this was reported on CNN

[darrels joy]

I think the most amazing thing about this is that this was reported on CNN, and they actually mentioned the Heritage Foundation.

We are so totally screwed!

Joy

[darrels joy]

Items 1 through 80 of 80 1. H.CON.RES.19 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions.
Sponsor: Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2] (introduced 1/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Homeland Security
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.


2. H.RES.14 : Recognizing the importance of the Border Patrol in combating human smuggling and commending the Department of Justice for increasing the rate of human smuggler prosecutions.
Sponsor: Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Homeland Security
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



3. H.R.1 : Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] (introduced 1/26/2009) Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Appropriations; House Budget
Latest Conference Report: 111-16 (in Congressional Record H1307-1516)
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2009 Conference report agreed to in Senate. Status: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 60 - 38. Record Vote Number: 64.
Note: The House Rules Committee has posted the conference report. See also the GPO word-searchable version (more info).



4. H.R.2 : To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6] (introduced 1/13/2009) Cosponsors (43)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 111-3 [GPO: Text, PDF]



5. H.R.19 : To require employers to conduct employment eligibility verification.
Sponsor: Rep Calvert, Ken [CA-44] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



6. H.R.42 : To establish a fact-finding Commission to extend the study of a prior Commission to investigate and determine facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation, internment, and deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of Japanese descent from December 1941 through February 1948, and the impact of those actions by the United States, and to recommend appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Becerra, Xavier [CA-31] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



7. H.R.66 : To recognize the extraordinary performance of the Armed Forces in achieving the military objectives of the United States in Iraq, to terminate the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243), to require congressional reauthorization to continue deployment of the Armed Forces to Iraq, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: 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.



8. H.R.73 : To provide for the collection of data on traffic stops.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.



9. H.R.98 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to enforce restrictions on employment in the United States of unauthorized aliens through the use of improved Social Security cards and an Employment Eligibility Database, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Dreier, David [CA-26] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Judiciary; House Homeland Security; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



10. H.R.123 : To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to establish additional reporting requirements to enhance the detection of identity theft, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.



11. H.R.124 : To prohibit offices of the legislative branch from entering into a contract for the provision of goods or services within the Capitol Complex with any contractor who does not participate in the basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (16)
Committees: House Administration
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.



12. H.R.125 : To eliminate the exceptions to the prohibition on adjustment of status of aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States or who accept unauthorized employment.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



13. H.R.126 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit citizenship at birth, merely by virtue of birth in the United States, to persons with citizen or legal resident mothers.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



14. H.R.127 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to change certain requirements relating to a sponsor's affidavit of support for an alien.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



15. H.R.128 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to strengthen the criminal consequences for certain violations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



16. H.R.132 : To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict totalization agreements between the United States and other countries to providing for appropriate exchange of Social Security taxes or contributions between the parties to such agreements, and to prohibit crediting of individuals under such title with earnings from employment or self-employment in the United States performed while such individuals are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States and are not authorized by law to be employed in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.



17. H.R.134 : To amend the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 to extend and increase the authority for the ombudsman under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



18. H.R.136 : To better provide for compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



19. H.R.137 : To require an employer to take action after receiving official notice that an individual's Social Security account number does not match the individual's name, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Ways and Means; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



20. H.R.138 : To require Federal contractors to participate in the basic pilot program for employment eligibility verification.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



21. H.R.139 : To prohibit a Federal agency from accepting a form of individual identification issued by a foreign government, except a passport that is accepted on the date of enactment.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform; House Judiciary; House Administration; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



22. H.R.142 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require the Secretary of the Treasury to notify the Secretary of Homeland Security of employer returns showing the employment of individuals not authorized to be employed in the United States, to notify the employers that they must terminate the employment of those employees, to provide an opportunity for those employees to contest the information, and to establish a procedure for determining whether individuals who are not authorized to be employed in the United States are so employed.
Sponsor: Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Education and Labor; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and the Judiciary, 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.



23. H.R.144 : To designate Haiti under section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act in order to render nationals of Haiti eligible for temporary protected status under such section.
Sponsor: Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (31)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



24. H.R.150 : To make payments by the Department of Homeland Security to a State contingent on a State providing the Federal Bureau of Investigation with certain statistics, to require Federal agencies, departments, and courts to provide such statistics to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and to require the Federal Bureau of Investigation to publish such statistics.
Sponsor: Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Homeland Security
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.



25. H.R.180 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to waive the requirement for proof of citizenship during first year of life for children born in the United States to a Medicaid-eligible mother.
Sponsor: Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.



26. H.R.182 : To provide discretionary authority to an immigration judge to determine that an alien parent of a United States citizen child should not be ordered removed, deported, or excluded from the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



27. H.R.187 : To waive certain prohibitions with respect to nationals of Cuba coming to the United States to play organized professional baseball.
Sponsor: Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



28. H.R.239 : To impose requirements with regard to border searches of digital electronic devices and digital storage media, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17] (introduced 1/7/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Homeland Security
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



29. H.R.246 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to exempt elementary and secondary schools from the fee imposed on employers filing petitions with respect to non-immigration workers under the H-1B program.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 1/7/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



30. H.R.264 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to comprehensively reform immigration law, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18] (introduced 1/7/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Homeland Security; House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



31. H.R.287 : -- Private Bill; For relief of Enrique Soriano and Areli Soriano.
Sponsor: Rep Green, Gene [TX-29] (introduced 1/7/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



32. H.R.314 : To increase the number of Federal judgeships in certain judicial districts with heavy caseloads of criminal immigration cases.
Sponsor: Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.



33. H.R.319 : To amend titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act to permit States the option of coverage of legal immigrants under the Medicaid Program and the State children's health insurance program (SCHIP).
Sponsor: Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/9/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



34. H.R.353 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Simeon Simeonov, Stela Simeonova, Stoyan Simeonov, and Vania Simeonova.
Sponsor: Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



35. H.R.354 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Gloria Ayala Cuyuch.
Sponsor: Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



36. H.R.355 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Francisca Lino.
Sponsor: Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



37. H.R.356 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Rebeca Rojas de Guzman.
Sponsor: Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



38. H.R.357 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Jose de Jesus Ibarra, Monica Ibarra Rodriguez, and Cristina Gamez.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Eddie Bernice [TX-30] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



39. H.R.358 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Alemseghed Mussie Tesfamical.
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



40. H.R.359 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Geert Botzen.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/2/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



41. H.R.373 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to render inadmissible and deportable certain aliens convicted of drunk driving, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Flake, Jeff [AZ-6] (introduced 1/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.



42. H.R.458 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Alejandro E. Gonzales.
Sponsor: Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] (introduced 1/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



43. H.R.459 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Alfredo Ramirez Vasquez.
Sponsor: Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4] (introduced 1/9/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



44. H.R.492 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Esther Karinge.
Sponsor: Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-7] (introduced 1/13/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



45. H.R.495 : To authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23] (introduced 1/14/2009) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/14/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.



46. H.R.588 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for employing illegal aliens.
Sponsor: Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] (introduced 1/15/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/15/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.



47. H.R.589 : To establish procedures for the issuance by the Commissioner of Social Security of "no match" letters to employers, and for the notification of the Secretary of Homeland Security regarding such letters.
Sponsor: Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] (introduced 1/15/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/15/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.



48. H.R.606 : To express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted and denied their rights in foreign countries on account of gender, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14] (introduced 1/16/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Financial Services; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/16/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and the Judiciary, 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.



49. H.R.659 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of certain aliens who were aboard the Golden Venture.
Sponsor: Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19] (introduced 1/22/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



50. H.R.660 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Carlos Espinal Castillo-Reynolds.
Sponsor: Rep Wamp, Zach [TN-3] (introduced 1/22/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



51. H.R.662 : To evaluate and extend the basic pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation and to ensure the protection of Social Security beneficiaries.
Sponsor: Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8] (introduced 1/23/2009) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and Labor; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/23/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, and Ways and Means, 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.



52. H.R.679 : Making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7] (introduced 1/26/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Appropriations
House Reports: 111-4
Latest Major Action: 1/26/2009 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 1.



53. H.R.733 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Jayantibhai Desai and Indiraben Patel.
Sponsor: Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38] (introduced 1/27/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



54. H.R.736 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Aluisa Zace and Ledia Zace.
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 1/28/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



55. H.R.742 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Flavia Maboloc Cahoon.
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 1/28/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2009 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.



56. H.R.878 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes related to family-sponsored immigrants and to reduce the number of such immigrants.
Sponsor: Rep Gingrey, Phil [GA-11] (introduced 2/4/2009) Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.



57. H.R.892 : To deny certain Federal funds to any institution of higher education that admits as students aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [NC-9] (introduced 2/4/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Education and Labor
Latest Major Action: 2/4/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.



58. H.R.937 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit certain Mexican children, and accompanying adults, to obtain a waiver of the documentation requirements otherwise required to enter the United States as a temporary visitor.
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 2/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.



59. H.R.938 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to restore certain provisions relating to the definition of aggravated felony and other provisions as they were before the enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] (introduced 2/10/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/10/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.



60. H.R.994 : To remove the incentives and loopholes that encourage illegal aliens to come to the United States to live and work, provide additional resources to local law enforcement and Federal border and immigration officers, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, Gary G. [CA-42] (introduced 2/11/2009) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Oversight and Government Reform; House Education and Labor; House Administration; House Financial Services; House Homeland Security; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/11/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Education and Labor, House Administration, Financial Services, Homeland Security, and Ways and Means, 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.



61. H.R.1024 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships.
Sponsor: Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-8] (introduced 2/12/2009) Cosponsors (80)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.



62. H.R.1029 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act and title 18, United States Code, to combat the crime of alien smuggling and related activities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hill, Baron P. [IN-9] (introduced 2/12/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Homeland Security
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Homeland Security, 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.



63. H.R.1033 : To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act with respect to temporary admission of nonimmigrant aliens to the United States for the purpose of receiving medical treatment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9] (introduced 2/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.



64. S.J.RES.6 : A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to United States citizenship.
Sponsor: Sen Vitter, David [LA] (introduced 1/16/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/16/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.



65. S.9 : A bill to strengthen the United States economy, provide for more effective border and employment enforcement, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (13)
Latest Major Action: 1/7/2009 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.



66. S.69 : A bill to establish a fact-finding Commission to extend the study of a prior Commission to investigate and determine facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation, internment, and deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of Japanese descent from December 1941 through February 1948, and the impact of those actions by the United States, and to recommend appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (8)
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Latest Major Action: 2/11/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.



67. S.82 : A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the State Children's Health Insurance Program, to limit income eligibility expansions under that program until the lowest income eligible individuals are enrolled, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Vitter, David [LA] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.



68. S.84 : A bill to close the loophole that allowed the 9/11 hijackers to obtain credit cards from United States banks that financed their terrorist activities, to ensure that illegal immigrants cannot obtain credit cards to evade United States immigration laws, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Vitter, David [LA] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.



69. S.91 : A bill to reduce the amount of financial assistance provided to the Government of Mexico in response to the illegal border crossings from Mexico into the United States, which serve to dissipate the political discontent with the higher unemployment rate within Mexico.
Sponsor: Sen Vitter, David [LA] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.



70. S.95 : A bill to prohibit appropriated funds from being used in contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
Sponsor: Sen Vitter, David [LA] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (3)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.



71. S.108 : A bill to prohibit the admission of an alien who was detained as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, unless the President determines that such admission is consistent with the national security of the United States, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Vitter, David [LA] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.



72. S.115 : A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that wages earned, and self-employment income derived, by individuals while such individuals were not citizens or nationals of the United States and were illegally in the United States shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under such title.
Sponsor: Sen Vitter, David [LA] (introduced 1/6/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/6/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.



73. S.168 : A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or 2 or more misdemeanors.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 1/8/2009) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/8/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.



74. S.203 : A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to modify the requirements for participation in the visa waiver program and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] (introduced 1/12/2009) Cosponsors (1)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.



75. S.205 : A bill to authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] (introduced 1/12/2009) Cosponsors (6)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.



76. S.230 : A bill to express United States foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals persecuted and denied their rights in foreign countries on account of gender, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 1/13/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/13/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.



77. S.275 : An original bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Baucus, Max [MT] (introduced 1/16/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/16/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 17.
Note: For further action, see H.R.2, which became Public Law 111-3 on 2/4/2009.



78. S.336 : An original bill making supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Inouye, Daniel K. [HI] (introduced 1/27/2009) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Appropriations
Senate Reports: 111-3
Latest Major Action: 1/27/2009 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 19.



79. S.388 : A bill to extend the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the numerical limitations for temporary workers.
Sponsor: Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] (introduced 2/5/2009) Cosponsors (24)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/5/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.



80. S.424 : A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate discrimination in the immigration laws by permitting permanent partners of United States citizens and lawful permanent residents to obtain lawful permanent resident status in the same manner as spouses of citizens and lawful permanent residents and to penalize immigration fraud in connection with permanent partnerships.
Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 2/12/2009) Cosponsors (14)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/12/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/thomas

[reconeil]

That CNN Tape is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING!!!,...to put it mildly.

Shows explicitely what now TOTALLY America CONTROLLING Democrats can shove
down throats of: "We The (Schnooks)" and/or U.S. Citizen/Taxpayer, at whim.

Hell,...even the old Soviet Rulers wouldn't have been so-damn-dictatorially-stupid.

But then, and since most in America is dictated from Secret Closed Door Committees
much like Russians & other restrictive nations do,...how can anyone even hope to stop
such DESPICABLE LEFTIST NATIONAL ATTROCITIES obviously done solely for attaining
an Unbeatable Democrat Voter Base at U.S. Taxpayer Expense.

Face it, Citizens. We in deep do-do! What no doubt great for Mexicans, all Illegal Aliens
in general, Foreign National Gang Members and even America's exceptionally large & vast
Welfare Community,...given only 2 years of such uncontested pandering zealotry for non-
citizens at U.S. Taxpayer Expense, it will actually prove QUITE DEVASTATING for The USA.

"Voting The Bums Out" in 2 years will just be too-little, too-late. Sorry, "Pilgrims".

Neil

Neil

[darrels joy]

We have to take it up a notch

And what's IN the final porkulus that Baird helped to screw us over with?


Tends to speak for itself.

MAYBE... if you had only READ THE FRICKING BILL, you would have had the sense that God gave a board fence, and voted "NO" on this turd sandwich.

The Official Blog of National Taxpayers Union

What's in the final stimulus
Posted by Kristina Rasmussen - February 13, 2009

From a congressional source:

The bad news. The final bill:

•INCLUDES a $1 billion earmark for the “FutureGen” near zero emission sci-fi plant in Matoon, Illinois that is a pet project of Senator Durbin and disgraced former governor Rod Blagojevich. The Washington Post has called the project “prohibitively expense” and scientists at MIT oppose the project.

•INCLUDES House language that funds a back-door effort to socialize medicine and set up UK-style health care rationing in the United States. The $1.1 billion in the bill for “comparative effectiveness research” will help establish a government board that will make life and death medical decisions about health care cost and treatments. (Page 52 of House Conference Report)

•SCALES BACK Coburn amendment 309 (accepted by the Senate 73-24) that prohibited stimulus money to be spent on casinos, zoos, golf courses, swimming pools, parks, museums, theaters, or highways beautification projects. The final bill RETAINS language excluding funding for any casino or other gambling establishment, aquarium, zoo, golf course, or swimming pool. The final bill NOW ALLOWS funds to go to a museum, stadium, arts center, theater, park, or highway beautification project. This opens the back door to fund the notorious Mob Museum in Las Vegas, which would otherwise had not be able to receive stimulus money. (SEC. 1604)

•GUTS Coburn amendment 176 (accepted by the Senate 97-0) that required all contracts, grants and cooperative agreements awarded under this Act to be competitively bid. The final bill merely says contracts should be awarded with competitive procedures "to the maximum extent possible." This will allow lawmakers to simply “phonemark” billions in spending to pet projects with zero transparency and accountability. (SEC. 1554-1555)

The “good” news. The final bill:

•RETAINS Coburn amendment 109 striking the $246 million earmark for Hollywood movie producers. Wasteful and Non-Stimulative Spending in the House-Senate Conference Report

•$8 billion for high-speed railway (including an earmark for an Los Angeles to Las Vegas MagLev)

•$1 billion for the “FutureGen” not-ready-for-primetime near zero emission plant in Illinois

•$53.6 billion for the “state stabilization” slush fund

•$1.3 billion for Amtrak•$24 million for USDA buildings and rent

•$176 million for renovating Agricultural Research Service buildings

•$290 million for flood prevention activities•$50 million for watershed rehabilitation

•$1.4 billion for wastewater disposal programs

•$295 million for administrative expenses associated with food stamp program

•$1 billion for the 2010 Census•$200 million for public computer centers at community colleges and libraries

•$650 million for the DTV converter box coupon program

•$360 million for construction of NIST buildings

•$830 million for NOAA research and facilities

•$2 billion for Byrne JAG program

•$10 million to combat Mexican gunrunners

•$125 million for rural communities to combat drug crimes

•$1 billion for the COPS program•$1 billion for NASA

•$300 million to purchase scientific instruments for colleges and museums

•$400 million for equipment and facilities at the NSF

•$3.7 billion to conduct "green" renovations on military bases

•$375 million for Mississippi River projects•$10 million for urban canals

•$5 billion for weatherizing buildings•$2 billion to develop advanced batteries for hybrid cars

•$3.4 billion for fossil energy research (possibly including an earmark for FutureGen)

•$5.1 billion for environmental cleanup around military bases

•$5.5 billion for "green" federal buildings

•$300 million for "green" cars for federal employees•$20 million for IT upgrades at the Small Business Administration
•$200 million to design and furnish DHS headquarters

•$210 million for State and local fire stations

•$125 million to restore trails and abandoned mines

•$146 million for trail maintenance at National Park Service sites

•$140 million for volcano monitoring systems

•$600 million for the EPA Superfund environmental cleanup program

•$200 million to clean up leaking underground storage tanks

•$500 million for forest health and wildfire prevention

•$25 million for the Smithsonian Institution

•$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts

•$1.2 billion for "youth activities" (for "youth" up to 24 years old)

•$500 million earmark for NIH facilities in Bethesda, MD

•$1 billion for Head Start

•$32 million for home-delivered nutrition services

•$160 million for volunteer programs at the Corporation for National and Community Service

•$500 million earmark for the SSA National Computer Center in MD

•$220 million for the International Boundary and Water Commission, U.S. and Mexico

Thoughts?

http://clarkcountypolitics.blogspot....hat-baird.html

[darrels joy]

Baird blows it: he screws us with his vote on the Generational Indebtedness Act.


.
Congressman Brian Baird (D-WA-03) is my congressman. He has, in the past, shown flashes of common sense, and on occasion, great personal political courage, to include voting "yes" on the rather idiotic Schiavo Bill

He has also shown what amounts to great political cowardice: he has failed to take a position on the greatest economic challenge facing Southwest Washington, perhaps in our history: the development of the corrupt and massive economic black hole known as the Barnett/Mohegan/Paskenta Megacasino; and he has come out swinging against the Liquid Natural Gas Plant at Bradwood Landing... WHICH ISN'T IN HIS DISTRICT (Odd, isn't it (and quite easy to take a position when the outcome will not impact your own district) that this guy can be so damned concerned about something in another state, and remain silent in the face of the abortive Megacasino development)

But today, he's picked up the mantel of other local political morons who ignore the groundswell of opposition to the I-5 bridge replacement/loot rail con job, and he voted for the largest, most onerous, worst abuse of the American people in this nation's history.

It was the wrong vote. More importantly, Baird KNOWS it's the wrong vote. Unfortunately, he lacks the guts shown by the 7 honorable democrats who voted "no" in the House: Congressmen

Bright
DeFazio
Griffith
Minnick
Peterson
Shuler
Taylor

How do I know that Baird is aware he took the wrong vote? How do I know his vote terrifies him?

Because within an hour of taking it, he blast e-mailed everyone with a computer in the 3rd District with his reasons, such as they are, for doing so.
...
http://clarkcountypolitics.blogspot....-with-his.html

[darrels joy]

AP Admits Obama's 'Major Milestone' Increases Taxes, Reduces Services, Leaves Us In Debt



In one breath the Associated Press declares this porkulus scam a major milestone for Obama even though Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid wrote the bill, then they admit it leaves us with crushing debt for generations.

What is there to celebrate?

One thing about the president's $790 billion stimulus package is certain: It will jack up the federal debt.

Whether or not it succeeds in producing jobs and taming the recession, tomorrow's taxpayers will end up footing the bill.

Forecasters expect the 2009 deficit — for the budget year that began last Oct 1 — to hit $1.6 trillion including new stimulus and bank-bailout spending. That's about three times last year's shortfall.

The torrents of red ink are being fed by rising federal spending and falling tax revenues from hard-hit businesses and individuals.

The national debt — the sum of all annual budget deficits — stands at $10.7 trillion. Or about $36,000 for every man, woman and child in the U.S.

Interest payments alone on the national debt will near $500 billion this year. It's already the fourth-largest federal expenditure, after Medicare-Medicaid, Social Security and defense.

This will affect us all directly for years, as well as our children and possibly grandchildren, .in higher taxes and probably reduced government services. It will also force continued government borrowing, increasingly from China, Japan, Britain, Saudi Arabia and other foreign creditors.

The Washington Post hails saddling our grandchildren with debt a victory of historic proportions.

Yippee!

Nobody seems to have an answer for this simple question: What is none of this works?

Another nugget the AP adds:

Infrastructure:

Highways repaved for the first time in decades. Century-old waterlines dug up and replaced with new pipes. Aging bridges, stressed under the weight of today's SUVs, reinforced with fresh steel and concrete.

But the $90 billion is a mere down payment on what's needed to repair and improve the country's physical backbone. And not all economists agree it's an effective way to add jobs in the long term, or stimulate the economy.

First of all, in all the years I've been driving around the country I've encountered endless paving and highway reconstruction projects. It's a safe bet we've spent hundreds of billions on roads and bridges. What's this nonsense that highways haven't been repaved in decades?

Cute dig how bridges are stressed under the weight of SUV's, many of which are lighter vehicles than old passenger cars.

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.co...milestone.html