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A view of the Parliament House Building in New Delhi. File   | Photo Credit: PTI Rules were not amended as physical meetings resumed, when it was believed pandemic was on the decline The parliamentary panels cannot meet virtually till the necessary rules are amended by both Houses of Parliament, the Rajya Sabha secretariat said in reply to a letter written by Leader of the Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday. The standing committees of Parliament, which are non-partisan platforms to anal...

PAYETTE COUNTY — One bill being fast-tracked on the Idaho Legislature’s docket could spell doom for a billboard presently located on the Highway 95 Business Loop in Payette and any similar ones throughout Idaho. Another four take aim at the Governor’s emergency declaration powers, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Those are just two examples of legislation that rushed through the pipelines this week as the Legislature went into a week-long recess Wednesday, in case of veto acti...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Legislative committees cranked into high gear this week as each chamber pushed to have its bills heard before the May 13 crossover deadline, the date that bills must pass from one chamber to the other to remain eligible for the rest of the biennium. The next two weeks are expected to be very busy, with the fate of many bills yet to be decided. While the Senate continues to work on its budget proposal, it is somewhat limited in its dec...

Sen. Andy Billig [D-Spokane] talks about the function of the legislative Rules Committees in Olympia. The Washington and Idaho legislatures are in the homestretches of their respective sessions. Lawmakers are working to finalize budgets and put the finishing touches on a variety of bills. In Washington, the Rules Committees [chaired in the Senate by Lt. Gov. Denny Heck, above] have an important role in determining which bills move on and which ones die. Today we get a Civics 101 lesson from Sen...

Steven Sund, the recently resigned Capitol Police chief, admitted that a “critical” FBI report issued about the potential for violence somehow didn’t make it to his desk.

Pelosi’s plan for commission to probe Capitol riot faces GOP resistance House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plan to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the January 6 US Capitol riot is facing skepticism and opposition from congressional Republicans warning that the outside probe should not become a vehicle to attack former President Donald Trump. The initial resistance from Republicans to Pelosi’s plan underscores the tricky balancing act the speaker and House Democrats face as they cr...

Fingerlakes1.com Menu Gabe is the National News Editor and works out of Washington, D.C. Have a tip? Send it to gabe@fingerlakes1.com. “In today’s regulatory environment, health care providers are forced to navigate within a labyrinth of complex governmental regulations, and one wrong can carry drastic consequences.” The coronavirus pandemic clamped down on Albany last summer, bringing most policymaking and lobbying to a halt. However, that didn’t happen for Hinman Straub Advisers, LLC,...

Republicans on three committees are fuming that they will be sidelined from putting their touch on the coronavirus relief package while the House Budget and Rules committees determine how some $12 billion in federal

A bipartisan group of senators on Monday requested information from 22 agencies and departments related to the preparations for and response to the deadly…

U.S. Congressional Intelligence and Homeland Security oversight committees are opening investigations into why federal and local law enforcement agencies did not pay closer attention to a warning the day before pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol, congressional aides said...