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Senate Approves Deputies’ Plenary Pause, Next Session Set for Feb. 10

Parliamentary leaders say the break lets committees prepare priority bills, drawing criticism over lost floor time so soon after the period opened.

PRO Sues to Void AGN Appointments After Late-Night Vote It Calls Unconstitutional

Brazilian Senate Panel Backs Cash-Use Limits, Keeps Ban on Cash for Property Deals

Nevada Senate Kills Film Tax Credit Expansion, Derailing Summerlin Studios Plan

Governors’ Fuel-Tax Redistribution Bill Falls in Argentina’s Lower House

Utah Panel Backs Map C as Legislature Opens Special Session on Court-Ordered Redistricting

Senate Panel Backs Supermarket Pharmacies With Strict Safeguards

Cleveland Council Censures Joe Jones as He Demands Access to Full Investigation

Bundestag Sets September 25 Vote to Fill Three Constitutional Court Seats

Bremen Education Senator Sascha Karolin Aulepp Resigns

Senate Passes Public Media Merger After Dati Invokes Rare Vote Bloqué

Union Split Threatens Two-Thirds Majority for Constitutional Court Vote

Friedrich Merz Fails to Secure Majority in First Bundestag Vote for Chancellor

House Prepares to Vote on Proxy Voting for New Parents as GOP Divisions Deepen

House and Senate Republicans Advance Competing Budget Plans

Philadelphia City Council Advances Contentious 76ers Arena Plan