Busy, Busy Bees!
My, my ~ the little busy bees are just buzz, buzzing along, especially on the left side of the aisle:
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ] introduced this bill.
To aid and support pediatric involvement in reading and education. (??)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Gary Peters [D-MI] introduced H.R. 1527: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain businesses owned by the Federal Government. (Bad, bad certain businesses.)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY] introduced this bill.
To allow travel between the United States and Cuba. (Code Pink must be thrilled!)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY] introduced this bill.
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To permit expungement of records of certain nonviolent criminal offenses. (I thought they were already doing that - oh! that’s just politicians…)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY] introduced this bill.
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To lift the trade embargo on Cuba, and for other purposes. (Screw Columbia. Let’s make nicey nice with Cuba! More your kind of people, huh Charlie)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY] introduced this bill.
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To facilitate the export of United States agricultural products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to remove impediments to the export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by United States legal residents, to establish an agricultural export promotion program with respect to Cuba, and for other purposes. (Wait until the Russians arrive and see how they feel about that. Nothing like knowing that the Russians are laughing at us.)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA] introduced H.R. 1533: To amend title 10, United States Code, to specify the minimum rank requirement for officer serving as Chief of the Navy Dental Corps to correspond to Army and Air Force requirements for the heads of their dental corps. (What about the Marines?? This is discrimination!!)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA] introduced H.R. 1534: To direct the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to jointly carry out a study on the use of thorium-liquid fueled nuclear reactors for naval power needs, and for other purposes.
(I guess they have nothing better to do…)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA] introduced H.R. 1535: To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct a study evaluating and comparing the effectiveness of programs designed to diagnose, treat, and prevent post-traumatic stress disorder. (And they have done such a bang up job so far…)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA] introduced H.R. 1536: To authorize the Secretary of Defense to establish a fellowship program regarding neuroscience. (We are going to keep the Sec really really busy. Man the torpedoes!!)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA] introduced H.R. 1537: To direct the Secretary of Defense to conduct studies regarding alternative models for acquisition and funding of technologies supporting network-centric operations. (We aren’t doing this already?? Shockah!)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI] introduced H.R. 1539: To amend title 40, United States Code, to add certain Armed Forces organizations that are exempt from taxation under section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to the list of organizations eligible for donations of personal property through State agencies. (Good! Veterans organizations should never have to pay any taxes.)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY] introduced H.R. 1540: For the relief of Kadiatou Diallo, Sankerala Diallo, Ibrahima Diallo, Abdoul Diallo, Mamadou Bobo Diallo, and Mamadou Pathe Diallo.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY] introduced this bill.
Resolved, That a National Week of Reflection and Tolerance should be established encouraging communities and institutions around the Nation to engage in events and activities that are reflective, educational, celebratory, and healing as they relate to diversity among the people of the United States. (This is a hoot coming from Rangel. And yes, there is a personal story behind that statement. Maybe I’ll tell it one day.)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Ike Skelton [D-MO] introduced H.Res. 247: Expressing support for designation of March 22, 2009, as “National Rehabilitation Counselors Appreciation Day”. (Couldn’t have done without that! Naw, we don’t have anything more important going on right now…)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Betty Sutton [D-OH] introduced H.Res. 248: Honoring Glenn “Jeep” Davis for being one of the greatest Olympic hurdlers, an active member of his community, and life-long teacher. (More top of the priority items!)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Baron Hill [D-IN] introduced H.Res. 245: Congratulating Miss Katie Stam for being crowned Miss America 2009 and thanking the participants in and supporters of the Miss America Competition for their contributions to young women’s lives and communities. (your tax dollars at work!! And your kids and grandkids and their grandkids…)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Samuel Johnson [R-TX] introduced this bill. (An “R”!! imagine - tax relief in the name of a bill!)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Joe Sestak [D-PA] introduced H.R. 1532: To amend title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the statute of limitations on the award of the congressional medal of honor.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse [D-RI] introduced S. 595: A bill to authorize funds to the Local Initiatives Support Corporation to carry out its Community Safety Initiative.
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Sen. Ron Wyden [D-OR] introduced S. 596: A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish an award program to honor achievements in nanotechnology, and for other purposes. (Okay, we sure need that!)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Sen. Patty Murray [D-WA] introduced S. 597: A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand and improve health care services available to women veterans, especially those serving in operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
(Why only women? I know a lot of male military veterans who could use having health care services expanded too.)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D-NM] introduced S. 598: A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to improve appliance standards, and for other purposes. (oh crap, that means that prices we plumbing contractors are going to have to raise our clients prices. And at such an opportune time with the economy and all.)
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Sen. Thomas Carper [D-DE] introduced S. 599: A bill to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection activities caused by any certain diseases is the result of the performance of such employee’s duty. (well, that took as long as it took them to address Agent Orange and Gulf War Syndrome. Common denominator here - they both wear uniforms and have dangerous jobs.)
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Sen. Robert Bennett [R-UT] introduced S. 600: A bill to protect public health and safety in the event that testing of nuclear weapons by the United States is resumed.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Sen. Kay Hutchison [R-TX] introduced this bill.
Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Sen. Sherrod Brown [D-OH] introduced S. 602: A bill to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a survey to determine the level of compliance with national voluntary consensus standards and any barriers to achieving compliance with such standards, and for other purposes.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Sen. Charles Grassley [R-IA] introduced S. 603: A bill to amend rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, relating to representation in court and sanctions for violating such rule, and for other purposes.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Sen. Bernard Sanders [I-VT] introduced S. 604: A bill to amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other purposes.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Sen. Edward Kaufman [D-DE] introduced S. 605: A bill to require the Securities and Exchange Commission to reinstate the uptick rule and effectively regulate abusive short selling activities.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY] introduced H.Con.Res. 73: Recognizing the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, which banned the slave trade in the British Empire, allowed for the search and seizure of ships suspected of transporting enslaved people, and provided compensation for the freedom of slaves.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL] introduced H.Con.Res. 74: Supporting the goals and ideals of a decade of action for road safety with a global target to reduce by 50 percent the predicted increase in global road deaths between 2010 and 2020.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. John McHugh [R-NY] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Dennis Rehberg [R-MT] introduced H.R. 1510: To amend the lead prohibition provisions of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 to provide an exemption for certain all-terrain vehicles, and for other purposes.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Christopher Smith [R-NJ] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick [D-AZ] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA] introduced H.R. 1515: To assist courts in the States and territories with improving the administration of justice.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Virginia Brown-Waite [R-FL] introduced H.R. 1516: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 37926 Church Street in Dade City, Florida, as the “Sergeant Marcus Mathes Post Office”.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY] introduced H.R. 1517: To allow certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who serve under an overseas limited appointment for at least 2 years, and whose service is rated fully successful or higher throughout that time, to be converted to a permanent appointment in the competitive service.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Ronald Kind [D-WI] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Edward Markey [D-MA] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA] introduced this bill.
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Mar 16, 2009 - Bill Action
Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA] introduced H.R. 1525: To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to consider reconstruction and improvement of flood protection systems when establishing flood insurance rates.
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Isn’t it time for a Congressional Recess yet??
Our wallets sure could use the break!!!
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