Perhaps the most far-reaching programs of the entire New Deal were the Social Security measures enacted in 1935 and 1939, providing old-age and widows' benefits, unemployment compensation, and disability insurance.
One of the charges against Mr. Reid accused him of the attempted wrecking of a mass transportation vehicle, a new criminal violation that was one of the measures enacted by Congress after the Sept. 11 attacks.
In the 1930s, political liberals advocated judicial restraint because a conservative court had struck down a series of liberal measures enacted to further President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal.
If the new measure is enacted, the state would again be at the forefront of expanding self-defense laws.
The new measure, if enacted, would enable companies to trim their pension obligations without that approval if they are relying on government assistance, Kyodo reported Thursday.
The Egyptian government responded to those questions Saturday night, pledging a new crackdown on disruptive protests and reactivating the emergency law allowing indefinite detentions without trial, one of the most reviled measures enacted under former President Hosni Mubarak.
ROME — Italy's new prime minister, Enrico Letta, said Monday that he would move quickly to stimulate growth and jobs, while easing some of the unpopular austerity measures enacted to strengthen Italy's public finances and ease its cumbersome debt.
To prevent the economy from deteriorating further, the government has enacted new measures aimed at catching tax cheats, including setting up checkpoints outside luxury resorts.
Eight states have enacted new measures since the February massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in which 17 people were killed.
That measure, enacted in 2010, put stringent new requirements on immigrants and gave local law enforcement the power to determine the legal status of those who were stopped and hold those who could not verify that they were legal residents.
Analysts argue that the countries in the Group of 20 are already breaking their pledge by enacting new measures.
