Child Protection
S. 2038—-Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (09/11/07)—A bill to prohibit the introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of children’s products that contain lead.
S. Res. 316—-Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) / (09/11/07)—A resolution designating the week of October 21 through October 27, 2007 as “National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week.”
S. 2045—-Sen. Mark Pryor (D-AR) / Commerce, Science, and Transportation (09/12/07)—A bill to reform the Consumer Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for children’s products, to improve the screening of noncompliant consumer products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product recall programs.
Domestic Violence
H. Res. 649—-Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) / Judiciary (09/14/07)—A resolution commemorating the second annual “Milwaukee Brides Walk” and recognizing all brides marches in protest of domestic violence.
Employment
H.R. 3514—-Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) / Armed Services, Education and Labor, Science and Technology (09/10/07)—A bill to authorize workshops to eliminate gender bias for women in careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Health
S. 2049—-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Finance (09/12/07)—A bill to prohibit the implementation of policies to prohibit states from providing quality health coverage to children in need under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
H.R. 3536—-Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY) / Energy and Commerce (09/14/07)—A bill to provide for an awareness program, and a study, on a rare form of breast cancer.
Miscellaneous
S. Con. Res. 44—-Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) / Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (09/12/07)—A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued honoring Rosa Louise McCauley Parks.
Tax Policy
H.R. 3537—-Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (09/14/07)—A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish and provide a check-off for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund.
