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How They Voted: Colorado congressional votes for March 21-27, 2025

Daily Camera 29 Mar 2025
730), to coordinate federal research and development efforts focused on modernizing mathematics in STEM education through mathematical and statistical modeling; the Commercial Remote Sensing Amendment Act (H.R ... AMENDING COLLEGE SECURITY BILL.
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Iowa House OKs bill lowering age to buy handguns to 18

The Gazette Cedar Rapids 25 Mar 2025
Proponents, including the Iowa Firearms Coalition, say Iowa's law infringes on Second Amendment rights by restricting younger adults, and cite federal court decisions that have struck down age-based firearm restrictions.
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U.S. Supreme Court asked to halt execution of Florida inmate

Sun Sentinel 17 Mar 2025
Attorney Dawn Macready asked the U.S ... Constitution’s 8th Amendment prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment ... James’ execution under the Eighth Amendment because he was denied a unanimous death recommendation,” Macready wrote in a petition ... Gov ... ....
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Bill to repeal death penalty in Pa. gets bipartisan support in Legislature

The Morning Call 14 Mar 2025
Pennsylvania’s death penalty law was last amended in 1978 several years after the U.S. Supreme Court required all states to rewrite their statutes after it found them unconstitutional as cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the 8th Amendment ... .
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