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A resolution recognizing the importance of connecting foster youth to the workforce through internship programs, and encouraging employers to increase employment of former foster youth.

Bill: 110-sres-630
Sponsor: Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY]
Introduced: 2008-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Foster home care
Foundations
Government Operations and Politics
Government internships
Labor and Employment
Orphans
Social Welfare
Youth employment

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: 
Recognizes the importance of connecting foster youth to the workforce through internship programs that provide foster youth the foundation upon which to build their careers and to be successful members of the work force.

Encourages employers of all sectors and federal, state, and local governmental agencies to increase employment of the young men and women who have been discharged from foster care in the United States. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7638)
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7638-7639)
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate has lost confidence in the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Stephen L. Johnson, that the Administrator should resign his position immediately, and that the Department of Justice should open an investigation into the veracity of his congressional testimony regarding the California waiver decision and pursue any prosecutorial action the Department determines to be warranted.

Bill: 110-sres-631
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2008-07-29 in the Senate
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative procedure
California
Congress
Congressional witnesses
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Environmental Protection Agency
Federal officials
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Motor vehicle pollution control
Perjury
Prosecution
Resignation from office
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: 
Declares that the Senate has lost confidence in the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Stephen L. Johnson, and calls for his immediate resignation.

Urges the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the veracity of his congressional testimony regarding the California waiver decision and to pursue any prosecutorial action warranted.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7639-7640)
action_date: 2008-07-29
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution calling on the Governments of the People's Republic of China and the international community to use the upcoming Olympic Games as an opportunity to push for the parties to the conflicts in Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic to cease hostilities and revive efforts toward a peaceful resolution of their national and regional conflicts.

Bill: 110-sres-632
Sponsor: Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Africa (Sub-Saharan)
Armed Forces and National Security
Armistices
Athletes
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commemorations
Congressional tributes
Diplomacy
Disabled
Displaced persons
East Asia
Foreign leaders
Human rights
Immigration
Insurgency
International cooperation
International military forces
International relief
Olympic games
Peace negotiations
Peace treaties
Peacekeeping forces
Refugees
Regionalism (International organization)
Sports and Recreation
Sudan
United Nations
Violence

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Expresses continued support and sympathy for the hundreds of thousands of civilians of Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic who have been affected by the ongoing violence and regional instability.
 
Urges: (1) the United Nations, the African Union, and other international leaders to use the unique opportunity presented by the Olympics to promote peace, dialogue, and reconciliation in areas of conflict; (2) the government of China to press the Sudanese government to commit to a cessation of hostilities, allow the full deployment of UNAMID peacekeeping forces, and engage in good faith in efforts to rejuvenate peace talks; (3) the government of Sudan and other armed actors in the region to cease hostilities; (3) the President and the international community to ensure that mediation efforts are supported and backed by credible leverage through targeted pressure and an enforced arms embargo; and (4) the United Nations and the African Union to use the opportunity presented by a cessation of hostilities to fully deploy and equip UNAMID as well as strengthen the UN Mission in Sudan to better monitor the Abyei region.
 
Welcomes the efforts of the new joint African Union-United Nations mediator, Mr. Djibril Bassole, to revive a comprehensive peace process, demobilize militias, and promote voluntary return of internally displaced persons and refugees.
 
 Encourages the UN Secretary-General and other international leaders to publicly promote the principles reflected in the Olympic Truce among all the warring parties in Sudan, Chad, the Central African Republic, and other conflict areas around the world.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7789-7790)
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on the deterioration of respect for privacy and human rights in the People's Republic of China before the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Bill: 110-sres-633
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
China
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Computer software
Computers
Dissenters
East Asia
Electronic surveillance
Government Operations and Politics
Hotels, motels, etc.
Human rights
Internet
Olympic games
Political persecution
Reporters and reporting
Right of privacy
Science, Technology, Communications
Sports and Recreation
Tourism
Treaties
Web sites

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Calls upon the government of the People's Republic of China to: (1) rescind the order requiring hotels to allow the Public Security Bureau to install hardware and software on the hotel networks; and (2) refrain from targeting individuals who visit websites related to politics or human rights or who express opinions related to politics or human rights in electronic communication.

Expresses concern over the deterioration of respect for human rights in China leading up to the Beijing Olympics and for the safety and privacy of international visitors and journalists traveling to China for the Olympics.

Notes that the behavior of the Chinese government violates several international conventions to which China is a signatory, violates its commitments to the International Olympic Committee, and is contrary to longstanding Olympic tradition and spirit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7790-7791)
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution recognizing July 30 , 2008, as the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the resolution establishing the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs.

Bill: 110-sres-634
Sponsor: Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Agriculture and Food
Subjects: Commemorations
Congress
Congressional committees (Senate)
Congressional tributes
Food relief
Hunger
Nutrition

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Recognizes July 30, 2008, as the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the resolution establishing the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, the substantial contributions the Committee made in ensuring that effective and efficient federal food assistance programs were accessible to those most in need, and that hunger continues to be an issue plaguing the United States.
 
Supports the continued efforts of federal, state, and local governments and private non-profit organizations to eradicate U.S. hunger.
 

action_date: 2008-09-22
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Recognizes July 30, 2008, as the 40th anniversary of the enactment of the resolution establishing the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, the substantial contributions the Committee made in ensuring that effective and efficient federal food assistance programs were accessible to those most in need, and that hunger continues to be an issue plaguing the United States.
 
Supports the continued efforts of federal, state, and local governments and private non-profit organizations to eradicate U.S. hunger.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S9182-9183)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S9182-9183)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9179-9185)
action_date: 2008-09-22
text: Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9179-9185)
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7791)
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution making minority party appointments for the 110th Congress.

Bill: 110-sres-635
Sponsor: Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY]
Introduced: 2008-07-30 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committee membership
Congressional committees (Senate)
Members of Congress
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 
Makes Minority party appointments to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for the 110th Congress.

action_date: 2008-07-30
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Makes Minority party appointments to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for the 110th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7798; text as passed Senate: CR S7798; text of measure as introduced: CR S7791)
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7798; text as passed Senate: CR S7798; text of measure as introduced: CR S7791)
action_date: 2008-07-30
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution recognizing the strategic success of the troop surge in Iraq and expressing gratitude to the members of the United States Armed Forces who made that success possible.

Bill: 110-sres-636
Sponsor: Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [ID-CT]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Commemorations
Congressional tributes
International Affairs
Iraq
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Military personnel
Military strategy
Officer personnel
Terrorism

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Commends and expresses gratitude to: (1) the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces for the service, sacrifices, and heroism that made the success of the troop surge in Iraq possible; and (2) General David H. Petraeus, General Raymond Odierno, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker for the distinguished wartime leadership that made such success possible.
 
Recognizes the success of the troop surge in Iraq and its strategic significance in advancing U.S. vital national interests in Iraq, the Middle East, and the world, in particular as a strategic victory in a central front of the war on terrorism.
 
Recognizes that the gains achieved as a result of the troop surge are significant but not permanent, and that it is imperative that no action be taken that jeopardizes those gains or dishonors the service and sacrifice of the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who made those gains possible.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7973)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution to honor the visionary and extraordinary work of Los Alamos National Laboratory and IBM on the Roadrunner supercomputer.

Bill: 110-sres-637
Sponsor: Sen. Domenici, Pete V. [R-NM]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Commemorations
Commerce
Computer industry
Congressional tributes
Engineering
Infrastructure
Laboratories
New Mexico
Research and development facilities
Supercomputers

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Honors the visionary and extraordinary work of Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and IBM (International Business Machines Corporation) for: (1) pushing the barriers of science and providing the United States with historic high-performance computing capabilities that will allow some of the most challenging problems in science and engineering to be solved, such as the safety of the nuclear deterrent of the United States, the human genome, and climate change; and (2) achieving the capability to make petaflop calculations (1,000,000,000,000,000 calculations per second) using the Roadrunner supercomputer, which is considered a crucial milestone internationally and a sign of U.S. competitiveness in the critical new area of high-performance computing. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7974)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7974-7975)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution supporting legislation promoting improved health care and access to health care for women.

Bill: 110-sres-638
Sponsor: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Caregivers
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Commerce
Comprehensive health care
Congress
Discrimination in medical care
Education
Employee health benefits
Health insurance
Health insurance continuation
Health services administration
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Legislation
Medical education
Preventive medicine
Quality of care
Small business
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Declares that the Senate commits to pass, and urges the President sign, within 18 months, legislation that guarantees health care for all people of the United States and that: (1) recognizes the role of women as health care consumers, caregivers, and providers; (2) guarantees inclusion of benefits essential to achieving and maintaining good health; (3) promotes primary and preventive care; (4) provides a choice of public and private plans and direct access to a choice of doctors and health providers that ensures continuity of coverage and a delivery system that meets the needs of women; (5) eliminates disparities on the basis of gender, culture, race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, health status, or sexual orientation; (6) shares financing responsibility among employers, individuals, and the government while taking into account small business needs; (7) ensures affordable access to health care; (8) enhances quality and patient safety; (9) ensures a sufficient supply of qualified providers through expanded medical and public health education and adequate reimbursement; and (10) promotes administrative efficiency and is easy to utilize.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7975)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7975-7976)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution recognizing the benefits of transportation improvements along the United States  Route 36 corridor to communities, individuals, and businesses in Colorado.

Bill: 110-sres-639
Sponsor: Sen. Salazar, Ken [D-CO]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Bicycles
Colorado
Commemorations
Commuting
Congressional tributes
Economics and Public Finance
Energy
Energy security
Environmental Protection
Federal aid to transportation
Mass rapid transit
Motor buses
Pedestrians
Petroleum
Quality of life
Traffic congestion
Transportation planning

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Commends members of the Mayors and Commissioners Coalition, the Colorado Department of Transportation, the Regional Transportation District, and the businesses that support 36 Commuting Solutions (a nonprofit organization) for their efforts to proceed with the U.S. Route 36 Corridor project.
 
Recognizes the benefits of investing in transportation improvements along U.S. Route 36 Corridor, throughout Colorado and elsewhere.
 
Supports federal transportation investments along U.S. 36 Corridor, throughout Colorado, and elsewhere that reduce congestion, reduce carbon emissions, improve mobility, improve access to transit for for bicyclists and pedestrians, reduce dependence on foreign oil, and support mass transit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7976)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that there should be an increased Federal commitment to public health and the prevention of diseases and injuries for all people in the United States.

Bill: 110-sres-640
Sponsor: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Agriculture and Food
Community health services
Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to health facilities
Lifestyle
Medical screening
Nutrition
Physical fitness
Preventive medicine
Public health
Sports and Recreation
Vaccines

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Recognizes that it is imperative that the United States strengthen its public health system to provide people with the resources necessary to make healthier choices and live healthier lives and to protect people from health threats beyond their control.

Commits to creating public health strategies to eliminate health disparities and improve the health of all people in the United States.

Expresses support for prioritizing public policies focusing on the prevention of disease and injury and calls for community-based programs to support healthy lifestyles.

Urges the expansion of clinical prevention activities, including screenings and immunizations.

Pledges to help significantly improve people's health by supporting increased investment in federal public health programs.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7976-7977)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7977)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution congratulating the Focus on the Family radio program for its induction into the National Radio Hall of Fame.

Bill: 110-sres-641
Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Christianity
Congressional tributes
Families
Museums
Radio programs
Religion
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Congratulates the Focus on the Family radio program, its staff, and its founder and chairman, James Dobson, for their excellence in radio programming and the program's worthy induction the National Radio Hall of Fame. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate
A resolution to authorize the production of records by the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Bill: 110-sres-642
Sponsor: Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV]
Introduced: 2008-07-31 in the Senate
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Bank accounts
Congressional committees (Senate)
Congressional investigations
Congressional privileges and immunities
Crime and Law Enforcement
Criminal investigation
Evidence (Law)
Finance and Financial Sector
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Foreign banks and banking
Governmental investigations
Income tax
Law
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Tax evasion
Tax havens
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 
Authorizes the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, acting jointly, to provide to law enforcement officials, regulatory agencies, and other entities or individuals duly authorized by federal, state, or foreign governments, records of the Subcommittee's investigation into tax haven financial institutions, their formation and administration of offshore entities and accounts for use by U.S. clients, and the impact of those activities on tax compliance in the United States.
 

action_date: 2008-07-31
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Authorizes the Chairman and Ranking Minority Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, acting jointly, to provide to law enforcement officials, regulatory agencies, and other entities or individuals duly authorized by federal, state, or foreign governments, records of the Subcommittee's investigation into tax haven financial institutions, their formation and administration of offshore entities and accounts for use by U.S. clients, and the impact of those activities on tax compliance in the United States.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7981; text as passed Senate: CR S7981; text of measure as introduced: CR S7977)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7981; text as passed Senate: CR S7981; text of measure as introduced: CR S7977)
action_date: 2008-07-31
text: Introduced in Senate