Abortion
H.R. 1079—-Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett (R-MD) / Energy and Commerce (03/03/05)—A bill to provide that the approved application for the drug commonly known as RU-486 is deemed to have been withdrawn, and to provide for the review by the Comptroller General of the United States of the process by which the Food and Drug Administration approved such drug.
S. 511—-Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/03/05)—A bill to provide that the approved application for the drug commonly known as RU-486 is deemed to have been withdrawn, and to provide for the review by the Comptroller General of the United States of the process by which the Food and Drug Administration approved such drug.
Adoption
S. 487—-Sen. Ben Nelson (R-NE) / Armed Services (03/01/05)—A bill to provide leave for members of the Armed Forces in connection with adoptions of children.
Child Care
S. 525—-Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/03/05)—A bill to reauthorize the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, and to improve early learning opportunities and promote school preparedness.
S. 526—-Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/03/05)—A bill to provide incentive grants to improve the quality of child care.
Discrimination
H.R. 1059—-Rep. Martin T. Meehan (D-MA) / Armed Services (03/02/05)—A bill to enhance the readiness of the Armed Forces by replacing the current policy concerning homosexuality in the Armed Forces, referred to as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.
Education
S. 468—-Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (02/28/05)—A bill to enhance literacy in finance and economics.
S. Res. 68—-Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) / Considered and passed (02/28/05)—A resolution designating March 2, 2005, as “Read Across America Day”.
H. Res. 132—-Rep. David Wu (D-OR) / Education and the Workforce (03/01/05)—A resolution expressing the sense of the House that the maximum Pell Grant should be increased to $5,800.
H.R. 1030—-Rep. David Wu (D-OR) / Education and the Workforce (03/01/05)—A bill to require institutions of higher education to enter into agreements with private for-profit organizations for the provision of work-study employment.
H. J. Res. 29—-Rep. Jesse L. Jackson (D-IL) / Judiciary (03/02/05)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution regarding the right of all citizens of the United States to a public education of equal high quality.
H.R. 1060—-Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) / Education and the Workforce (03/02/05)—A bill to encourage the implementation or expansion of pre-kindergarten programs for students 4 years of age or younger.
H.R. 1107—-Rep. John B. Larson (D-CT) / Education and the Workforce (03/03/05)—A bill to provide full funding for education of all children with disabilities.
S. 503—-Sen. Christopher Bond (R-MO) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (03/03/05)—A bill to expand Parents as Teachers programs and other quality programs of early childhood home visitation.
Health
H. J. Res. 30—-Rep. Jesse L. Jackson (D-IL) / Judiciary (03/02/05)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution regarding the right of citizens of the United States to health care of equal high quality.
H.R. 1081—-Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-NV) / Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce (03/03/05)—A bill to provide information and outreach for the prevention of osteoporosis.
H.R. 1106—-Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-RI) / Energy and Commerce, Ways and Means (03/03/05)—A bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents.
Housing
H. J. Res. 32—-Rep. Jesse L. Jackson (D-IL) / Judiciary (03/02/05)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution respecting the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing.
International
S. 495—-Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ) / Foreign Relations (03/02/05)—A bill to impose sanctions against perpetrators of crimes against humanity in the Darfur region of Sudan.
H. Con. Res. 83—-Rep. Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ) / International Relations (03/03/05)—A concurrent resolution urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce a resolution calling upon the Government of the People’s Republic of China to end its human rights violations in China.
Labor
H.R. 1050—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) / Armed Services, Budget, Education and the Workforce, Rules (03/02/05)—A bill to establish a living wage and jobs for all peoples in the United States and its territories.
H.R. 1091—-Rep. Phil English (R-PA) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (03/03/05)—A bill to provide for small business tax incentives, to increase the minimum wage and to increase the exemption for annual gross volume of sales made or business done by an enterprise.
Miscellaneous
S. Res. 67—-Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) / Considered and passed (02/28/05)—A resolution designating the second week of March 2005, as “Extension Living Well Week”.
H. Con. Res. 84—-Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) / Administration (03/03/05)—A concurrent resolution directing the Architect of the Capitol to enter into a contract for the design and construction of a monument to commemorate the contributions of minority women to women’s suffrage and to the participation of women in public life.
H.R. 1100—-Rep. John Hostettler (R-IN) / Judiciary (03/03/05)—A bill to limit federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act.
S. 501—-Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) / Governmental Affairs (03/03/05)—A bill to provide a site for the National Women’s History Museum in the District of Columbia.
Reproductive Health
S. 471—-Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, International Relations (02/28/05)—A bill to provide for human embryonic stem cell research.
H. J. Res. 31—-Rep. Jesse L. Jackson (D-IL) / Judiciary (03/02/05)—A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution relating to equality of rights and reproductive rights.
Social Security
H.R. 1041—-Rep. Jerry Weller (R-IL) / Ways and Means (03/02/05)—A bill to provide each American child with a KidSave Account.
Tax Policy
H.R. 1033—-Rep. David Wu (D-OR) / Ways and Means (03/01/05)—A bill to repeal the limitations on the maximum amount of the deduction of interest on education loans.
Welfare
S. 458—-Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) / Finance (02/18/05)—A bill to give states the option of creating a program that would allow individuals receiving assistance under the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program to obtain post-secondary or longer duration vocational education.
