Child Protection
H.R. 2278—-Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) / Energy and Commerce (05/10/05)—A bill to restore the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to issue regulations on marketing and advertising to children.
Crime
S. 1320—-Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) / Judiciary (05/07/07)—A bill to prohibit the rewarding of suicide bombings, to prohibit terrorist kidnappings and sexual assaults.
Discrimination
H.R. 2232—-Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) / Oversight and Government Reform (05/09/07)—A bill to affirm that federal employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and to repudiate any assertion to the contrary.
S. 1345—-Sen. Daniel Akaka (D-HI) / Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (05/09/07)—A bill to affirm that federal employees are protected from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and to repudiate any assertion to the contrary.
Education
S. 1374—-Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/11/07)—A bill to assist states in making voluntary high quality full-day prekindergarten programs available and economically affordable for the families of all children for at least 1 year preceding kindergarten.
Employment
H.R. 2202—-Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) / Ways and Means (05/08/07)—A bill to provide for wage insurance for dislocated workers.
S. 1330—-Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) / Finance (05/08/07)—A bill to provide for wage insurance for dislocated workers.
Health
H. Con. Res. 144—-Rep. Maurice D. Hinchey (D-NY) / Energy and Commerce (05/08/07)—A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Women’s Health Week.
S. 1332—-Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/08/07)—A bill to revise and extend projects relating to children and violence to provide access to school-based comprehensive mental health programs.
S. 1337—-Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) / Finance (05/08/07)—A bill to provide for equal coverage of mental health services under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
H.R. 2236—-Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) / Education and Labor, Energy and Commerce (05/09/07)—A bill to protect breastfeeding by new mothers, to provide for a performance standard for breast pumps, and to provide tax incentives to encourage breastfeeding.
S. 1359—-Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/10/07)—A bill to enhance public and health professional awareness and understanding of lupus and to strengthen the nation’s research efforts to identify the causes and cure of lupus.
S. 1364—-Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) / Finance (05/10/07)—A bill to extend the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) and streamline enrollment under SCHIP and Medicaid.
S. 1375—-Rep. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (05/11/07)—A bill to ensure that new mothers and their families are educated about postpartum depression, screened for symptoms, and provided with essential services, and to increase research at the National Institutes of Health on postpartum depression.
International
H.R. 2266—-Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) / Foreign Affairs (05/10/07)—A bill to provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers in developing countries.
Judiciary
S. Res. 194—-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Considered and passed (05/11/05)—A resolution commemorating the 40th anniversary of the landmark case In re Gault, et. al., in which the Supreme Court held that all children accused of delinquent acts and facing a proceeding in which their freedom may be curtailed have a right to counsel in the proceedings against them.
Miscellaneous
S. 1317—-Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) / Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (05/07/07)—A bill to posthumously award a congressional gold medal to Constance Baker Motley.
