Social Security Fairness Act of 2009
2009-01-07: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009
2009-01-06: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2009
2010-09-15: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2009
2009-02-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest on indebtedness and for State and local sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles.
2009-01-06: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Lumbee Recognition Act
2009-06-09: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 72.
To redesignate the Department of the Navy as the Department of the Navy and Marine Corps.
2010-05-05: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
United States Postal Service Financial Relief Act of 2009
2009-12-07: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
2009-06-12: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Honoring the 15th anniversary of the AbilityOne Base Supply Centers.
2010-10-20: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Congratulating the National Institute of Nursing Research on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
2010-09-28: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the historic founding of Catholic Charities USA.
2010-12-17: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Honoring the 50th anniversary of the publication of "To Kill a Mockingbird", a classic American novel authored by Nelle Harper Lee of Monroeville, Alabama.
2010-07-26: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Honoring the coal miners who perished in the Upper Big Branch Mine-South in Raleigh County, West Virginia, extending condolences to their families and recognizing the valiant efforts of emergency response workers at the mine disaster.
2010-04-30: Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Women's History Month.
2010-03-21: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Recognizing the heroic efforts of the West Virginia National Guard and local responders for their work rescuing 17 individuals from a downed military helicopter on a rugged, snow-covered mountain on the Pocahontas-Randolph county line.
2010-06-29: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Recognizing the importance and significance of the 2010 Census and encouraging each community within the Indian Country to name an elder to be the first member of that community to answer the 2010 Census.
2010-03-04: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Honoring Colonel Robert Howard for his lifetime of service to the United States.
2010-02-25: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Supporting the designation of National Robotics Week as an annual event.
2010-03-09: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Expressing support for Chinese human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren for engaging in peaceful expression as they seek answers and justice for the parents whose children were killed in the Sichuan earthquake of May 12, 2008.
2009-11-07: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.