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House votes on two bills to restrict non-citizen voting
WASHINGTON – A House of Representatives committee has sent a bill to the full House that would bar non-citizens from voting in federal elections. -
Capito's efforts kept EPA from getting $45 million for anti-energy regulations
WASHINGTON – Before the House passage today of the Senate’s $750 billion Biden-backed health care, tax and climate bill, one provision of the bill drew some extra attention from Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. -
Everyone seems to have an opinion about Manchin's Build Back Better decision
CHARLESTON – Lawmakers, politicians, community leaders and interested groups – locally and nationally – are throwing their two cents in regarding Sen. Joe Manchin’s decision not to support the Biden administration’s Build Back Better Act. -
Manchin's stance against Build Back Better continues to draw attention in D.C., W.Va.
WASHINGTON –Joe Manchin’s hesitation to support President Biden’s Build Back Better Act continues to draw attention to West Virginia’s Democratic senator. -
PFAS Action Act passes subcommittee despite GOP's worries about effects on businesses
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - To no one's surprise, the latest PFAS Action Act being pushed by Democrats has made it out of the House environment and climate change subcommittee and is on to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. -
Capito, other senators introduce bill to block Biden plan to block energy moves
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito joined some Senate colleagues to introduce a bill that would prevent the president and other officials from blocking energy or mineral leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters without Congressional approval. -
Are we the only ones who can still be ridiculed?
Hoosiers, hillbillies, rednecks, and crackers – we’ve all been treated with contempt by our self-proclaimed superiors, and we’ve had enough. They think they’re so smart and we’re so dumb, but they overestimate themselves and underestimate us. -
Delegates angered by West Virginia 'hillybilly' stereotypes in 'Dark Waters' movie
CHARLESTON – Some members of the West Virginia House of Delegates are upset by some stereotypical depictions of the Mountain State in a new film triggered by the leaking of alleged cancer-causing chemicals in Wood County. Those stereotypes include one image of a young girl on a bicycle with “blackened, rotting teeth.” -
Air travelers, manufacturers face extra costs if 'hazardous' chemical amendment passes, AIA leader warns
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Air travelers and aerospace manufacturers may face extra costs if an amendment designating a family of chemicals as hazardous is included in legislation currently being discussed in congressional conference, an industry leader is warning. -
Airports will face 'extensive and costly litigation' if PFAS included in Superfund law, group says
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Airports would face "extensive and costly litigation" if a family of chemicals used in firefighting foam is designated hazardous under the Superfund law, airport executives warn. -
Lawyers could sue hospitals, farmers and sewage plants if Congress passes PFAS measure
A broad array of organizations from sewage-treatment plants to hospital districts would be threatened with Superfund liability if Congress passes legislation requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to declare an entire family of chemicals known as PFAS as hazardous pollutants. -
House Dems get screening of anti-PFAS movie, seek regulation as trial lawyers and states use litigation
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Congressional Democrats launched their latest push for blanket regulations on widely used industrial chemicals by screening a highly critical documentary film the night before, where invited guests included a partner at a law firm that has filed a lawsuit that seeks damages on behalf of every U.S. citizen. -
Could regulation of PFAS chemicals affect efficient firefighting?
HOUSTON (Legal Newsline) – As the push to ban chemicals key to fighting fires continues across the country, it remains to be seen how successful alternatives will be. -
Johnson & Johnson, not asked to testify on talc, alleges Congressional hearing was biased against it
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Johnson & Johnson, a company facing enormous liability concerns stemming from thousands of lawsuits that claim there is cancer-causing asbestos in its products, believes a Democrat-led House hearing on the alleged dangers of talc and consumer products was biased against it. -
House urges EPA to regulate PFAS, but chemist warns 'lawyers are trying to grab onto this'
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Alleged risks to water supplies posed by chemicals commonly used by firefighters and the military were discussed at a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday as lawmakers sounded anxious for a regulatory measure. -
With bipartisan support, bill to undo Obama-era 'Operation Choke Point' awaits action in Senate
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) – Bipartisan legislation that passed the U.S. House of Representatives in December with an eye toward undoing the unintended consequences of the Obama-era Operation Choke Point program may not quickly come up in the Senate, says a financial services attorney who still believes it stands a "decent" chance to become law. -
'A Smoking Gun': Internal docs reveal Obama DOJ's slush fund, Judiciary chair says
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that would prohibit government officials, most notably the DOJ, from entering into or enforcing a settlement agreement on behalf of the United States that provides for a payment or a loan to any person or entity other than the United States, with some exceptions. -
Missouri Congresswoman’s bill would kill DOL’s fiduciary rule, create best interest standard for broker-dealers
U.S. Rep. Ann Wagner, a Republican, introduced The Protecting Advice for Small Savers, or PASS, Act of 2017 last week. -
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Funding litigation a billion-dollar business
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - It is now estimated to be a billion-dollar business and growing, as third-party funders and investors are becoming more embedded in the litigation game. -
House Republicans vote to repeal CFPB rule that was called gift for class action lawyers
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Two weeks after a federal consumer protection agency took steps to finalize a controversial rule regarding class action lawsuits, the U.S. House of Representatives has disapproved by acting to kill it.