The Week In Congress                          Volume 2 Number 12

Week Ending April 29, 2005

 

THE BUDGET

 

 

 

Got Milk(ed)?  House and Senate pass the FY 2006 budget. Good if you are well off, not so good if you are poor and in ill health HCR95
 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

 

 

 

 

 

House bill prohibits transporting  minors across State lines for an abortion without parental consent, allowing Federal law to prevail over State laws in such matters. HR748

 

                                     Cuba still ticks off New Jersey's Robert Menendez HCR81

                                     New coins promise to reduce deficit if Americans just

                                        go out and buy them....really. HR902

                                     A Bill of Rights for small businesses HRES22

                                     Credit Unions allowed to get in the game and transfer immigrant

                                        wages to Mexico HR749
                                     House "ethics" rule is returned promising a virtual cat-fight of
                                        accusations at least through Christmas HRES240
 

 

 

 

The race with Japan for the superest supercomputer HR28
Photo: M. Konnor / Morguefiles.com
                                                  African American women in science HCR96
                                                  Americans with India roots recognized HRES227
                                                  House committees get $257.4 million HRES224
 

 

 

 

Is American business bad at competing or bad at spending money to compete or both? Another $100 million taxpayer donation for Big Metal to coat aluminum and bar steel and maybe clean up the air. HR1158

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SENATE

                                      

 

 

The long strange trip of Fred Korematsu SRES126

                                      Prohibitions on animal fighting S382 ;
                                      Behind the scenes when you use your cell phone S976
                                      Watch out for Hepatitis B. SRES117 ;  
                                      Senate continues dogging Hezbollah SRES82;
                    The Vermont Dairy Festival and Harold Howrigan SRES118

                   Golden Gophers Go All the Way SRES125
                   Recognizing the success of charter schools SRES127
Honoring:
Youth SRES128 ;  Chief Judge Wagner SRES107 ;  Public Servants SRES108 ;
 Law Enforcement SRES131 ; and Virginia Retailers HRES129.
 
                    Take care of your ears SRES121 ;  
                    Safety on the job SRES130 ;
                                       Big Brothers and Big Sisters at 101 years HCR41
                                                   

WHITE HOUSE

 

 

President Bush extends for six months waivers on Palestinian Liberation Organization terrorism EXEC1  and authorizes CIA and National Security Directors to classify documents as 'Top Secret". EXEC2

Photo: Susan Marton / Morguefiles.com

 

 

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