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unusual facts about Reform Act



Dublin University Magazine

The year 1832 had been one of political and ecumenical upheaval: disturbances in Britain led to the Reform Act of that year, the Tithe War was raging in Ireland and the new Whig government was gaining influential supporters in Trinity College, Dublin.

Leonard Courtney, 1st Baron Courtney of Penwith

He continued to represent the borough, and Bodmin into which it was merged by the Reform Act of 1885, until 1900, when his attitude towards the South African War (he and his wife Catherine were one of the foremost of the so-called Pro-Boer Party) compelled his retirement.

Public transport bus service

In 1831, New Yorker Washington Irving remarked of Britain's Reform Act (finally passed in 1832): "The great reform omnibus moves but slowly." Steam buses emerged in the 1830s as competition to the horse-drawn buses.


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Clinger–Cohen Act

The "Information Technology Management Reform Act" of 1996 was later renamed "Clinger-Cohen Act" for its co-sponsors, Rep. William Clinger, R-PA.

Constitutions of Spain

They established the very institutions that would later, under Juan Carlos I and Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez, commit "constitutional suicide" and pass the Political Reform Act, starting the Spanish transition to democracy.

Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act

The main component of the Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act is the Tobacco Transition Payment Program (TTPP, otherwise known as the "Tobacco Buyout"), which was formalized by the United States Department of Agriculture in February 2005.

The Fair and Equitable Tobacco Reform Act is a component of the American Jobs Creation Act, passed in the United States in October 2004.

Fuel Economy Reform Act

The Fuel Economy Reform Act was a bill (S. 3694 in the 109th United States Congress and S. 767 and S. 768 in the 110th United States Congress) sponsored by seven Democrats and four Republicans including Barack Obama and Richard Lugar.

Glasgow Green

The Chartism movement that grew in response to the Reform Act, later resulted in what is known as the Chartist Riot of 1848.

Griffin Technical College

In March 2000, Governor Roy Barnes included the name change initiative in his "A+ Education Reform Act of 2000" (HB 1187).

Human resource management in public administration

George H. Pendleton: Senator from Ohio sponsored the Civil Service Reform Act in 1883, which sought to implement a merit-based program in the federal government.

Labor Reform Act of 1977

The Labor Reform Act of 1977 was a proposed United States Act of Congress that never came into force.

Lynn Canal Highway

The corridor crosses Berners Bay LUD II which is a congressionally designated roadless area created by the Tongass Timber Reform Act (TTRA).

New Energy Reform Act of 2008

The New Energy Reform Act of 2008 was offered by a bipartisan group of Senators in the 110th United States Congress in response to the energy policy gridlock between Republicans and Democrats.

Patent Reform Act of 2009

The Patent Reform Act of 2009 (S. 515/S. 610/H.R. 1260) was a set of proposals introduced in the 111th United States Congress for changes in United States patent law.

Richard Henry Tizard

This new interpretation of electoral law was made possible by the Labour Government's Sixth Reform Act (Representation of the People Act 1969).

The Smarter Sentencing Act of 2013

It is related to the Justice Safety Valve Act of 2013, the Federal Prison Reform Act of 2013 (S. 1783) and others, in an effort to deal with the overcrowded, and underfunded, federal prison system.

William J. Green, III

He voted for the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the Fair Housing Act of 1968, the Immigration Reform Act of 1965, and the Medicare Act of 1965, other pieces of President Johnson's sweeping program of domestic reform, and was one of the original cosponsors of the Equal Rights Amendment.