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To redeploy U.S. forces from Iraq.

Bill: 110-hjres-18
Sponsor: Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12]
Introduced: 2007-01-17 in the House
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Armed forces abroad
Congress
Congress and military policy
Diplomacy
International Affairs
Iraq
Iraq compilation
Marines
Middle East and North Africa
Military occupation
Military operations
Military posture
Military withdrawal

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-17
text: 
States that: (1) the deployment of U.S. forces in Iraq, by direction of Congress, is hereby terminated and the forces involved are to be redeployed at the earliest practicable date; (2) a quick-reaction U.S. force and an over-the-horizon presence of U.S. Marines shall be deployed in the region; and (3) the United States shall pursue security and stability in Iraq through diplomacy.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-20
text: Committee Hearings Held.
action_date: 2007-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-01-17
text: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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: 2007-01-17
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-17
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to establish English as the official language of the United States.

Bill: 110-hjres-19
Sponsor: Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-18 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
English language
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Constitutional Amendment - Establishes English as the official language of the United States.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

Bill: 110-hjres-21
Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-13]
Introduced: 2007-01-31 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Balanced budgets
Budget deficits
Congress
Congressional voting
Constitutional amendments
Debt limit
Disaster relief
Emergency Management
Federal budgets
Government Operations and Politics
Income tax
Law
Legislation
Off-budget expenditures
Record votes
Tax rates
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits outlays for a fiscal year (except those for repayment of debt principal) from exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year (except those derived from borrowing) unless Congress, by a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber, authorizes a specific excess of outlays over receipts. 
 
Requires a three-fifths rollcall vote of each chamber to increase the public debt limit. 
Directs the President to submit a balanced budget to Congress annually. 
Prohibits any bill to increase revenue from becoming law unless approved by a majority of each chamber by rollcall vote. 
Authorizes waivers of these provisions when a declaration of war is in effect or under other specified circumstances involving military conflict. 
Requires Congress, by appropriate legislation, to provide that outlays for natural disasters do not count as outlays under this Amendment.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-31
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.

Bill: 110-hjres-22
Sponsor: Rep. Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3]
Introduced: 2007-02-06 in the House
Policy area: Families
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Government Operations and Politics
Interstate relations
Jurisdiction
Law
Marriage
Same-sex marriage
State constitutions
State courts
State laws

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Declares that marriage in the United States shall consist only of a legal union of a man and a woman. 
 
Prohibits any federal or state court from having jurisdiction to determine whether the U.S. Constitution or any state constitution requires the legal incidents of marriage to be conferred upon any union other than a legal union between one man and one woman.
 
Provides that no state shall be required to give effect to any public act, record, or judicial proceeding of any other state concerning a union between persons of the same sex that is treated as a marriage, or as having the legal incidents of marriage, under the laws of such other state.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-06
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens.

Bill: 110-hjres-23
Sponsor: Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14]
Introduced: 2007-02-07 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Commerce
Constitutional amendments
Estate tax
Gift tax
Government Operations and Politics
Government and business
Government corporations
Government property
Income tax
International Affairs
Law
Privatization
State constitutions
State laws
Treaties

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the U.S. government from engaging in any business, professional, commercial, financial, or industrial enterprise except as specified in the Constitution. 
Prohibits the constitution or laws of any state, or the laws of the United States, from being subject to the terms of any foreign or domestic agreement which would abrogate this amendment.
Requires any activities of the U.S. government which violate the intent and purposes of this amendment to be liquidated and the properties and facilities affected to be sold within three years from the date of ratification of this amendment. 
Repeals the Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution three years after ratification of this amendment and thereafter prohibits Congress from levying taxes on personal incomes, estates, and gifts.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E287)
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-07
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Bill: 110-hjres-24
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2007-02-08 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional terms of office
Constitutional amendments
Government Operations and Politics
Law
Term limits

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than two full consecutive terms as a Senator or six full consecutive terms as a Representative. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-08
text: Introduced in House
Providing for the reappointment of Patricia Q. Stonesifer as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Bill: 110-hjres-25
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
District of Columbia
Federal officials
Law
Museums
Smithsonian Institution
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Reappoints Patricia Q. Stonesifer as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Providing for the reappointment of Walter E. Massey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Bill: 110-hjres-26
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
District of Columbia
Federal officials
Law
Museums
Smithsonian Institution
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Reappoints Walter E. Massey as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Providing for the reappointment of Roger W. Sant as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.

Bill: 110-hjres-27
Sponsor: Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-31]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
District of Columbia
Federal officials
Law
Museums
Smithsonian Institution
Trusts and trustees

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Reappoints Roger W. Sant as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right to vote.

Bill: 110-hjres-28
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Election administration
Law
Standards
Voter registration
Voting rights

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that all U.S. citizens who are eighteen years of age or older shall have the right to vote in any public election held in the jurisdiction in which the citizen resides.
 Allows the United States or any state to establish regulations narrowly tailored to produce efficient and honest elections. 
Requires each state to: (1) administer public elections in the state in accordance with election performance standards established by the Congress; and (2) provide any eligible voter the opportunity to register and vote on the day of any public election.
 
Requires Congress to reconsider election performance standards at least once every four years to determine if higher standards should be established to reflect improvements in methods and practices regarding election administration.
 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
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.

Bill: 110-hjres-29
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitutional amendments
Educational equalization
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Higher education
Law
Secondary education

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that all persons shall enjoy the right to a public education of equal high quality. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
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.

Bill: 110-hjres-30
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitutional amendments
Discrimination in medical care
Law
Quality of care

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that all persons shall enjoy the right to health care of equal high quality. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to equality of rights and reproductive rights.

Bill: 110-hjres-31
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Abortion
Constitutional amendments
Equality before the law
Health
Law
Reproduction
Sex discrimination
Women
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits the United States and any state from denying or abridging: (1) equality of rights under the law on account of sex; and (2) reproductive rights for women.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing.

Bill: 110-hjres-32
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Subjects: Affordable housing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitutional amendments
Housing discrimination
Law

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Constitutional Amendment - States that all U.S. citizens shall have a right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to a clean, safe, and sustainable environment.

Bill: 110-hjres-33
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Constitutional amendments
Economics and Public Finance
Environmental health
Health
Law
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sustainable development

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Grants all persons the right to a clean, safe, and sustainable environment.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to taxing the people of the United States progressively.

Bill: 110-hjres-34
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Income tax
Law
Progressive taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Constitutional Amendment - Requires Congress to tax all persons progressively in proportion to their income.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States respecting the right to full employment and balanced growth.

Bill: 110-hjres-35
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Collective bargaining
Constitutional amendments
Discrimination in employment
Economics and Public Finance
Employee rights
Families
Full employment policies
Health
Labor unions
Law
Occupational health and safety
Pay equity
Public assistance programs
Social Welfare
Unemployment
Unemployment insurance
Wages
Women

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Provides that every person has the right to: (1) work; (2) free choice of employment; (3) just and favorable conditions of work; (4) protection against unemployment; and (5) equal pay for equal work, without any discrimination.
 
Provides that all persons who work have the right to: (1) just and favorable remuneration ensuring for themselves and their family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection; and (2) form and join trade unions for the protection of their interests.

Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the Electoral College and provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President by the popular vote of all citizens of the United States regardless of place of residence.

Bill: 110-hjres-36
Sponsor: Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-13 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Electoral college
Law
Presidential elections
Residence requirements

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Provides for the direct popular election of the President and the Vice President.
 
(Abolishes the Electoral College.) 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-01
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-13
text: Introduced in House
Conferring honorary citizenship of the United States on Anne Frank.

Bill: 110-hjres-37
Sponsor: Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2]
Introduced: 2007-02-16 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: Arts, Culture, Religion
Authors and authorship
Citizenship
History
Jewish holocaust (1939-1945)

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: 
Confers honorary U.S. citizenship on Anne Frank (a victim of the Holocaust whose diary is one of the most widely read Holocaust memoirs).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-16
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to authorize the line item veto.

Bill: 110-hjres-38
Sponsor: Rep. Platts, Todd Russell [R-PA-19]
Introduced: 2007-02-27 in the House
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Appropriations
Authorization
Congress
Constitutional amendments
Government Operations and Politics
Item veto
Law
Legislation
Tax incentives
Taxation

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Authorizes the President, in the case of any bill, order, resolution, or vote presented by the House of Representatives and the Senate, to decline to approve in whole any dollar amount of discretionary budget authority, any item of new direct spending, or any tax benefit. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Introduced in House
Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously.

Bill: 110-hjres-39
Sponsor: Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10]
Introduced: 2007-03-05 in the House
Policy area: Immigration
Subjects: American Revolution
Armed Forces and National Security
Citizenship
Europe
History
Military history
Officer personnel
Poland

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: 
Proclaims Casimir Pulaski as an honorary U.S. citizen, posthumously.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-05
text: Introduced in House
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Bill: 110-hjres-40
Sponsor: Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14]
Introduced: 2007-03-27 in the House
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Subjects: Constitutional amendments
Equality before the law
Law
Sex discrimination
Women
Women's rights

Summary:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: 
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits denying or abridging equality of rights under the law by the United States or by any State on account of sex.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-03-27
text: Introduced in House