POVERTY related term(s) Homeless

Amendments

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1815 [22MR], S1826, S1832, S1854, S1860, S1862, S1879, S1882, S1883, S1884, S1885, S1886, S1887 [23MR], S1934, S1942, S1944, S1957, S1958, S1965, S1966, S1972, S1975, S1978, S1980, S2006, S2007, S2008, S2009, S2010, S2028, S2029, S2030, S2031, S2032, S2033, S2034, S2035, S2036, S2037, S2038, S2039, S2040, S2041, S2044, S2045, S2046, S2047, S2050, S2051, S2065, S2066 [24MR], S2069, S2070, S2071, S2072, S2073, S2074, S2075, S2076, S2077, S2078, S2131, S2132, S2133 [25MR], H2429 [25MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1851 [21MR]

Children and youth: reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), S6911 [5AU]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), consideration (H. Res. 1742), H7772 [1DE]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S967 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2228, S2246 [13AP], S2266, S2276, S2281, S2302, S2309, S2316 [14AP], S2351, S2391 [15AP], H2615 [15AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H1920 [21MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1851 [21MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S5154, S5161 [18JN], H4829 [24JN]

Social Security: provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), S8046, S8068 [18NO], H7618 [29NO]

Articles and editorials

Add It Up—On Health-Care Vote, Lawmakers Should Pay Heed to the People, H1866 [21MR]

Anthem Blue Cross Dramatically Raising Rates for Californians With Individual Health Policies, S1691 [18MR]

Boys and Girls Clubs Serves Local Thanksgiving Dinner, S8597 [7DE]

Congress's Serial Hits on Food Stamps, H6624 [10AU]

Democrat's View From the House—Senate Bill Isn't Health Reform, H1742 [19MR]

Dems Retreat on Health Care Cost Pitch, S7075 [14SE]

Dems Tap Drug Maker Millions for PhRMA-Friendly Bill, H1606 [18MR]

Dissecting the Real Cost of ObamaCare, S1135 [4MR]

End Run by Dems Is a Travesty, S1706 [18MR]

Essential Fix, S10248 [15DE]

Extend Go Zone to 2012, S10248 [15DE]

Food Bill We Need, S6701 [4AU]

Forging Ahead—Embracing the ``Reconciliation'' Option for Reform, S1250 [8MR]

Health Tops Pennsylvania Business Woes—State's Small Businesses Also See the Recession as a Severe Obstacle, S1689 [18MR]

Health-Care Reform's Sickeningly Sweet Deals, S1423 [11MR]

Heed King—Cut Poverty for All, H219 [20JA]

Historic and Dangerous Senate Mistake—Using `Reconciliation' To Ram Through Health Reform Would Only Deepen Partisan Passions, S1442 [11MR]

Kagan and ObamaCare, S5814 [14JY]

Latest National Security Threat—Obesity, E769 [6MY]

M.D.G.'s for Beginners . . . and Finishers, S7199 [20SE]

Mainers Wait and Wonder—How Will Reform Affect Us?, S1951 [24MR]

More Government Won't Work, H1422 [15MR]

Obama' Illusions of Cost-Control, S1492 [15MR]

ObamaCare's Worst Tax Hike, S1960 [24MR]

Pushback—State AGs Say Ben Nelson's Medicaid Deal Is Unconstitutional, S9 [20JA]

Say No—Health-Care Overhaul Won't Reduce Costs, Will Drive Up U.S. Debt,, H1867 [21MR]

Senate's Important Lunch Date, S6702 [4AU]

Short Takes, H1866 [21MR]

Thanksgiving Volunteers Deliver—With Community Spirit—in Montpelier, S8597 [7DE]

Walgreens—No New Medicaid Patients as of April 16, S1727 [18MR]

Who Pays for ObamaCare? What Donald Berwick and Joe the Plumber Both Understand, S5756 [13JY]

Why Obama Can't Move the Health-Care Numbers, S1424 [11MR]

Bills and resolutions

Asia: authorize appropriations and U.S. participation in replenishment of resources of the Asian Development Fund and U.S. subscription to general capital increase of the Asian Development Bank (see S. 3918), S7788 [29SE] (see S. 3951), S7968 [17NO]

Assets for Independence Act: reauthorize and approve applications to operate new demonstration programs, renew existing programs, and enhance program flexibility (see H.R. 6354), H7393 [29SE]

Bangladesh: support return to democracy (see H. Res. 1215), H2318 [24MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (see H.R. 4872), H1595 [17MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration (see H. Res. 1203), H1817 [20MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 1225), H2456 [25MR]

Bureau of the Census: publish improved annual measures of family income to more accurately determine extent of poverty and anti-poverty effectiveness of means-tested benefit and tax programs (see H.R. 5891), H6282 [28JY]

Charities: encourage pharmaceutical manufacturers and health care providers to donate prescription medications to nonprofit organizations that fill prescriptions for low-income individuals (see H. Res. 1311), H3078 [29AP]

Children and youth: address childhood obesity (see H.R. 6258), H7389 [29SE]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (see S. 3307), S3164 [5MY] (see H.R. 5504), H4386 [10JN]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), consideration (see H. Res. 1742), H7757 [30NO]

Civilian Conservation Corps: reestablish (see H.R. 6456), H7643 [29NO]

Community Reinvestment Act: repeal (see H.R. 5038), H2640 [15AP]

Corp. for National and Community Service: anniversary of AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) (see S. Res. 425), S796 [25FE] (see S. Res. 449), S1311 [9MR] (see H. Res. 1152), H1220 [9MR]

———tribute to AmeriCorps (see S. Res. 516), S3407 [7MY] (see H. Res. 1338), H3273 [6MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: ensure effective encouragement of local agricultural production and increased availability of fresh food in urban areas (see H.R. 4971), H2458 [25MR]

———establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (see S. 3292), S2803 [29AP] (see H.R. 5012), H2503 [13AP]

———improve outreach and enrollment for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 4417), H39 [12JA]

———require milk served in school lunch programs be consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, expand eligibility for Special Milk Program, and provide low-fat cheeses for breakfast and lunch (see H.R. 4963), H2457 [25MR]

———require semiannual indexing of certain child nutrition programs (see S. 3093), S1311 [9MR]

———require use of 95 percent of the national average nonmetropolitan median income to determine eligibility of communities in low-income States for certain rural development funding (see S. 3745), S6884 [5AU]

Dept. of Education: assure comparability of opportunity for educationally disadvantaged students (see H.R. 5071), H2695 [20AP]

———create a demonstration project to fund additional secondary school counselors in certain troubled schools to reduce dropout rates (see H.R. 5671), H5501 [1JY]

———provide grants to States to establish Kindergarten Plus programs (see S. 3557), S5699 [30JN]

———provide low-income students with access to early education programs that promote school readiness, address achievement gap for English-language learners, and encourage bilingualism (see H.R. 6435), H7614 [18NO]

Dept. of Energy: determine whether there are systemic impediments to carrying out certain weatherization programs (see H.R. 6101), H6627 [10AU]

Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for national or regional instructional programs for low-income youth under the Community Services Block Grant Program (see H.R. 4480), H265 [20JA]

———carry out programs to provide youth in racial or ethnic minority or immigrant communities the information and skills needed to reduce teenage pregnancies (see H.R. 5033), H2639 [15AP]

———submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (see H.R. 5986), H6567 [30JY]

Dept. of HUD: amend amount of rental assistance available under the Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (see H.R. 4569), H471 [2FE]

———transform neighborhoods of extreme poverty into sustainable, mixed-income neighborhoods with access to economic opportunities (see S. 4059), S11037 [22DE]

———transform rental assistance properties into properties with long-term, property-based, sustainable contracts that include flexibility to address certain issues (see H.R. 6468), H7854 [1DE]

Dept. of Labor: provide grants to the National Urban League for an Urban Jobs Program (see H.R. 5708), H5502 [1JY]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 5268), H3310 [11MY]

Diseases: improve prostate cancer screening and treatment, particularly in medically underserved communities (see S. 3775), S7089 [14SE]

Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (see S. 3153), S1873 [23MR] (see S. 3173), S2115 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (see S. 3420, 3421), S4212 [25MY] (see H.R. 4691), H931 [25FE] (see H.R. 4851), H1517 [16MR] (see H.R. 5453), H4213 [28MY]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), same-day consideration of rule and consideration under suspension of the rules (see H. Res. 1248), H2578 [14AP]

Education: provide incentives to implement reforms and strategies designed to improve outcomes for all students and significant reductions in achievement gaps among subgroups of students (see H.R. 6244), H7389 [29SE]

———provide incentives to implement reforms and strategies designed to lead to improvement in outcomes for all students and significant reductions in achievement gaps among subgroups of students (see S. 3885), S7787 [29SE]

———support high-achieving, educationally disadvantaged elementary school students in high-need local educational agencies (see S. 3086), S1261 [8MR] (see H.R. 5586), H4779 [23JN]

Employment: promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 4830), H1358 [11MR]

FDIC: fully insure Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (see S. 4052), S11037 [22DE] (see H.R. 6398), H7453 [15NO]

Federal aid programs: increase AmeriCorps, Job Corps, and Peace Corps funding (see H. Res. 1396), H3823 [25MY]

Food: provide children from rural areas with better access to meals served through the summer food service program for children and certain child care programs (see S. 3040), S795 [25FE]

———provide children from underserved areas with better access to meals served through the summer food service program for children and certain child care programs (see H.R. 4734), H1027 [2MR]

Foreign policy: express that a Global Marshall Plan holds the potential to demonstrate the commitment of the U.S. to peace and prosperity through poverty reduction (see H. Res. 1016), H193 [19JA]

Global Child Nutrition Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1202), H1744 [19MR]

Haiti: establish program for sending qualified and available construction workers and equipment to assist Haitians in rebuilding due to earthquake (see H.R. 5171), H3014 [28AP]

———recognize importance of recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding following humanitarian crisis due to earthquake (see S. Res. 414), S536 [9FE]

Health: ensure an up or down vote on certain health care legislation (see H. Res. 1188), H1595 [17MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5421), H4021 (see H.R. 5421), H4082 (see H.R. 5444), H4022 (see H.R. 5444), H4083 [27MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), consideration (see H. Res. 1203), H1817 [20MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 254), H1744 [19MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), pass (see H.R. 5073), H2695 [20AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4038), pass (see H.R. 5424), H4021 (see H.R. 5424), H4082 [27MY]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 5882), H6163 [27JY]

———repeal (see H.R. 5421), H4021 (see H.R. 5421), H4082 (see H.R. 5424), H4021 (see H.R. 5424), H4082 (see H.R. 5444), H4022 (see H.R. 5444), H4083 [27MY] (see H.R. 6555), H8785 [17DE]

Health care professionals: extend changes to requirements for admission of nonimmigrant nurses in certain health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 5687), H5501 [1JY]

Homeless Assistance Act: provide education for homeless children and youths (see H.R. 5285), H3440 [12MY]

House of Representatives: oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 1194), H1656 [18MR]

Housing: ensure that certain multifamily housing mortgage purchases by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increase or preserve the number of dwelling units affordable to low-income families (see H.R. 5361), H3701 [20MY]

———provide grants to States for low-income housing projects in lieu of low-income housing credits (see H.R. 4687), H833 [24FE]

———provide grants to States for low-income housing projects in lieu of low-income housing credits and allow the low-income housing credit to be carried back 5 years (see S. 3326), S3358 [6MY]

———revitalize distressed housing, reform public housing demolition and disposition rules, provide agencies with resources to preserve units, and train residents to provide home-based health services (see H.R. 5814), H5983 [22JY]

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1692), H7395 [29SE]

Investments: increase funding for individual development accounts through funds received by eliminating the domestic production tax deduction for coal and other hard mineral fossil fuels (see H.R. 6067), H6570 [30JY]

IRS: prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (see H.R. 5054), H2640 [15AP] (see H.R. 5066), H2694 [20AP] (see H.R. 5570), H4677 [22JN]

Medicaid: enhance quality through nursing facility survey system improvements (see H.R. 6074), H6571 [30JY]

———require coverage of optometrists (see H.R. 6290), H7390 [29SE]

———require States to provide oral health services to aged, blind, or disabled individuals (see H.R. 5364), H3702 [20MY]

Medicare/Medicaid: clarify application of electronic health record payment incentives in cases of multi-campus hospitals (see S. 3708), S6882 [5AU] (see H.R. 6072), H6571 [30JY]

———enhance penalties to combat fraud and establish Medicare data-mining system and Beneficiary Verification Pilot Program (see S. 3632), S6200 [22JY]

———improve benefits for beneficiaries with kidney disease (see H.R. 6537), H8598 [16DE]

Mother Teresa: commemorate anniversary of birth and honor life and legacy (see H. Res. 1615), H6682 [14SE]

National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families: establish (see H.R. 5574), H4677 [22JN]

National Competition for Community Renewal: establish to encourage communities to adopt innovative strategies and design principles relative to poverty prevention, recovery, and response (see S. 3845), S7507 [27SE] (see H.R. 6222), H7153 (see H.R. 6222), H7211 [28SE]

National GEAR UP Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1638), H6809 [20SE]

National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 325), H7394 [29SE]

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 602), S6549 [30JY] (see H. Res. 1452), H4636 [17JN]

National School Lunch Act: reduce stigma associated with unpaid meal fees (see H.R. 5167), H3013 [28AP]

National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week: support (see H. Res. 1616), H6682 [14SE]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see S. 3558), S5699 [30JN]

Northern Mariana Islands: authorize incremental vouchers for section 8 tenant-based rental assistance to help meet housing needs of low-income families (see H.R. 5845), H5984 [22JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: commend efforts of State legislatures, attorneys general, and citizens to resist implementation (see H. Res. 1230), H2459 [25MR]

———deauthorize appropriations (see H.R. 5882), H6163 [27JY]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States (see H.R. 4960), H2457 [25MR]

———permit States to elect not to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange (see H.R. 5425), H4021 (see H.R. 5425), H4083 [27MY]

———promote accountability and transparency concerning implementation (see S. 3924), S7788 [29SE]

———repeal (see S. 3147), S1812 [22MR] (see S. 3152), S1873 [23MR] (see H.R. 4901, 4903, 4910), H2215 [22MR] (see H.R. 4919), H2318 [24MR] (see H.R. 4944), H2456 (see H.R. 4972), H2458 [25MR] (see H.R. 5005), H2503 [13AP] (see H.R. 5073), H2695 [20AP] (see H.R. 5216), H3201 [5MY] (see H.R. 5421), H4021 (see H.R. 5421), H4082 (see H.R. 5424), H4021 (see H.R. 5424), H4082 (see H.R. 5444), H4022 (see H.R. 5444), H4083 [27MY] (see H.R. 6555), H8785 [17DE]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 3653), S6302 [27JY] (see H.R. 4985), H2458 [25MR]

———repeal specific provisions (see H.R. 4911), H2215 [22MR]

———repeal unwarranted provisions and more efficiently use taxpayer dollars in health care spending (see S. 3239), S2518 [21AP]

Poverty in America Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1024), H266 [20JA]

Public welfare programs: extend the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (see S. 3849), S7618 [28SE] (see H.R. 4564), H470 [2FE] (see H.R. 4623), H609 [9FE]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: eliminate cost-sharing requirements for certain grants to communities suffering economic injury due to defense-related funding reductions (see S. 3030), S742 [24FE]

Social Security: increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (see S. 2949), S197 [25JA]

———prevent low-income public servants from falling into poverty by modifying the Government Pension Offset to protect their widows and spousal benefits (see H.R. 6442), H7614 [18NO]

———provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 5712), H5545 [13JY]

Taxation: allow an exemption from tax for individuals with gross income of not more than $50,000 (see H.R. 6082), H6626 [10AU]

———allow Indian tribes to receive charitable contributions of apparently wholesome food (see H.R. 6263), H7389 [29SE]

———express that the value-added tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery (see H. Res. 1346), H3310 [11MY]

———facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see S. 3865), S7786 [29SE]

———impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (see H.R. 5783), H5818 [20JY]

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit (see H.R. 5693), H5502 [1JY]

———provide incentives for the establishment of supermarkets in certain underserved areas (see H.R. 5685), H5501 [1JY]

———provide special rules for treatment of low-income housing credits (see S. 3141), S1750 [18MR]

———terminate advance payment of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 5885), H6163 [27JY]

U.N. Millennium Declaration: support ideals and objectives and related Millennium Development Goals, and commend progress in poverty and hunger eradication, human rights, and global health initiatives (see H. Con. Res. 318), H6803 [16SE]

Water: increase assistance for States, water systems, and disadvantaged communities, strengthen EPA safe drinking water enforcement, reduce lead, and strengthen endocrine disruptor screening program (see H.R. 5320), H3540 [18MY]

World War II: ensure all U.S. Holocaust survivors are able to live remaining years with dignity, comfort, and security (see H. Con. Res. 323), H7394 [29SE]

Cloture motions

Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), motion to proceed, S2091 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2288 [14AP], S2364 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2099 [25MR], S2200 [12AP]

Cost Estimates

Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act (H.R. 5320): CBO, H6438 [29JY]

Explanations

Constitutionality of Mandate Requiring U.S. Citizens To Have Health Insurance, H1826 [21MR]

Factsheets

Newspaper Editorials Supporting Health Insurance Reform: Representative Pelosi, H1635 [18MR]

Letters

Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act: Perry L. Fowler, Associated General Contractors of America, H6438 [29JY]

Budget reconciliation process: Senator Byrd, S1439 [11MR]

Child nutrition programs reauthorization: several Representatives, E769 [6MY]

Continuing Extension Act: Senator Coburn, S2192 [12AP]

Gulf Opportunity Zone low-income housing tax credit extension: Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury and Shaun Donovan, Sec. of HUD, S920 [2MR], S10248 [15DE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: A. Barry Rand, AARP, S1976 [24MR]

———Charles N. Kahn III, Federation of American Hospitals, S1956 [24MR]

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: Noelle Ellerson, American Association of School Administrators, Jeff Simering, Council of the Great City Schools, and Lucy Gettman, National School Boards Association, H7806 [1DE]

———Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H7811 [1DE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7810 [1DE]

Millennium Challenge Corp., compact with Morocco suspension: Representative Wolf, E897 [20MY], E1523 [30JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Cori E. Uccello, American Academy of Actuaries, S833 [1MR]

———Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S828 [1MR]

———Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah, E409 [18MR]

———J. James Rohack, AMA, S1956 [24MR]

———Janice K. Brewer, Governor of Arizona, S1577 [16MR]

———Peter Fine, Banner Health (company), S1762 [19MR]

———Pharmakon Long Term Care Pharmacy, Inc., and Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals, Inc., E1300-E1302 [13JY]

———Senator Alexander, S827 [1MR]

———several medical organizations, S1426 [11MR]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S830 [1MR]

———Tommy Williams, H1629 [18MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act potential effects on discretionary spending: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S4639 [8JN]

Request the President and the Dept. of HHS to transmit to the House of Representatives copies of documents, records, and communications relative to certain health care reform agreements: Representative Burgess, H29 [12JA]

Lists

Committee on Finance (Senate) staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2082, S2085 [25MR]

Committee on the Budget (House) Republican staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, E433 [21MR]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2082 [25MR]

Proposed points of order against certain provisions in H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, submitted by Senator Grassley, S2084 [25MR]

Memorandums

Democrat Spending Since Troubled Asset Relief Program Was Enacted Into Law, H2247 [23MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Richard S. Foster, Dept. of HHS, S832 [1MR]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1821, S1840, S1847 [23MR], S1923, S1937, S1959, S1980, S1993, S1994, S1995, S1996, S1997, S1998, S1999, S2000, S2001, S2002, S2003, S2004, S2005, S2006, S2008, S2009, S2010, S2011 [24MR], S2070, S2071, S2072, S2073, S2074, S2075, S2076, S2077, S2078, S2079 [25MR], H2167 [21MR], H2429 [25MR]

Children and youth: reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), H7814 [1DE]

Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), S2091, S2094 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S933 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2099 [25MR], S2269, S2282 [14AP], S2345, S2346 [15AP], H2616 [15AP]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H2152 [21MR]

House of Representatives: oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (H. Res. 1194), H1624 [18MR]

Petitions and memorials

Louisiana: Medicare growth rate payment system for physicians, S469 [4FE]

Utah: national health care reform legislation, E409 [18MR]

Press releases

AARP Statement on Historic Health Insurance Reform Package: AARP, S1956 [24MR]

NSBA Opposes Health Care Reform Bill, With Regret: National Small Business Association, S1951 [24MR]

Senate Health Bill: National Federation of Independent Business, S1951 [24MR]

Proclamations

AmeriCorps Week: Representative Wu, E848 [13MY]

Proposals

Oppose House of Representatives usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation, H1623 [18MR]

Remarks in House

AIDS Drug Assistance Programs: funding, H6883 [23SE]

Alfalit International, Inc.: tribute, H6580 [10AU]

Appropriations: revised allocation of spending authority to certain committees of the House, H2171 [21MR]

Arlington Food Assistance Center: tribute, E1739 [23SE]

Banegas, Ascension: Hall of Fame of Delaware Women inductee, E447 [22MR]

Bangladesh: support return to democracy (H. Res. 1215), H2413, H2414 [25MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), H1597 [18MR], H1777, H1783, H1790, H1795 [20MR], H1854-H2169 [21MR], H2175, H2176, H2177, H2192-H2213 [22MR], H2247, H2248 [23MR], H2276, H2277 [24MR], E437, E440, E441, E444, E447 [22MR], E454, E455, E457, E462 [23MR], E465, E468, E469, E472, E473, E475, E477 [24MR], E506 [25MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), Senate amendments, H2323, H2429-H2440, H2449-H2454 [25MR], H2635 [15AP], H2834 [22AP], E567, E573 [15AP], E618 [22AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1824-H1854 [21MR], E508-E510 [25MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1225), H2418-H2429 [25MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), motion to recommit, H2167, H2168 [21MR]

CBO: tribute to analysis and budget estimates of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, E433 [21MR]

Children and youth: reauthorize child nutrition programs, E769 [6MY]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs and combat childhood obesity and hunger, H4001-H4003 [27MY]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), H7778-H7815 [1DE], H7870-H7874 [2DE], E2039, E2041, E2042, E2044, E2050 [2DE], E2069, E2073 [7DE], E2083-E2085 [8DE], E2128 [14DE], E2204 [18DE]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), consideration (H. Res. 1742), H7767-H7773 [1DE]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), motion to recommit, H7814, H7815 [1DE]

———support goals and ideals of the National School Lunch Program (H. Res. 362), H995-H997 [2MR]

Christian Relief Services Charities International (organization): anniversary, E771 [6MY]

Common Ground (organization): tribute to 100,000 Homes Campaign, E1513 [30JY]

Computers: focus cybersecurity awareness education on novice computer users, elderly and low-income populations, and populations in areas of planned broadband expansion or deployment, H509, H510, H518 [3FE]

Corp. for National and Community Service: tribute to AmeriCorps (H. Res. 1338), H3339-H3341 [12MY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H2247 [23MR], H4950 [29JN], H5293, H5295-H5297 [30JN], H5599 [14JY], H5729 [20JY], H6153-H6159 [27JY], H6884 [23SE], H7216, H7365 [29SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (H.R. 5012), H8112-H8114 [8DE]

———establish certain conditions for receipt of funds under the child and adult care food program and eliminate Federal price floor for paid school lunches, H7814, H7815 [1DE]

———implement communication standards to ensure availability of nutrition programs information in language appropriate to the community being served, H7811 [1DE]

———Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H6619, H6620, H6621, H6622, H6624 [10AU], H7806, H7807, H7808, H7811-H7813 [1DE], E2128 [14DE]

Dept. of Defense: provide list of minority-, women-, and disadvantaged-owned small businesses who received defense contracts, H3997 [27MY]

Dept. of Education: provide low-income students with access to early education programs that promote school readiness, address achievement gap for English-language learners, and encourage bilingualism (H.R. 6435), H7503 [17NO]

Dept. of HHS: submit report on parasitic disease among poor Americans (H.R. 5986), H7191, H7192 [28SE], E1789 [29SE]

Dept. of HUD: section 8 programs and Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS funding, H6324 [29JY]

Domestic policy: awareness of growing numbers of people living in poverty, E2115 [13DE]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), H901-H906 [25FE], H938 [26FE], H1227 [10MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), H1548-H1553 [17MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), same-day consideration of rule and consideration under suspension of the rules (H. Res. 1248), H2585-H2593 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), Senate amendment, H2615-H2620 [15AP], E582 [20AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), Senate amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, H2615 [15AP]

Economy: impact of failure to extend Bush administration tax cuts, H8018-H8021 [2DE]

FACETS (organization): tribute, E2016 [30NO]

FDIC: fully insure Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (H.R. 6398), H7727, H7728 [30NO], H7763 [1DE]

Foreign aid: maternal health programs funding, H1084 [3MR]

Global Child Nutrition Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1202), E417 [19MR]

Haiti: recognize importance of recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding following humanitarian crisis due to earthquake, E2161 [16DE]

Health: consult with Federal antitrust enforcement agencies to ensure healthy competitive market incentives relative to health care reform, E455 [23MR]

———ensure an up or down vote on certain health care legislation (H. Res. 1188), H1601, H1602-H1604, H1605, H1608 [18MR], H1715, H1719 [19MR]

———ensure no American is penalized for failing to purchase Government-mandated health coverage, H1660 [19MR]

———health insurance premiums rates, H2991-H2996 [28AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H337 [26JA], H612, H626, H630-H643 [22FE], H653, H654, H655, H656, H659, H660, H661, H662, H663, H664, H665, H667, H731, H736, H738-H744 [23FE], H758, H759, H760, H761, H797, H798, H817-H831 [24FE], H836, H837, H911-H920, H922-H929 [25FE], H952-H962 [26FE], H975, H1005-H1011, H1023 [2MR], H1033, H1034, H1088-H1101 [3MR], H1107, H1108, H1109, H1149, H1151, H1154, H1155, H1161-H1165 [4MR], E257 [25FE], E305 [4MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H1644 [18MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), H301-H303 [21JA], H1174, H1177, H1213-H1218 [9MR], H1225, H1306-H1313 [10MR], H1326, H1327, H1340, H1348-H1355 [11MR], H1361, H1362, H1363, H1364-H1368, H1376, H1380, H1381, H1383, H1384-H1393 [12MR], H1399, H1400, H1401, H1412, H1413, H1422, H1430-H1439 [15MR], H1443, H1445, H1446, H1447, H1448, H1449, H1450, H1451, H1452, H1453, H1454, H1455, H1456, H1457, H1458, H1459, H1460, H1461, H1462, H1463, H1464, H1465, H1466, H1467, H1468, H1469, H1470, H1471, H1472, H1473, H1474, H1480, H1488-H1491, H1499-H1516 [16MR], H1521, H1522, H1523, H1524, H1551, H1552, H1561, H1562, H1563-H1592 [17MR], H1597, H1598, H1599, H1600, H1601-H1609, H1627, H1628, H1629-H1653 [18MR], H1659, H1660, H1661, H1662, H1665-H1667, H1672-H1677, H1680-H1683, H1691, H1701-H1711, H1714, H1715, H1716-H1742 [19MR], H1747, H1748, H1749, H1763-H1767, H1770, H1775-H1816 [20MR], H1819, H1820, H1821, H1854-H2169 [21MR], H2175, H2176, H2177, H2192-H2213 [22MR], H2217, H2218, H2241, H2242, H2246, H2247, H2248, H2254-H2260 [23MR], H2264, H2265, H2266, H2276, H2277, H2311, H2315 [24MR], H2322, H2323, H2324, H2441, H2445 [25MR], H2464, H2479, H2488-H2495 [13AP], H2627, H2634-H2638 [15AP], H2671 [20AP], H2827-H2834, H2838-H2840 [22AP], H2880, H2884, H2886, H2887, H2888, H2889, H2890, H2891, H2892, H2893, H2894, H2895, H2911 [27AP], H2990-H2997 [28AP], H3108-H3115 [4MY], H3187, H3189, H3191 [5MY], H3265-H3270 [6MY], H3282 [11MY], H3331 [12MY], H3732 [24MY], H3795-H3802, H3813 [25MY], H3829, H3846 [26MY], H4078 [27MY], H4218, H4238 [8JN], H4404-H4409 [14JN], H4447 [15JN], H4512 [16JN], H4670 [22JN], H4749, H4773-H4776 [23JN], H4859-H4864 [24JN], H4912, H4915 [29JN], H5296 [30JN], H5703, H5709 [19JY], H5811 [20JY], H5964 [22JY], H6144-H6147, H6154 [27JY], H6166 [28JY], H6853 [22SE], H6972-H6981 [23SE], H7486-H7492 [16NO], H7528 [17NO], H8021 [2DE], E13 [12JA], E367 [12MR], E402 [17MR], E408, E413 [18MR], E418 [19MR], E437, E440, E441, E444, E447 [22MR], E454, E455, E457, E461, E462 [23MR], E473, E475, E477 [24MR], E533 [13AP], E567 [15AP], E618 [22AP], E1075 [10JN], E1300 [13JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), consideration (H. Res. 1203), H1824-H1854 [21MR], E508-E510 [25MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), unanimous-consent request, H1892 [21MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), H180 [19JA], H634 [22FE], H739, H741, H743 [23FE], H829 [24FE], H3798 [25MY], H5964 [22JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), pass (H.R. 5073), H8075-H8079 [7DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12, H13, H15, H17-H30 [12JA], H44, H45, H47, H124-H131 [13JA], H148, H173-H175, H177-H185, H187-H190 [19JA], H196, H197, H198, H243, H246, H248-H262 [20JA], H269, H271, H272, H301-H303, H306, H316-H323 [21JA], H355, H375-H381 [26JA], H392 [27JA], H430 [2FE], H476, H546 [3FE], H565, H566 [4FE], E38 [19JA], E66 [21JA], E90 [26JA]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), Senate amendments, H4829-H4841, H4858 [24JN], E1234, E1247 [30JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3970), H246 [20JA], H759 [24FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 5444), E985 [28MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H8273 [9DE]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (H.R. 1321), H1915 [21MR]

———use of budget reconciliation process to revise health care reform legislation, H1215-H1217 [9MR], H1225, H1307-H1309 [10MR], H1326, H1340 [11MR], H1376-H1380, H1383, H1386, H1388, H1391 [12MR], H1399, H1400, H1422, H1432, H1434 [15MR], H1470, H1471, H1472, H1474 [16MR], H1665-H1667 [19MR], H1794 [20MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: deauthorize appropriations (H.R. 5882), H6274, H6275 [28JY]

———repeal (H.R. 5444), E985 [28MY]

Health care facilities: support community health center system, H1904 [21MR]

———support physician-owned hospitals, H1795 [20MR]

Home Box Office (HBO) (television network): tribute to documentary ``Homeless, the Motel Kids of Orange County'', H5924 [22JY]

House of Representatives: consideration of rule for reconciliation legislation that would deem Senate version of health care reform legislation passed, H1364, H1367 [12MR], H1399, H1434 [15MR], H1443, H1445, H1446, H1447, H1453, H1454, H1455, H1456, H1457, H1458, H1459, H1460, H1461, H1463, H1464, H1465, H1466, H1467, H1468, H1469, H1470, H1471, H1472, H1473, H1503, H1504, H1510 [16MR], H1552, H1567, H1573, H1590 [17MR], H1598, H1599, H1601, H1602, H1604-H1606, H1645-H1648, H1652 [18MR], H1659, H1665-H1667, H1672-H1677, H1715, H1724, H1725, H1728, H1738, H1739 [19MR], H1748, H1770, H1806, H1808 [20MR], H1834 [21MR]

———oppose usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation (H. Res. 1194), H1624 [18MR]

———require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (H. Res. 847), H126 [13JA], H208-H210 [20JA]

———require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (H. Res. 847), unanimous-consent agreement, H490 [3FE]

———tribute to staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, E505 [25MR]

Housing: ensure that certain multifamily housing mortgage purchases by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac increase or preserve the number of dwelling units affordable to low-income families (H.R. 5361), E908 [20MY]

———provide grants to States for low-income housing projects in lieu of low-income housing credits (H.R. 4687), E229 [24FE]

Hunger Action Month: observance, E1739 [23SE]

Insurance: Government mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H2257 [23MR]

Investments: increase funding for individual development accounts through funds received by eliminating the domestic production tax deduction for coal and other hard mineral fossil fuels (H.R. 6067), E1508 [30JY]

IRS: prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (H.R. 5570), H4785, H4786, H4791, H4792 [24JN]

Joshua's Heart Foundation: tribute, H3514 [18MY]

Leesburg, VA: tribute to Loudoun Country Day School third grade class food drive, E545 [14AP]

Limbaugh, Rush H., III: condemn comments relative to child hunger, H4682 [23JN]

Louisiana: request for change or realignment of Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage formula, H740 [23FE]

Medicaid: anniversary, E1511 [30JY]

———exemption of Nebraska from increased funding obligations, H21 [12JA], H126 [13JA], H320 [21JA], H1722 [19MR]

———funding, H1704, H1705 [19MR]

———reform reimbursement payment system for physicians, H1705, H1709 [19MR], H3875 [27MY]

———use historical averages to calculate the Federal medical assistance percentage for disaster affected States, H1715 [19MR]

Medicare: ensure oversight of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, E618 [22AP]

———exclude Independent Payment Advisory Board recommendations that would reduce payment rates for providers that receive an additional market basket cut on top of the productivity adjustment, E473 [24MR]

———reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians, H4169, H4170 [28MY]

———reform the Independent Payment Advisory Board, E465 [24MR]

Members of Congress: negotiation of benefits granted to certain States in exchange for votes for passage of health care reform legislation, H1909 [21MR]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: awarding of contracts to Chinese owned businesses, E1814 [29SE]

———suspend compact with Morocco, H5977 [22JY], E897 [20MY], E1523 [30JY]

Minimum wage: impact of increase, H2276 [24MR]

Minnesota: tribute to Community Action Partnership weatherization programs, E11 [12JA]

Morristown, NJ: anniversary of Community Soup Kitchen and Outreach Center, E531 [13AP]

Mother Teresa: commemorate anniversary of birth and honor life and legacy, H7859 [2DE], E1676 [16SE]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts, E596 [20AP]

National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families: establish (H.R. 5574), E1160 [22JN]

National Competition for Community Renewal: establish to encourage communities to adopt innovative strategies and design principles relative to poverty prevention, recovery, and response (H.R. 6222), E1772 [29SE]

National GEAR UP Day: observance, E1812 [29SE]

———support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1638), H7707-H7709 [30NO]

National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day: support goals and ideals (H. Con. Res. 325), H7728-H7730 [30NO], H7899 [2DE], E1800 [29SE]

National objectives: eradicate hunger in the U.S., H8918 [21DE]

New Haven, CT: tribute to opening of housing for veterans, E982 [28MY]

New Journeys Transitional Home, Inc.: tribute, H4912 [29JN]

Obama, President: host of televised bipartisan health care summit, H935 [26FE], H1018 [2MR]

———proposal to host televised bipartisan health care summit, H631-H636 [22FE], H654, H655, H738, H741, H743 [23FE], H758, H760, H817-H822, H825, H827, H829, H830 [24FE]

OPM: authority to provide oversight and set premiums of multi-State health insurance plans, H1906 [21MR]

Pathways PA (organization): anniversary, E2066 [7DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow States the right to opt out of federally-imposed health insurance mandate, H2449 [25MR]

———deauthorize appropriations (H.R. 5882), H6274 [28JY]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, H2835 [22AP]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States (H.R. 4960), H2804 [22AP]

———promote accountability and transparency concerning implementation, H7487, H7490 [16NO]

———repeal, H2258 [23MR], H2464 [13AP], H2786 [21AP], H2840 [22AP], H2887, H2889, H2890 [27AP], H2992 [28AP], H3765, H3799 [25MY], H3828 [26MY], H4319 [9JN], H4442 [15JN], H6048 [27JY], H6766 [16SE], H7402, H7427-H7429 [15NO], H7490 [16NO], H7585 [18NO], H8073, H8074, H8079 [7DE], H8252, H8253 [8DE], H8931 [21DE]

———repeal (H.R. 4901), H2311 [24MR]

———repeal (H.R. 4903), H2177 [22MR]

———repeal (H.R. 4944), H2582 [15AP], H4599 [17JN]

———repeal (H.R. 4972), H3270 [6MY], H4775 [23JN], H6146 [27JY], H6275 [28JY], H6867 [22SE]

———repeal (H.R. 5073), H8075-H8079 [7DE]

———repeal (H.R. 5444), E985 [28MY]

———repeal specific provisions, H2296, H2297 [24MR]

Pontiac, MI: tribute to Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency's new welcome center, E1911 [16NO]

Poverty in America Awareness Month: designate (H. Res. 1024), H350-H353 [26JA]

Public welfare programs: extend the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs, H2224, H2225 [23MR]

———extend the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (H.R. 4564), H1301 [10MR]

———repeal emergency fund for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 1277), H3671, H3673, H3675-H3679 [20MY]

———Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program emergency fund funding, E508 [25MR]

———Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, H7688 [30NO]

Purcellville, VA: tribute to Upper Loudoun Youth Football League donations to Tree of Life food pantry, E1946 [17NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H7366 [29SE]

Sacramento, CA: anniversary of Sacramento Salvation Army, E885 [19MY]

Salud Para La Gente (organization): anniversary, E1912 [16NO]

Shelter House, Inc.: tribute to Volunteer Awards recipients, E1019 [8JN]

Social Security: ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (H.R. 2829), H272 [21JA]

———increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (S. 2949), H348-H350 [26JA], E98, E103 [27JA]

———prevent low-income public servants from falling into poverty by modifying the Government Pension Offset to protect their widows and spousal benefits (H.R. 6442), E1984 [18NO]

———provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), H5563-H5565 [14JY], H8278 [9DE], E1308 [13JY]

———provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), Senate amendments, H7618-H7621 [29NO]

States: decision to nullify federally-imposed mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H1653 [18MR]

Take Stock in Children (organization): tribute, E640 [22AP]

Taxation: express that the value-added tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery, H7457 [16NO]

———impose an excise tax on currency transactions and use funds to establish child care, global health care, and climate change adaptation and mitigation trust funds (H.R. 5783), E1371 [20JY]

———terminate advance payment of the earned income tax credit, H5960 [22JY]

———terminate advance payment of the earned income tax credit (H.R. 5885), H6292-H6296 [29JY]

Trenton, NJ: tribute to Catholic Charities, Diocese of Trenton Emergency and Community Services, E1033 [8JN]

U.N. Millennium Declaration: support ideals and objectives and related Millennium Development Goals, and commend progress in poverty and hunger eradication, human rights, and global health initiatives, E1723 [23SE]

Virginia: tribute to 10th Congressional District food banks and pantries, E1354 [19JY]

———tribute to 10th Congressional District grocery stores for donations to food banks and pantries, E1290 [13JY]

———U.S. district court ruling on constitutionality of federally-imposed mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance, H8298, H8335 [14DE], H8356, H8358 [15DE]

Wal-Mart, Inc.: tribute to initiative to improve the efficiency of the U.S. food bank system, E842 [13MY]

Water: increase assistance for States, water systems, and disadvantaged communities, strengthen EPA safe drinking water enforcement, reduce lead, and strengthen endocrine disruptor screening program (H.R. 5320), H6431-H6440 [29JY], E1511 [30JY], E1541 [9AU]

Women of Tomorrow (organization): tribute to Mentor & Scholarship Program, H1173 [9MR]

World War II: ensure all U.S. Holocaust survivors are able to live remaining years with dignity, comfort, and security (H. Con. Res. 323), H7713-H7716 [30NO], E2020, E2028 [1DE], E2035, E2036 [2DE], E2068 [7DE]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 846), H6960-H6963 [23SE]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1783-S1790, S1798, S1799 [22MR], S1819, S1821-S1867 [23MR], S1923-S2012 [24MR], S2069-S2089 [25MR], S2158 [26MR], S2753 [28AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), motion to commit, S1838-S1841, S1846-S1849 [23MR], S1924, S1937-S1940, S1959, S1994-S1998, S2000, S2005 [24MR], S2075, S2076 [25MR]

———rescind certain unspent Federal funds to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation and certain other Federal programs, S2275-S2278, S2281, S2287 [14AP], S2346 [15AP]

———rescind funds from certain Federal programs to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation, S10249-S10251 [15DE]

Children and youth: enhance quality of life for all children, S6575-S6578 [2AU]

———reauthorize child nutrition programs (S. 3307), S4547 [27MY], S4846 [10JN], S6287 [27JY], S6357-S6359 [28JY], S6478 [29JY], S6700-S6702 [4AU], S6832-S6835, S6842-S6845, S6849 [5AU]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S189 [25JA], S1866 [23MR]

Corp. for National and Community Service: anniversary of AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) (S. Res. 425), S801, S802 [25FE], S1015 [3MR]

———anniversary of AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) (S. Res. 449), S1318 [9MR]

———tribute to AmeriCorps (S. Res. 516), S3433 [7MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a weekend and holiday feeding program to provide nutritious food to at-risk school children on weekends and extended school holidays during the school year (S. 3292), S2808 [29AP]

———require use of 95 percent of the national average nonmetropolitan median income to determine eligibility of communities in low-income States for certain rural development funding (S. 3745), S6898 [5AU]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to States to establish Kindergarten Plus programs (S. 3557), S5701 [30JN]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice, S1292 [9MR], S1350, S1352 [10MR], S1588-S1598, S1604 [16MR]

Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), S1819, S1821 [23MR]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), motion to proceed, S2091-S2094 [25MR], S2145 [26MR]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3173), S2138, S2149-S2152 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs, S836-S838 [1MR], S2008 [24MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S761, S776-S792, S816 [25FE], S818-S821, S824 [26FE], S825, S826, S852-S854 [1MR], S898-S904, S910-S921, S923, S926-S934 [2MR], S1211 [5MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), unanimous-consent agreement, S926 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), unanimous-consent request, S772, S773, S776, S778, S786, S792, S816 [25FE], S819, S820 [26FE], S826, S844 [1MR], S897, S898, S899 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S1756 [18MR], S1759 [19MR], S2094-S2099 [25MR], S2226-S2230, S2233-S2235 [13AP], S2257, S2265-S2269, S2275-S2282, S2286, S2287 [14AP], S2341, S2351, S2363-S2367, S2396 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2099-S2106 [25MR], S2135-S2152 [26MR], S2187-S2189, S2191-S2195, S2197, S2199-S2202 [12AP], S2216, S2226 [13AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), unanimous-consent agreement, S2168 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), unanimous-consent request, S1759, S1760 [19MR], S2096, S2098, S2102 [25MR], S2138, S2144 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (S. 3421), S4394 [25MY], S4397 [26MY]

———temporarily extend certain programs (S. 3421), unanimous-consent request, S4870 [14JN], S5097 [17JN], S5164 [21JN]

Economy: impact of failure to extend Bush administration tax cuts, S7077 [14SE], S7106 [15SE], S7309-S7311, S7327, S7332-S7334, S7342 [22SE], S7410 [23SE], S8273 [30NO], S8317 [1DE], S8358, S8363-S8365, S8380 [2DE]

Education: provide incentives to implement reforms and strategies designed to lead to improvement in outcomes for all students and significant reductions in achievement gaps among subgroups of students (S. 3885), S7799 [29SE]

———support high-achieving, educationally disadvantaged elementary school students in high-need local educational agencies (S. 3086), S1262 [8MR]

FDIC: fully insure Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts (H.R. 6398), S10920 [21DE], S10963, S10964 [22DE]

Foreign aid: women's empowerment funding, S1303 [9MR]

Haiti: recognize importance of recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding following humanitarian crisis due to earthquake (S. Res. 414), S1127 [4MR]

Health: health insurance premiums rates, S827-S836 [1MR], S2080 [25MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S547 [11FE], S604, S612 [22FE], S677, S685 [23FE], S717 [24FE], S758-S760, S766-S768, S771 [25FE], S898 [2MR], S974-S978, S991 [3MR], S1125, S1131-S1141, S1154-S1156, S1159, S1163 [4MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S7-S10, S12, S30, S36, S39 [20JA], S211 [26JA], S457-S460 [4FE], S529 [9FE], S827-S836 [1MR], S1243, S1246 [8MR], S1273-S1276, S1283, S1286, S1297-S1302, S1306 [9MR], S1321-S1327, S1333 [10MR], S1415, S1421-S1426, S1437-S1443, S1451 [11MR], S1489, S1505-S1512 [15MR], S1565, S1576, S1577, S1580-S1582 [16MR], S1635, S1642 [17MR], S1685-S1693, S1705-S1713, S1716, S1725-S1728 [18MR], S1760-S1763, S1767-S1772 [19MR], S1783-S1790, S1798, S1799 [22MR], S1819, S1820, S1829, S1835, S1841, S1855-S1859, S1864-S1867 [23MR], S2012-S2015 [24MR], S2096 [25MR], S2142, S2157, S2158 [26MR], S2185, S2187, S2200, S2203 [12AP], S2235, S2236 [13AP], S2257 [14AP], S2487-S2489 [21AP], S2560 [22AP], S2678-S2680 [27AP], S3123 [5MY], S3570, S3571, S3579 [12MY], S3853-S3855 [18MY], S3961 [19MY], S4111 [24MY], S4166 [25MY], S4399 [26MY], S4630-S4633, S4639, S4647-S4650 [8JN], S4954-S4956 [16JN], S5165 [21JN], S5226, S5227 [22JN], S5283-S5285, S5302 [23JN], S5661 [30JN], S5723-S5729 [12JY], S5754-S5758 [13JY], S6051 [21JY], S6371-S6373 [28JY], S6511 [29JY], S7200 [20SE], S7391, S7407, S7412-S7414 [23SE], S7438 [24SE], S7477 [27SE], S7932 [17NO], S8268 [30NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S5150, S5151 [18JN], S5226 [22JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), unanimous-consent request, S5096 [17JN]

———use of budget reconciliation process to revise health care reform legislation, S1131, S1133, S1137 [4MR], S1247, S1248 [8MR], S1275 [9MR], S1321 [10MR], S1423, S1437-S1443 [11MR], S1490 [15MR], S1576, S1580-S1582, S1614 [16MR], S1685-S1688, S1691, S1712, S1716 [18MR]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: economic impact on Tennessee State budget, S1980 [24MR]

———repeal Patient Center Outcomes Research Institute, CMS Innovation Center, U.S. Preventive Service Task Force, and Independent Payment Advisory Board provisions, S2005 [24MR]

Health care professionals: improve access to pro bono health care for medically underserved or indigent individuals by providing limited medical liability protections, S2070 [25MR]

House of Representatives: consideration of rule for reconciliation legislation that would deem Senate version of health care reform legislation passed, S1635 [17MR], S1686, S1687, S1705 [18MR], S1767 [19MR]

Kagan, Elena: involvement in evaluation of health care reform legislation or pending lawsuits in role as Solicitor General relative to possible recusals as Supreme Court Justice, S5812-S5814 [14JY]

Little Rock, AR: tribute to Habitat for Humanity of Pukaski County, S4524 [27MY]

Louisiana: request for change or realignment of Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage formula, S457-S460 [4FE]

Medicaid: exemption of Nebraska from increased funding obligations, S8 [20JA]

———give States incentives to reduce fraud, waste, and abuse, S2078 [25MR]

———maintain rebates on certain pharmaceuticals, S6766 [5AU]

Medicare: reform payment policies using Independent Payment Advisory Board recommendations, S2158 [26MR]

Medicare/Medicaid: coverage of vision rehabilitation specialists and include vision services in health plans offered through the health insurance exchange, S247 [26JA]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (S. 538), S3581 [12MY]

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 602), S6543 [30JY], S6581 [2AU]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (S. 3558), S5701 [30JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow lawfully permanent residents who are ineligible for Medicaid to receive tax credits to purchase health insurance, S2079 [25MR]

———allow States the right to opt out of federally-imposed health insurance mandate, S1945, S1998 [24MR]

———eliminate certain provisions pertaining to special Medicaid and Medicare funding for certain States, S1831-S1837, S1845 [23MR], S1993, S1994 [24MR], S2074 [25MR]

———ensure taxes on Medicare, wages and unearned income are indexed for inflation, S2074 [25MR]

———exempt small businesses from taxes and requirements of health care mandates, S1846-S1849 [23MR], S1960, S1994, S1995 [24MR]

———impact on small businesses, S5243, S5244 [22JN]

———implementation of Patient's Bill of Rights, S7391, S7412-S7414 [23SE]

———prohibit implementation of health care reforms until Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services certifies reforms will lower national health care costs, S2072, S2073 [25MR]

———prohibit tax increase for individuals under certain income levels, S1838-S1841 [23MR], S1994 [24MR]

———prohibit tax on net investment income, S1959, S2000 [24MR]

———repeal, S1978, S1979, S2004 [24MR], S4727 [9JN], S6369-S6371 [28JY], S6837 [5AU], S7074-S7077 [14SE], S7369 [23SE], S7930, S7931 [17NO]

———repeal penalty for failure to comply with individual health insurance mandate, S2076 [25MR]

———repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (S. 3653), S7931 [17NO]

———repeal (S. 3147), S1847 [23MR]

———repeal (S. 3152), S1819, S1821 [23MR]

———repeal taxable year limitation on small business tax credit, S2078 [25MR]

———repeal unwarranted provisions and more efficiently use taxpayer dollars in health care spending (S. 3239), S2519 [21AP]

———waive penalty on hiring previously unemployed individuals, S1957, S1999 [24MR]

Peter M. Goodrich Memorial Foundation: tribute, S2290 [14AP]

Public welfare programs: extend the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs (S. 3849), S7621-S7623 [28SE]

———Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funding, S1147 [4MR], S1303 [9MR]

Senate: tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S2082, S2085-S2087 [25MR]

———tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, S2203 [12AP]

Social Security: increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (S. 2949), S202, S203 [25JA]

———provide for certain clarifications and extensions under Medicare, Medicaid, and the Children's Health Insurance Program (H.R. 5712), S5977 [19JY], S8046 [18NO]

Taxation: extend Gulf Opportunity Zone low-income housing tax credit, S920 [2MR], S1003, S1004 [3MR], S10240, S10241, S10245, S10247-S10249 [15DE]

———promote the earned income tax credit, S475 [4FE]

———provide special rules for treatment of low-income housing credits (S. 3141), S1752 [18MR]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (S. 1547), S2806 [29AP]

Winrock International (organziation): anniversary, S5152 [18JN]

Reports

Estimated Health Care Savings Resulting From the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Geiger-Gibson/RCHN Community Health Foundation Research Collaborative, George Washington University, S1964 [24MR]

Obama Adminstration's Proposed 2.9% ``HI'' Surtax Would Harm the Economy and Lose Revenue: Stephen J. Entin, Gary Robbins, and Michael Schuyler, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, S1961 [24MR]

Potential Impact of Health Reform on the Cost of Private Health Insurance Coverage: PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd., S833 [1MR]

Reports filed

Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 5320) (H. Rept. 111-524), H5500 [1JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and H.R. 4872, Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1203) (H. Rept. 111-448), H1817 [20MR]

Consideration of S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1742) (H. Rept. 111-665), H7757 [30NO]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1225) (H. Rept. 111-458), H2456 [25MR]

Economic Development Revitalization Act: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 2778) (S. Rept. 111-114), S51 [20JA]

Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. 3307) (S. Rept. 111-178), S3162 [5MY]

Recognize Importance of Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Rebuilding of Haiti Following Humanitarian Crisis Due to Earthquake: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 414), S740 [24FE]

Reconciliation Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 4872) (H. Rept. 111-443), H1595 [17MR]

Same-Day Consideration of Rule and Consideration Under Suspension of the House Rules of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1248) (H. Rept. 111-463), H2578 [14AP]

Rulings of the Chair

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution relative to health care reform, student loan reform, school construction and renovation, and other education initiatives (H.R. 4872), S1996, S1997, S2000, S2003, S2008, S2009, S2010 [24MR], S2070, S2071, S2075, S2077, S2086 [25MR]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2269 [14AP]

Statements

Budget Reconciliation for Clinton Health Care Plan: Senator Byrd, S1423 [11MR]

GOP on Reconciliation: Several Members of Congress, S1692 [18MR]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Lewin Group (organization), S831 [1MR]

———Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia, S1978 [24MR]

Pay-as-You-Go Effects of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act: CBO, S2365 [15AP]

Provide Health Care and Reform Insurance Procedures: Representative Burgess, H1592 [17MR]

Summaries

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590): CBO and Committee on Taxation (Joint) Findings on Impact on Health Insurance Premiums, S828 [1MR]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H2171, H2172 [21MR]

Effect of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, on average premiums for health insurance, S829 [1MR]

Effect of Senate proposal on average premiums for health insurance, S1510 [15MR]

Estimated national job losses caused by passage of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H1918 [21MR]

Federal lands construction halted by furlough of Dept. of Transportation inspectors due to Senator Bunning filibuster of H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act, S914 [2MR]

Health care reform analysis—CBO v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee impact and assumptions, S835 [1MR]

Illustrative impact of Federal highway funding reduction by State, S916 [2MR]

Medicare cuts caused by passage of H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, H1918 [21MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3962, Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act, S5150 [18JN]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act, H929 [25FE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act, S2365 [15AP], H1594 [17MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5320, Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act, H6452 [29JY]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6398, FDIC full insurance of Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts, H7754 [30NO]

Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, S6832 [5AU]

Percentage of people below poverty level by Congressional district, H7807 [1DE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Education and Labor (House), Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), and Committee on Ways and Means (House), H2172 [21MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 323, ensure all U.S. Holocaust survivors are able to live remaining years with dignity, comfort, and security, H7713 [30NO]

H. Con. Res. 325, support goals and ideals of National Homeless Persons' Memorial Day, H7728 [30NO]

H. Res. 362, support goals and ideals of the National School Lunch Program, H995 [2MR]

H. Res. 1024, Poverty in America Awareness Month, H351 [26JA]

H. Res. 1194, oppose House of Representatives usage of certain legislative tactics to further passage of health care reform legislation, H1624 [18MR]

H. Res. 1203, consideration of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, H1824 [21MR]

H. Res. 1215, support Bangladesh return to democracy, H2413 [25MR]

H. Res. 1225, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, H2418 [25MR]

H. Res. 1248, consideration of H.R. 4715, Clean Estuaries Act and same-day consideration of rule and consideration under suspension of the rules of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act, H2585 [15AP]

H. Res. 1338, tribute to AmeriCorps, H3339 [12MY]

H. Res. 1638, support goals and ideals of National GEAR UP Day, H7707 [30NO]

H. Res. 1742, consideration of S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, H7767 [1DE]

H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H1920-H2152 [21MR]

H.R. 3962, Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act, H4829-H4835 [24JN]

H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act, H901-H903 [25FE]

H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act, S2365 [15AP], H1548 [17MR], H2615 [15AP]

H.R. 4872, Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, H2153-H2167 [21MR]

H.R. 5012, Weekends Without Hunger Act, H8112 [8DE]

H.R. 5320, Assistance, Quality, and Affordability Act, H6431-H6436 [29JY]

H.R. 5712, Physician Payment and Therapy Relief Act, S8046 [18NO], H7618 [29NO]

H.R. 5712, Veterans', Seniors', and Children's Health Technical Corrections Act, H5563 [14JY]

H.R. 5986, Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act, H7191 [28SE]

H.R. 6398, FDIC full insurance of Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts, H7727 [30NO]

S. 846, award Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Yunus, H6960 [23SE]

S. 2949, Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act, S203 [25JA], H348 [26JA]

S. 3141, Low Income Housing Tax Credit Recovery Act, S1752 [18MR]

S. 3307, Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, H7778-H7800 [1DE]

S. 3420, Protecting Against Indebting Our Descendants Through Fully Offset Relief (PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act, S4221 [25MY]

S. 3421, Protecting Against Indebting Our Descendants Through Fully Offset Relief (PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act, S4222 [25MY]

S. 3745, Rural Infrastructure Improvement Act, S6899 [5AU]

S. 3885, Race to the Top Act, S7800 [29SE]

S. Res. 414, recognize importance of recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding following humanitarian crisis in Haiti due to earthquake, S1127 [4MR]

S. Res. 414, recognize importance of recovery, rehabilitation, and rebuilding of Haiti following humanitarian crisis due to earthquake, S539 [9FE]

S. Res. 425, Corp. for National and Community Services AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) anniversary, S801 [25FE]

S. Res. 449, AmeriCorps Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) anniversary, S1316, S1318 [9MR]

S. Res. 516, tribute to AmeriCorps, S3410, S3434 [7MY]

S. Res. 602, support goals and ideals of National Infant Mortality Awareness Month, S6543, S6553 [30JY]