Posts Tagged ‘Amendment’

Farm bill: Senate rejects GMO labeling amendment

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would allow states to require labeling of genetically modified foods. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Which came first: The chicken, the egg or the 10th Amendment?

A current brawl in Washington features a fight over who can sell eggs in California and if Congress is exceeding its 10th Amendment powers in a way that could scramble consumer prices. Politics News Headlines – Yahoo! News Tweet This Post

Recent leak cases and First Amendment battles

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government information leaks and collisions with the media date back decades and decades. Think back to the Pentagon Papers. Tweet This Post

Manchin: Gun Control Amendment Won’t Pass; Sanford Trespasses At Ex-Wife’s Home; Weiner Polls Second

Click hereto read online and see our archives.WHAT’S NEWSPres. Obama will travel to Boston on Thursday to attend “an interfaith service dedicated to the victims of the bombings.” He has cancelled a scheduled speech in KS on Friday (CBS News). Obama met with the Gang of Eight at the WH on Tuesday to discuss their [...]

North Dakota Personhood Amendment Passes

North Dakota became the first state to pass a fetal personhood amendment, “which grants legal personhood rights to embryos from the moment of fertilization,” the Huffington Post reports. Tweet This Post

Movie Inspires Mississippi to Finally Ratify 13th Amendment

The Clarion Ledger looks at how Mississippi finally officially ratified the 13th Amendment banning slavery this month, after a University of Mississippi professor saw the movie “Lincoln” and started digging into the history of the legislation’s ratification. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post