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North Carolina Abortion Bill: State Senate Votes On Restrictive Measure The Huffington Post | By Mollie Reilly Posted: 07/02/2013 8:12 pm EDT | Updated: 07/02/2013 8:19 pm EDT North Carolina's state Senate voted Tuesday to pass a second reading of a measure placing tougher restrictions...

A top California lawmaker expressed outrage Sunday over the "cowardly and despicable" shootings of two Sikh men on an afternoon stroll and asked that a day be chosen for the community to demonstrate solidarity. "Let us pick a day together when we are all Sikh Americans, we are all...

Senate Joins House of Representatives in Repealing Anti-Sikh Law Governor Must Still Sign Law March 3, 2010 (Washington, DC) - Earlier last week, the Oregon Senate joined its House of Representatives in voting to strike down Oregon's ban on religious dress for public school teachers...

Oregon Senate Vote Puts Sikh American Community One Step Away From Making History SALDEF applauds Oregon Senate on vote to repeal religious dress ban, Encourages Oregon Governor to sign bill Washington D.C., February 24, 2009 -- Late yesterday afternoon...

CA Kirpan Education Bill Passes 36-0 Full Senate Vote September 2, 2009 September 1, 2009 (Sacramento, CA) - AB 504 - a proposed law that would train law enforcement personnel about...

washingtonpost.com - The Monday night agreement to avert a showdown vote over judicial filibusters not only spared the Senate from a potentially ruinous clash, but also certified John McCain as the real leader of that body...

washingtonpost.com - A dozen Senate negotiators hope to avert a showdown today over judicial filibusters, but the chamber's Democratic and Republican leaders signaled yesterday that they are ready for a long-awaited vote that could deeply affect the federal judiciary and the operations of...

washingtonpost.com - A bitterly divided Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted along party lines yesterday to send the nomination of John R. Bolton to become U.N. ambassador to the full Senate without any endorsement...

washingtonpost.com - Moving the Senate closer to a historic confrontation, the Republican-controlled Judiciary Committee yesterday endorsed two of President Bush's most controversial nominees to federal appellate court, and Democrats vowed once again to use the filibuster to block their...