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Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA-09)
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| 256 points |
1209 points |
102 points |
80.8% points |
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| Birthplace | El Paso, TX |
| Residence | Oakland, CA |
| Education | MSW (Masters), University of California, Berkeley; BA, Mills College |
| In Office | 9 years (Next election in 2008) |
| Experience | Chief of Staff to former Representative Ron Dellum; California State Senate,1996-1998;California State Assembly,1990-1996; |
| Website | http://lee.house.gov/ |
Monday, August 18, 2008 | 7:18 AM CST
Saturday, August 9, 2008 | 4:00 AM CST
Friday, August 8, 2008 | 1:50 AM CST
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 | 5:21 PM CST
Tuesday, August 5, 2008 | 7:12 AM CST
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H.R.6815
5 points
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To establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation, and to establish the Metro Area Green Institute to produce and disseminate best practice information to economic and workforce development initiatives undertaken by metropolitan communities nationally.
Referred to House committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
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H.RES.1369
0 points
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Recognizing nongovernmental organizations working to bring just and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians.
House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 24, 2008
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H.RES.1379
1 points
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National Passport Month.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
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H.CON.RES.364
6 points
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Recognizing the Significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 24, 2008
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H.CON.RES.384
1 points
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National HIV Testing Day, and for other purposes.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
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H.R.176
13 points
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To authorize the establishment of educational exchange and development programs for member countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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H.R.6255
5 points
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To provide for professional exchanges with Haiti, and for other purposes.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 12, 2008
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H.CON.RES.360
1 points
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Recognizing the important social and economic contributions and accomplishments of the New Deal to our Nation on the 75th anniversary of legislation establishing the initial New Deal social and public works programs.
Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
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H.R.5881
5 points
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To direct the President to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences to evaluate certain Federal rules and regulations for potentially harmful impacts on public health, air quality, water quality, plant and animal wildlife, global climate, or the environment; and to direct Federal departments and agencies to create plans to reverse those impacts that are determined to be harmful by the National Academy of Sciences.
Referred to House committee on Wednesday, April 23, 2008
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H.R.5802
5 points
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To amend the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to repeal the denial of food stamp eligibility of ex-offenders.
Referred to House committee on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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H.R.5758
5 points
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To prohibit authorized lenders of home equity conversion mortgages from requiring seniors to purchase an annuity with the proceeds of a reverse mortgage, and to provide other consumer protections to reverse mortgage borrowers, and for other purposes.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 10, 2008
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H.RES.1028
1 points
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Reasserting congressional prerogatives in foreign policy and reaffirming the importance of following constitutional processes when the United States Government enters into agreements regarding the use or maintenance of the United States Armed Forces or the use of the financial resources of the United States to assist a foreign government or people and clarifying the nature and scope of status of forces agreements.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, March 6, 2008
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H.RES.1019
1 points
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the current economic slowdown in the United States is directly related to the enormous costs of the ongoing occupation of Iraq, consigning the United States to what can only be called the Iraq recession, and for other purposes.
Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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H.R.5128
5 points
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Disapproving of any formal agreement emerging from the "Declaration of Principles for a Long-Term Relationship of Cooperation and Friendship Between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America" unless the agreement is approved through an Act of Congress.
Referred to House committee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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H.CON.RES.198
6 points
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Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of those persons, groups and communities that are impoverished, disadvantaged or otherwise in poverty.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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H.R.5056
5 points
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To provide for the appointment of a high-level United States representative or special envoy for Iran for the purpose of easing tensions and normalizing relations between the United States and Iran.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 17, 2008
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H.CON.RES.280
1 points
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Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day".
Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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H.CON.RES.265
1 points
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Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day.
Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 4, 2007
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H.R.3876
5 points
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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit the deductibility of excessive rates of executive compensation.
Referred to House committee on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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H.R.3812
5 points
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To amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the effort to achieve internationally recognized goals in the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving human health care capacity and improving retention of medical health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa, and for other purposes.
Referred to House committee on Wednesday, October 10, 2007
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H.R.3000
5 points
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To establish a United States Health Service to provide high quality comprehensive health care for all Americans and to overcome the deficiencies in the present system of health care delivery.
Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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H.R.3337
5 points
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To remove from the Immigration and Nationality Act a provision rendering individuals having HIV inadmissible to the United States, and for other purposes.
Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 10, 2007
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H.RES.554
5 points
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National Passport Month.
Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, September 5, 2007
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H.R.180
13 points
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To require the identification of companies that conduct business operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with such companies, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 3, 2007
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H.R.2929
30 points
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To limit the use of funds to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq or to exercise United States economic control of the oil resources of Iraq.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 26, 2007
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H.R.1812
5 points
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To provide for coverage of hormone replacement therapy for treatment of menopausal symptoms, and for coverage of an alternative therapy for hormone replacement therapy for such symptoms, under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs, group health plans and individual health insurance coverage, and other Federal health insurance programs.
Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 9, 2007
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H.CON.RES.7
6 points
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Calling on the League of Arab States and each Member State individually to acknowledge the genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and to step up their efforts to stop the genocide in Darfur.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, June 28, 2007
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H.CON.RES.148
6 points
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Recognizing the significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 19, 2007
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H.CON.RES.169
1 points
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National HIV Testing Day, and for other purposes.
Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, June 14, 2007
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H.CON.RES.166
1 points
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and for other purposes.
Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, June 7, 2007
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H.RES.422
5 points
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Calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to use its unique influence and economic leverage to stop genocide and violence in Darfur, Sudan.
Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, June 5, 2007
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H.R.1050
5 points
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To establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes.
Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 5, 2007
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H.CON.RES.161
1 points
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Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Dr. King's Launching of the Poor People's Campaign and Organization of the Poor People's Army.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 24, 2007
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H.RES.272
5 points
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Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade.
Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, May 1, 2007
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H.RES.55
1 points
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding modern-day slavery.
Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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H.R.179
5 points
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To confirm the jurisdiction of the Consumer Product Safety Commission with respect to releasing systems on residential window bars and to establish a consumer product safety standard ensuring that all such bars include a quick-release mechanism.
Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, April 11, 2007
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H.R.1713
5 points
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To require the President and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator to establish a comprehensive and integrated HIV prevention strategy to address the vulnerabilities of women and girls in countries for which the United States provides assistance to combat HIV/AIDS, and for other purposes.
Referred to House committee on Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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H.R.1653
5 points
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To provide for the reduction of adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases, and for other purposes.
Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 23, 2007
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H.CON.RES.46
1 points
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Declaring that it is the policy of the United States not to establish any military installation or base for the purpose of providing for the permanent stationing of United States Armed Forces in Iraq and not to exercise United States control of the oil resources of Iraq.
House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
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H.RES.206
1 points
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Honoring the life, legacy, and contributions of Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer on the 30th anniversary of her death for her dedication to freedom and justice.
Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 19, 2007
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H.RES.221
1 points
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Honoring the life, legacy, and contributions of Fannie Lou Townsend Hamer on the 30th anniversary of her death for her dedication to freedom and justice.
Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, March 19, 2007
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H.R.172
5 points
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To assist teachers and public safety officers in obtaining affordable housing.
Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 16, 2007
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H.R.173
5 points
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To protect innocent elderly and disabled tenants in public housing and housing assisted under the rental assistance program under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 from eviction by reason of criminal activity.
Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 16, 2007
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H.R.174
5 points
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To reauthorize the public and assisted housing drug elimination program of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 16, 2007
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H.CON.RES.35
6 points
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Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, February 6, 2007
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H.R.351
5 points
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To establish the Independent Commission on the 2004 Coup d'Etat in the Republic of Haiti.
Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, February 5, 2007
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H.R.178
5 points
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To reduce the spread of sexually transmitted infections in correctional facilities, and for other purposes.
Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 2, 2007
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H.R.770
5 points
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To prohibit the use of funds to carry out any covert action for the purpose of causing regime change in Iran or to carry out any military action against Iran in the absence of an imminent threat, in accordance with international law and constitutional and statutory requirements for congressional authorization.
Referred to House committee on Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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H.R.320
1 points
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For the relief of Geert Botzen.
Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, January 26, 2007
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H.CON.RES.19
1 points
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Affirming the sense of Congress regarding the obligation of the United States to improve the lives of the 36,950,000 Americans living in poverty and the 15,928,000 of those who live in extreme poverty.
Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 9, 2007
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H.R.352
5 points
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To require poverty impact statements for certain legislation.
Referred to House committee on Tuesday, January 9, 2007
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H.CON.RES.10
1 points
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Expressing the sense of the Congress that the tax give away since 2001 to the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans should be repealed and those monies instead invested in vital programs to relieve the growing burden on the working poor and to alleviate poverty in America.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
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H.CON.RES.8
1 points
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Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring victims of HIV/AIDS and recognizing the struggle to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS in the United States and throughout the world.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
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H.CON.RES.9
1 points
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Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a commemorative postage stamp honoring former Representative Shirley Chisholm, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
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H.RES.23
1 points
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Disavowing the doctrine of preemption.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
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H.R.171
5 points
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To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make grants to States for assistance in hiring additional school-based mental health and student service providers.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
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H.R.175
5 points
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To provide assistance to combat HIV/AIDS in India, and for other purposes.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
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H.R.177
5 points
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To provide that no funds made available to the Department of the Treasury may be used to implement, administer, or enforce regulations to require specific licenses for travel-related transactions directly related to educational activities in Cuba.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
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H.R.181
5 points
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To provide for the issuance of a semipostal to benefit the Peace Corps.
Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007
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0 points
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An amendment in the nature of a substitute numbered 2 printed in House Report 110-548 submitted from the Congressional Progressive Caucus to provide at least $551.7 billion for domestic, non-military discretionary spending in FY09; provides a $118.9 billion economic stimulus package; extends unemployment insurance, food stamp benefits, and Medicaid payments to states; and, spends $468.3 billion on defense. The Progressive Caucus budget balances by FY12 and rebalances again in FY18, upon completion of our Reinvest and Rebuild America Initiative.
No Action on
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0 points
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An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 110-144 to require a report to House and Senate Intelligence committees describing any authorization granted during the past 10 years to engage in intelligence activities related to the overthrow of a democratically elected government.
No Action on
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0 points
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An amendment numbered 5 printed in House Report 110-509 to safeguard the rights of tenants of HOPE VI housing from eviction based on the criminal activities of others if the tenant is elderly or disabled, and did not or should not have known of the activity, or if they were the victims of a criminal act.
No Action on
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H.R.2352
3 points
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To enhance the safety of elementary schools, secondary schools, and institutions of higher education.
House Committee on Education and Labor Granted an extension for further consider... on Friday, August 1, 2008
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H.R.2452
0 points
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To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that publicly owned treatment works monitor for and report sewer overflows, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
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H.R.554
0 points
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To provide for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and for other purposes.
House Committee on Judiciary Granted an extension for further consideration endi... on Friday, August 1, 2008
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H.R.2964
0 points
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To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for other purposes.
Read twice on Friday, August 1, 2008
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H.R.5477
0 points
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, California, as the "Chi Mui Post Office Building".
Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, August 1, 2008
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