DOMESTIC POLICY

Addresses

1989 Education Summit—A Reevaluation: Gerald L. Baliles, S11450-S11453 [18NO]

State of Public Education: Patricia Hamamoto, Hawaii Dept. of Education, S1454 [23FE]

State of the Union: President Bush, S33-S37 [20JA], H20-H23 [20JA]

Articles and editorials

Bush Choice for Manufacturing Post in Question, S2595 [11MR]

Bush Manipulates Science Data To Pursue His Ideological Goals, E440 [24MR]

Disaster Lurks in April Jobs Numbers, H2899 [12MY]

Gap in Wages Is Growing Again for U.S. Workers, S210 [23JA]

Health Care's Brewing Storm, E654 [27AP]

``High Tech'' Narrated by Walter Cronkite, H616 [25FE]

High-Tech Jobs Are Going Abroad! But That's Okay, S2184 [4MR]

Now Can We Talk About Health Care?, S4089-S4092 [19AP]

School Achievement Reports Often Exclude the Disabled, S9378 [20SE]

There's Plenty for a Free Press To Report, S12057 [8DE]

What Goes Around . . ., S2183 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: make across-the-board rescissions in non-defense, non-homeland security discretionary spending (see H.R. 3984, 3985, 3986), H1229 [17MR]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (see S. 2088), S1286 [12FE] (see H.R. 3809), H514 [11FE]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to establish screening programs for certain children to prevent reading failure (see H.R. 4261), H2547 [4MY]

———making supplemental appropriations (see S. 2617), S7750 [7JY]

Education: improve elementary and secondary education (see S. 2794), S9130 [13SE]

Employment: permit eligible workers who are rehired by the same employer to continue to receive trade adjustment assistance if unable to work because of a lock-out or labor dispute (see H.R. 4708), H4927 (see H.R. 4708), H5071 [24JN]

Families and domestic relations: clarify definition of marriage (see H.R. 4892), H6700 [22JY]

———recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (see S. Res. 299), S1017 [11FE] (see H. Res. 625), H2657 [5MY]

Health: establish an expedited procedure for congressional consideration of health care reform legislation (see S. 2576), S7434 [24JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2570), S7311 [23JN] (see H.R. 4325), H2815 [11MY] (see H.R. 4964), H6703 [22JY]

Medicare: provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management (see H.R. 4689), H4926 (see H.R. 4689), H5070 [24JN]

National security: provide for a domestic defense fund to improve homeland defense (see S. 2021), S184 [22JA]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see S. 2345), S4301 [22AP] (see H.R. 4434), H3438 (see H.R. 4434), H3538 (see H.R. 4464), H3439 (see H.R. 4464), H3539 [20MY]

Television: prohibit broadcast of violent programming during designated time period in which children are likely to be watching unless it is rated for content or blockable by electronic means (see H.R. 3914), H926 [9MR]

Essays

Illegal Immigration—Friend or Foe? Karen Berg, E2017 [18NO]

Excerpts

As Income Gap Widens, Uncertainty Spreads, S9402 [21SE]

Data Dearth in Offshore Outsourcing—Policymaking Requires Facts (white paper): Senator Lieberman, S12089-S12092 [20DE]

Explanations

Kerry-Edwards Economic Plan: Senators Kerry and Edwards, S9403 [21SE]

Letters

Designate September 11 as National Acts of Kindness Day: Jhoon Rhee, H6919 [9SE]

Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding: James Haney, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (organization), S2594 [11MR]

McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding: several Representatives, H102 [27JA], H5486 [12JY]

Lists

Individuals and groups concerned over the nomination of William G. Myers III to be circuit judge, S8454 [20JY]

Individuals and groups opposed to the nomination of William G. Myers III to be circuit judge, S8453 [20JY]

Senator Kerry's remarks on terrorism, the war with Iraq, and other domestic issues, S9768-S9772 [28SE]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2005: President Bush, S369 [2FE], H257 [3FE]

Economic Report: President Bush, S719 [9FE], H401 [10FE]

National Drug Control Strategy: President Bush, H713 [2MR]

National Emergency Relative to Persons Who Commit, Threaten To Commit, or Support Terrorism: President Bush, S9440 [21SE], H7268 [21SE]

Science and Engineering Indicators: President Bush, H2340 [22AP]

Press releases

New Study Finds Increased Multivitamin Use by the Elderly Could Save Medicare $1.6 Billion: Lewin Group (consulting firm), S11619 [19NO]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: require matching of funds spent for Iraq reconstruction efforts be spent for domestic priorities, H2243 [21AP], H3936 [14JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H227-H230 [28JA], H279, H281 [3FE], H369, H370 [4FE], H422 [10FE], H487, H495-H503 [11FE], H1078, H1079 [16MR], H1181, H1205, H1206, H1207, H1209 [17MR], H1351-H1357 [23MR], H1455, H1456, H1463 [24MR], H2205, H2243, H2247-H2253 [21AP], H2716 [6MY], H3716, H3717 [2JN], H3725 [3JN], E261 [26FE]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H2169 [20AP], H2227 [21AP], H2522-H2524 [4MY], H2553 [5MY], H2661 [6MY], H3021 [17MY], H5466 [9JY], H5542, H5636-H5642 [13JY], H6123, H6124 [20JY], H6763 [8SE], H10226-H10229 [20NO]

Children and youth: Rand Corp., study on the impact of viewing television programs with sexual content, H6759 [8SE]

Civil Air Patrol: tribute, E313 [4MR]

Courts: minimum mandatory sentencing, H254 [3FE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H10-H16 [20JA], H3593-H3599 [1JN], H5324 [7JY], H7331, H7332, H7335, H7418-H7425 [22SE], H7449, H7566 [23SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, H101 [27JA], H254 [3FE], H400 [10FE], H843 [4MR], H1040 [11MR], H1279 [18MR], H5485 [12JY], H5918 [19JY]

Dept. of Education: make grants to States to establish screening programs for certain children to prevent reading failure (H.R. 4261), E736 [4MY]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, H76-H82 [21JA], H772-H778 [3MR], H2048-H2054 [1AP], H5227, H5228 [7JY]

Ecology and environment: evaluation of Bush administration policies, H2339 [22AP]

———national objectives priority assignments, H1454 [24MR], H2170 [20AP], H2343-H2354 [22AP], H2601, H2604 [5MY], H4268 [16JN], H5544 [13JY], H5659 [14JY], H7423 [22SE]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H5658, H5659, H5660 [14JY], H5987, H5990 [20JY]

———national objectives priority assignments, H7, H8, H16, H17 [20JA], H119 [27JA], H130, H230-H241 [28JA], H296 [3FE], H543-H550 [24FE], H615-H621 [25FE], H671 [26FE], H731 [2MR], H804 [3MR], H846-H853 [4MR], H877, H880, H897, H899, H905, H907-H913 [9MR], H1045-H1051 [11MR], H1100 [16MR], H1583-H1585 [25MR], H2039 [1AP], H2134, H2139-H2144 [2AP], H2168, H2169, H2182-H2188 [20AP], H2227 [21AP], H2452 [28AP], H2632-H2636 [5MY], H3096, H3097, H3098, H3170 [18MY], H3600 [1JN], H3609, H3610, H3711-H3717 [2JN], H3750 [3JN], H3935, H3945-H3952 [14JN], H4292, H4294 [17JN], H4573-H4577 [18JN], H4617, H4620, H4622, H4635-H4638 [21JN], H4886-H4890 [23JN], H4896 [24JN], H5140-H5146 [25JN], H5187-H5192 [6JY], H5199, H5202, H5203, H5326-H5328 [7JY], H5464, H5466 [9JY], H5540, H5545 [13JY], H6446 [21JY], H6717, H6740, H6744-H6751 [7SE], H6760, H6762 [8SE], H6905 [9SE], H7035 [13SE], H7309 [21SE], H7418, H7420 [22SE], H7839-H7842 [29SE], H9748 [17NO], H10003 [19NO], E921 [19MY]

Education: encourage lifelong learning by investing in public schools and improving access to, and affordability of, higher education and job training, H3704-H3711 [2JN]

———funding, H1502, H1503, H1505, H1534, H1552 [25MR], H2494 [4MY], H3708 [2JN], H6813, H6814 [8SE], H10091 [20NO], E261 [26FE], E734 [4MY]

———national policy to improve system, H1449-H1452 [24MR], H2138, H2139, H2142 [2AP], H2551, H2555 [5MY], H7422, H7423 [22SE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend the poverty threshold calculation provisions used to determine school district eligibility for certain Title I funds, H6852 [8SE]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H398, H399, H401, H415, H416, H421 [10FE], H485, H494 [11FE], H533, H535, H544-H549 [24FE], H579, H599, H615-H621 [25FE], H683-H686 [26FE], H878, H880, H901 [9MR], H929, H995 [10MR], H1039, H1042 [11MR], H1096, H1099 [16MR], H1213-H1216 [17MR], H1234 [18MR], H1456, H1462, H1463 [24MR], H1541, H1573, H1574, H1575 [25MR], H1616, H1617, H1630-H1636 [29MR], H1716-H1718, H1723 [30MR], H2037, H2054-H2059 [1AP], H2169 [20AP], H2227 [21AP], H2338 [22AP], H2395, H2402 [27AP], H2466-H2471 [28AP], H2722-H2724 [6MY], H2777 [11MY], H2898 [12MY], H3723, H3724 [3JN], H3937, H3945-H3950 [14JN], H4393-H4403 [17JN], H5615 [13JY], H6107-H6111 [20JY], H6625 [22JY], H7754 [29SE], H8720, H8724 [7OC], E158 [10FE], E485 [30MR]

———provide adjustment assistance for dislocated workers, H1581 [25MR]

Ethnic groups: impact of multiculturalism on society, H7569-H7571 [23SE]

Families and domestic relations: support responsible fatherhood and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children, E1120 [15JN], E1152, E1157 [18JN]

George C. Marshall Institute: anniversary, E1203 [22JN]

Government: establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (H.R. 3213), H3531-H3534 [20MY], E328 [9MR]

———provide an automatic continuing resolution to prevent shutdowns relative to budget process, H4986-H4988 [24JN]

Health: increase in insurance premiums, H7587 [28SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H40, H65 [21JA], H2736, H2740, H2741, H2806-H2812 [11MY], H2819, H2820, H2893-H2898, H2900-H2907 [12MY], H2922 [13MY], H3168 [18MY], H3233, H3234 [19MY], H7079, H7187 [14SE], H8042, H8043, H8141, H8143, H8159 [5OC], H10091 [20NO], E654 [27AP], E864 [14MY], E1441 [21JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 1200), H853 [4MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4964), E1475 [22JY]

Hunger: efforts to reduce hunger, H101 [27JA], H1279 [18MR]

Immigration: national policy, H6 [20JA], H82-H87 [21JA], H422, H423 [10FE], H550-H555 [24FE], H2144-H2149 [2AP], H3065-H3071 [17MY], H3952-H3955 [14JN], H4159-H4164 [15JN], H4752-H4758 [22JN], H5959-H5964 [19JY], H7194 [15SE], H7568 [23SE], H9689 [16NO], E786 [7MY], E909 [19MY], E1064 [8JN], E1101 [14JN], E1253 [25JN], E2017 [18NO]

International Customs Day: observance, E54 [27JA]

Medicare: provide beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care management (H.R. 4689), E1245 [25JN]

National objectives: priority assignments, H503-H508 [11FE], H2922, H2924 [13MY]

National security: allow private security guard companies to have access to Federal background checks and establish a national clearinghouse to process such requests, H8915 [8OC]

———prohibit use of funds to enter into statewide contracts for security guard services, H4551 [18JN]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, E485 [30MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding, H422 [10FE], H902 [9MR], H1063, H1069 [11MR], H1356 [23MR], H1430, H1449-H1452 [24MR], H1582, H1585 [25MR]

———implementation, H3059, H3062 [17MY], H3499 [20MY], E884, E885 [17MY]

———improve (H.R. 4464), E961 [21MY]

———suspend certain amendments that are not fully funded (H.R. 2366), H2820 [12MY]

OAS: Commission on Human Rights findings relative to District of Columbia denial of voting representation in Congress, H484 [11FE]

Political parties: efforts at bipartisanship, H9689 [16NO], H9748 [17NO]

Republican Party: national agenda, H252 [3FE], H1063 [11MR], H3020 [17MY], H4269 [16JN], H5785-H5788 [14JY], H7041, H7045 [13SE], H7079 [14SE], H7247 [21SE], H7450 [23SE], H9966 [18NO], E927 [20MY]

Science: national objectives priority assignments, H7222-H7224 [15SE]

Unemployment: level, H7 [20JA], H130 [28JA], H877, H880, H896 [9MR], H1100 [16MR], H1233 [18MR], H1617 [29MR], H2040 [1AP], H2410 [28AP], H3180, H3181, H3183, H3184 [18MY], E315 [8MR]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: evaluation of Bush administration, S8141-S8145 [15JY], S9996 [30SE]

Alcoholic beverages: anniversary of national raising of the drinking age to 21, S8465 [20JY]

Budget: allocation of funds, S350 [2FE], S517 [3FE], S581-S587 [4FE], S646, S647 [5FE], S1873-S1877 [27FE], S2410 [9MR], S2468 [10MR], S4674 [29AP]

———allocation of funds to Native Americans, S1268 [12FE]

———increase funding for education, veterans, homeland security and other domestic priorities by closing tax loopholes, improving tax enforcement, and reducing levels of tax cuts, S2627-S2629, S2646 [11MR]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to promote job creation, discourage outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries, and provide adjustment assistance for dislocated workers, S2592-S2606, S2640, S2687 [11MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S3523-S3525 [1AP], S3736-S3738 [6AP], S5894, S5900, S5901 [20MY], S6058-S6060 [21MY], S8495-S8498 [21JY], S8643 [22JY], S9404-S9406 [21SE], S10213-S10215 [1OC], S10389 [5OC], S10769-S10777, S10803 [8OC], S11287 [11OC]

Civil rights: restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights under civil rights statutes (S. 2088), S1296, S1308 [12FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 108th Congress, S11794 [20NO]

———legislative priorities for the 109th Congress, S11872 [7DE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S3527 [1AP], S8600 [22JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, S10820 [8OC]

Dept. of Education: making supplemental appropriations (S. 2617), S7754 [7JY]

Dept. of Labor: GAO report on trade adjustment assistance reform implementation, S10429 [5OC]

Dept. of Transportation: anniversary of rule requiring the production of airbags for motor vehicles and the passage of State safety belt laws, S8465 [20JY]

Ecology and environment: evaluation of Bush administration policies, S4339 [26AP]

———national objectives priority assignments, S4175-S4177 [21AP], S4245-S4247, S4288 [22AP], S4477-S4479 [28AP], S8469 [20JY], S9481 [22SE]

Economic Policy Institute: report on wage and salary income for U.S. workers, S626 [5FE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S16 [20JA], S80-S83 [21JA], S227 [26JA], S351 [2FE], S675, S677 [6FE], S762 [10FE], S959-S964 [11FE], S1438-S1441 [23FE], S2186 [4MR], S2286-S2290 [8MR], S2389-S2392, S2396-S2398, S2399-S2403 [9MR], S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3555 [1AP], S3619-S3622 [2AP], S3730-S3732 [5AP], S3742-S3745, S3778-S3780 [6AP], S3873, S3875 [7AP], S4116-S4118 [20AP], S4782-S4784 [4MY], S5033 [7MY], S5176-S5179 [11MY], S5735, S5739, S5743 [19MY], S6387, S6388, S6390-S6394 [3JN], S6476-S6478 [4JN], S6689 [14JN], S6826-S6828 [16JN], S7530 [6JY], S7691-S7697 [7JY], S7776-S7778 [8JY], S8433 [20JY], S8613 [22JY], S8825-S8827, S8842 [7SE], S8931 [8SE], S9059-S9061 [10SE], S9271-S9273 [15SE], S9401-S9404 [21SE], S9480-S9486 [22SE], S10416 [5OC], S10472 [6OC], S10770-S10774, S10800 [8OC], S10955 [9OC], S11246-S11249, S11250, S11272-S11274 [11OC]

Education: funding, S95 [21JA], S584, S585 [4FE], S1531 [25FE], S2271, S2272 [8MR], S3596 [1AP], S4208-S4212, S4234-S4236 [21AP], S5357 [12MY], S5734 [19MY], S6825 [16JN], S9024-S9026 [9SE], S9159 [14SE], S9478 [22SE], S10812 [8OC], S11737, S11739 [20NO]

———improve elementary and secondary education (S. 2794), S9133 [13SE]

———national policy to improve system, S1453 [23FE], S9274 [15SE], S11449 [18NO], S12024 [8DE]

Employment: impact of the insourcing of jobs from foreign companies on the economy, S4006, S4008 [8AP]

———impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, S762, S769, S777 [10FE], S958-S962, S968, S982-S985, S1007, S1008 [11FE], S1196, S1197 [12FE], S1439, S1441, S1443-S1446 [23FE], S1554, S1557 [25FE], S2023, S2066-S2068, S2070, S2071 [3MR], S2181-S2186 [4MR], S2281, S2283 [8MR], S2409 [9MR], S2833, S2840-S2844 [22MR], S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3266 [29MR], S3442 [31MR], S3520, S3526, S3527, S3549 [1AP], S4678 [29AP], S6076-S6078 [21MY], S7726-S7729 [7JY], S8624 [22JY], S8979 [9SE], S9658-S9661 [24SE], S10410 [5OC], S10944 [9OC], S11029, S11030 [10OC], S11454-S11456 [18NO], S11794 [20NO], S12089 [20DE]

Families and domestic relations: recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect (S. Res. 299), S1020 [11FE], S2461 [9MR]

———reinforce the institution of traditional marriage, S3960-S3962 [8AP]

GAO: report on impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, S2774 [12MR]

Health: encourage use of multivitamins in prevention of chronic diseases, S11619 [19NO]

———establish an expedited procedure for congressional consideration of health care reform legislation (S. 2576), S7443 [24JN]

———improve access to affordable health insurance through closing of certain tax loopholes, S2624-S2626, S2645 [11MR]

———increase in insurance premiums, S9473 [22SE], S10292 [4OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S105 [21JA], S519 [3FE], S761, S763 [10FE], S2833 [22MR], S3121 [25MR], S3524 [1AP], S4088 [19AP], S5056 [10MY], S5173-S5176 [11MY], S5244-S5250, S5364-S5366 [12MY], S5384, S5387-S5389 [13MY], S5488 [14MY], S5733 [19MY], S7506 [25JN], S8057-S8059 [14JY], S9120 [13SE], S9160-S9164 [14SE], S9273 [15SE], S9542, S9544 [23SE], S9692-S9696 [27SE], S10514-S10516, S10551-S10553 [6OC], S10769 [8OC], S11739 [20NO]

Immigration: national policy, S312 [28JA], S12012 [8DE]

Kennedy, Senator: characterization of remarks on President Bush, S3731 [5AP], S3736-S3738 [6AP]

National objectives: priority assignments, S2066-S2068 [3MR], S6825 [16JN]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, S2593 [11MR]

No Child Left Behind Act: funding, S519 [3FE], S4386, S4387 [27AP], S6470-S6472 [4JN], S11287 [11OC]

———implementation, S5507-S5509, S5514 [17MY]

———implementation of certain provisions relative to students with special needs, S9378 [20SE]

———improve (S. 2345), S4331 [22AP]

———Rural Education Achievement Program funding, S2694 [11MR]

Political campaigns: comparison of President Bush and Senator Kerry relative to health care reform, S10514-S10516, S10551-S10553 [6OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, S3288 [29MR]

Senate: legislative priorities, S7726-S7729 [7JY], S7778, S7792, S7794 [8JY], S7945 [13JY], S8813, S8815, S8816 [7SE], S11337 [16NO]

Unemployment: level, S211 [23JA], S272-S274 [27JA], S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3205-S3207 [26MR], S3392 [31MR], S3601-S3603, S3619-S3622 [2AP], S3873 [7AP], S10955 [9OC], S11245 [11OC]

Reports

CBO Figures Indicate Lower Revenues, Not Higher Spending, Account for the Large Deficit: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H240 [28JA]

Wage and Salary Income Yet To Share in Growth: Economic Policy Institute, S626 [5FE]

Statements

Basic Assumptions and Principles for an Alternative Budget: Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Progressive Caucus, H241 [28JA]

Summaries

Offshore Outsourcing and America's Competitive Edge—Losing Out in the High Technology R&D and Services Sectors: Senator Lieberman, S6078 [21MY]

Texts of

S. 2021, Domestic Defense Fund Act, S187-S193 [22JA]

S. 2088, Fairness and Individual Rights Necessary To Ensure a Stronger Society—Civil Rights Act, S1297-S1308 [12FE]

S. 2345, No Child Left Behind Reform Act, S4331 [22AP]

S. 2576, Health Care Reform Expedited Procedures Act, S7445 [24JN]

S. 2617, No Child Left Behind Appropriations Support Act, S7754 [7JY]

S. 2794, No Child Left Behind Improvement Act, S9134-S9137 [13SE]

S. Res. 299, recognize and enhance public awareness of the social problem of child abuse and neglect, S1020 [11FE], S2461 [9MR]

Transcripts

Overwhelmed America: CNN, S210 [23JA]