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The article discusses the impact of the transition from printed paper to online labels on companies that print information about pharmaceuticals for pharmacists and physicians. Richard Scholz of the Pharmaceutical Printed Literature Association, cites a study that found that switching to electronic labels could impact public health. The House passed legislation in 2013 which aimed to combat counterfeit drugs with a provision allowing drugmakers to replace paper labels with electronic ones.

The article reports that the U.S. House defeated a legislative bill in July 2008 that would authorize up to $75 million to pay for backup paper ballots in the November elections. The bill, HR 5803, sponsored by Zoe Lofgren, was brought up under suspension of the rules, which requires a two-thirds vote for passage.

The article focuses on the passage of HR 811 that would require states to perform random audits of voting results and make voting-machine software available for inspection by the U.S. House Administration Committee. The measure would authorize the federal government to spend up to $1 billion to help states replace their old machines. It cites the reasons behind the opposition of the National Association of Counties to the bill.

Reports on the approval given by the U.S. House Government Reform Committee on a legislation to countermand the decision of U.S. President George W. Bush to put a protective cloak over the papers of his predecessors. Reason for the probability that the bill would not pass the 107th Congress; Sponsors of the bill; Details of the bill.

The article reports on the approval of a bill to ban imports of illegally harvested timber by the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee. The bill extends the Lacey Act to cover forest products aside from the original coverage for fish, wildlife and some plants. The American Forest and Paper Association and environmental groups support the bill as illegal logging costs the country about $1 billion a year due to lost exports and lower domestic prices. The bill can help developing countries facing challenges in enforcing harvest bans.

Reports that legislators in the United States Senate and House of Representatives will meet in April 2000 to complete work on a bill to authorize use of electronic signatures to finalize business contracts over the Internet. Benefits of the legislative bill; Provisions of both versions of the bill.

The article discusses a bill passed by the House in February 2012 requiring the U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to adopt fair-value accounting. It cites resistance by OMB to the accounting change since it trim the government's portfolio of loans or cut into other spending and calls for closer examination on the subject. It refers to the U.S. federal government as a desirable creditor which borrows at the lowest interest rates possible.

Focuses on a legislation governing electronic check processing in the U.S. Move of the House to adopt a conference report accompanying the bill; Influence of the events of September 11, 2001 on the emergence of the bill; Advantages of the bill to banks.

Reports on the bills introduced by several Republican legislators in the U.S. Congress that aim to memorialize former President Ronald Reagan who died on June 5, 2004. Paper currency and coins which the legislators want to bear the likeness of President Reagan; Comments from legislators; Challenge from the Democrats to the proposals of Republicans.

Reports on the decision of the U.S. Senate to clear a legislation that will allow banks to process checks electronically. Provisions of the legislation; Implications of the legislation for banks.

Provides an update on a bill governing bank expansions, checks and swaps in the U.S. as of May 2003. Approval of the House Financial Services Committee on the bill; Effect of the bill on bank mergers; Statement issued by supporters of the bill on the importance of the bill to the financial services industry.

Reports that Senator Dianne Feinstein, wants the U.S. Senate to not discriminate in its hiring based on sexual orientation and want to extend federal employment anti-discrimination laws to cover gays. Plan of supporters of a legislation of Edward M. Kennedy; Views on the legislation.

Efforts of the negotiators from both chambers of the United States Congress to narrow their differences on the use of electronic signatures to seal business and legal transactions. Bill crafted by the legislators for the use of electronic signatures to seal business and legal transactions; Discussion on the issue; Highlights on the bill.

Presents the records of voting in the U.S. Congress on bills and amendments. Voting records in the U.S. House; Voting records in the U.S. Senate; Legislators who voted on the bills and amendments.

Discusses the possible implications of the Republican majorities in both chambers of the U.S. Congress for the political agenda of President George W. Bush. Priority legislation proposed by the Republican Party; Actions taken by Bush to garner support from Congress; Increase in the number of supporters of Bush in Congress.

Summarizes the bills passed by U.S. legislators in the second session of the 107th Congress. Focus of the bills, including homeland security; Bills passed in relation to economic security; Overview of the fiscal 2003 appropriations process.

Focuses on a landmark bill which aims to regulate the U.S. accounting industry and to crack down corporate fraud. Reason for the decision of U.S. lawmakers to focus on the landmark bill; Impetus for the legislation. INSETS: Corporate Accountability Bills Compared;Box Score;SEC Budget Skyrockets, by Jennifer A. Dlouhy.

Focuses on issues regarding the U.S. government's budget for the House bill 4546, which would approve U.S. President George W. Bush's request to develop a nuclear bunker buster, capable of digging out deeply buried chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. Requested budget of President Bush for missile defense; Discussion on the bookkeeping differences between President Bush's request and the congressional measures; Estimated cost of the bunker buster project. INSET: Bush Strips Crusader's Budget.

Reports on the opposition of former members of the U.S. House of Representative on various legislative proposals. Information on the concern raised by former Representative Bill Paxon (R-N.Y.); Process of passing legislative bills in the U.S.; Discussion on the privileges of retired members of the U.S. House and Senate; Concept of bipartisanship in supporting legislative bills; List of former legislators who have become lobbyists as their second career. INSET: Lobbying After Legislating: Where Former Members Are Working.

Presents a list of the legislation of the United States House for 2002. Status of the bills; Overview of the legislation; Outlook on the clearing of the legislation in 2002.

Reports that lawmakers in the United States (U.S.) both in the Republican Party and Democratic Party remain leery of mandating national standards for state-run election systems. Comments from Representative Sheila Jackson-Lee about the outcome of the 2000 election; Election reform-related bills; What might prompt U.S. Congress to help states upgrade their voting machines.

Highlights the accomplishments of the 106th United States (U.S.) Congress in passing legislation. Factors that contribute to the productivity of the sessions of the Congress; Legislation that gave China permanent normal trade status by the U.S.; Legislation that the Congress failed to pass; Details on legislative bills and laws deliberated upon by Congress.

Highlights how United States Republican legislators had failed to urge President Bill Clinton to pass their legislative bills. Views of Clinton on taxation; Legislation that granted China permanent normal trading status by the U.S.; Progress on legislation on social issues.

Presents an overview of the events, approved bills and issues that bound the closing of the 106th Congress in the United States (U.S.). Political and social issues which were agreed upon and argued by Democratic and Republican party members; Bills which were proposed by U.S. President Bill Clinton for veto purposes; International and local issues that brought impact on the U.S. government.

Reports that the move of the United States Congress to repeal federal taxation of estates may be useless with the promise of President Bill Clinton to veto the legislation. Position of Clinton on the bill; Estimated cost of the measure to the Department of the Treasury; Lawmakers that voted for the bill; Endorsed amendments to the legislation.

Focuses on the importance of the bill which seeks to grant China permanent normal trading relations with the United States (U.S.). How the U.S. 106th Congress tackle the bill; Issues raised by legislators in connection to the bill; Outlook of the U.S. Senate for the bill; Highlights on the bill.

Discusses the lessons to be learned by the 108th U.S. Congress from the previous Congress regarding legislative bills. Difference of the challenges that lawmakers will face for two years beginning January 2, 2003; Advice to Republicans on accounting regulation; Mistakes that the 108th Congress should avoid in order to break the deadlock over prescription drug coverage.

Deals with the approval by the United States Congress of a midyear 2000 appropriations bill which was negotiated in secrecy. Aim of the bill; Actions taken by House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert; Details on the package; Effort to win extension of a biotechnology drug patent. INSET: Beam Me Up, Mr. Speaker!, by James C. Benton and Karen Foerstel.

Provides news briefs on legislation in the United States. Promise of President Bill Clinton to pass an executive order protecting the privacy of patients' medical records; Approval by the United States Senate of the veteran's health and benefits bill; Postponement of the final action on the bill aimed at overturning Oregon's assisted suicide law; Approval of the budget for the federal information technology research.

The article reports on a legislative bill approved by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in July 2013 aimed at improving requirements for public disclosure of legal settlements.

The article reports that the U.S. Congress is moving forward with legislation to improve the safety of the prescription drug supply chain, with the House Energy and Commerce Committee approving its version on May 15, 2013 and the Senate committee marking up its bipartisan version on May 22, 2013.

The article reports on criticisms in the May 2013 report released by the Heritage Foundation which highlighted the high cost of legalizing undocumented immigrants. It also discusses the U.S. Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) plan to consider the macroeconomic effects of the Senate's immigration bill in its official score of the budgetary impact of the legislation.

The article discusses the status of the highway reauthorization bill (S 1813) in the U.S. The bill involves maintaining surface transportation spending at current levels adjusted for inflation. It would allocate 85.3 billion dollars for federal highway programs in 2012 and 2013. The Senate Environment and Public Works committee has advanced the bill.

Describes the voting process undergone by the U.S. Congress over the Medicare bill in November 2003. Response of House Speaker Nick Smith to the request of Senate Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) to vote for the bill; Details of how Republicans convinced other Republicans and Democrats to switch their vote in favor of the Medicare bill; Reason for the decision of Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) to vote against the bill.

Reports that abortion rights advocacy groups are coordinating multicourt lawsuits against a measure to ban partial birth abortion in the U.S. List of the abortion rights advocacy groups that are coordinating efforts to challenge the bill; Provisions of the legislation; Issues regarding the constitutionality of the legislation.

Reports that U.S. lawmakers in both parties will soon resolve differences in the U.S. Senate version of a bill that would overhaul the U.S. voting procedures and the U.S. House version of the bill. Main thrust of the two bills; Advocacy groups that intend to wage campaign against the final bill; Factor that would appear to suggest a preference for the U.S. House bill. INSETS: Box Score;Flawed Ballots Still a Problem.

Presents an update on several legislative bills in the United States as of May 19, 2001. Approval of a bill designed to put the federal railroad pension system on a surer financial footing; Impact of a legislation on telephone competition on Bell operating companies; Passage of a bill that expands the tax benefits for adopting a child.

Reports that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a water quality regulation before enactment of a rider to the fiscal 2001 military construction appropriations bill aimed at blocking its implementation. Details on the rider in the military construction bill; Information on the EPA water quality rule; Concern of the business community over the rules of the EPA.

Focuses on the rejection by the United State Congress of a bill which sought to change the budget legislation process. Number of legislators who voted in favor of the bill; Number of legislators who voted against the bill; Importance of the bill.

Presents updates on various legislative bills in the United States as of November 20, 1999. Bill passed by the Senate on November 19, 1999 aimed at improving long-term health care for veterans; Language added onto the fiscal 2000 omnibus appropriations bill that would exempt certain recycling businesses from superfund liability; Bill passed by the Senate to prohibit on-line gambling.

Provides information on the bills and issues under consideration by the United States Congress. Spending bill for Washington D.C.; Cloture petition to bring up the stalled bankruptcy overhaul bill; Subpoena issued to government officials during the siege of the Branch Davidian sect in Waco, Texas.

Suggests that the United Statse Senate tax cut proposals favor businesses, corporations and wealthy individuals. Tax breaks incorporated in the bills; Criticism of the provision sponsored by Democratic Senator Bob Kerrey; Other special interest provisions in the bill.

The article discusses the bill sponsored by Republican Candice S. Miller of Michigan and supported by Democrat Loretta Sanchez of California introduced at the House Homeland Security Committee in 2013. The bill would require the Obama administration to implement a system that would monitor the exit of foreign visitors from the U.S. It explores opposition to the bill from immigration union leaders and conservative advocacy groups that want stricter immigration enforcement.

The article reports on a legislative bill approved by the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee in July 2013 aimed at limiting the ability of the U.S. government to designate federal lands for special protection.

The article reports on the approval by the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee of a legislative bill in July 2013 aimed at improving the efficiency of reviewing oil and gas drilling permits.

The article reports on a legislative bill approved by the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee in July 2013 aimed at improving the marketing and recruitment practices of colleges in the U.S.

The article reports on a legislative bill approved by the U.S. Senate Rules and Administration Committee in July 2013 aimed at imposing electronic filing of campaign reports for Senate candidates.

The article reports on the bills approved by the U.S. House Administration Committee to end the use of public funds for party nominating conventions and presidential elections on June 4, 2013.

The article discusses the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on the Environment and the Economy's approval of bills to provide U.S. states more authority for coal ash and Superfund regulation.

The article reports that the U.S. House passed legislation that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct cost-benefit analyses before issuing new regulations and two years after their implementation, and speculates that a similar measure will not pass the Senate.