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)
Informed Choice Act
2003-09-09: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8020-8021)
Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Act of 2003
2003-02-03: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Federal Marriage amendment
2004-05-13: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act
2003-05-22: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 65.
Recognizing the valuable contributions of military impacted schools, teachers, administration, and staff for their ongoing contributions to the education of military children.
2004-05-04: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Malpractice Liability bill
2003-03-21: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 49.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
2003-06-04: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act of 2003
2003-04-05: Committee Hearings Held.
Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Allied landing at Normandy during World War II.
2004-04-29: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
Charitable Giving Act of 2003
2003-12-09: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the 60th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce a resolution calling upon the Government of the People's Republic of China to end its human rights violations in China.
2004-03-03: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
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.
Constitutional Preservation Resolution
2003-12-10: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Department of Defense should rectify deficiencies in the military postal system to ensure that members of the Armed Forces stationed overseas are able to receive and send mail in a timely manner as well as receive and send election ballots in time to be counted in the 2004 elections.
2004-05-12: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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.
Congratulating the American Dental Association for sponsoring the second annual "Give Kids a Smile" program which emphasizes the need to improve access to dental care for children, and thanking dentists for volunteering their time to help provide needed dental care.
2004-10-04: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.