A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that children should have a safe, loving, nurturing, and permanent family and that it is the policy of the United States that family reunification, kinship care, or domestic and intercountry adoption promotes permanency and stability to a greater degree than long-term institutionalization and long-term, continually disrupted foster care.
2012-02-15: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S803; text as passed Senate: CR S803; text of measure as introduced: CR S704)
A resolution designating January 2012 as "National Mentoring Month".
2012-02-02: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S327; text as passed Senate: CR S327; text of measure as introduced: CR S326)
A resolution designating November 26, 2011, as "Small Business Saturday" and supporting efforts to increase awareness of the value of locally owned small businesses.
2011-11-10: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7391; text as passed Senate: CR S7391; text of measure as introduced: CR S7385)
A resolution expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people of the United States to secure safety, permanency, and well-being for all children.
2011-11-16: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7605)
A resolution congratulating Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. for 100 years of service to communities throughout the United States and the world, and commending Omega Psi Phi for upholding its cardinal principles of manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift.
2011-07-29: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5051-5052; text as passed Senate: CR S5052; text of measure as introduced: CR S5078)
A resolution designating July 1, 2011, as "National Caretakers Day".
2011-06-30: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4298)
A resolution recognizing "National Foster Care Month" as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.
2011-05-26: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3462; text as passed Senate: CR S3462; text of measure as introduced: CR S3454)
A resolution congratulating the students, parents, teachers, and administrators of charter schools across the United States for ongoing contributions to education, and supporting the ideals and goals of the 12th annual National Charter Schools Week.
2011-05-05: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2752)
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
2011-02-17: Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S915)
Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2007
2007-03-28: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2005
2005-03-11: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2517-2521)
Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2003
2003-04-10: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5233-5237)
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2002
2002-01-23: Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S49)
Savings Accounts Are Valuable for Everyone Act of 2000
2000-10-30: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11359)