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  2. List of Hawaii ballot measures - Wikipedia

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    A constitutional amendment allowing public employees to join unions Passed 132,968 (67.96%) 62,692 (32.04%) Amendment 21 A constitutional amendment to create a code of ethics for all public employees Passed 153,949 (78.74%) 41,566 (21.26%) Amendment 22 A constitutional amendment to allow for future constitutional conventions Passed 153,599 (78.56%)

  3. List of Washington (state) ballot measures - Wikipedia

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    Passed [85] 430,984 (50.94%) 415,082 (49.06%) Senate Joint Resolution 22, Part 1 An amendment creating a school construction fund at the state level [84] Passed [85] 602,360 (73.21%) 220,395 (26.79%) Senate Joint Resolution 22, Part 2 An amendment allowing a state school fund to be invested according to the wants of the legislature [84] Passed [85]

  4. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 - Wikipedia

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    The law also stipulates requirements like employer-sponsored meals and transportation of the employees as well as restrictions on deducting from the workers' wages. [ 55 ] H-2B Non-agricultural Workers should receive a payment in accordance with the prevailing wage (mean wage paid to a worker employed in a similar occupation in the concerned ...

  5. List of Alaska ballot measures - Wikipedia

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    A veto referendum to repeal a law which increased the salary and retirement benefits for certain government employees [21] Passed [32] 41,736 (80.14%) 10,341 (19.86%) Capital Site Selection A referendum selecting a new location for the state capital, with three listed options: Larson Lake, Mount Yenlo, and Willow: Passed [33] 56,219 (53.26%) [a]

  6. List of Oregon ballot measures - Wikipedia

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    Constitutional amendment for the initiative and referendum on local, special, and municipal laws and parts of laws 9: Yes: 57,281: 16,779: 77.34%: No: Init: Bill for a law prohibiting free passes and discrimination by railroad companies and other public service corporations 10: Yes: 69,635: 6,441: 91.53%: No: Init

  7. Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 - Wikipedia

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    Passed the House on April 25, 1952 (206–68 [1]) Passed the Senate on May 22, 1952 (voice vote [2]) Reported by the joint conference committee on May 23, 1952; agreed to by the House on June 10, 1952 (302–53 [3]) and by the Senate on June 11, 1952 (voice vote [4]) Vetoed by President Harry S. Truman [5] on June 25, 1952

  8. Truth in sentencing - Wikipedia

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    The first law requiring truth in sentencing in the United States was passed by Washington State in 1984. In 1994, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act created the Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth in Sentencing program, which awarded grants to states so long as they passed laws requiring that offenders convicted of Part 1 violent crimes must serve at least 85% of the ...

  9. Income inequality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    CBO reported that for the 1979-2016 period, after-tax income (adjusted for inflation) of households in the top 1 percent of earners grew by 226%, compared to 65% for the 81st to 90th percentile, 47% for the 20th to 80th percentile, and 85% for the bottom fifth.