, and the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act of 2011, H.R. 1529 seeks to make changes throughout the Department of Defense in regards to sexual assault and how it is approached. This bill is the Department of Defense’s approach of being more proactive instead of reactive. With one sponsor and thirty nine co-sponsors, H.R. 1529 is a piece of legislation that can bring the
it backs my argument. Cyber defense executive order A. This is very similar to the patriot act. With regards to the privacy US citizen. B. The main difference between the patriot act and the cyber defense bill is that the patriot act was the US government intervening and the cyber defense bill is to guard against terrorist. Both affect the American citizens privacy. C. I do think that this bill will be bi partisan because Republicans are for defense so the bill will be passed but I do not think
Marquette’s store. The defendant ran home where he kept the stolen money. The next day of the robbery Mr. Riff then decided to proceed and purchase an Guitar from Sharp’s Music store while making this purchase Mr. Riff used an Five dollar Canadian bill, which the store owner of Marquette’s reported having in his stores register. Mr. Riff was then arrested the next afternoon by Officer Shield who also stated he seen the bag that Mr. Riff put the money in. The prosecution in this case used the Formal
112th Congress 1st Session Senate Bill #43 A Bill For An Act Entitled: Fighting Terrorism In the Senate 11/12/14 Senator Briana Evertsen introduced the following resolution which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Senate Proposal Resolved by the U.S. Senate of the United States of America, that the following article is proposed as federal law under the jurisdiction of the United States of America, enforceable by Executive action. Be it enacted
Reagan issued a defense directive which stated that “homosexuality is incompatible with military service”. This defense directive meant that any service member in the military who engaged in homosexual acts, or stated that they homosexual or bisexual were automatically discharged. After ten years went by President Bill Clinton promised the people of the U.S. in a campaign speech that he would lift the ban so that homosexuals would be able to serve in the military. Although Bill Clinton promised
be infringed.” This is the Second Amendment of The constitution of the United States of America as written in the Bill of Rights. This single amendment has been debate and scrutinized by many though out the history of this great country. The issue is whether or not it the right of an individual to posses firearms or is a collective. I will examine the right as it written in the Bill of Rights to determine this. An individual is defined as a human being, as distinguished from a group. There are
congress finally passed the bill to repeal Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. For the past year attending all the sensitivity courses and all hands on deck meetings finally paid off. Especially for my fellow brothers and sisters in the military who had to hide who they truly are in fear of not being able to serve their country because of their sexual orientation. Now that the unconstitutional DADT has been repealed, the fight for equality in the U.S. Military is not over. The Defense of Marriage act is the reason
a less risky and more convenient alternative to carrying large amounts of gold or money, as well as ways of obtaining credit. This law was eventually codified, and since 1882, in England, transactions in negotiable instruments are governed by the Bills of Exchange Act. In the US, this area is regulated by the Uniform Commercial Code, Article 3, which has been adopted in all states. The rules are very similar in other common-law jurisdictions such as Canada, India and Pakistan. Negotiable instruments