Bill Drafting News Today

National issues can largely affect what lawmakers prioritize during a legislative session.

The Montana Legislature is in the middle of one of the busiest periods of the 68th session, as the halfway point approaches.

This analysis by Andrew Downs (above), emeritus associate professor of political science at Purdue University Fort Wayne, was originally published by the

When drafting and amending legislation, proponents (and opponents) always keep in mind the statutory analysis principles used by the judicial branch of

There are many unique aspects to the military career of James Schaffner.

Here are legislative committee hearings and other events of note for the week ahead at the Colorado state Capitol.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: This has been a busy week all around the legislative complex, both in the General Assembly and in the state agencies. On Tuesday, the Senate officially confirmed Lieutenant General Walter E. Gaskin to be the next Secretary of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs. On Wednesday, Machelle Sanders went through her first Senate committee confirmation hearing to potentially become Secretary of the Commerce Department. Also on Wed...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Following requests from industry, New York State incorporated legislative language addressing the expected discontinuance of LIBOR in its recently released draft budget. The draft language amends the General Obligations Law to require New York law-governed contracts without LIBOR fallback provisions to use the replacement rate recommended by the Alternative Reference Rates Committee (ARRC). 1...

Easy as far as bill drafting. until we hear from the republicans there is nothing to draft. we can get things done quickly. it will be extremely difficult to get it done before christmas but it could be done. >>reporter: other democrats are saying we will talk about negotiating the other stuff when republicans agree to increase taxes. republican johnson, a senator from wisconsin, said it is not the end of the world if we go over the fiscal cliff so stop me if you heard this before. >>shepard: an...