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October 2006

**[The Democrat Agenda?]{.underline}**

In light of ongoing Democrat criticisms of the Republican legislative
agenda, the following is an abridged list of actual bills that have been
introduced by House Democrats this or last year.

[**Justice for the Unprotected against Sexually Transmitted Infections
among the Confined and Exposed Act (JUSTICE)** **Act**]{.underline}
**(*Lee, D-CA*)---H.R. 6083**. Requires community organizations to be
allowed to distribute sexual barrier protection devices (e.g. condoms)
in federal prisons. Also prohibits a federal prison from taking adverse
action against a prisoner who possesses or uses a sexual barrier
protection device.

**[Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act]{.underline} (*Rangel,
D-NY*)---H.R. 2456**. Eliminates the mandatory minimum sentence for
crack-cocaine convictions.

**[Tupac Shakur Records Release Act of 2006]{.underline} (*McKinney,
D-GA*)---H.R. 4968**. Enshrines copies of government records concerning
rapper Tupac Shakur in a specially created collection at the National
Archives.

**[Antibullying Campaign Act]{.underline} (*Nadler, D-NY*)---H.R.
3787**. Creates a new federal grant program aimed at reducing bullying
in public schools "based on any distinguishing characteristic of an
individual."

**[To provide for coverage under the Medicare and Medicaid Programs of
incontinence undergarments]{.underline}** **(*Frank, D-MA*)---H.R.
1052**. Makes adult diapers a covered item under Medicare and Medicaid.

**[Gas Stamp Act]{.underline} (*McDermott, D-WA*)---H.R. 3712**. Creates
billions of dollars in gas stamps each year for people to get free gas,
to be distributed to those already eligible for food stamps.

**[States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act]{.underline} (*Frank,
D-MA*)---H.R. 2087**. Allows physicians in states with medical marijuana
laws to prescribe marijuana without violating federal law.

**[Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act]{.underline} (*Rangel, D-NY*)---H.R.
663**. Allows those convicts who are just out of prison to vote.

**[Department of Peace and Nonviolence Act]{.underline} (*Kucinich,
D-OH*)---H.R. 3760**. Establishes a U.S. Department of Peace and
Nonviolence, as well as a Peace Day. The department would promote "human
rights," international conflict prevention, nonviolent intervention,
structured mediation, and peaceful conflict resolution.

**[National Health Insurance Act]{.underline} (*Dingell, D-MI*)---H.R.
15**. Institutes a new 5% value-added tax on property and services and
creates a board to oversee payment to any individual for medical
services not covered by Medicare.

**[Freedom of Choice Act]{.underline} (*Nadler, D-NY*)---H.R. 5151**.
Creates a right to unrestricted pre-viability abortions, and late terms
abortions for the life and health of the mother.

**[End the War in Iraq Act]{.underline} (*McGovern, D-MA*)---H.R.
4232**. Defunds the War in Iraq, forcing immediate troop withdrawal.

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**[Public Interest Lawyer Assistance Relief Act]{.underline} (*Andrews,
D-NJ*)---H.R. 1753**. Forgives the law school debt for attorneys working
for a tax-exempt organization or the government.

**[A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act]{.underline} (*Lee, D-CA*)---H.R.
1050**. Builds on and strengthens FDR's "Economic Bill of Rights,"
creating [rights]{.underline} to "decent" jobs, income for individuals
unable to work, a "decent" living for farmers, freedom from monopolies,
"decent" housing, "adequate" health care, Social Security, education,
work training, collective bargaining, a safe working environment,
information on trends in pollution sources and products and processes
that affect the well-being of workers throughout the world, voting, and
personal security. The bill also requires the Attorney General to create
a registry of all corporations convicted of violating state or federal
law.

**[Social Security Forever Act]{.underline} (*Wexler, D-FL*)---H.R.
2472**. Imposes a new income tax on workers, employers, and
self-employed businessmen to fund Social Security.

**[Health Security for All Americans Act]{.underline} (*Baldwin,
D-WI*)****---H.R. 2133**. Requires states to create programs to ensure
universal health coverage, and allows states to force employers to pay
for health insurance for their employees.

**[Universal National Service Act]{.underline} (*Rangel, D-NY*)---H.R.
4752**. Makes it an obligation of every U.S. citizen, and every other
person residing in the U.S., between the ages of 18 and 42, to perform a
two-year period of national service, either as a member of an active or
reserve component of the armed forces or in a civilian capacity that
promotes national defense.

**[Living American Wage Act]{.underline} (*Green, D-TX*)---H.R. 5731**.
Mandates that the federal minimum wage be equal to or greater than 112%
of the federal poverty threshold beginning in 2007, and states that the
minimum wage should be revised every four years.

**[Media Ownership Reform Act]{.underline} (*Hinchey, D-NY*)---H.R.
3302**. Restricts ownership of radio and television stations, forcing
some owners to divest their holdings, and regulates broadcast content.

**[Universal Education Act]{.underline} (*Kind, D-WI*)---H.R. 3930**.
Creates a Universal Education Corporation that provides taxpayer dollars
to foreign countries that enter into education reform agreements with
the U.S.

**[Medicare for All Act]{.underline} (*Dingell, D-MI*)---H.R. 4683**.
Increases taxes on workers and employers to offer to all citizens, and
other individuals legally present in the U.S., Medicare benefits
equivalent to the health care plans federal employees receive.

**[Menu Education and Labeling Act]{.underline} (*DeLauro, D-CT*)---H.R.
5563**. Regulates what certain restaurants must print on their menus.

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**[Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
regarding the right of all citizens of the United States to a public
education of equal high quality]{.underline} (*Jackson,
D-IL*)---H.J.Res. 29**. Creates a constitutional right to equal public
education.

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**[Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
regarding the right of citizens of the United States to health care of
equal high quality]{.underline} (*Jackson, D-IL*)---H.J.Res. 30**.
Creates a constitutional right to equal health care.

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**[Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
respecting the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable
housing]{.underline} (*Jackson, D-IL*)---H.J.Res. 32 and [Proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right
to a home]{.underline} (*Rangel, D-NY*)---H.J.Res 40**. Creates a
constitutional right to housing.

**[Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth]{.underline}
(*Jackson, D-IL*)---H.J.Res. 35**. Creates a constitutional right to
full employment.

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RSC Staff Contact: Marcus Kelley, <marcus.kelley@mail.house.gov>, (202)
226-9717