Resolutions--memorializing Congress

State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to cease imposing contraception mandates on private businesses. [HCR-32] [Healthcare ] [Reproductive Rights / Abortion ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Insurance ] [Public Health ] [Human Services ]
Urging Congress and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to cease imposing contraception mandates on private businesses.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jonathan Mark Stickland Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/10/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the United States Congress to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. [HCR-26] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ]
Urging the United States Congress to repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nicholas Van Campen Taylor Committee Report Distributed on 04/30/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution for the purpose of addressing concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. [HCR-25] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ]
Urging Congress to propose and submit to the states for ratification an amendment to the United States Constitution for the purpose of addressing concerns raised by the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lon Burnam Referred To Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select on 02/11/2013

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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. [HCR-21] [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: Rep. Senfronia Thompson Referred To Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select on 02/07/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the United States Congress to revise Department of Homeland Security funding formulas for Targeted Infrastructure Capability grants to include a separate threat assessment for strategically located border communities, irrespective of population. [HCR-123] [Funding ] [National Security ] [Public Safety ] [Immigration ] [Law Enforcement ] [Budget and Spending ]
Urging the United States Congress to revise Department of Homeland Security funding formulas for Targeted Infrastructure Capability grants to include a separate threat assessment for strategically located border communities, irrespective of population.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Richard Pena Raymond Referred To International Trade & Intergovernmental Affairs on 05/17/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the United States Congress to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in order to lessen the burden of over-testing and teaching to the test. [HCR-119] [Education ]
Urging the United States Congress to rewrite the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in order to lessen the burden of over-testing and teaching to the test.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Huberty Referred To Federalism & Fiscal Responsibility, Select on 05/17/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Expressing support for the Voting Rights Act and urging the United States Congress to protect every citizen's right to participate in the political process by making permanent the provisions of Section 5 of that legislation. [HCR-117] [Voting Rights ] [Elections ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
Expressing support for the Voting Rights Act and urging the United States Congress to protect every citizen's right to participate in the political process by making permanent the provisions of Section 5 of that legislation.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Borris L. Miles Referred To Elections on 05/06/2013

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Texas 83rd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to provide sufficient manpower, infrastructure, and technology to ensure the security and efficiency of land ports of entry on the southwestern border. [HCR-106] [Immigration ] [Infrastructure ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [National Security ] [Law Enforcement ]
Urging the United States Congress to enact legislation to provide sufficient manpower, infrastructure, and technology to ensure the security and efficiency of land ports of entry on the southwestern border.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Poncho Nevarez Received From The House on 05/20/2013

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State (Texas)
Texas 82nd Legislature 1st Special

Urging the federal government to grant a conditional green card to certain noncitizens to allow them to enlist in the United States armed forces and urging the federal government to award citizenship to these immigrants upon the completion of four years of honorable military service. [SCR-2] [Immigration ] [Defense ] [Military ] [Veterans ] [National Security ]
Urging the federal government to grant a conditional green card to certain noncitizens to allow them to enlist in the United States armed forces and urging the federal government to award citizenship to these immigrants upon the completion of four years of honorable military service.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Leticia R. Van De Putte Received By The Secretary Of The Senate on 06/14/2011

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State (Texas)
Texas 82nd Legislature 1st Special

Urging Congress to take appropriate action to ensure acceptable treatment of the public by personnel of the Transportation Security Administration. [HCR-5] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Public Safety ] [Consumer Protection ]
Urging Congress to take appropriate action to ensure acceptable treatment of the public by personnel of the Transportation Security Administration.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst Rules Suspended on 06/28/2011

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State (Texas)
Texas 82nd Legislature 1st Special

Urging Congress to enact an overhaul of the immigration system. [HCR-13] [Immigration ]
Urging Congress to enact an overhaul of the immigration system.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John V. Garza Referred To State Affairs on 06/09/2011

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Texas 82nd Legislature 1st Special

Urging the federal government to grant a conditional green card to certain noncitizens to allow them to enlist in the United States armed forces and urging the federal government to award citizenship to these immigrants upon the completion of four years of honorable military service. [HCR-11] [Immigration ] [Defense ] [Military ] [Veterans ] [National Security ]
Urging the federal government to grant a conditional green card to certain noncitizens to allow them to enlist in the United States armed forces and urging the federal government to award citizenship to these immigrants upon the completion of four years of honorable military service.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Will Hartnett Referred To State Affairs on 06/07/2011

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State (Texas)
Texas 82nd Legislature Regular Session

Advocating that the United States Department of Defense name Lackland Air Force Base to the next list of the F-35 base locations. [SR-740] [Defense ] [Military ] [National Security ] [Aerospace ]
Advocating that the United States Department of Defense name Lackland Air Force Base to the next list of the F-35 base locations.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Leticia R. Van De Putte Again Read on 05/04/2011

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State (Texas)
Texas 82nd Legislature Regular Session

Expressing support for the conservation of Castner Range. [SR-506] [Public Lands and National Parks ] [Environmental ]
Expressing support for the conservation of Castner Range.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jose R. Rodriguez Placed On Local & Uncontested Calendar on 05/05/2011

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State (Texas)
Texas 82nd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the nation's commander in chief, the executive branch of the federal government, and the United States Congress to assign top priority to alleviating the backlog of disability claims by United States veterans. [SR-1050] [Veterans ] [Disabilities ] [Healthcare ] [Military ]
Urging the nation's commander in chief, the executive branch of the federal government, and the United States Congress to assign top priority to alleviating the backlog of disability claims by United States veterans.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Whitmire Received By The Secretary Of The Senate on 05/20/2011

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State (Texas)
Texas 82nd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States and, in the event that Congress does not submit such an amendment on or before December 31, 2011, applying to Congress to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to that constitution to provide, in the absence of a national emergency and on a two-thirds vote of Congress, for a federal balanced budget and requesting that the legislatures of each of the several states that compose the United States apply to Congress to call a convention to propose such an amendment. [SJR-1] [Budget and Spending ] [Taxes ] [Funding ]
Urging the Congress of the United States to propose and submit to the states for ratification a federal balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States and, in the event that Congress does not submit such an amendment on or before December 31, 2011, applying to Congress to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to that constitution to provide, in the absence of a national emergency and on a two-thirds vote of Congress, for a federal balanced budget and requesting that the legislatures (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Nichols Read First Time on 03/08/2011

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State (Texas)
Texas 82nd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the United States Congress to amend the list of allowable foods under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to eliminate sweetened drinks and snack foods of minimal nutritional value. [SCR-9] [Food ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Poverty ] [Human Services ]
Urging the United States Congress to amend the list of allowable foods under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to eliminate sweetened drinks and snack foods of minimal nutritional value.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Eddie Lucio Read First Time on 02/14/2011

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State (Texas)
Texas 82nd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the government of the Republic of Turkey to uphold and safeguard religious and human rights, cease discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate and recognize its international status, grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate the authority to determine ecclesiastical succession and the right to train clergy of all nationalities, and respect the property rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the human rights of its personnel. [SCR-4] [Human Rights ] [International ] [Religion ]
Urging the government of the Republic of Turkey to uphold and safeguard religious and human rights, cease discrimination against the Ecumenical Patriarchate and recognize its international status, grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate the authority to determine ecclesiastical succession and the right to train clergy of all nationalities, and respect the property rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the human rights of its personnel.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman Received By The Secretary Of The Senate on 01/03/2011

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State (Texas)
Texas 82nd Legislature Regular Session

Urging the members of the Texas congressional delegation to provide to the legislature a cost analysis of the exact funding necessary for full enforcement of all immigration laws in Texas and to immediately report back to the legislature as to the status of that funding and directing the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house to send a delegation of members from both chambers to meet with members of Congress and members of the executive branch to discuss the border security crisis. [SCR-36] [Immigration ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [National Security ]
Urging the members of the Texas congressional delegation to provide to the legislature a cost analysis of the exact funding necessary for full enforcement of all immigration laws in Texas and to immediately report back to the legislature as to the status of that funding and directing the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house to send a delegation of members from both chambers to meet with members of Congress and members of the executive branch to discuss the border security crisis.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jane Nelson Referred To State Affairs on 05/02/2011

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State (Texas)
Texas 82nd Legislature Regular Session

Urging Congress to consider removal of the border wall in places where the border is already adequately guarded. [SCR-33] [Immigration ] [National Security ]
Urging Congress to consider removal of the border wall in places where the border is already adequately guarded.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Eddie Lucio Read First Time on 03/16/2011

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