Estate Tax bill
2003-06-20: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165.
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)
Internet Access Tax bill
2003-09-18: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 283.
Desecration of Flag resolution
2003-06-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Charitable Contributions bill
2003-12-09: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.
2004-03-06: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the actions of terrorists will never cause the date of any Presidential election to be postponed and that no single individual or agency should be given the authority to postpone the date of a Presidential election.
2004-07-22: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing the disapproval of the House of Representatives of the Social Security totalization agreement between the United States and Mexico.
2004-07-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Honoring David Scott Tidmarsh, the 2004 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion.
2004-07-12: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Constitutional Preservation Resolution
2003-12-10: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Liberation of Guam during World War II.
2004-09-28: 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.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that Judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the laws of the United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws of the United States.
2004-05-13: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 7 - 3.
Recognizing the 5th anniversary of the signing of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 and urging a renewed commitment to eliminating violations of the internationally recognized right to freedom of religion and protecting fundamental human rights.
2003-11-19: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 1 (Roll no. 643). (text: CR H11557)
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that France, Germany, Russia, and other nations can contribute to Iraq's reconstruction by forgiving debts owed by Iraq to those nations and by making generous pledges for Iraq's reconstruction at the International Conference on Reconstruction in Iraq to be held in Madrid.
2003-10-16: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Calling for the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for the purpose of indicting, prosecuting, and imprisoning Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials who are responsible for crimes against humanity, genocide, and other criminal violations of international law.
2003-02-27: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives for the death of Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon and extending thoughts, prayers, and condolences to his family, friends, and loved ones.
2003-09-16: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Extending the thoughts and prayers of the House of Representatives to Governor Frank O'Bannon of Indiana, his wife Judy, and his family and friends, and expressing hope for a full recovery from the stroke he suffered on September 8, 2003.
2003-10-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Recognizing the courage and sacrifice of those members of the United States Armed Forces who were held as prisoners of war during the Vietnam conflict and calling for a full accounting of the 1,902 members of the Armed Forces who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam conflict.
2003-02-28: Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.