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Religious Liberty
House of Representatives
- Sen. Grassley Concludes Probe into Televangelist Finances, Having Found No Wrongdoing (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to ensure that memorials commemorating the service of the United States Armed Forces may contain religious symbols, and for other purposes (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 440, to Promote Religious Freedom Abroad (January 2011). This bill passed the House in a vote of 402-20.
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1856, to Promote Religious Freedom Abroad in restricted Freedom Countries through the International Religious Freedom Act Amendments (May 2011)
Senate
First Amendment
House of Representatives
Senate
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 74, to Preserve the Free and Open Nature of the Internet (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 135, to Make Permanent the Moratorium on Internet Access Taxes (January 2011)
President Obama’s Nominations and Appointments
- Obama’s Nominations and Appointments Through July 2010
- Obama Renominates Four Radicals to Federal Judgeships (January 2011)
Judicial Appointments and Oversight
House of Representatives
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 162, to Divide the Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals into Two Separate Circuits
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 727, to Create and Inspector General Over the Judicial Branch to Investigate Misconduct and Make Changes to Regulations Governing the Judicial Branch (February 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 858, to Add an Additional Permanent District Court Judgeship in Hawaii (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 875, to Limit Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Questions Relating to the Defense of Marriage Act (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 958, to Limit Federal Court Jurisdiction Over Claims Relating to the Free Exercise or Establishment of Religion, Claims Based Upon the Right of Privacy, and Claims for Same-Sex Marriage that are Based on Equal Protection Arguments (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 973, to Prevent Federal Courts from Using Foreign Law Unless doing so is Required by the Constitution or and Act of Congress (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1010, to Require the Supreme Court to Expedite Review of Appeals Regarding the Constitutionality of ObamaCare (March 2011)
Senate
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 410, to Provide for Media Coverage of Federal Court Proceedings (February 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 1014, to Provide for Additional Federal District Judgeships (May 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 1032, to Provide for Additional Federal District Judgeships (May 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 1077, to Require Judicial Review for Suspicious Activity in Government (May 2011)
Obamacare
House of Representatives
- The House of Representatives VOTES TO REPEAL Obamacare (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to Repeal the Unconstitutional Health Insurance Mandate (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to Rescind Obamacare Funding (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to Repeal Obamacare and Replace it with Incentives for Purchasing Health Insurance (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce the Stop the Federal Exchanges from Destroying States Act, which Amends Obamacare to Allow States to Opt Out of the Exchanges (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill that Deauthorizes the Appropriation of Funds used to Fund Obamacare (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce an Additional Bill to Fully Repeal Obamacare (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill that Prohibits the use of Federal Funds to Enforce the Individual Mandate in Obamacare (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to Amend Obamacare to Include more Government-Run Healthcare (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to Repeal Obamacare while Preserving the Reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to Repeal Obamacare and Replace it with the Association Health Plans and the Ability to Acquire Health Insurance Across State Lines (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, the Protect Life Act, to Prevent Obamacare from Covering Abortions (January 2011). This bill was passed by the House in a vote of 251-172.
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to Repeal Obamacare and Establish Increased Access to Health Insurance Coverage (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 429, to Repeal Obamacare (January 2011).
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Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 698, to rescind funding for Obamacare (February 2011)
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Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1185, to delay the health reform law until a final resolution is reached in pending lawsuits (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1213, to repeal mandatory funding given to States through Obamacare (March 2011)
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Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1324, to eliminate sweetheart deals under Obamacare (April 2011).
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Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1822, to amend Title I for citizenship verification (May 2011).
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Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3218, to ensure privacy of health information (October 2011).
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Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3682, to repeal Obamacare (December 2011).
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Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 6079, to repeal Obamacare (July 2012).
Senate
Israel
House of Representatives
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3992, to allow otherwise eligible Israeli nationals to receive E-2 nonimmigrant visas if similarly situated US nationals are eligible for similar nonimmigrant status in Israel (January 2012).
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Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 4133, to enhance United States-Israeli strategic relations and to assist in the defense of Israel by directing the President to submit to Congress reports on United States actions (May 2012).
Senate
Sanctity of Life
House of Representatives
- Legislators Introduce a Bill that would Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to make Grants for the Purchase of Ultrasound Equipment to Non-profit Organizations that Provide Free Examinations to Pregnant Women (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill that states Life Begins at Fertilization (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to Prevent Tax Dollars from Going to Abortion Providers (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to Prevent the Government from Discriminating Against Health Care Providers who Refuse to Perform or Refer Patients for Abortions (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to Provide Equal Protection for the Right to Life of the Unborn and Preborn (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1, which, in Section 1809, Eliminates the Use of Title X Funds for Abortion Programs (February 2011). This bill was passed in the House in a vote of 235 to 109, but failed in the Senate by a vote of 56-44.
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 593, to Require States to Report on Medicaid Payments to Abortion Providers (February 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1096, to Provide that Human Life Begins at Conception (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1099, to Protect the Consciences of Americans by Prohibiting the Federal Government from Funding Population Control, Population Planning, and Family Planning (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1232, to Eliminate Certain Tax Benefits Relating to Abortion (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 2085, to Use Department of Defense Funds to Perform Abortions on Military Women (June 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 2127, to Authorize Funding to Prevent Infant Mortality through the NEWBORN Act (June 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 2299, to Prohibit Taking Minors Across State Lines in Circumvention of Laws Requiring the Involvement of Parents in Abortion Decisions (June 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 2376, to Amend the Public Health Service Act to Allow for Human Stem Cell Research, Including Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research (June 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 2659, to Trump the Conscience Rights of Pharmacists by Requiring Pharmacists to Prescribe Contraceptives, Including those that May Cause Abortions (July 2011)
Senate
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 88, to Provide a Tax Credit for Ethical Stem Cell Research, which Cannot Involve the Creation or Destruction of Embryos (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 91, to Provide Equal Protection for All People at All Stages of Life, Beginning at Fertilization (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 96, to Prevent Title X Funds from Being Awarded to Organizations that Perform Abortions (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 121, to Require Abortion Providers to Meet a Heightened Standard of Care (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 165, to Prevent the Government from Discriminating Against Entities that Refuse to Perform Abortions or Refer for Abortions (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 167, to Prohibit Individuals from Trafficking Minors Across State Lines to Circumvent State Parental Consent for Abortion Laws (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 314, to Ensure Women Seeking an Abortion are Fully Informed of the Pain that their Unborn Children Experience during Abortion Procedures (February 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 814, to Require the Public Disclosure of Audits Conducted with respect to Entities, like Planned Parenthood, Receiving Title X Funds (April 2011)
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Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 877, to Prevent Taxpayer-Funded Voluntary Abortions (May 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.2103, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia (February 2012).
Family
House of Representatives
- Legislators Introduce a Bill to Prevent "Bullying" based on Sexual Orientation (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill that would Guarantee the Maintenance of the Adoption Credit and Tax Relief for Adoption Assistance Programs (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill that would Require the Chiefs of the Air Force, Army, and Navy and the Commandant of the Marine Corps to Certify that Allowing Homosexuals to Serve Openly in the Military would not Negatively Impact the Readiness, Effectiveness, Cohesion, and Morale of the Armed Forces, Prior to Repealing the Law Regarding the Eligibility of Homosexuals (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 467, to Restore the Tax Deduction for the Travel of Spouses who Accompany their Husbands or Wives on Business Trips (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 508, to Make the Child Tax Credit Permanent (January 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 635, to Require all Federal Agencies, Contractors, and Enterprises to Use the Terms "Mother" and "Father," rather than "Parent 1" and "Parent 2" in their Documentation (February 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 954, to Provide for an Income Tax Credit for Expenses Related to Private and Public Elementary and Secondary Education (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 975, to Prevent "Bullying" based on Sexual Orientation (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 998, to Prevent Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Public Schools because it is a "Distinct and Especially Severe Problem" (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1028, to Extend COBRA Coverage to Include Coverage for the Domestic Partners and Children of the Domestic Partners of Employees (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1116, to Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (March 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1397, to Prohibit Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (April 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1648, to Prevent Bullying and Harassment of Students on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (April 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1681, to Prohibit Discrimination in Adoption or Foster Care Placements Based on Sexual Orientation (May 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1767, to Allow Expenses Relating to All Home Schools to be Qualified Education Expenses for Purposes of a Coverdell Education Savings Account (May 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1768, to Expand the Coverdell Education Savings Accounts to Allow Home School Education Expenses (May 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1821, to Provide Grants to Organizations that Provide Training and Support regarding Parental Engagement in their Children’s Education (May 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 1981, to Amend Title 18, United States Code, with Respect to Child Pornography and Child Exploitation Offenses through the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act (May 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 2364, to Amend the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and Title 5, United States Code, to Include the Family Term “Domestic Partner” and Other Terminology (June 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 2454, to Make Residents of Puerto Rico with One or Two Children Eligible for the Refund Portion of the Child Tax Credit (July 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 2464, to Authorize a Program to Provide Grants to Nonprofit Organizations That Carry Out Child-Parent Visitation Programs for Children with Incarcerated Parents (July 2011)
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 2691, to Encourage and Support Parent, Family, and Community Involvement in Schools (July 2011)
Senate
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 11, to Provide Permanent Relief from the Tax Penalty on Married Couples (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 82, to Make the Adoption Credit Permanent and Available in the Year the Expenses are Incurred (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 93, to Allow Home School Expenses to be Covered by the Cordell Education Savings Accounts (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 94, to Provide for Tax Deductions for Expenses Related to Home School Education (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 185, to Eradicate International Child Trafficking (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 206, to Reauthorize the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program (January 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 540, to Prohibit Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Institutions of Higher Education (March 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 555, to Prohibit Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Public Schools (March 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 563, to Extend COBRA Coverage to Include Coverage for the Domestic Partners and Children of the Domestic Partners of Employees (March 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 598, to Repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (March 2011)
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 919, to Provide Grants for Programs that Prevent “Harassment” Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (May 2011)
Government Oversight
House of Representatives
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3300, to carry out a national plan to cut poverty in half in ten years (Nov 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3302, to create private sector jobs by simplifying the tax code, increasing domestic energy production, reforming government regulations, and strengthening workforce training programs (November 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3399, to fight fraud and abuse to save taxpayers dollars by amending titles XVII and XIX of the Social Security Act (November 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, 3433, to provide transparency and require certain standards in the award of Federal grants (November 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3435, to improve the prevention of and response to sexual assault in the armed forces as it was found that 19,000 incidents of sexual assault in 2010 alone have gone unreported (November 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3463, to reduce federal spending and the deficit by terminating taxpayer financing of presidential election campaigns and party conventions and by terminating the election assistance commission (December 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3487, to encourage job creation (November 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3518, to impose a regulatory moratorium and prevent taxes from being raised for 2 years (November 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 35550, to restore ethical standards, transparency, and responsibility in congressional trading through amending the Ethics in Government Act (December 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3576, to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act to establish spending limits and deficit control (December 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3578, to amend the balanced budget and emergency deficit control act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline (February2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3579, to require greater accountability in spending in direct spending programs (December2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3580, to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act to provide for long-term budgeting (December 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3609, to provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvement for Government programs (December 2011).
- Legislators Passed a Bill, H.R. 3630, to provide incentives for job creation (December 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3638, to create American jobs and reduce the deficit (December 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3643, which prohibits Congress from receiving pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent resolution on the budget has been approved (December 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3695, to modify the process for congressional nomination of individuals for appointment as cadets at the Coast Guard Academy, and for other purposes (December 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3707, which prohibits the consideration in the House of any legislation containing an earmark (December 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3722, which require states to implement a drug testing program for applicants and recipients of assistance under TANF (December 2011).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3774, to reduce the salaries of members of Congress and the amounts available for the salaries and expenses of offices of members, committees, and the leadership by 50 percent (January 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3778, to amend the congressional budget act of 1974 to establish a point of order to prohibit the extension of the public debt limit (January 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3779, to hold accountable Federal departments and agencies that fail to meet goals relating to the participation of small business concerns (January2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3787, to amend the congressional budget act of 1974 to require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress (January 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3799, which prohibits the disbursement of funds for offices of congress that fails to adopt a budget resolution (January 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3844, to provide for greater honesty and transparency and honesty in the Federal budget process (January 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 3883, to eliminate the requirement that the President submit a budget to the Congress each year (February 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 4036, to impose a daily reduction in the pay rates for Members of Congress if they fail to agree to a resolution on the budget (February 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 4053, to intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and recover payment error, waste, fraud and abuse within Federal Spending (February 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 4060, to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act to cap the level of Federal spending (February 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 4116, to provide accountability and for the revision of economically burdensome regulations (March 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 4289, to impose additional restrictions on official foreign travel of Members and employees of Congress (March 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 4370, to require new policies and procedures to address inefficient spending in the Federal grants process (April 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Resolution, H.Res. 706, authorizing the committee on oversight and government reform to initiate or intervene in judicial proceedings to enforce certain subpoenas (June 2012).
- Legislators Pass a Resolution, H. Res. 711, resolving that Eric Holder shall be found to be in contempt of Congress for failure to comply with a congressional subpoena (June 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Resolution, H. Res. 718 questioning the privileges of the House (June 2012).
- Legislators Introduce a Bill, H.R. 4629, requiring the Comptroller General to conduct an annual audit of the General Services Administration (April 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.12, providing additional tax relief for private sector job creation (January 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.348, to provide an Inspector General for the judicial branch for purposes of transparency and the enhancement of ethics (February 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.1219, requiring Federal agencies to assess the impact of Federal action on jobs and job opportunities (June 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.1222, to require accountability and transparency in Federal Spending (June 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.1251, to amend parts of the Social Security Act to curb waste, fraud, and abuse in Medicare and Medicaid programs (June 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.1651, to provide for greater transparency and honesty in the Federal budget (October 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 1679 to Assure the effective control over the budgetary process as well as determine the appropriate level of Federal revenues and expenditures by the Congress and the President (October 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S. 1842 to Protect the 10th Amendment rights by providing special standing for the State government officials to challenge proposed regulations (November 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.1848, to promote transparency, accountability, and reform within the UN system (November 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.1930, to prohibit earmarks (November 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.1960, to provide incentive to create American jobs (December 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.1981, to provide that members of Congress may not receive pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which Congress has not approved a concurrent resolution on the budget and passed regular appropriations bills (December 2011).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.2040, to establish a point of order to prohibit an increase of the public debt limit (January 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.2041, to approve a pipeline project and provide environmental protection and government oversight (January 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.2129, to provide for reforming and consolidating agencies of the Federal Government to improve efficiency and effectiveness (February 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.2195, to require members and employees of Congress and other Federal employees who file under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to disclose delinquent tax liability (March 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.2210, to provide that members of Congress shall not receive a cost of living adjustment in pay during 2013 (March 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.2260, to allow taxpayers to specify their choice of Federal budget priorities (March 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.2337, which requires Federal regulations to use plain writing that is clear, concise, and well-organized (April 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.3228, to require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act, on January 2, 2013 (May 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.3312, to reform the system of public financing for Presidential elections (June 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.3359, to require that each bill enacted by Congress be limited to only one subject (June 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.3360, to preserve the constitutional authority of Congress and ensure accountability and transparency in legislation (June 2012).
- Senators Introduce a Bill, S.3361, to end the unconstitutional delegation of legislative power exclusively vested in the Senate and House (June 2012).