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Senior aide to Feinstein suggests she supports gutting filibuster A senior aide to Sen. Dianne Feinstein suggested earlier this week that the California Democrat is open to gutting the filibuster so that legislation can be advanced by a simple majority. Feinstein’s state director Jim Lazarus told a group of activists from the progressive group Indivisible on Monday in San Francisco that she believes “the leadership of the Senate will come up with a path that allows” the voting rights bill...

Three incidents that transpired lat week, caught my attention. Garba Shehu and the President’s Medical Tourism I watched an interview of Presidential Spokesman, Garba Shehu last Tuesday, in which he said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s trip to London for a medical check up could not be classified as medical tourism, because he was going to see his Doctors who have been caring for him for the past 30 years! I felt so embarrassed for Nigeria, with that singular statement that Mr Shehu ma...

Seeks financial autonomy for Houses of Assembly No fewer than 400 members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) from various states across the country, yesterday, staged a peaceful protest over the non-payment of 22 months’ salaries. x They also demanded full implementation of financial autonomy to Houses of Assemblies in the country. This is as the National Assembly chapter of the pressure group insists on the immediate payment of their...

PASAN protest at NASS, call for financial autonomy of State legislatures On By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja Members of Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN), Tuesday, staged a peaceful protest at the National Assembly, calling for full implementation of financial autonomy of State Houses of Assembly. Numbering over 400 drawn from various States across the country, the members said that the refusal of the State Governors to heed the law and the Presidential Order signed by President M...

Croke Park to decide on how Laois GAA clubs will be compensated for Covid-19 loss Reporter:  ); Officials at GAA HQ in Croke Park will decide on how much and what type of support Laois clubs will get from the National GAA Financial Support Package, according to Laois GAA. The February committee report delivered the update to County Board delegates. “Applications for Laois GAA Treasurer Martin Byrne informed delegates that all our club units had submitted application the GAA application form...