Georgia lawmakers are taking a closer look at texting while driving legislation proposed last week.
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The Virginia Senate has passed a bill to allow police to pull over and ticket drivers for not wearing a seat belt.
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Mandatory Seat Belt Bills Clear Virginia Senate
Jan
20
The Hanover won't have to pay $26,000 in claims on behalf of a Connecticut contractor who accidentally knocked over the house he was working on, a Connecticut Superior Court has ruled. The …
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Business Risk Exclusion Means No Coverage for Toppled Conn. House
Jan
19
A House panel slated to look into the collapse and bailout of insurer American International Group has widened its probe, adding former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to its list of invited …
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House Panel Asks Paulson to Testify in AIG Probe
Jan
15
The Alabama Legislature has taken the first step toward banning drivers from sending or writing a text message while operating a vehicle on a public road. The House Public Safety Committee …
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Alabama House Passes Ban on Driver Texting
Jan
13
Democrats in the House struggled Tuesday to find common ground with the Senate on how to pay for a healthcare reform bill, with the differences over taxes emerging as the biggest stumbling block …
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House, Senate Democrats Struggle to Find Healthcare Compromise
Jan
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Democrats in the U.S. Congress are preparing to merge the two health care bills passed in 2009 by the Senate and House of Representatives into a single bill
Jan
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday she was sure Democrats in the House of Representatives and Senate would produce a final health care reform plan that would hold insurers accountable and …
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Democrats Optimistic on Health Care Bill Prospect
Dec
28
The Michigan Senate adjourned before Christmas without taking action on a property/casualty insurance bill package already passed by the House of Representatives. The package would, among other …
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Michigan Auto Insurance Bills Stall As Senate Adjourns Without Acting
Dec
10
The Michigan House has voted to prohibit the use of cell phones to send text messages while driving. The main bill in the package passed the House by a 94-13 vote Tuesday. A similar measure passed …
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Michigan House, Senate Pass Bills Banning Texting While Driving
Dec
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Insurance agents are pleased that the House of Representatives is paying attention to the estate tax but want lawmakers to seize the opportunity to reform the tax rather than simply extend current …
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Insurance Agents Urge Reform of Estate Tax
Dec
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Lawmakers in the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to give government regulators the power to break up financial firms that threaten economic stability, and to expose the Federal Reserve to …
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House Advances Sweeping Overhaul of Financial Services Regulation
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A Kansas City-area state House member who has served as the chairman of the House Insurance Policy Committee is resigning his seat in
Nov
24
State insurance regulators have expressed support for recent changes to proposed legislation creating a Federal Insurance Office (FIO). In a letter to the House Financial Services Committee, the …
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Changes to Federal Insurance Office Act Supported by State Regulators
Nov
19
The healthcare legislation released by the Senate's Democratic leaders Wednesday resembles a bill passed by the House of Representatives on Nov.
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House, Senate Healthcare Bills Have Major Differences
Nov
18
In an open letter addressed to Barney Frank, the Chairman
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Here are the main provisions of the healthcare overhaul passed by the House of Representatives: INSURANCE MARKET CHANGES * Creates an insurance market exchange where individuals and small …
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Provisions of House Healthcare Bill
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Urged on by President Barack Obama, Democratic leaders in the House hustled Thursday to round up support for a sweeping healthcare overhaul headed to a close floor vote Saturday. The House …
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Close House Vote on Healthcare Expected Tomorrow
Nov
4
The government should have the authority to break up or reconstruct financial firms before they become “too big to fail,'' a prominent U.S. lawmaker said on Tuesday
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U.S. Rep. Kanjorski Favors Curbing Size of Financial Firms
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Republicans in the House plan to offer an alternative to Democrats' massive healthcare reform bill that would not raise taxes or require people or businesses to buy health insurance, the House …
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House Republicans Plan Own Healthcare Reform Bill
Nov
2
A proposal to ban Rhode Islanders from texting while driving is one step closer to becoming law. The state House of Representatives on Thursday approved legislation that would bar drivers from …
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Rhode Island House Approves Texting-while-Driving Ban
Oct
30
Congress has again temporarily extended the federal flood insurance program, this time until Dec. 18, 2009. The latest extension was approved by the House and Senate as part of an …
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National Flood Insurance Program Extended Until Dec. 18
Oct
29
Democrats in the House finished work Wednesday on a healthcare bill that includes a government-run insurance plan, requires individuals to buy health coverage and imposes a surtax on the wealthy …
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House Healthcare Bill Has Public Option, Individual Mandate, Surtax
Oct
23
Florida's state-backed property insurer has taken a second look at a home with corrosion from defective Chinese drywall and decided to renew its homeowners' insurance policy on the house after …
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Florida’s Citizens Reconsiders, Renews Policy on House With Chinese Drywall
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24
David Bush had a sweeping view of the Chattahoochee River from his backyard in metropolitan Atlanta. When he returned to his house, the surging river was in his front yard, too.
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Some Georgians Get Crash Course in Flood Insurance
Sep
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Prompted by a deadly February tornado in southern Oklahoma, a state House panel on Tuesday examined ways to increase the number of tornado shelters at mobile home parks. Reps
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Lawmakers Eye Tornado Shelters for Trailer Parks in Oklahoma
Sep
9
The House of Representatives passed HR 2571, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2009 on Wednesday. The bill, authored by Reps.
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House Passes Surplus Lines Reform Legislation
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The House of Representatives passed HR 2571, the Non-Admitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2009 on Wednesday. The bill, authored by Reps. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., and Scott Garrett, R-N.J, will …
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House Passes Surplus Lines Reform Legislation
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Michigan insurance companies say that so-called “bad faith” bills approved by the House Insurance Committee today are unnecessary and will open the floodgates for lawsuits against them, eventually …
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Michigan Insurers Balk As Democrats Advance ‘Bad Faith’ Legislation
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10
Lawmakers in Congress are working on three versions of proposals to overhaul the U.S. healthcare system
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How Current 3 Healthcare Reform Bills in Congress Compare