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| | Massachusetts Constitution |
 | | No bill or resolve of the senate or house of representatives shall become a law, and have force as such, until it shall have been laid before the governor for his revisal; and if he, upon such revision, approve thereof, he shall signify his approbation by signing the same. | | | And that the citizens of this commonwealth may be assured, from time to time, that the moneys remaining in the public treasury, upon the settlement and liquidation of the public accounts, are their property, no man shall be eligible as treasurer and receiver-general more than five years successively.] [See Amendments, Arts. | | | All money bills shall originate in the house of representatives; but the senate may propose or concur with amendments, as on other bills. |
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| | CongressLink - A Resource for Teachers Providing Information About the U.S. Congress |
| | Under the Constitution, the president must sign a bill into law or veto it in its entirety. | | | Every bill begins with an enacting clause, and every resolution with a resolving clause, as a formal declaration that the substantive language that follows has been duly adopted in accordance with the constitutionally mandated procedures. | | | A bill granting the actual monies approved by an authorization bill, but not necessarily to the total approved; must originate in the House. |
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http://www.congresslink.org/print_teaching_glossary.htm
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| | Britain |
| | New Britain is also the name of some places in the United States of Ameri... | | | List of Parliaments of Great Britain This is a listing of sessions of the House of Commons for each session, and the lis... | | | List of Roman place names in Britain A partial list of Roman place names in Britain (also includes Ireland, Faeroe Islan... |
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http://www.brainyencyclopedia.com/topics/britain.html
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| | A written constitution for Britain |
| | All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills. | | | Every bill which shall have passed both the Chambers of Parliament shall become a law. | | | To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for executing all powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the Commonwealth, or in any department or officer thereof. |
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http://www.centreforcitizenship.org/writ5.html
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| | EPIC Archive - Free Speech |
| | Although adopted as part of the Bill of Rights in 1791, most First Amendment doctrine is a result of twenty-century litigation. | | | Proposed new Internet censorship laws are included in a Bill tabled in the Parliament on November 7, 2001. | | | The Bill would criminalise making available content unsuitable for children online, even if the content is only made available to adults. |
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http://www.epic.org/free_speech
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| | Eject! Eject! Eject!: DUDE, WHERE'S MY BOOK? |
| | Posted by: Bill Whittle on May 12, 2004 08:21 PM | | | Posted by: Bill Whittle on May 14, 2004 05:27 PM | | | Posted by: Bill Whittle on May 14, 2004 12:13 PM |
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http://www.ejectejecteject.com/archives/000098.html
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| | Patriot II Draft Legislation |
| | As discussed in relation to section 122 of the bill above, amendments designed to authorize courts having jurisdiction over an offense to issue search warrants for the disclosure of e-mails outside of their districts have inadvertently clouded the pre-existing authority of the courts to issue such orders and warrants for execution within their own districts. | | | Thus, the court is barred from imposing the maximum reimprisonment term--even if the maximum term is fully warranted by the nature of the offender's violation of release conditions and resulting danger to the public--if the court wants to preserve the option of providing further supervision for the offender once the term of reimprisonment is over. | | | This section corrects the problem in relation to pen register and trap and trace orders through definitional language that explicitly includes both a court with jurisdiction over the offense or activities being investigated, and a court in the district in which the order will be executed. |
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http://www.dailyrotten.com/source-docs/patriot2draft.html
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| | Royal Prerogative: Information From Answers.com |
| | In the Kingdom of England (up to 1707), the Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) and the United Kingdom (since 1801), the Royal Prerogative historically was one of the central features of the realm's governance. | | | For example, the King of Sweden and the Emperor of Japan have specific government duties that cannot be exercised with any degree of individual discretion, no matter what the circumstance. | | | Today, most prerogative powers are directly exercised by ministers, such as the powers "regulate the Civil Service, issue passports and grant honours, all without any need for approval from Parliament". |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/royal-prerogative
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| | United Kingdom - Atlapedia Online |
| | The United Kingdom is comprised of four constituents, England, Wales and Scotland which alone form Great Britain and combined with Northern Ireland and several island groups, form the United Kingdom. | | | On May 21, 1992 the House of Commons ratified the European Communities Amendment Bill. | | | See our Legal Notice for Copyright and Linking conditions of use. |
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| | For me, Britain died today Samizdata.net |
| | It is now the law that ID cards will be imposed by force in Britain, with the support of the Leaders of the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. | | | More laws for ID cards and Emergency Powers are just the ticket to speed up this process. | | | You don't want to carry one, get out of the United States, as it's a condition for staying. |
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| | Zimbabwe delays media bill, clashes with Britain |
| | The Zimbabwean government delayed for a third time debate on a much-criticised media bill which would restrict access for foreign correspondents and impose state licensing of journalists. | | | "The parliamentary legal committee has requested more time to give consideration to the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Bill," he told parliament. | | | It will continue to restrict freedom of expression," said Takura Zhangazha, advocacy officer for the Media Institute of Southern Africa. |
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| | United Kingdom: Map, History and Much More From Answers.com |
| | Wales, under English control since the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284, became part of the Kingdom of England by the Act of Union 1536. | | | With the Act of Union 1707, the separate kingdoms of England and Scotland, having shared the same monarch since 1603, agreed to a permanent union as the Kingdom of Great Britain. | | | It includes England, Scotland, Wales, and six counties of Ireland, ruled by the king or queen of England, and represented in the nation's parliament. |
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| | Chinese Immigration to Britain in the Post-WWII Period |
| | In the early 1990s, house ownership has been at a comparatively high level of 54% for the Chinese minority in Britain, 41% of whom were Council tenants or tenants of private landlords (Lakey 199). | | | As Paul states, such legal regulations were needed since the 17th century, when population movements within the Empire began (10). | | | Patrials were defined as British or Commonwealth citizens who were born or naturalised in the United Kingdom or who had a parent (or grandparent in the case of British citizens) who had been born or naturalised in the United Kingdom. |
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| | Encyclopedia: British republican movement |
| | The countries which became the United Kingdom were briefly ruled as a republic in the seventeenth century under Oliver Cromwell. | | | The following are some recommended reforms of the British monarchy which have been devised by Fabian Societies in the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. | | | Though a term originally coined for Republican presidents, a head of state or chief of state is now universally known as the chief public representative of a nation-state, federation or commonwealth, whose role generally includes personifying the continuity and legitimacy of the state and exercising the political powers, functions... |
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| | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - Encyclopedia of Political Information |
| | However, the Council of Chiefs continues to recognise the Queen as its "Great Chief," though she has no longer has any formal constitutional power. | | | The result was a groundbreaking first ever visit by an Irish president to meet the British monarch. | | | Most notably, the then Labour M.P. Tony Benn several times proposed the Commonwealth of Britain Bill to turn the United Kingdom into a republic. |
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| | Great Britain: History |
| | George II, was a period of relative stability that saw the beginnings of the development of the cabinet as the chief executive organ of government. | | | Blair's pledge to decentralize government was endorsed in September, when Scotland and Wales both voted to establish legislative bodies, giving them a stronger voice in their domestic affairs. | | | Great Britain's period of hegemony was ending, as both Germany and the United States were surpassing it in industrial production. |
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http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/world/A0858458.html
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| | West Indians in Britian |
| | Again, as there were no laws prohibiting racial discrimination in Britain in the 50s, notices advertising rentals often read 'No coloreds, no dogs, Irish not required. | | | Most of the new construction did not add to available rental properties, and many landlords refused to rent rooms to blacks, either saying straight out that they wouldn't rent to a 'nig' or saying that the room had already been rented. | | | The court case that followed did much to expose the implicit racism of British policies. |
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http://shs.westport.k12.ct.us/chia/Caribbean/handouts/Exile/wi_in_britian.htm
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| | ipedia.com: Constitution of the United Kingdom Article |
| | And the bill itself (presumably to be named the Civil Contingencies Act 2004). | | | that, since the reign of Queen Anne, the monarch will not refuse to grant the Royal Assent to Bills passed by Parliament. | | | Act of Union 1800, joining Great Britain & Ireland to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland |
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| | Commonwealth of Britain Bill - definition of Commonwealth of Britain Bill in Encyclopedia |
| | It proposed abolishing the British monarchy, with the United Kingdom becoming a 'democratic, federal and secular commonwealth', in effect, a republic with a written constitution. | | | The Privy Council would be abolished, and replaced by a Council of State; | | | The head of state would be the President, elected by a joint sitting of both Houses of the Commonwealth Parliament; |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Commonwealth_of_Britain_Bill
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| | CNN - Commonwealth leaders uphold Pakistan's suspension - November 12, 1999 |
| | In 1949, the group agreed to replace allegiance to the British Crown with recognition of the British monarch as head of the Commonwealth. | | | But it was readmitted after Nelson Mandela was democratically elected president in 1994. | | | The issue now is how the Commonwealth can best act to bring Pakistan back," McKinnon, New Zealand's Foreign Minister, told reporters after he was named to succeed Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku of Nigeria. |
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| | The Commonwealth Club of California Archive Bill Clinton |
| | The bill also requires every state to set up an automatic withholding program for child-support enforcement. | | | You are in: Home > Archive > Bill Clinton | | | Forty percent of the taxes you pay for welfare would not have to be paid if people who can pay their child support would do it. |
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| | United Kingdom |
| | He produced constitutional reform that partially decentralized the UK, leading to the formation of separate Parliaments in Wales and Scotland by 1999. | | | The Conservative Party won 33%, and the Liberal Democrats 22%. | | | The United Kingdom, consisting of Great Britain (England, Wales, and Scotland) and Northern Ireland, is twice the size of New York State. |
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| | English and British Empire, Possessions c.1497-1800 |
| | In 1662 the colony of Hartford became Connecticut by royal charter. | | | From 1783-1784, two bills solidified British rule by granting control to the Crown and by establishing a Board of Commissioners. | | | English rule in Ireland begins roughly around 1169, although it would be another 632 years before an act of union made Ireland an official part of the United Kingdom. |
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| | TomPaine.com - Losing The American Revolution |
| | In disgrace-remember disgrace?" And he goes on: "Worse still than handouts to the wealthy is the reprehensible new legislation that blocks working Americans from climbing the hill where the money flows - laws like boulders rolled downhill to crush the scrambling underclass, the millions of Americans unable to pay their bills. | | | He got the Senate to pass a bill - unanimously - that would extend the protection of our laws to the U.S. territory of the Northern Marianas. | | | You pick up a disproportionate share of America's tax bill. |
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| | Britannia: Monarchs of Britain |
| | When George agreed to create enough Liberal peerages to pass the measure the Lords capitulated and gave up the power of absolute veto, resolving the problem officially with passage of the Parliament Bill in 1911. | | | Tories in the House of Lords were at odds with Liberals in the Commons pushing for social reforms. | | | Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa demanded the right of self-governance after the war, resulting in the creation of the British Commonwealth of Nations by the Statute of Westminster in 1931. |
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| | Constitutional reform |
| | Having no written constitution means that if you are British you have no rights that Parliament cannot take away. | | | Read our written constitution for a new Commonwealth of Britain in which Parliament and the executive are secondary to the people. | | | The House of Lords reform bill has ended that right for some, but not all, hereditary Lords. |
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| | Posthumus has no such outlet a Lt. Gov except if Gov. Engler (he's term-limited) leaves the state just in time to let him sign a bill as acting governor. | | | Most of the Commonwealth, including Britain and New Zealand, wanted sanctions put on now, while the Africans in the Commonwealth wanted to wait until after the elections to do anything. | | | As state AG, she gets to do consumer protection stuff that get lots of free media, like this recent piece on drug prices. |
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| | Timeline of British History |
| | - Whigs reintroduce Exclusion Bill; Charles II dissolves Parliament | | | - Convention Parliament issues Bill of Rights; establishes a constitutional monarchy in Britain; bars Roman Catholics from the throne; William III and Mary II become joint monarchs of England and Scotland (to1694), Toleration Act grants freedom of worship to dissenters in England; Grand Alliance of the League of Augsburg, England, and the Netherlands | | | - Charles I is tried and executed; The Commonwealth, in which ; England is governed as a republic, is established and lasts until 1660; Cromwell harshly suppresses Catholic rebellions in Ireland |
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| | Commonwealth of Independent States - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Commonwealth of Independent States |
| | Commonwealth of Independent States - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Commonwealth of Independent States | | | Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), community of independent nations established by a treaty signed at Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 8, 1991, by the heads of state of Russia Russia, officially the Russian Federation, Rus. | | | This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. |
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| | The Queen's family is an outdated, expensive, useless mess |
| | As former US President Bill Clinton pointed out during a speech in Vancouver last November, "Democracies by and large don't go to war with each other, don't sponsor terrorist acts against each other, and are more likely to be reliable partners, protect the environment, and abide by the law. | | | And since it's the member states that direct the Commonwealth, it really cannot be said to have any existence independent of the ability of governments to agree on joint positions. | | | At a recent meeting of Commonwealth countries, Britain, Australia and New Zealand pressed for other Commonwealth states to adopt some form of sanctions against Mugabe for alleged vote-rigging, intimidation and political suppression. |
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| | outlookindia.com wired |
| | The Commonwealth suspended Pakistan after Musharraf, then Pakistan's army chief, toppled elected President Nawaz Sharif in a bloodless coup in 1999. | | | Don McKinnon said that the 52-member Commonwealth of Britain and its former colonies was not influenced by the strong backing that Musharraf enjoys from the United States, which conferred the status of ``major non-NATO ally'' on Pakistan yesterday amid a major offensive against suspected al-Qaida guerrillas. | | | The Commonwealth is likely to lift the four-year suspension of Pakistan in April following a push by that country's President Pervez Musharaff to return the country to democratic rule, the organization's secretary-general said today. |
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| | Organization: The NCIHC Standards, Training and Certification committee, with funding from The Commonwealth Fund and The California Endowment | | | The cost of patients' unpaid bills accounted for 5.6% of hospitals' total expenses last year. | | | But, said Berliner, “the individual mandate is not perfect, but I would much prefer in New York that we had that than just a growing number without insurance at all.” The Massachusetts bills are being considered by a legislative committee this week. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Great Britain (British And Irish Political Geography) - Encyclopedia |
| | Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (1996 est. | | | The country is often referred to simply as Britain. | | | 4,957,000), 30,414 sq mi (78,772 sq km) on the island of Great Britain, while the United Kingdom includes Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland (1991 pop. |
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| | Regent Bookstore :: Footnotes |
| | America’s budgetary woes are due to domestic spending on entitlement programs such as social security rather than “imperial overreach.” Ferguson has a positive perspective on the U.S. projecting itself into the world to help especially needy areas but questions whether the U.S. will have the self-willed staying power that is required for the long view. | | | Whether one likes it or not, this change is a reality, and Naomi Klein or Bill McKibbon to the contrary, and barring something like an al-Qaeda nuclear bomb, the process is irreversible. | | | posted by Bill Reimer at 9:37 PM 2 comments |
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| | Midwest Pundits |
| | He’s said to be planning a film about medical insurance in the States but, with his track record, shouldn’t it carry a healthy warning? | | | Britain, France and Germany have been responsible for handling the EU’s relations with Iran in international forums, and have been notably careful in their diplomatic language, particularly in reference to the prospect of any military action against Iran. | | | By contrast, Washington has conspicuously refused to rule out such action. |
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| | Photos: Gates receives knighthood CNET News.com |
| | Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates receives honorary knighthood from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, in recognition of his charitable works in Commonwealth countries. | | | Seth hubert gregg Benson Mar 5, 2005, 8:34 AM PST |
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