The world's political record
Records whose title is actually about this topic. Use a country filter if the list is still too broad.
301 records in 2009
France · Senate · 24 March 2009
France · Senate · 24 March 2009
France · Senate · 24 March 2009
France · Senate · 24 March 2009
United States · United States Congress · 23 March 2009
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that all public elementary and secondary schools should display a copy of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, in a clear and conspicuous location.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 17 March 2009
Stimuleringsmaatregelen waarden democratische rechtsstaat
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 13 March 2009
Voortgang Huis voor democratie en rechtsstaat (31 475)
Austria · National Council · 12 March 2009
United States · United States Congress · 12 March 2009
Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the principal campaign committee of a candidate for election to the Office of President to include with the committee's statement of organization a copy of the candidate's birth certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under the Constitution.
Austria · National Council · 11 March 2009
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Heribert Donnerbauer, Dr. Johannes Jarolim, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz geändert wird <i>(Einsatz von Rechtspflegern in Strafsachen)</i>
France · Senate · 5 March 2009
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2009
Muscogee Nation of Florida Federal Recognition Act - Extends federal recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Florida (the Nation). Makes the Nation and its members eligible for all services and benefits provided by the federal government to federally recognized Indian tribes. Considers, for the purpose of the delivery of federal services to members, the service area of the Nation to be: (1) the community of Bruce in Walton County, Florida; and (2) an area in Florida in which members reside that is bordered on the west by the Escambia River and on the east by the St. Marks River. Requires that the constitution and bylaws of the Nation be the constitution and bylaws of the Nation's Tribal Council dated January 21, 2001 (including amendments). Instructs the Secretary of the Interior, upon receipt of a written request of the Tribal Council, to hold a referendum for members to adopt a new constitution and bylaws. Specifies the role and duties of the Tribal Council. Requires that the membership roll of the Nation be determined in accordance with the membership criteria established by the ordinance of the Nation numbered 04-01-100 and dated February 7, 2004.
United States · United States Congress · 5 March 2009
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act - Reaffirms federal recognition and the rights and privileges of the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians in Cheboygan County, Michigan. Extends to the Band eligibility for all federal services and benefits available to other federally recognized Indian tribes. Designates the service area for the delivery of federal services to the Band and to other Indians in the area of Cheboygan County, Michigan. Directs the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in Cheboygan County, Michigan, and in other geographic areas and to hold such lands in trust for the benefit of the Band. Sets forth criteria and evidentiary requirements for determining the initial membership of the Band. Requires the Band to provide a copy of its base roll to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs within one year after the enactment of this Act. Provides that the initial constitution of the Band shall be the constitution submitted by the Band to the Office of Federal Acknowledgment on May 2, 2005.
Austria · National Council · 4 March 2009
Bericht des Verfassungsausschusses über den Antrag 506/A der Abgeordneten Karlheinz Kopf, Dr. Josef Cap, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem besondere Bestimmungen für die Neuermittlung der Verteilung von nach der Wahl der Mitglieder des Europäischen Parlaments 2009 zu vergebenden Mandaten durch die Bundeswahlbehörde erlassen werden
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 2009
Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Allows any U.S. person against whom a lawsuit for defamation is brought in a foreign country on the basis of the content of any speech by that person that has been published, uttered, or otherwise disseminated primarily in the United States to bring an action in a U.S. district court against any person who, or entity which, brought the suit, if the speech at issue in the foreign lawsuit does not constitute defamation under U.S. law. Allows the award of treble damages if it is determined by a preponderance of the evidence that the person or entity bringing the foreign lawsuit intentionally engaged in a scheme to suppress rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution by discouraging publishers or other media from publishing, or by discouraging financial supporters from employing, retaining, or supporting the research, writing, or other speech of an individual.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 2009
Afghanistan-Pakistan Security and Prosperity Enhancement Act - Authorizes the President to designate Reconstruction Opportunity Zones within Afghanistan or Pakistan, provided certain eligibility criteria are met, including that: (1) such countries establish, or make progress toward establishing, a market-based economy, instituting rule of law, protecting core labor standards, and eliminating barriers to trade and investment; (2) such countries can be designated as a beneficiary developing country; and (3) the designation of a Reconstruction Opportunity Zone is appropriate taking into account certain qualifying factors. Provides for the duty-free treatment of certain textile and apparel products, as well as nontextile and nonapparel products, from a Reconstruction Opportunity Zone through September 30, 2024. Sets forth requirements to prevent the unlawful transshipment of such products. Continues the duty-free treatment of such products from a Reconstruction Opportunity Zone in Afghanistan or Pakistan only if the President certifies to Congress that such countries have met certain requirements, including: (1) designation of a labor official; and (2) have agreed to require textile or apparel exporting enterprises to participate in a technical assistance, capacity building, compliance assessment, and remediation program. Authorizes the President to withdraw, suspend, or limit the application of duty-free treatment under this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 2009
Veterans' Memorials, Boy Scouts, Public Seals, and Other Public Expressions of Religion Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the Revised Statutes of the United States to limit the remedy, in a civil action against a state or local official for deprivation of civil rights, to injunctive and declaratory relief, and deny attorneys' fees, where the deprivation consists of a violation of a prohibition in the Constitution against the establishment of religion, including violations relating to: (1) religious words or imagery in veterans' memorials, public buildings, or official seals of states or their subdivisions; and (2) the chartering of Boy Scout units by states or their subdivisions and the Boy Scouts' using public buildings. Imposes the same limits regarding such an action against the United States or any U.S. agency or official acting in his or her official capacity.
United States · United States Congress · 4 March 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Requires marriage in the United States to consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman. Prohibits any federal or state court from having jurisdiction to determine whether the Constitution or any state constitution requires the legal incidents of marriage to be conferred upon any union other than a legal union between one man and one woman. Prohibits requiring any state to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other state.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 2009
Constitutional Amendment - States that the liberty of parents to direct the upbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right. States that neither the United States nor any state shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating that its government interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwise served. States that no treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of international law be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed by this amendment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 2009
Marriage Protection Act of 2009 - Amends the federal judicial code to deny federal courts jurisdiction to hear or decide any question pertaining to the interpretation of, or the validity under the Constitution, of the provision of the Defense of Marriage Act declaring that no state shall be required to give effect to any marriage between persons of the same sex under the laws of any other state.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to tax all persons progressively in proportion to their income.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that every person has the right to: (1) work; (2) free choice of employment; (3) just and favorable conditions of work; (4) protection against unemployment; and (5) equal pay for equal work, without any discrimination. Provides that all persons who work have the right to: (1) just and favorable remuneration ensuring for themselves and their family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection; and (2) form and join trade unions for the protection of their interests.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the United States or any state from denying or abridging: (1) equality of rights under the law on account of sex; or (2) reproductive rights for women.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Grants all persons the right to a clean, safe, and sustainable environment.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that all persons shall enjoy the right to a public education of equal high quality.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Grants all U.S. citizens who are eighteen years of age or older the right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides. Prohibits the United States, any state, or any other public or private person or entity from denying or abridging the right to vote, but allows regulations narrowly tailored to produce efficient and honest elections. Requires each state to: (1) administer public elections in the state in accordance with election performance standards established by Congress; and (2) provide any eligible voter the opportunity to register and vote on the day of any public election.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct popular election of the President and the Vice President. (Abolishes the Electoral College.)
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that all persons shall enjoy the right to equal, high quality health care.
United States · United States Congress · 3 March 2009
Constitutional Amendment - States that all U.S. citizens shall have a right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing.
Austria · National Council · 27 February 2009
Bericht des Geschäftsordnungsausschusses über den Antrag 487/A der Abgeordneten Mag. Barbara Prammer, Fritz Neugebauer, Mag. Dr. Martin Graf, Herbert Scheibner, Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz geändert und ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundesgesetz über die Geschäftsordnung des Nationalrates (Geschäftsordnungsgesetz 1975) geändert wird
Austria · National Council · 26 February 2009
Antrag der Abgeordneten Karlheinz Kopf, Dr. Josef Cap, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem besondere Bestimmungen für die Neuermittlung der Verteilung von nach der Wahl der Mitglieder des Europäischen Parlaments 2009 zu vergebenden Mandaten durch die Bundeswahlbehörde erlassen werden
Austria · National Council · 26 February 2009
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Barbara Prammer, Fritz Neugebauer, Mag. Dr. Martin Graf, Herbert Scheibner, Dr. Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz geändert und ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundesgesetz über die Geschäftsordnung des Nationalrates (Geschäftsordnungsgesetz 1975) geändert wird
United States · United States Congress · 26 February 2009
Recognizes that respect for human rights is a fundamental value and that the bilateral relationship between the United States and Egypt should be a platform for promoting the rule of law and fundamental freedoms. Calls on the Egyptian government to: (1) respect human rights, minority rights, and freedoms of religion and expression; and (2) release Abdel Karim Suleiman and all political activists. Welcomes the government of Egypt's decision to pardon Ayman Nour for medical reasons. Urges the President and the Secretary of State to put human rights and religious freedom developments in Egypt very high on the U.S. government's agenda during meetings with Egyptian officials.
United States · United States Congress · 25 February 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Requires the people of the District constituting the seat of government of the United States to elect one representative to the House of Representatives who is a resident of that District. Declares that the representative so elected shall have the same rights, privileges, and obligations as a Representative from a state.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 February 2009
58 Deputy Jan O’Sullivan asked the Minister for Health and Children the input she has had into discussions on proposals aimed at inserting the rights of children into the Constitution. [6525/09]
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 19 February 2009
Voorstudie van de staatscommissie herziening Grondwet
Austria · National Council · 18 February 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Wolfgang Spadiut, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Gesundheit betreffend "Rinds-Embryonen-Essen" <i>("Kunstaktionismus")</i>
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 18 February 2009
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 18 February 2009
Jaarplan Rechtspraak 2009
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 18 February 2009
Austria · National Council · 17 February 2009
Antrag der Abgeordneten Mag. Ewald Stadler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz geändert wird <i>(Wahl- und Abberufungsmodus der Mitglieder der</i> <i>Volksanwaltschaft)</i>
Austria · National Council · 17 February 2009
Antrag der Abgeordneten Josef Bucher, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Wohnungsgemeinnützigkeitsgesetz geändert wird
Austria · National Council · 17 February 2009
Antrag der Abgeordneten Josef Bucher, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz und das Rechnungshofgesetz geändert werden <i>(Ausweitung der Prüfungskompetenzen des Rechnungshofes auf</i> <i>Unternehmen ab 25 % öffentlicher Beteiligung)</i>
Austria · National Council · 17 February 2009
Antrag der Abgeordneten Ing. Peter Westenthaler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesverfassungsgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz geändert wird <i>(Entfall der außerberuflichen Immunität der Abgeordneten)</i>
Austria · National Council · 17 February 2009
Antrag der Abgeordneten Josef Bucher, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend ein Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz und das Rechnungshofgesetz geändert werden <i>(Ausweitung der Prüfungskompetenzen des Rechnungshofes auf</i> <i>Unternehmen ab 25 % öffentlicher Beteiligung)</i>
United States · United States Congress · 13 February 2009
Free Speech Protection Act of 2009 - Allows any U.S. person against whom a lawsuit for defamation is brought in a foreign country for defamation on the basis of the content of any speech by that person that has been published, uttered, or otherwise disseminated in the United States to bring an action in a U.S. district court against any person who, or entity which, brought the suit, if: (1) the speech at issue in the foreign lawsuit does not constitute defamation under U.S. law; and (2) the person or entity which brought the foreign lawsuit serves or causes to be served any documents in connection with such foreign lawsuit on a U.S. person. Allows the award of treble damages if it is determined by a preponderance of the evidence that the person or entity bringing the foreign lawsuit intentionally engaged in a scheme to suppress rights under the First Amendment to the Constitution by discouraging publishers or other media from publishing, or by discouraging financial supporters from employing, retaining, or supporting the research, writing, or other speech of an individual.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 February 2009
52 Deputy Tom Sheahan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Irish Aid has included rule of law initiatives, similar to that in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in agreed programmes with partner countries; the countries in which such initiatives are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5234/09]
United States · United States Congress · 12 February 2009
Celebrates the life of Abraham Lincoln. Expresses gratitude for his leadership in preserving the Union and defending the natural rights of all individuals, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution. Recognizes the magnitude of his life's legacy and its impact.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 2009
English Language Unity Act of 2009 - Makes English the official language of the United States. Requires, subject to exceptions and rules of construction, that: (1) official functions of the United States be conducted in English; and (2) all naturalization ceremonies be conducted in English. Establishes a uniform English language rule for naturalization. Makes English language requirements and workplace policies, whether in the public or private sector, presumptively consistent with the laws of the United States. Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to issue for public notice and comment a proposed rule for uniform testing of English language ability of candidates for naturalization based upon the principles that: (1) all citizens should be able to read and understand generally the English language text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the laws of the United States; and (2) any exceptions to this standard should be limited to extraordinary circumstances, such as asylum.
United States · United States Congress · 11 February 2009
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that no person shall be a Senator from a state unless such person has been elected by the people thereof, and that when vacancies happen in the representation of any state in the Senate, the executive authority of such state shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.