Third Plenary Session Underway in Uzbekistan

The third plenary session of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan has begun. The Senate Kengash (Council) held a meeting one day earlier to consider the preparation to the session.

Zimbabwe Civil Coalition Campaigns for Power Devolution to Provincial Assemblies

A coalition of Zimbabwean churches, civic and human rights bodies, women’s organizations and student and labor movements is campaigning for the devolution of power with a proposal that the country’s proposed Constitution should provide for provincial...

Liberian Senate Agrees with Lower House on Constitutional Reforms

The upper house of Liberia’s bicameral legislature has agreed with the House of Representatives or lower house to approve a joint resolution to amend certain provisions of the 1986 Liberian Constitution.

Uzbekistan Senate to Convene for 3rd Plenary Session

The Kengash (Council) of the Senate of the Oliy Majlis of Uzbekistan has adopted a resolution on convening the third plenary session of the parliament’s upper house on 28 August.

Liberian Upper House Puts New Electoral Threshold At 54,000 Per Constituency

The upper house of Liberia’s bicameral parliament has set the new electoral threshold at 54,500 per constituency. Earlier, the Senate set the threshold at 40,000, causing the President to veto it because, she argued that setting the threshold at this...

Nigeria’s National Assembly Passes $32b National Budget

Both houses of the Nigerian National Assembly, the Senate and House of Representatives have passed the 2010 national budget of N4.6 trillion ($32 billion). The budget was passed three months into the new fiscal year of 2010, which means that the budget...

Reinforcing CHUTZPAH Over Health Care Reform

Having already presented a Chutzpah of the Week award to Howard Dean for asking “Where’s the reform?” in the health care bill that was debated in the Senate, I may be accused by some of being redundant in offering another award for...

The Truth About Bernie Sanders

I happened to be listening to Washington Journal this morning on the C-SPAN radio feed that I get through my XM Satellite receiver; so I got to hear John Barrasso, Republican Senator from Wyoming, fulminating over how bad things had become in the Senate...

The Obama Administration Loses Its Touch in Cyberspace

Irrationality is often an excellent symptom of desperation, particularly when it involves losing grip on your best strengths. This lesson goes all the way back to the Old Testament. The Israelites lost the strength of their faith as soon as they...