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Reform Bill

noun

English History.
  1. any of the bills passed by Parliament (1832, 1867, 1884) providing for an increase in the number of voters in elections for the House of Commons, especially the bill of 1832 by which many rotten boroughs were disfranchised.



Reform Bill

noun

  1. history any of several bills or acts extending the franchise or redistributing parliamentary seats, esp the acts of 1832 and 1867

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In New Haven, that meant having North Dakota’s GOP Gov. Kelly Armstrong speak, while making it clear that Connecticut’s own Democratic governor, Ned Lamont, who recently vetoed a groundbreaking land-use reform bill, was welcome only as an attendee.

From Slate

So it’s not entirely surprising that a bipartisan congressional immigration reform bill, the Dignity Act of 2025, was introduced in July by a Florida Republican and a Texas Democrat.

“We’ve got a long list of Democrats who want to sign on, but we are truly doing this in the Noah’s Ark way,” said Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, during a Wednesday panel at the Center for American Progress on her immigration reform bill, which would expand legal pathways for immigration.

From Salon

The proposed change is contained in an amendment to the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform Bill which has been tabled by Liberal Democrat MSP Jamie Greene.

From BBC

All three of the suspended MPs voted against the government's welfare reform bill earlier this month.

From BBC

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