The Week In Congress.com Volume 1 Number 11
Week Ending July 16, 2004
This Week's Stories,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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Just when you thought all the tax breaks had been granted. A bit modified, but still the enormous tax break bill it was destined to become, the JOBS bill moves forward HR 4520 |
| House moves against SUTA dumping HR3463 |
| Free Trade with Australia but no break on pharmaceuticals HR4759 |
| What exactly is our responsibility to Taiwan? HCR462 |
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Foreign Operations get funded. See where the money goes offshore HR4818 , Agriculture gets funded. See where the money goes onshore HR 4766 , Congress funds itself HR4755 and spending for Customs, the very first US government department ever created. HR4418 |
| The word is ‘Autochthonous’ HRES684 |
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New Coins to be minted honoring Jamestown, VA HR1914 , the Marines HR3277 and John Marshall HR 2768 |
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Will Israel become a permanent UN member? HRES615 ; Israel complains about the UN HRES713. ; Grateful for Portugal HRES688 ; Urging the President to straighten things out with the WTO HRES705 ; How about those Titans? HRES704 ; Marinas get their day HRES646. Helping others as you were helped HR4363 Remembering Dinah HCR144 ; D.C. students get help with college HR4012 and the "Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office Building" |
SENATE
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Messing with with Mother Nature or preserving it-depending on what side of the issue you are on-Senate Republicans lunge forward to define marriage before the courts do. But what happens if a gay man marries a gay woman? SJR41, |
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The bill to protect us from bio-terrorism S-15 |
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Haiti could get a trade deal S2261 |
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Is Uganda becoming another Rwanda? S2264 |
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Sorting out old surveys and who owns what land in Missouri S1167 |
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Improving savings and retirement for Federal employees S2479 and church officials S2589 |
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Senate agrees to protecting court information on-line HR1303 , and Happy Birthday to President Gerald Ford SRES 405 |