Representative Gus Bilirakis, who has represented Florida's 12th congressional district since 2007, sat down with the co-directors of the Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL) on Friday to discuss his ...

Progressive Conservative MLAs resumed a process on Tuesday that they started earlier this year to reduce the time opposition parties have to ask questions during legislative committees.

A new proposal would give Colorado voters a bigger role in deciding who represents them whenever a state lawmaker resigns before their term is complete. However, the measure is drawing criticism ...

Currently, when a legislative seat becomes vacant in Colorado, political party insiders — not voters — choose the replacement through a vacancy committee. The process is designed to be fast, so the ...

They were hired by a special interest to protect that interest’s affairs in the legislative process. Behind those doors, closed to citizens, these selected lobbyists freely interacted with committee ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — A bipartisan group of Oregon legislators has introduced House Bill 2006, aiming to streamline the legislative process by limiting the number of bills introduced each session.

Thus, the perceived immunity attached to the Governor and the President in the legislative process is completely removed by the judgment. It is a proclamation of people’s democracy in the ...

The complexity of the EU legislative process has sometimes been criticised as lengthy and subject to gridlock. To overcome this issue, the co-legislators have developed methods of informal contact to ...

No one can know how hard it is to get bills through the legislative process. There were 2,460 bills introduced during this year’s session. As I write this Saturday afternoon, it’s unclear how many ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Gov. Jeff Landry’s address to lawmakers as the legislative session began Monday celebrated accomplishments and touched on his priorities: insurance reform ...

After speaking to the House parliamentarian, Hester said Thursday that amended bills passed off the Senate floor Monday will still have time to make it through the legislative process. Hester also ...