A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the United States.
2008-07-07: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the capital gains and dividends rate permanent and to provide estate tax relief and reform, and for other purposes.
2008-05-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the allowance of bonus depreciation and the increased expensing limitations permanent.
2008-05-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Optional One Page Flat Tax Act
2008-04-15: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2007
2008-03-06: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 606.
Protecting English in the Workplace Act
2007-12-12: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
A bill to amend title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide for State student achievement contracts.
2007-11-06: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13993-13995)
Green McAdoo School National Historic Site Study Act of 2008
2008-06-16: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 794.
American History and Civics Achievement Act
2007-05-16: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Strengthening American Citizenship Act of 2007
2007-05-15: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Clean Air/Climate Change Act of 2007
2007-04-19: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Empowering Parents Through Choice Act
2007-03-28: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
A bill to redesignate the Federal building located at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee, as the "Clifford Davis and Odell Horton Federal Building".
2007-03-09: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
A resolution expressing the opposition of the Senate to a proposed regulation by the Environmental Protection Agency, now under review in the Office of Management and Budget, that would undercut air quality protections established by Congress in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 for national parks, national wilderness areas, national monuments, and national seashores.
2008-12-10: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S10884)
A resolution commending the Tennessee Valley Authority on its 75th anniversary.
2008-06-12: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5636; text as passed Senate: CR S5636; text of measure as introduced: CR S5633)
A resolution designating June 20, 2008, as "American Eagle Day", and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States.
2008-06-05: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 6/4/2008 S5119-5120; text as passed Senate: CR 6/4/2008 S5119-5120; text of measure as introduced: CR 6/4/2008 S5048)
A resolution congratulating the University of Tennessee women's basketball team for winning the 2008 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women's Basketball Championship.
2008-04-09: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2827-2828; text as passed Senate: CR S2827-2828; text of measure as introduced: CR S2821)
A resolution congratulating the University of Tennessee women's basketball team for winning the 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship.
2007-04-12: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4455-4456; text as passed Senate: CR S4455-4456; text of measure as introduced: CR S4452)
A resolution designating June 20, 2007, as "American Eagle Day", and celebrating the recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle, the national symbol of the United States.
2007-05-01: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5437; text as passed Senate: CR S5437)
A concurrent resolution recognizing the benefits and importance of school-based music education.
2007-05-07: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5661)