Drafting legislation on paper is arduous work. In the Commonwealth of Virginia, nearly 6,000 drafts and 2,000 bills move through the legislative process each year. Coordinating, scheduling and ...

New constitutional council members gather for the first session to draft a new constitution in Santiago SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A new Constitutional Council dominated by conservative parties in charge of ...

The administrative court hearing set to rule on petition filed by Islamist lawyers over the replacement of judges set to rule on the constituent assembly drafting committee, is adjourned to September ...

The withdrawal of a third of the members from the Islamist-dominated Constituent Assembly throws the future of the constitution-writing body into question Months-old internal divisions and ideological ...

CAIRO — Leaders of the assembly drafting a new constitution said Wednesday, Nov. 28, that they would complete their work by the next morning, a move that appeared aimed at trying to defuse a political ...

Political forces agreed during a meeting with President Mohamed Morsy Wednesday that the constitution drafting process should be concluded rapidly, and that Egyptians will have the final say in ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - A number of liberal politicians withdrew on Sunday from the Islamist-dominated assembly drafting Egypt's new constitution, saying they were not given the opportunity to discuss ...

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin said Thursday he had ordered his staff to draft a new sexual harassment policy for lawmakers, saying he had found the Legislature’s existing, eight-year-old guidelines ...

SANTIAGO, June 7 (Reuters) - A new Constitutional Council dominated by conservative parties in charge of drafting Chile's new constitution began its official duties on Wednesday, in the second attempt ...