Adoption
H.R. 5064—-Rep. Mark R. Kennedy (R-MN) / Judiciary (09/13/04)—A bill to prohibit the giving or acceptance of payment for the placement of a child or obtaining consent to adoption.
Education
S. 2794—-Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/13/04)—A bill to improve elementary and secondary education.
S. 2795—-Sen. Mike Enzi (R-WY) / Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (09/13/04)—A bill to provide for higher education affordability, access, and opportunity.
H.R. 5084—-Rep. Hilda L. Solis (D-CA) / Education and the Workforce (09/15/04)—A bill to authorize the Secretary of Education to make formula grants to states to ensure that all families have access to high-quality, voluntary preschool education.
International
S. Con. Res. 137—-Sen. Bill Frist (R-TN) / Considered and passed (09/15/04)—A concurrent resolution calling for the suspension of Sudan’s membership on the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
Miscellaneous
H. Res. 772—-Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) / Government Reform (09/14/04)—A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Long-Term Care Residents’ Rights Week and recognizing the importance the nation of residents of long-term care facilities, including senior citizens and individuals living with disabilities.
Tax Policy
H.R. 5067—-Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT) / Judiciary (09/13/04)—A bill to prohibit the double taxation of telecommuters and others who work at home.
H.R. 5074—-Rep. Steve Chabot (R-OH) / Ways and Means (09/14/04)—A bill to provide a 100 percent deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals.
S. 2797—-Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) / Finance (09/14/04)—A bill to expand the deduction for college tuition expenses to include expenses for books.
H.R. 5093—-Rep. Phil English (R-PA) / Education and the Workforce, Ways and Means (09/15/04)—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.
