The California Legislature recently approved a bill on this issue and other jurisdictions are trying to sort out whether a warrant is required under the Fourth Amendment and various state laws.
Westminster is consulting on whether to allow gay couples in England and Wales to marry, while in Scotland the SNP government has announced plans to bring forward a bill on the issue.
The Lib Dem superlawyer was all but purring as he read the government's response to the work of a joint parliamentary committee, which has been scrutinising a draft bill on the issue.
But although the government is will not take any direct action on fox hunting, Home Secretary Jack Straw has said the government will give its backing to a backbench bill on this issue.
But if you read the history of this act, the legislative history, you can see where the attorney general at the time, Griffin Bell, testified about the bill before the House Intelligence Committee, and what he said was that this bill eliminates the issue of whether a president has an inherent right to do electronic eavesdropping.
It is expected that the House will pass this March a clean bill (with no offsets unlike the Senate bill) just on the issue of repealing the Form 1099 provisions contained in the Health bill (again nothing regarding the real estate Form 1099 provisions in the Small Business bill).
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Even if the energy bill dissolves, the issue will undoubtedly resurface in other legislation.
Friday's lack of action on the proposed Anti-Homosexuality Bill means that the issue will not be discussed this session.
Lord Howe denied the legislation undermined the health secretary's ultimate accountability for the NHS but said he was willing to amend the bill to put the issue beyond doubt.
Interestingly, this week's statement of forthcoming Commons business, by the Leader of the House, Andrew Lansley, mentioned that Tuesday 19 March has been set aside for "proceedings on a bill", which might signal the deadline for sorting out the issue and bringing the Defamation Bill back.
Her constituency includes a fair chunk of bedsit-land, so this bill addresses an important local issue.
The White House has already threatened to veto the Defense Authorization Bill if the habeas corpus issue is added as an amendment.
His bill merely instructs the Federal Communications Commission to study the issue and institutes an "Internet Consumers' Bill of Rights" that critics have disparaged as worthless.
She said Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Minister Bill Rammell will raise the issue with the Laotian foreign minister when he visits the UK on 7 May.
Hanni Fakhoury, staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (which has been supporting the California bill, and following this issue nationwide) expects an increase in law enforcement "fishing expeditions" involving cell phones.
Ministers are promising a draft Pensions Bill once a commission on the issue reports.
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"It has been a non-issue, it will continue to be a non-issue, unless this bill becomes law, " she said.
On August 30th, a committee of lawmakers and government officials was to meet to issue amendments to the bill.
They are also working with supporters of the bill on compromise language to regulate issue ads, a compromise supported by Democratic Sen.
"What is surprising is just how wide the gap is between single young adults' intentions and behavior on this very important issue, " said Bill Albert, chief program officer at the organization.
MPs will also have to vote on a Standing Order 75 motion to extend the scope of the bill, so that the whole issue of press regulation will come within its scope.
But Justice minister Lord McNally opposed it, insisting he could give no commitment beyond what he had said at previous stages in the bill's progress that the issue was being dealt with.
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But while the effect of this new legislation will be felt in the towns and countryside, it is at Westminster where the decisions will be taken - and some MPs are saying that the Planning Bill is becoming as contentious an issue as the 42-day terror legislation.
Among the Democratic presidential candidates, only Bill Richardson comes close to understanding the issue.
In October, the Federal Communications Commission said it might issue new rules to prevent bill shock.
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Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, has blasted the final draft of his bill as far too weak on the issue.
The Liberals will want to avoid race becoming an election issue, and a citizenship bill could help them.
Turning to the issue of the Safeguarding Board Bill, the committee discussed the rate of remuneration for the chairperson of the board.
They hope their American friends can help them put the issue on the agenda for Bill Clinton's visit to Moscow this weekend.
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