ST. PAUL -- Minnesota voters send 201 lawmakers to St. Paul, expecting each to have a voice in how their tax money is spent, and whether to enact laws affecting them. But the spotlight now shines on ...

Constitutionally, legislation must pass the House and Senate with identical language. Reconciling differences, no matter how minor, in bills from the two bodies must be made. Even though bicameral ...

The House of Representatives and the Senate don’t always agree on everything and often disagree on the exact details of a bill. Before a bill can be sent to the president and signed into law, it must ...

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House and Senate conference committees began meeting this week to consider appropriations and language in various omnibus finance bills. The process includes negotiating a compromise and then sending ...

CONCORD – With Thursday the deadline to form committees of conference, the New Hampshire Senate agreed to a number of House requests including those related to creating a committee for cannabis sales, ...

Maryland state lawmakers spent Saturday trying to hammer out differences in legislation passed by the two chambers.Download the WBAL appIn a day of fits and starts, the House opened its Saturday ...

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In grade school, we are taught that a bill becomes a law after passage by both houses of Congress and once signed by the president. Straightforward, right? Not quite. If the House and Senate pass ...

Many New Jersey children who commit minor crimes for the first time don’t see the inside of a courtroom. Instead, they experience a form of neighborhood justice. Their cases have been moved out of ...

JUNEAU — The Alaska House and Senate have appointed six members to a conference committee that will work on final negotiations over the state budget ahead of the end of the legislative session next ...