Estate Tax bill
2003-06-20: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165.
Death Tax Permanency Act of 2003
2003-01-07: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Recognizing the 93d birthday of Ronald Reagan.
2004-03-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Houses of Worship Free Speech Restoration Act
2004-07-21: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H6537-6538)
Opposing the inclusion in future free trade agreements of provisions that would have the effect of restricting, undermining, or discouraging the enactment or implementation of legislation authorizing the importation of prescription drugs, and for other purposes.
2004-09-08: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Federal Marriage amendment
2004-05-13: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Fair Tax Act of 2003
2004-05-05: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2556)
Community Choice in Real Estate Act
2003-02-27: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Commending the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers for winning the 2003-2004 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship.
2004-06-22: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Desecration of Flag resolution
2003-06-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
To congratulate Mojave Aerospace Ventures for winning the privately funded $10,000,000 Ansari X Prize and commend the X Prize Foundation for spurring this achievement.
2004-10-07: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the sympathy of the House of Representatives for the victims of the devastating earthquake that occurred on December 26, 2003, in Bam, Iran.
2004-03-02: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 381 - 0 (Roll no. 33). (text: CR H724)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the October 3, 2003, order released by the Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau in response to complaints regarding the broadcast of program material that contained indecent language.
2003-12-17: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that due to the allegations of fraud, mismanagement, and abuse within the United Nations oil-for-food program, Kofi Annan should resign from the position of Secretary General of the United Nations to help restore confidence that the investigations into those allegations are being fully and independently accomplished.
2004-12-06: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Congratulating John Gagliardi, football coach of St. John's University, on the occasion of his becoming the all-time winningest coach in collegiate football history.
2003-11-17: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Revising the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2005 as it applies in the House of Representatives.
2004-07-07: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Recognizing the contributions Lou Gehrig and his legacy have made in the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
2003-06-19: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Congratulating the St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, football team on winning the 2003 NCAA Division III Football National Championship.
2004-02-04: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Honoring the contributions of Catholic schools.
2004-01-21: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Repudiating the recent anti-Semitic sentiments expressed by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the outgoing prime minister of Malaysia, which makes peace in the Middle East and around the world more elusive.
2003-10-30: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 411 - 0, 1 Present (Roll no. 593). (text: CR 10/28/2003 H9888)