Tag: Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)

DC Council Pulls Controversial Crime Bill Before Block by Senate, Biden

March 7, 2023
DC crimeJoe BidenKamala HarrisMuriel BowserPoliticsSen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)USUS NewsWashington D.C.
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Democratic D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson announced at a press conference on Monday that he was withdrawing a controversial criminal code bill that sought to reduce sentences for violent crimes committed in the Capital. While the Council had passed the Revised Criminal Code Act (RCCA), it was vetoed by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and, on…

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House Passes Senate GOP Bill to Fast-Track New US Semi-Conductor Factories

July 29, 2022
congressPoliticssemiconductorsSen. Angus King (I-Maine)Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.)Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio)United StatesUSUS News
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A Republican senator’s bill designed to speed up official approvals for building new U.S. semi-conductor factories that was approved in January by the Senate is now headed to President Joe Biden for signature after passage Friday by the House of Representatives. The House vote was 303 to 89 to approve the unusually short, less than one…

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