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The 2011 debt-ceiling crisis has shown how a party in control of only one chamber of Congress (in this case, Republicans in control of the House of Representatives but not the Senate or the Presidency) can have significant influence if it chooses to block the routine raising of the debt limit. [19]
Daylight Savings Time. This mandatory proposition, placed by the state legislature and the Governor, will repeal 1949's Proposition 12, allowing the state legislature to enact permanent daylight saving time, subject to approval by the U.S. Congress. [46] 8: Failed Authorizes State Regulation of Kidney Dialysis Clinics. Limits Charges for ...
In October 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill (Senate Bill No. 202) which requires all future ballot initiatives to be listed only in general elections (held in November in even-numbered years), rather than during any statewide election. Two propositions had already qualified for the next statewide election (which was the June ...
The debt-ceiling drama may be over, but -- for state governments -- the ramifications are just beginning to reverberate. The new law requires a 12-member, bipartisan "super committee" to recommend ...
The President and Congressional leaders have agreed on a package to raise the debt ceiling and reduce deficits by $2.5 trillion over the next decade. Congress still has to pass the.
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California Senate Bill 202, passed in 2011, mandated that initiatives and optional referendums can appear only on the November general election ballot, a statute that was controversial at the time, being seen as a self-serving, single-party initiative; [3] the November general election rule for initiatives and optional referendums has ...
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