Not exact matches
Moreover, the quality of decision making would be improved if the abolition of the Lords was
accompanied by appropriate reforms to the House of Commons (such as
changing the voting system to PR and greatly strengthening select committees to scrutinise
legislation and temporarily appoint outside expert advisers, etc).
Tomorrow's Commons debate on whether to increase the number of dogs allowed to flush out a fox — a relatively technical legal
change which would win no press attention at all if it were a normal bit of
legislation - is being
accompanied by protests outside parliament, frenzied behind - closed - door talks and acres of press coverage.
Jane Meyer says the Koch brothers» PAC has representatives pledging to vote against «
legislation relating to climate
change unless it is
accompanied by an equivalent amount of tax cuts» and that «the pledge essentially commits those who sign to it to vote against nearly any meaningful bill regarding global war [m] ing».