The Northern Ireland troubles or legacy bill is nearly through parliament, but it faces strong opposition. Jamie Bryson, the Northern Ireland director of policy for the Centre for the Union think-tank, told NTD that the purpose of the bill is partly to stop prosecutions against members of the British army for killing terrorists by offering conditional […]
The government recently blocked a Scottish gender bill for the first time because it impacted UK-wide law. But parents and professionals also have concerns over the content of the bill, which would have removed the medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria and lowered the age for legally changing gender to 16 years old. To gain more […]
Rishi Sunak’s government this week blocked Scotland’s gender reform from becoming law. The legislation, which passed through the Scottish Parliament in December, would make it easier for people to legally change gender, including removing the need for a medical diagnosis. But it’s now been vetoed, with Alister Jack, the Scotland secretary, saying that he was […]
A group of bipartisan House lawmakers introduced the “Ensuring Accountability in Agency Rulemaking Act.” They say that federal officials belonging to government agencies shouldn’t be able to impose billions of dollars of regulatory costs on Americans every year, because those agency officials are not elected by the people.
The U.S. House recently passed an important bill on the U.S. strategic petroleum reserve (SPR). It bans the United States from exporting oil from its strategic reserve to China. In a rare show of bipartisanship, a large number of Democrats joined Republicans in voting for the bill. NTD spoke to Tom McNulty, a leading energy […]
A round-robin series of crucial last-minute decisions by senators anxious to wrap up their work before Christmas resulted in a decisive 68–29 vote to approve the controversial $1.85 trillion omnibus spending bill to keep the federal government open well into the New Year. The vote represented a big win for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer […]
The efforts of Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) to continue keeping Title 42 in place are delaying the passage of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill before a government shutdown. Lee’s amendment to the bipartisan bill would cut funding for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’s office unless the Biden administration reinstates the Trump-era policy, which allows Border Patrol agents to expel illegal aliens immediately without asylum processing […]
Lawmakers have at long last unveiled the legislative text of the huge $1.7 trillion “omnibus” government funding bill for all of fiscal year 2023, with apparent wins for both parties like boosting non-defense discretionary spending, while keeping restrictions on funding abortions. Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) released the bill (pdf) late Monday, urging […]
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Lorenzo Adams is in trouble. While working at a bill collection agency in Norfolk, VA an old debt of his own suddenly comes due when Frankie Gutierrez, an L.A. loan shark, shows up at his door. With less than three […]
