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Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not order an escalation in the total number of members of the United States Armed Forces serving in Iraq.

Bill: 110-hconres-23
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2007-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Government Operations and Politics
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
President and foreign policy

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should not order an escalation in the total number of members of the U.S. Armed Forces serving in Iraq.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1569-1570)
action_date: 2007-02-09
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1348)
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should grant a pardon to Marcus Mosiah Garvey to clear his name and affirm his innocence of crimes for which he was unjustly prosecuted and convicted.

Bill: 110-hconres-24
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Black history
Blacks
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Commemorations
Congress
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
History
Human rights
International Affairs
Minorities
Pardons
Sentences (Criminal procedure)

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: 
Declares that Marcus Mosiah Garvey (founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association): (1) was innocent of the charges brought against him by the U.S. government; and (2) should be recognized internationally as a leader and thinker in the struggle for human rights and dignity.
 
Calls upon the President to endeavor to restore Garvey's honor and good name by granting him a full posthumous pardon that proclaims his conviction to have been unjust and affirms his innocence.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-15
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E561-563)
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp commemorating Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.

Bill: 110-hconres-26
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Blacks
Ex-Members of Congress
Government Operations and Politics
Members of Congress
Minorities
Minorities in government
New York State
Postage stamps

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp commemorating Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.; and (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that James Brown, also known as the "God Father of Soul", should be recognized for his contributions to American music as one of the greatest and most influential entertainers of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s as an American cultural icon.

Bill: 110-hconres-27
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Congressional tributes
Entertainers
Music

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that James Brown should be recognized for his contributions as an American musical icon. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the Congress that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued to promote public awareness of Down syndrome.

Bill: 110-hconres-28
Sponsor: Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32]
Introduced: 2007-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Down's syndrome
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Postage stamps

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: 
Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend, and the United States Postal Service to issue, a commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Calling for the removal of all restrictions from the public, the press, and military families in mourning that would prohibit their presence at the arrival at military installations in the United States or overseas of the remains of the Nation's fallen heroes, the members of the Armed Forces who have died in Iraq or Afghanistan, with the assurance that family requests for privacy will be respected.

Bill: 110-hconres-29
Sponsor: Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-10 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Afghanistan
Armed forces abroad
Cemeteries and funerals
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Families
Freedom of the press
Government Operations and Politics
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Middle East and North Africa
Military bases
Military dependents
Military operations
Right of privacy
South Asia
War casualties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: 
Resolves that all restrictions should be removed from the public, the press, and military families in mourning that would prohibit their presence at the arrival at military installations in the United States or overseas of the remains of members of the U.S. armed forces who have died in Iraq or Afghanistan, with the assurance that family requests for privacy will be respected.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-25
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-10
text: Introduced in House
Raising awareness and encouraging prevention of stalking by establishing January 2007 as "National Stalking Awareness Month".

Bill: 110-hconres-30
Sponsor: Rep. Poe, Ted [R-TX-2]
Introduced: 2007-01-11 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congressional tributes
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Police
Public prosecutors
Special months
Stalking
Victims of crimes

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: 

 
Urges national and community organizations, private businesses, and the media to promote, through National Stalking Awareness Month, awareness of the crime of stalking.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-11
text: Introduced in House
Honoring the Mare Island Original 21ers for their efforts to remedy racial discrimination in employment at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.

Bill: 110-hconres-31
Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7]
Introduced: 2007-01-12 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Black history
Blacks
California
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Civil rights workers
Congress
Congressional tributes
Discrimination in employment
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Government Operations and Politics
History
Labor and Employment
Legislation
Military bases
Military history
Minorities
Minority employment
Navy
Racial discrimination
Shipbuilding
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: 
 Recognizes: (1) the historic accomplishments of the Mare Island Original 21ers in combating employment discrimination against African-American shipyard workers; (2) the importance of the Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity as a forerunner to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); and (3) the importance of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

action_date: 2007-01-17
text: 

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

 
Recognizes: (1) the historic accomplishments of the Mare Island Original 21ers in combating employment discrimination against African-American shipyard workers; (2) the importance of the Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity as a forerunner to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); and (3) the importance of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
action_date: 2007-01-17
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-17
text: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll no. 27). (text: CR 1/16/2007 H536)
action_date: 2007-01-17
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 416 - 0 (Roll no. 27).(text: CR 1/16/2007 H536)
action_date: 2007-01-17
text: Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H595)
action_date: 2007-01-16
text: At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
action_date: 2007-01-16
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 31.
action_date: 2007-01-16
text: Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H536-538)
action_date: 2007-01-16
text: Mr. Miller, George moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-12
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should not initiate military action against Iran without first obtaining authorization from Congress.

Bill: 110-hconres-33
Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4]
Introduced: 2007-01-16 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Bush (George W.) Administration
Congress
Congress and military policy
Congressional oversight
Congressional-executive relations
Crime and Law Enforcement
Executive power
Government Operations and Politics
Iran
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Law
Legislative resolutions
Middle East and North Africa
Military operations
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear weapons
President as Commander-in-Chief
September 11, 2001
Terrorism
War and emergency powers

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-16
text: 
States congressional belief that: (1) initiating military action against Iran without congressional approval does not fall within the President's &quot;Commander-in-Chief&quot; powers under the Constitution; and (2) seeking congressional authority prior to taking military action against Iran is not discretionary, but a legal and constitutional requirement.
 
Rejects any suggestion that P.L. 107-40 (the authorization of force resolution approved in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001) or P.L. 107-243 (the authorization of force resolution approved by Congress to go to war with Iraq) extends to authorizing military action against Iran, including over its nuclear program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
action_date: 2007-01-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-16
text: Introduced in House
Recognizing the importance of Western civilization.

Bill: 110-hconres-36
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civics education
Civilization
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Europe
History
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: 
Recognizes that teaching young people to have an appreciation of Western civilization is important to the development and maintenance of a vibrant, united, and enduring U.S. polity, culture, and society. 
 
Encourages local school boards, state education officials, and educators to ensure that all young people gain an understanding and appreciation of the values, contributions, and accomplishments of Western civilization.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress with regard to pardoning Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.

Bill: 110-hconres-37
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Subjects: Border patrols
Federal law enforcement officers
Immigration
Pardons

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: 
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should swiftly and unconditionally pardon Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Introduced in House
Providing for a joint session of Congress to receive a message from the President.

Bill: 110-hconres-38
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential messages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: 
Provides for a joint session of Congress on January 23, 2007, to receive a message from the President.

action_date: 2007-01-19
text: 

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

 
Provides for a joint session of Congress on January 23, 2007, to receive a message from the President.

action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Provides for a joint session of Congress on January 23, 2007, to receive a message from the President.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H847; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H847)
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to without objection.(consideration: CR H847; text as House agreed to Senate amendment: CR H847)
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: The Chair laid before the House a privileged messeage from the Senate.
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S868)
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Received in the Senate.
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H773)
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H773)
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H773)
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Honoring women's health advocate Cynthia Boles Dailard.

Bill: 110-hconres-39
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2007-01-19 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Clinton Administration
Congress
Congressional employees
Congressional legal counsel
Congressional tributes
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Law
Lawyers
Policy sciences
Presidential aides
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: 
Honors the life of women's health advocate Cynthia Boles Dailard.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-19
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System or enter into a North American Union with Mexico and Canada.

Bill: 110-hconres-40
Sponsor: Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-22 in the House
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Canada
Customs unions
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Free trade
Infrastructure
Latin America
Mexico
North America
Regionalism (International organization)
Road construction
Sovereignty
Transportation and Public Works

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: 
Urges: (1) the United States not to engage in the construction of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) Superhighway System; (2) the United States not to allow the Security and Prosperity Partnership to implement regulations that would create a North American Union with Mexico and Canada; and (3) the President to oppose these acts or any other proposals that threaten U.S. sovereignty.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-22
text: Introduced in House
Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 110-hconres-41
Sponsor: Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4]
Introduced: 2007-01-23 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: 
Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from January 24, 2007, until January 29, 2007 (or until another time of reassembly under this concurrent resolution), and from January 31, 2007, until February 5, 2007 (or until another time of reassembly).
 
Authorizes the Speaker of the House or her designee, after consultation with the Minority Leader, to notify the Members of the House to reassemble at such place and time as she may designate whenever, in her opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.

action_date: 2007-01-23
text: 

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

 
Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from January 24, 2007, until January 29, 2007 (or until another time of reassembly under this concurrent resolution), and from January 31, 2007, until February 5, 2007 (or until another time of reassembly).
 
Authorizes the Speaker of the House or her designee, after consultation with the Minority Leader, to notify the Members of the House to reassemble at such place and time as she may designate whenever, in her opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.

action_date: 2007-01-23
text: 

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

 
Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from January 24, 2007, until January 29, 2007 (or until another time of reassembly under this concurrent resolution), and from January 31, 2007, until February 5, 2007 (or until another time of reassembly).
 
Authorizes the Speaker of the House or her designee, after consultation with the Minority Leader, to notify the Members of the House to reassemble at such place and time as she may designate whenever, in her opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-24
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1000)
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S1000)
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H847-848)
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H847-848)
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H847-848)
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-23
text: Introduced in House