Posted on 11/30/2002 1:32:57 PM PST by unspun
Twelve Important Resolutions Passed by the House But Held Up by the Democrat Led Senate H.R. 5005 - Homeland Security Act of 2002 the major legislation establishing the Department of Homeland Security; passed House 295-132 on 7/26/02
Red = No Action Since November 5th General Election
Homeland Security
Senate Status:
This act was signed into law by President Bush on 11/25/02.
H.R. 4598 - Homeland Security Information Sharing Act
establishes the methods of federal coordination of homeland security, intelligence, and investigation; passed House 422-2 on 6/26/02
Senate Status: Major elements of this bill were included in the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
H.R. 3178 - Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act
anti-terrorism act directing the EPA to secure the nations water supply against contamination by research, development and demonstrable actions; passed House without amendment on 12/18/01
Senate Status: Major elements of this bill were included in the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
H.R. 3231 - Immigration Reform and Accountability Act of 2002
also called the Barbara Jordan Immigration Reform and Accountability Act of 2002, allows immigration and naturalization services to be coordinated with homeland security by placing them under the charge of an office of the Attorney General, instead of the INS; passed House 405-9 on 4/25/02
Senate Status: Immigration and naturalization services are placed under the Secretary of Homeland Security, by the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
H.R. 3209 - Anti-Hoax Terrorism
establishes criminal and civil penalties for unfounded threats of biological, chemical, and nuclear attack; passed House 423-0 on 12/12/01
Senate Status: This bill's status in the Senate has not changed. The impact of the Homeland Security Act upon hoax terrorism being researched.
H.R. 3210 - Terrorism Risk Protection Act
supports new construction by ensuring the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks of terrorism; passed House 227-193 on 11/29/01
Senate Status: After the November 5th election, this bill was revived in the Senate and after conference procedures, passed 86-11, on 11/19/02. This act was signed into law by President Bush on 11/26/02.
Human Rights
H.R. 4965 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002
prohibits partial birth abortion except when the life of the mother is endangered --while exempting any mother whose child is killed in this fashion from prosecution; passed House 274-151 on 7/25/02
Senate Status: This bill's status in the Senate has not changed. Action presumed delayed until 2003, 108th Congress.
H.R. 2505 - Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001
bans human cloning; passed House 265-162 on 7/31/01
Senate Status: This bill's status in the Senate has not changed. Action presumed delayed until 2003, 108th Congress.
H.R. 476 - The Child Custody Protection Act
allows states to enforce their parental notification or parental consent laws pertaining to pregnant minors, by prohibiting the transportation of the minor across state lines in order to skirt parental authority and abort the minors child; does not penalize the minors; passed House 260-161 on 4/17/02
Senate Status: This bill's status in the Senate has not changed. Action presumed delayed until 2003, 108th Congress.
Good Government
H.Con.Res. 353 - Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Resolution
would be the first time since the Watergate polemics of 1974 that the Senate failed or refused to pass the annual Budget Resolution; passed House 221-209 on 3/20/2002
Senate Status: This bill's status in the Senate has not changed.
H.R. 3529 - Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act of 2001
updates tax code to exempt terrorism victims of 9-11 and moneys given to disaster relief, reduces estate taxes for military killed in action, allows extension of unemployment claims to 26 weeks, reduces taxes for schoolteachers with expenses, and adjusts tax code to support investments in technology, passed House 224-193 on 12/19/01
Senate Status: Passed the Senate with amendment, by unanimous consent on 11/14/02; message sent to House.
H.R. 7 - Community Solutions Act of 2001
reinforces incentives for charitable contributions, including greater credit to low-income non-itemizers, tightens enforcement against tax evasion, etc.; passage may be seen as opening the door for President Bushs innovations in non-intrusive government cooperation with private charitable action; passed House 233-198 on 7/19/01
Senate Status: This bill's status in the Senate has not changed. Action presumed delayed until 2003, 108th Congress.
Sources include:
The Library of Congress - http://thomas.loc.gov
The Washington Post - http://www.washingtonpost.com
The Washington Times - http://www.washtimes.com
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How does he do that? If he invest it does it grow, drop, or stand still? If a president has character and moral authority he can't increase it or lose it by supporting or not supporting a position, can he? Just curious.
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