Dozens of amendments hit lawmakers in last days of session

Dozens of amendments hit lawmakers in last days of session – Illinois Policy

From May 24 to the early-morning hours of June 1, 109 amendments were filed, with about half of those amended to a bill. Twenty-one amendments to bills were filed on the last day of session and two after the midnight May 31 deadline. Nine were adopted, the most notable of which was the 3,703 pages for fiscal 2027 appropriations, part of the record-high 55.9 billion budget.

The outcomes of a long week of lawmaking

In an 80-hour week, mostly under urgency, MPs debated 23 proposed laws through 36 stages. Here are the laws they agreed and the new ones open for public feedback.

Constitutional Court upholds results of Armenian parliamentary elections

On June 26, the Constitutional Court began reviewing petitions filed by seven political forces, which were consolidated into a single case

Labour MPs Push to Make UK Crypto Donation Ban Permanent

The lawmakers have tabled amendments to make the current moratorium permanent, as the fallout over Reform UK's funding widens.

District court judges weighing Trump policies face repeated slap downs by appeals courts

Federal district court judges reviewing President Donald Trump’s immigration agenda and other contested policies are increasingly being checked by appeals courts, raising questions as to whether some members of the federal judiciary are implementing the law or seeking partisan ends. The result has created a pattern in which lower courts block administration actions, higher courts []