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الحدث: احتفال أبطال الديمقراطية لعام 2024 الخميس 10 أكتوبر
ويعد هذا الحدث أحد أكبر احتفالات الديمقراطية في الولاية وسيضم برنامجًا ديناميكيًا للمتحدثين والقادة والمكرمين.
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جون ماريون
المدير التنفيذي، رود آيلاند
جماريون@commoncause.org
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تقدم منظمة Common Cause Rhode Island تعليقات متكررة حول قضايا إصلاح الديمقراطية. للتحدث مع جون ماريون، يرجى التواصل باستخدام معلومات الاتصال المذكورة أعلاه.
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Rule changes in R.I. House hailed as step forward
The rule changes, endorsed 14-3 by the House Rules Committee, would require House leaders to post new legislative language — with some exceptions — for public consumption at least 24 hours before it is voted on by lawmakers.
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RI House Committee Approves New 24-Hour Waiting Period To Review Major Changes To Bills; Critics Say Broader Changes Needed
The Rhode Island House Rules Committee approved Thursday a minimum 24-hour waiting period to review significant changes to legislation in House committees. But critics said the Rules Committee failed to go far enough in making more changes to improve the legislative process.
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Mattiello will release revised bills at least 24 hours before a vote
House Democrats loyal to Speaker Nicholas Mattiello on Thursday approved a revised set of rules to govern the chamber over the next two years, including a provision requiring that amended bills are published at least 24 hours before a vote.
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Performative Irony: House Committee on Rules makes a “small step” towards reform
Speaking to me on the floor of the Rhode Island House of Representatives ahead of the House Committee on Rules vote on 5037A, the chair of the committee, Representative Arthur Corvese (Democrat, District 55, North Providence), told me that “I’m comfortable with [the changes to the bill].” He added, “Small steps.”
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1/8: Common Cause RI’s John Marion talks reform caucus and House rules on State of Mind
Executive Director of Common Cause Rhode Island, John Marion, joined Dan to discuss the reform caucus and proposed changes to the House rules.
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At packed hearing, Mattiello urged to loosen RI House rules
Lawmakers and members of the public packed the usually sleepy House Rules Committee on Tuesday in a last-ditch effort to convince Speaker Nicholas Mattiello and his allies to open up the legislative process.
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Critics Call For Change To RI Legislative Rules; Leadership-Backed Plan Moving Ahead
A group of citizens and ‘Reform Democrats’ urged the House Rules Committee Tuesday night to make broader changes to the rules governing the Rhode Island House of Representatives for the next two years. But the House Rules Committee could approve rules as soon as Thursday that don’t address most of the differences sought by critics.
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Lawmakers have returned to tackle a host of familiar issues
The General Assembly reopened Jan. 1 with a new configuration of legislators facing many of the same issues that have been circulating in the state…
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Laborers union, IGT and Twin River lead list of inaugural gala sponsors
Some of Rhode Island’s biggest corporations opened their checkbooks to pay for Gov. Gina Raimondo’s inaugural ball, including the gaming company the state paid $52 million last year to run Rhode Island’s online lottery operations; and the owners of the Twin River casinos in Lincoln and Tiverton.
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‘Reform Caucus’ calls on Mattiello to publish bills 48 hours before a vote
More than a dozen Rhode Island House Democrats who call themselves the "Reform Caucus" put forward a set of changes Wednesday they say will open up the legislative process and help them better serve their constituents.
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Mattiello gives ‘Reform Caucus’ platform a look
A group of House Democrats opposed to Speaker Nicholas Mattiello’s reign on Tuesday proposed changes to the legislative process they hope will disperse some of the power that has concentrated in the speaker’s office over the years back to rank and file lawmakers.
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R.I. General Assembly preview: Guns, pot, abortion back on the agenda
Rhode Island’s part-time lawmakers will begin a new legislative session on New Year’s Day that starts where the last one left off in June, with a strong push from the left for the legalization of marijuana, an abortion-rights guarantee and a ban on firearms on school grounds. But first: will Nicholas Mattiello remain House speaker?
