Child Protection
H.R. 4239—-Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) / Judiciary (04/28/04)—A bill to provide a civil action for a minor injured by exposure to an entertainment product containing material that is harmful to minors.
Education
S. 2360—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Finance (04/29/04)—A bill to provide higher education assistance for nontraditional students.
Family Support
S. Res. 345—-Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (04/28/04)—A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that Congress should expand the supports and services available to grandparents and other relatives who are raising children when their biological parents have died or can no longer take care of them.
Labor
S. 2370—-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Read for the first time (04/29/04)—A bill to provide for an increase in the federal minimum wage.
Small Business
S. 2359—-Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) / Finance (04/28/04)—A bill to provide a refundable tax credit for small business health insurance costs.
Tax Policy
H. Res. 607—-Rep. Sue Wilkins Myrick (R-NC) / Considered and passed (04/27/04)—A resolution providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4181) to permanently extend the increased standard deduction, and the 15-percent individual income tax bracket expansion, for married taxpayers filing joint returns.
H.R. 4243—-Rep. Timothy Ryan (D-OH) / Ways and Means (04/28/04)—A bill to provide a tax credit for the costs of college textbooks.
