Stall in the Senate

The Daschle 50: Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives enacted more than 50 legislative initiatives that have languished in the Senate under the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle. The following is a list of bills that have passed the House and are stalled in the Senate:

H.R. 5005 -- Homeland Security Act of 2002
H.R. 7 -- Community Solutions Act of 2001
H.R. 2143 -- Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act
H.R. 1900 -- Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act
H.R. 2505 -- Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001
H.R. 3762 -- Pension Security Act
H.Con. Res 353 -- FY 2003 Budget Resolution
H.R. 586 -- Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2002
H.R. 496 -- Independent Telecommunications Consumer Enhancement Act of 2001
H.R. 624 -- Organ Donation Improvement Act of 2001
H.R. 1992 -- Internet Equity and Education Act of 2001
H.R. 724 -- To authorize appropriations to carry out part B of title I of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, relating to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
H.R. 2983 -- Price-Anderson Reauthorization Act of 2001
H.R. 476 -- The Child Custody Protection Act
H.R. 2146 -- Two Strikes and You're Out Child Protection Act
H.R. 1542 - Internet Freedom and Broadband Deployment Act of 2001
H.R. 2985 -- American Spirit Fraud Prevention Act
H.R. 974 -- Small Business Interest Checking Act of 2001
H.R. 1408 -- Financial Services Antifraud Network Act of 2001
H.R. 2589 -- Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring Extension Act of 2001
H.R. 3060 -- Emergency Securities Response Act of 2001
H.R. 2052 -- Sudan Peace Act (House has named conferees/Senate has not.)
H.R. 2272 -- Coral Reef and Coastal Marine Conservation Act of 2001
H.R. 2833 -- Vietnam Human Rights Act
H.R. 2541 -- To enhance the authorities of special agents.
H.R. 741 -- Madrid Protocol Implementation Act
H.R. 860 -- Multidistrict, Multiparty, Multiforum Trial Jurisdiction Act of 2001
H.R. 863 -- Consequences for Juvenile Offenders Act
H.R. 4965 -- Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
H.R. 2546 -- Real Interstate Driver Equity Act of 2001
H.R. 554 -- Rail Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2001
H.R. 3391 -- Medicare Regulatory and Contracting Reform Act of 2001
H.R. 2722 -- Clean Diamond Trade Act
H.R. 2563 -- Bipartisan Patient Protection Act
H.R. 3394 - Cyber Security Research and Development Act
H.R. 3209 -- Anti-Hoax Terrorism
H.R. 2341 -- Class Action Fairness Act of 2002
H.R. 3801 -- Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
H.R. 3231 -- Immigration Reform and Accountability Act of 2002
H.R. 4737 -- Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act
H.R. 3178 -- Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act
H.R. 2899 -- Freedom Bonds Act
H.R. 4085 -- Veterans' and Survivors' Benefits Expansion Act
H.R. 3764 -- Securities and Exchange Commission Authorization Act of 2002
H.R. 4598 -- Homeland Security Information Sharing Act
H.R. 1877 -- Child Sex Crimes Wiretapping Act of 2002
H.R. 3129 -- Customs Border Security Act
H.R. 3833 -- Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act
H.R. 4015 -- Jobs for Veterans Act
H.R. 4085 -- Veterans' and Survivors' Benefits Expansion Act
H.R. 4069 -- Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act

"We have been pleased with how many of our initiatives have moved through the House of Representatives, and been frustrated by the fact they haven't moved through the Senate." --President George Bush May 30 2002

 

William J Murray, Chairman
Religious Freedom Coalition

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