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The measure passed by a 40–5 vote, and was signed into law by Governor Dave Heineman. [11] Fischer chaired the Transportation and Telecommunications Committee [12] and helped pass the BUILD Nebraska Act through the Unicameral. This bill prioritized a quarter cent of the state sales tax for infrastructure projects. [13]
During Sen. Fischer’s swearing-in ceremony last Friday, Harris, 60, shook the senator’s hand, thanked her for her work and then extended a handshake toward her husband, Bruce, and said ...
First, Congress passed a corporate excise tax. The amount of the excise was set at 1% of each corporation's income exceeding $5,000. In 1911, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld this corporate excise as constitutional in Flint v. Stone Tracy Company, in which the court ruled that the tax was an excise upon the privilege of doing business in corporate ...
The bill passed the legislature on a vote of 33–11–5; the veto override passed 31–13–5. [ 55 ] [ 56 ] At the 2016 Republican state convention, Ricketts denounced several legislators who had failed to support his and the party's positions on various bills, and called for the election of more "platform Republicans" to the officially ...
Fischer, a Republican incumbent bogged down by low approval ratings, faced newcomer Dan Osborn, who said he would not caucus with either party
Washington state Democrats appeared to have accidentally emailed their internal tax proposals and talking points to the full Evergreen State Senate, leading to outcry.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for clinical testing expenses for qualified infectious disease drugs and rapid diagnostic tests. H.R. 2282: May 2, 2017 Equality Act: To prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes. H.R. 2884: June 12, 2017
The Senate alone considers treaties, which are ratified by a two-thirds vote. The first public law enacted in the 115th Congress ( Pub. L. 115–1 (text) (PDF) ) was the last law signed by President Barack Obama , and he signed it into law in the Capitol in the last hour of his presidency on January 20, 2017, shortly before the inauguration of ...