Resolutions--memorializing Congress

State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the United States Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution that overturns Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, establishing that the spending of money to influence elections shall not be construed as speech under the First Amendment, and clarifying that only natural persons are protected by constitutional rights. [SCR-2] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Ethics ]
Urging the United States Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution that overturns Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, establishing that the spending of money to influence elections shall not be construed as speech under the First Amendment, and clarifying that only natural persons are protected by constitutional rights.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Eddie Lucio Co-author Authorized on 02/19/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to restore the presumption of a service connection for Agent Orange exposure to United States Navy and United States Air Force veterans who served on the inland waterways, in the territorial waters, and in the airspace of the Republic of Vietnam and to institute a presumption of connection to employment for civilians exposed to Agent Orange in their workplaces. [SCR-17] [Veterans ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Healthcare ] [Military ] [Public Health ]
Urging Congress to restore the presumption of a service connection for Agent Orange exposure to United States Navy and United States Air Force veterans who served on the inland waterways, in the territorial waters, and in the airspace of the Republic of Vietnam and to institute a presumption of connection to employment for civilians exposed to Agent Orange in their workplaces.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Juan Hinojosa Signed By The Governor on 06/14/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. [SCR-15] [Immigration ]
Urging Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Watson Posting Rule Suspended on 04/15/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the United States Congress to amend existing laws and regulations governing animal slaughter and meat processing to accommodate small farms and ranches. [HR-710] [Agriculture ] [Animals ] [Food ] [Small Business ]
Urging the United States Congress to amend existing laws and regulations governing animal slaughter and meat processing to accommodate small farms and ranches.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Eddie Rodriguez Referred To Agriculture & Livestock on 03/11/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the U.S. Department of the Interior to withdraw the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's proposed rule to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands. [HR-2853] [Energy ] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Environmental ] [Water ] [Native American Affairs ]
Urging the U.S. Department of the Interior to withdraw the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's proposed rule to regulate hydraulic fracturing on federal and tribal lands.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James L. Keffer Referred To Energy Resources on 05/26/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Expressing opposition to the United States Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and urging the United States Congress to propose and send to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution restoring republican democracy to the people of the United States. [HR-230] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
Expressing opposition to the United States Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and urging the United States Congress to propose and send to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution restoring republican democracy to the people of the United States.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mark Strama Referred To Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select on 02/18/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the United States Congress to direct the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to undertake a study of urotrauma among members of the military. [HR-1786] [Defense ] [Healthcare ] [Veterans ] [Military ] [Public Health ]
Urging the United States Congress to direct the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs to undertake a study of urotrauma among members of the military.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Wayne Smith Referred To Defense & Veterans' Affairs on 05/01/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the United States Congress to pass the DREAM Act. [HR-1373] [Immigration ] [Education ] [Human Rights ] [Children and Youth ]
Urging the United States Congress to pass the DREAM Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Roberto R. Alonzo Referred To State Affairs on 04/22/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution to address concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and related cases and events. [HJR-94] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
Urging Congress to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution to address concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and related cases and events.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Elliott Naishtat Read First Time on 03/04/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require the approval of a majority of the state legislatures before Congress may increase the federal debt. [HJR-55] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [Finance ]
Applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention to propose an amendment to the United States Constitution to require the approval of a majority of the state legislatures before Congress may increase the federal debt.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jim Murphy Read First Time on 02/11/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Rescinding the application of the 26th Texas Legislature made in the year 1899 to the United States Congress to call an unrestricted national convention, pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, for proposing undisclosed amendments to that Constitution. [HJR-101] [Elections ]
Rescinding the application of the 26th Texas Legislature made in the year 1899 to the United States Congress to call an unrestricted national convention, pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution, for proposing undisclosed amendments to that Constitution.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Gary W. Elkins Corrected Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 04/29/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the president of the United States to refrain from issuing executive orders that exceed his authority and that violate the U.S. Constitution. [HCR-86] [Ethics ]
Urging the president of the United States to refrain from issuing executive orders that exceed his authority and that violate the U.S. Constitution.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jeff Leach Referred To Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select on 03/25/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Reaffirming Texas' sovereignty under the Texas Constitution and the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [HCR-77] [Elections ] [Ethics ]
Reaffirming Texas' sovereignty under the Texas Constitution and the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charles Anderson Referred To Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select on 03/25/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the United States Congress to request that the U.S. Postmaster General designate a ZIP code that includes all properties within the city of Prairie View. [HCR-71] [Community Development ] [Telecommunications ]
Urging the United States Congress to request that the U.S. Postmaster General designate a ZIP code that includes all properties within the city of Prairie View.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cecil Bell Referred To Intergovernmental Relations on 05/06/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Asserting sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and beseeching the federal government to immediately cease and desist from the promulgation of mandates that infringe on the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms or that are otherwise beyond the scope of its constitutionally delegated powers. [HCR-63] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [National Security ]
Asserting sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and beseeching the federal government to immediately cease and desist from the promulgation of mandates that infringe on the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms or that are otherwise beyond the scope of its constitutionally delegated powers.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Matt Krause Considered In Calendars on 05/04/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. [HCR-61] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [Finance ]
Urging the U.S. Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Pena Raymond Committee Report Distributed on 04/30/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the United States Congress to modify the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to allow cost-sharing payments and premium tax credits to be made available to the Texas political subdivision health care benefit pools on the same basis as those for health plans participating in the new federal exchange. [HCR-60] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Insurance ]
Urging the United States Congress to modify the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to allow cost-sharing payments and premium tax credits to be made available to the Texas political subdivision health care benefit pools on the same basis as those for health plans participating in the new federal exchange.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Zerwas Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 04/23/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed. [HCR-50] [Budget and Spending ] [National Security ]
Claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S. Constitution, serving notice to the federal government to halt and reverse certain mandates, and providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Brandon Creighton Considered In Calendars on 05/04/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution providing that, except during a national emergency or a war declared by the Congress of the United States pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, United States Constitution, or other national emergency, the total of all federal appropriations for a fiscal year may not exceed the total of all estimated federal revenue for that fiscal year. [HCR-46] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [Funding ]
Urging the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution providing that, except during a national emergency or a war declared by the Congress of the United States pursuant to Article I, Section 8, Clause 11, United States Constitution, or other national emergency, the total of all federal appropriations for a fiscal year may not exceed the total of all estimated federal revenue for that fiscal year.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Trent Ashby Referred To Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select on 02/25/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act. [HCR-45] [Social Security ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Senior Citizens ]
Urging Congress to repeal the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision of the Social Security Act.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Abel Herrero Referred To Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select on 02/25/2013

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