In February 2008, Kemp was associated with a group called " Defense of Democracies " that was advocating an electronic surveillance bill that failed in the House of Representatives.

In July 2008, the Legislature reintroduced the death penalty into Liberian law, with President Sirleaf signing the bill into law.

In April 2008, King spoke out against HB 1423, a bill pending in the Massachusetts state legislature that would restrict or ban the sale of violent video games to anyone under the age of 18.

Congressman Bill Shuster introduced a bill to this effect in 2006, but as of 2008, these awards had not been granted.

On June 7, 2006, a bill titled America ’ s Beautiful National Parks Quarter Dollar Coin Act of 2008 was introduced to the House of Representatives.

On December 23, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the bill into law.

In the United States, Dodd used the " Fathers ' Day " spelling on her original petition for the holiday, but the spelling " Father's Day " was already used in 1913 when a bill was introduced to the U. S. Congress as the first attempt to establish the holiday, and it was still spelled the same way when its creator was commended in 2008 by the U. S. Congress.

In 2008, the redesigned front side of the five-dollar bill added a purple outline of the obverse of the Great Seal as a background, as part of freedom-related symbols being added to redesigned bills.

However, soon after, on July 16, 2008, a presidentially sponsored bill to increase Argentina's export taxes on the basis of a sliding scale met with a legislative deadlock, and was ultimately defeated by the tie-breaking " against " vote of Vice President Julio Cobos.

A bill requesting President George W. Bush to pardon Johnson in 2008, passed the House, but failed to pass in the Senate.

New Jersey joined on January 13, 2008, despite objections from Republicans who criticized the bill as undermining federal elections.

In July 2008, then President George W. Bush signed the bill that would effectively lift the ban in statutory law.

The same proposal is part of the Equality Bill announced in 2008, though shortly after the announcement, the Attorney General announced that there were " no immediate plans to legislate " on that part of the bill ; one of the reasons concerning this was the difficulty in making it approved in the 15 other Commonwealth realms.

In February 2008, a US Senate bill was introduced that would increase the regulation of nursing homes such as those run by HCR Manor Care which Carlyle purchased in December 2007.

Also in February 2008, a bill was introduced in California that would have barred CalPERS from investing money " with private-equity firms that are partly owned by countries with poor records on human rights ," which would include Carlyle because Mubadala Development is owned by part of the United Arab Emirates.

In 2008, Styx performed on a double bill with Boston in a North American summer tour, playing 53 dates in 12 weeks.

While the constitution of Luxembourg formerly required the Grand Duke's signature on a new law for it to take effect, this right was stripped from him in 2008 after the monarch informed his prime minister that he could not in good conscience sign a bill to permit euthanasia in the country.

Also in the 110th Congress, Representative Mark Kirk, Republican of Illinois, introduced a bill on June 12, 2008, to reinstate the assault weapons ban for ten years and expand the list of banned weapons.

Québec's then Justice Minister, Jacques Dupuis, proposed an anti-SLAPP bill on June 13, 2008.

On May 12, 2008, Rep. Peter Welch ( D, Vermont ) and 63 co-sponsors introduced the Strategic Petroleum Reserve Fill Suspension and Consumer Protection Act bill ( H. R. 6022 ), to suspend the acquisition of petroleum for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

In the spring of 2008, Scholz and Sweet introduced a new Boston lineup, which subsequently did a North American summer tour, playing 53 dates in 12 weeks ( on a double bill with Styx ).

In 2003, an appropriations bill rider required that all timber sales on the Tongass must be positive sales, meaning, no sales could be sold that undervalued the " stumpage " rate, or the value of the trees as established by the marketplace ( 2008 Appropriations Bill P. L.

On October 14, 2008 a bill was proposed in Mexico City's Congress to legalize the consumption, possession and commerce of Marijuana.

In September 2008, Sununu became one of twenty senators ( ten Democrats and ten Republicans ) co-sponsoring a bipartisan energy bill, the New Energy Reform Act of 2008.

Recording artist Brandy Norwood included a song on her 2008 album Human titled " A Capella ( Something's Missing )".

During the Orioles ' heyday in the 1970s, a club song, appropriately titled " Orioles Magic ", was composed, and played when the team ran out until Opening Day of 2008.

In 2007, he announced he would release his autobiography, planned for March 2008, published by Hodder Headline and titled On the Rocks, which would cover the recent incidents in his life.

The 2008 – 09 Manchester display, titled " Lindow Man: A Bog Body Mystery Exhibition at the Manchester Museum ", won the category " Best Archaeological Innovation " in the 2010 British Archaeological Awards, run by the Council for British Archaeology.

In 2008, Craig G and he released a collaborative album titled Operation: Take Back Hip-Hop.

Mötley Crüe's ninth studio album, titled Saints of Los Angeles, was released in Japan on June 17, 2008 and in America on June 24, 2008.

A further original collaboration with Production I. G began airing in April, 2008, titled Real Drive.

Following this, Stephenson published a novel titled Anathem ( 2008 ), a very long and detailed work, perhaps best described as speculative fiction.

In May 2008, the denomination's Office of Interfaith Relations issued a statement titled " Vigilance against anti-Jewish ideas and bias.

In 2008, President David Leebron issued a ten point plan titled " Vision for the Second Century " outlining plans to increase research funding, strengthen existing programs, and increase collaboration.

On June 12, 2008 Intel demonstrated a special version of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, titled Quake Wars: Ray Traced, using ray tracing for rendering, running in basic HD ( 720p ) resolution.

On May 22, 2008, Che, which was released in theatres in two parts titled The Argentine and Guerrilla, was presented in the main competition of the 2008 Cannes film festival.

In March 2008, Sondheim and Rich appeared in four interviews / conversations in California and Portland, Oregon titled " A Little Night Conversation with Stephen Sondheim ".

* Road Show ( 2008 ) ( book by John Weidman ; directed by John Doyle ); ( formerly titled Bounce, Wise Guys and Gold!

The 2008 NIPCC document titled Nature, Not Human Activity Rules the Climate: Summary for Policymakers of the Report of the Nongovernmental International Panel of Climate Change, published by The Heartland Institute, was released in February – March 2008.

In 2008, the AIUM published a 130-page report titled " American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Consensus Report on Potential Bioeffects of Diagnostic Ultrasound " stating that there are indeed some potential risks to administering ultrasound tests, which include " postnatal thermal effects, fetal thermal effects, postnatal mechanical effects, fetal mechanical effects, and bioeffects considerations for ultrasound contrast agents.

The Brighton Port Authority debuted in 2008 with a collaboration with David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal titled " Toe Jam ", along with a music video featuring nude dancers with censor bars on them, making pictures and words with them.

The first Queen + Paul Rodgers album, titled The Cosmos Rocks, was released in Europe on 12 September 2008 and in the United States on 28 October 2008.

In May 2008, MAS released a series of renderings showing what the unfinished Atlantic Yards project might look like titled " Atlantic Lots ".