Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the vital role of Medicare in the health care system of our Nation over the last 40 years.
2005-07-21: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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 Congress that, as Congress observes the 40th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and encourages all Americans to do the same, it will advance the legacy of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by ensuring the continued effectiveness of the Act to protect the voting rights of all Americans.
2005-07-27: Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
Recognizing the 50th anniversary of Rosa Louise Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus and the subsequent desegregation of American society.
2005-11-18: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Declaring that it is the policy of the United States not to enter into any base agreement with the Government of Iraq that would lead to a permanent United States military presence in Iraq.
2005-06-30: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Honoring the members of the United States Air Force who were killed in the June 25, 1996, terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers United States military housing compound near Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
2005-07-26: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony to honor Constantino Brumidi on the 200th anniversary of his birth.
2005-07-21: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the importance of Medicaid in the health care system of our Nation.
2005-07-21: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Affirming the commitment and leadership of the United States to improve the lives of the world's 1.3 billion people living in extreme poverty and conditions of misery.
2005-05-26: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for the abductions and continued captivity of citizens of the Republic of Korea and Japan as acts of terrorism and gross violations of human rights.
2005-07-12: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
Commemorating the Armenian Genocide of 1915-1923, urging the Government of the Republic of Turkey to acknowledge the culpability of its predecessor state, the Ottoman Empire, for the Armenian Genocide and engage in rapprochement with the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian people, and supporting the accession of Turkey to the European Union if Turkey meets certain criteria.
2005-09-15: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 11.
Recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and expressing the sense of Congress that history should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and solving the challenges of the future.
2005-06-22: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Honoring the victims of the Cambodian genocide that took place from April 1975 to January 1979.
2005-05-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Relations.
Expressing the sense of Congress concerning Uzbekistan.
2005-06-22: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Congratulating Disneyland and the Walt Disney Company on the 50th Anniversary of the opening of Disneyland.
2005-05-02: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in Latin America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices suffered by these African descendants, and recommending that the United States and the international community work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean.
2006-11-17: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Urging the appropriate representative of the United States to the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights to introduce a resolution calling upon the Government of the Republic of Belarus to cease its human rights violations, and for other purposes.
2005-04-07: Referred to the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Relations.
Expressing the sense of Congress that the continued participation of the Russian Federation in the Group of 8 nations should be conditioned on the Russian Government voluntarily accepting and adhering to the norms and standards of democracy.
2005-05-19: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats.
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding Turkey's claims of sovereignty over islands and islets in the Aegean Sea.
2005-04-26: Referred to the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats.
Non-Proliferation Treaty Enhancement Resolution of 2005
2005-04-14: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Calling on the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to transfer Charles Ghankay Taylor, former President of the Republic of Liberia, to the Special Court for Sierra Leone to be tried for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law.
2005-05-10: Message on Senate action sent to the House.