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Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, of high misdemeanors. [HR-646]
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Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, of high misdemeanors. Impeaches President Donald John Trump for high misdemeanors. Sets forth two articles of impeachment based on President Trump's statements as President that constituted harm to American society and manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Al Green
Introduced In House on 12/06/2017
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A resolution congratulating the Villanova University Wildcats for winning the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. [SR-482]
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A resolution congratulating the Villanova University Wildcats for winning the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. Congratulates the Villanova University Wildcats men's basketball team on its performance in the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Basketball Tournament.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Submitted In The Senate, Considered, And Agreed To Without Amendment And With A Preamble By Unanimous Consent. (consideration: Cr S2396; Text: Cr S2394) on 04/24/2018
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Official Titles Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. [S.1]
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Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Official Titles Official Titles - Senate Official Titles as Introduced An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce tax rates and modify policies, credits, and deductions for individuals and businesses. With respect to individuals, the bill: replaces the existing tax brackets (10%,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael B. Enzi
Committee On The Budget. Original Measure Reported To Senate By Senator Enzi. Without Written Report. on 11/28/2017
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To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, in recognition of her contribution to the Nation and her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBT community in athletics, education, and our society. [HB-5001]
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To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King, in recognition of her contribution to the Nation and her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBT community in athletics, education, and our society. This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Billie Jean King in recognition of her courageous and groundbreaking leadership advancing equal rights for women and the LGBT community
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
Introduced In House on 02/13/2018
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Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act [HB-5499]
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Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Stephen Michael Gleason.
Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Introduced In House on 04/12/2018
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Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, of high misdemeanors. [HR-705]
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Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, of high misdemeanors. Impeaches President Donald John Trump for high misdemeanors. Sets forth an article of impeachment based on President Trump's statements as President that constituted harm to American society and manifest injury of the people of the United States.
Sponsored by: Rep. Al Green
Introduced In House on 01/19/2018
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Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act [S.2652]
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Stephen Michael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal Act (Sec. 3) This bill directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the award of a Congressional Gold Medal to Stephen Michael Gleason.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Signed By President. on 01/03/2019
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A resolution to establish a special committee of the Senate to address sexual abuse within United States Olympic Gymnastics. [SR-396]
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A resolution to establish a special committee of the Senate to address sexual abuse within United States Olympic Gymnastics. Establishes the Senate Special Committee to Investigate Sexual Abuse Within United States Olympic Gymnastics.
Sponsored by: Sen. Ron Wyden
Referred To The Committee On Rules And Administration. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S707) on 02/07/2018
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10565 Steuben Street in Remsen, New York, as the "Erin Hamlin Post Office". [HB-5063]
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10565 Steuben Street in Remsen, New York, as the "Erin Hamlin Post Office". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10565 Steuben Street in Remsen, New York, as the "Erin Hamlin Post Office."
Sponsored by: Rep. Claudia Tenney
Introduced In House on 02/15/2018
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Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 [HB-5252]
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Keep Young Athletes Safe Act of 2018 This bill authorizes the Department of Justice to award a grant to an eligible nonprofit nongovernmental entity to support oversight of the United States Olympic Committee, each national governing body, and each paralympic sports organization with regard to safeguarding amateur athletes against abuse. An entity receiving a grant must demonstrate that it has: (1) nationally recognized expertise in preventing and investigating emotional, physical, and sexual abuse in the athletic programs of these sports organizations;
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Referred To The Subcommittee On Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, And Investigations. on 04/30/2018
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RAISE Act Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act [S.1720]
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RAISE Act Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act This bill: eliminates the diversity visa program; replaces the current employment visa system with a skills-based point system; revises the worldwide level of family-sponsored immigrants, including by eliminating certain family-based immigration preferences; establishes a 50,000 annual limit for refugees given permanent resident status; and creates a nonimmigrant visa for parents of U.S. citizen children who are at least 21 years old. The bill prohibits an alien from being be naturalized
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Sponsored by: Sen. Roger F. Wicker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. on 08/02/2017
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Kings Road in Jacksonville, Florida, as the "Rutledge Pearson Post Office Building". [HB-3638]
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Kings Road in Jacksonville, Florida, as the "Rutledge Pearson Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1100 Kings Road in Jacksonville, Florida, as the "Rutledge Pearson Post Office Building."
Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Castor
Signed By President. on 03/23/2018
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Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to recognize the rich history of the logging industry and the importance of lumberjack sports by adding the Lumberjack Bowl to the National Register of Historic Places. [HR-460]
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Requesting the Secretary of the Interior to recognize the rich history of the logging industry and the importance of lumberjack sports by adding the Lumberjack Bowl to the National Register of Historic Places. Requests that the Department of the Interior add the Lumberjack Bowl, the site of the Lumberjack World Championships, to the National Register of Historic Places.
Sponsored by: Rep. Sean P. Duffy
Mr. Mcclintock Asked Unanimous Consent To Discharge From Committee And Consider. on 09/25/2018
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 915 Center Avenue in Payette, Idaho, as the "Harmon Killebrew Post Office Building". [HB-3230]
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To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 915 Center Avenue in Payette, Idaho, as the "Harmon Killebrew Post Office Building". Designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 915 Center Avenue in Payette, Idaho, as the "Harmon Killebrew Post Office Building."
Sponsored by: Rep. Richard M. Nolan
Signed By President. on 12/06/2018
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act [S.1503]
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Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to mint and issue not more than 50,000 $5 coins, 400,000 $1 coins, and 750,000 half-dollar coins emblematic of the game of basketball. The bill requires all sales of such coins to include specified surcharges, which shall be paid by Treasury to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to fund an endowment for increased operations and educational programming.
Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs. on 06/29/2017
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United States Center for Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 [S.1426]
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United States Center for Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to include among the purposes of the U.S. Olympic Committee to promote a safe environment in sports that is free from abuse, including emotional, physical, and sexual abuse, of any amateur athlete. The bill designates the United States Center for Safe Sport, which shall: serve as the independent national safe sport organization for the United States; exercise jurisdiction over the committee, each national governing body,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Committee On Commerce, Science, And Transportation. Reported By Senator Thune With An Amendment In The Nature Of A Substitute. With Written Report No. 115-443. on 12/19/2018
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking [HB-1625]
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TARGET Act Targeted Rewards for the Global Eradication of Human Trafficking (Sec. 2) This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the Department of State's rewards program is a powerful tool in combating sophisticated international crime and that the State Department and federal law enforcement should work in concert to offer rewards that target human traffickers who prey on the most vulnerable people around the world. (Sec. 3) The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended to include severe forms of trafficking in persons involving
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Cloture On The Motion To Concur In The House Amendment To The Senate Amendment To H.r. 1625 Invoked In Senate By Yea-nay Vote. 67 - 30. Record Vote Number: 62. on 03/23/2018
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Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 [S.534]
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Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization Act of 2017 This bill amends the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 to extend the duty to report suspected child abuse, including sexual abuse, to certain adults who are authorized to interact with minor or amateur athletes at a facility under the jurisdiction of a national governing body. A national governing body is an amateur sports organization that is recognized by the International Olympic Committee. An individual who is required, but fails, to report suspected child sex
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Became Public Law No: 115-126. (txt | Pdf) on 02/14/2018
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Congratulating the New England Patriots on their victory in Super Bowl LI. [HR-169]
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Congratulating the New England Patriots on their victory in Super Bowl LI. Congratulates the New England Patriots on their victory in Super Bowl LI.
Sponsored by: Rep. James P. McGovern
Introduced In House on 03/02/2017
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that John Arthur "Jack" Johnson should receive a posthumous pardon for the racially motivated conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and historic significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his reputation. [SR-71]
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that John Arthur "Jack" Johnson should receive a posthumous pardon for the racially motivated conviction in 1913 that diminished the athletic, cultural, and historic significance of Jack Johnson and unduly tarnished his reputation. Expresses the sense of the Senate that Jack Johnson, the first African-American professional boxer to hold the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World, should receive a posthumous pardon to expunge from the annals of American criminal justice a racially motivated abuse
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Sponsored by: Sen. John McCain
Referred To The Committee On The Judiciary. (text Of Measure As Introduced: Cr S1505) on 02/28/2017