To date, California, Massachusetts, Maryland and Connecticut have considered mandatory insurance legislation.
Opposition from agriculture, normally reliable Republican constituents, has threatened to derail mandatory E-Verify legislation.
Another factor working against mandatory E-Verify legislation is vocal opposition to the bill from the agriculture industry.
But he warned against making the proposal a mandatory requirement in primary legislation.
Does all this add up to federal legislation on mandatory controls?
It will speed up legislation for mandatory supervisors for big cross-border banks and will monitor rating agencies, which will have to register and become subject to supervision.
The Scottish Parliament rejected Labour-backed legislation to introduce mandatory six-month jail terms for anyone caught carrying a knife.
Frank's legislation would require mandatory reporting by companies registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the U.S. oil industry thinks this goes too far.
Thus, in February lawmakers passed pay-as-you-go legislation, decreeing that new mandatory spending will be offset by spending cuts or tax hikes.
It was not until the election of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a soccer mad Corinthians fan, that the political will existed to reform the country's national obsession -- legislation followed in 2003 with mandatory relegation being introduced for the first time.
In a petition on its website, the group says it agrees with the goal of the legislation, but argues that mandatory patient record checking, prescription reporting, and penalties for physicians who fail to do so would create undue administrative burdens for doctors.
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R. 2885, legislation to make E-Verify mandatory across the nation, passed the House Judiciary Committee by a party line vote of 22-13.
He has been working part time at Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a non-profit group that promotes legislation to reduce harsh prison sentences for non-violent offenders.
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As gun violence legislation sputters in Congress, the idea of requiring mandatory gun liability insurance seems to be gaining more traction.
The fact that Obama now promises to submit gun legislation to Congress will help the narrative, but it shouldn't be a mandatory requirement for coverage.
However, U.S. Senators Mike Enzi (Republican--Wyoming) and Byron Dorgan (Democrat--North Dakota) are pushing legislation that would give the SSUTA the backing of federal law, turning a voluntary project into a mandatory one.
Labour justice spokesman Richard Baker said the presumption against prison sentences of three months or less and the rejection of mandatory six-month jail terms for anyone caught carrying a knife meant his party could not support the "flawed legislation".
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