House ratifies 8 committee reports.
The House of Representatives ratified on Wednesday eight bicameral conference committee reports, including the lifting of the political advertising ban and the ''Lateral Attrition Act'' to maximize government's revenue collections and arrest the ballooning budget deficit. The Fair Election Practices Act of 2001 deleted the resignation requirement...

Congress opens its session today.
Congress resumes its regular session today after a two-week recess with urgent legislative measures to accelerate the country's socio-economic development on top of its agenda. Senate President Franklin M. Drilon and Speaker Manuel Villar Jr. said that both chambers of Congress will tackle as priority seven important...

Nepal campaigners turn to media.
Byline: Rabi Khadka KATHMANDU, NEPAL (dpa) -- On the last day of campaigning allowed, Nepal's political parties have gone all out in a new tactic - advertising in newspapers, on radio and television and on the internet. A sharp departure from traditional door-to-door campaigning and...

The missing youth vote; Campaigns strive to attract young voters.
Conventional wisdom holds that young people don't vote, and while the validity of the contention varies from place to place, the 20-something crowd continues to be the target of the largest outreach movements involving get-out-the-vote drives and political campaigns that embrace the Internet as their strongest marketing tool. ...

Limit number of debaters, not the format.
Byline: The Register-Guard I was there when Jim Torrey last debated before the City Club of Eugene, against Vicki Walker for state Senate in 2006. I was there when the City Club reinvented its debate formats to allow questions from the audience. I was there when the...

`Stark choices' in mayoral race.
Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy and her main challenger, Jim Torrey, on Friday traded jabs during a debate lightened by humor from the two other mayoral candidates, Nick Urhausen and Jim Ray. The 75-minute debate sponsored bythe City Club of Eugene...

McGovern has big war chest for election; Opposed or not, congressman runs active campaign.
Byline: Jason Millman WASHINGTON - Though U.S. Rep. James P. McGovern, D-Worcester, doesn't have an opponent for re-election in the 3rd Congressional District, the six-term incumbent has been raising money, he says, as if he were locked in the race of his life. Mr. McGovern,...

LTFRB seeks Comelec advice on political ads.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) is seeking clarification from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on the placing of election materials on public utility vehicles (PUVs), including taxicabs, jeepneys and buses. LTFRB Chairman Thompson Lantion said he will write the Comelec in order to get...

In Springfield, they're getting out the vote ... for film.
Byline: Jack Moran The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Tony Hawk is in. So is Gov. Ted Kulongoski. Are you? If not, you've got until 11:59 p.m. to visit www.thesimpsons. usatoday.com and vote in an online election to decide which U.S. Springfield will host the...

State-run health care goes to voters.
Byline: TIM CHRISTIE The Register-Guard A ballot measure that would establish a single-payer, Canadian-style health care system in Oregon may make history this November, one way or another. If it passes, the initiative will revolutionize the way health care is delivered in Oregon and send...