DOMESTIC POLICY

Addresses

State of the Union: President Bush, H15-H19 [31JA]

Articles and editorials

Americans Abroad Outraged Over Tax Changes, H2877 [18MY]

Bankrupted by Voodoo Economics, H2876 [18MY]

Leading the Way on Healthcare, S6556 [27JN]

Prices Rise, and Interest Rates Sure To Follow, H3981 [14JN]

Tax Deal Sets Day of Reckoning, H2877 [18MY]

Tsunamis, Floods and Earthquakes—Seen and Unseen, E179 [17FE]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (see H.R. 4898), H790 [8MR]

Disasters: establish a unified national hazard alert system (see H.R. 5556), H3641 [8JN]

Economy: better prepare and develop the U.S. workforce for the global economy and remove barriers that stifle innovation (see H.R. 4845), H563 [2MR]

———improve American innovation and competitiveness in the global economy (see S. 2802), S4553 [15MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 2229), S370 [31JA] (see H.R. 4683), H153 [1FE]

Immigration: require the debarment from Federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements of employers who hire unauthorized aliens (see H.R. 5505), H3307 (see H.R. 5505), H3360 [25MY]

Power resources: increase cooperation on energy issues between the U.S. and foreign governments and entities in order to secure the strategic and economic interests of the U.S. (see S. 2435), S2313 [16MR]

———suspend Federal highway fuels tax and authorize the leasing, development, production, and transportation of oil and gas in and from the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 5462), H3137 [23MY]

Rural areas: reward the hard work and risk of individuals who live in and help preserve small, rural towns (see H.R. 5380), H2585 [11MY]

Technology: establish a national innovation initiative (see S. 2390), S1893 [8MR] (see H.R. 4654), H23 [31JA]

Letters

Federal budget allocation of funds: Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, H480 [1MR]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2007: President Bush, S724 [6FE], H158 [7FE]

Economic Report: President Bush, S1127 [13FE], H230 [14FE]

National Drug Control Strategy: President Bush, S861 [8FE], H193 [8FE]

Science and Engineering Indicators: President Bush, H238 [14FE]

State of the Union: President Bush, S366-S370 [31JA]

Remarks in House

Budget: allocation of funds, H162, H163, H164, H199, H201, H213-H216, H219, H220 [8FE], H227, H228, H249-H251 [14FE], H280, H307-H318 [15FE], H368-H382 [16FE], H438, H441 [28FE], H489 [1MR], H513, H549-H558, H560 [2MR], H615, H616, H618 [7MR], H649, H650, H651, H759 [8MR], H793, H794 [9MR], H1065 [16MR], H1307-H1312 [29MR], H1957-H1963 [2MY], H2333 [9MY], H2683 [17MY], H3716-H3721 [9JN], H3775 [12JN], E92 [8FE], E192 [17FE], E385 [16MR], E488 [30MR]

———reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities, H1589 [6AP]

———reallocate certain defense and energy programs funds to other domestic priorities (H.R. 4898), H1365 [30MR], H2556 [11MY], H4242 [20JN]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H129, H136-H138 [1FE], H278 [15FE], H482, H491 [1MR], H511, H512, H557 [2MR], H760 [8MR], H859, H860 [9MR], H1187-H1193 [28MR], H1673 [6AP], H1968 [2MY], H1984, H1988 [3MY], H2302 [9MY], H2581 [11MY], H4215-H4217 [19JN], H4540 [26JN], H5050 [12JY], E678 [2MY], E769 [10MY]

———evaluation of economic policies, H216, H217 [8FE], H248-H253 [14FE], H324-H330 [15FE], H1204 [29MR], H1551 [5AP], H2106 [4MY], H4391, H4392 [21JN], H4965, H4968 [11JY], H5100 [12JY]

Coast Guard: funding, H625 [7MR], H859 [9MR]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H2721-H2730 [17MY]

Democratic Party: development of innovation agenda to improve scientific research and development, telecommunications technology, and energy independence, H312, H315, H325, H326 [15FE], H372 [16FE], H4211, H4215 [19JN], H4375 [21JN]

———national agenda, H481 [1MR], H978, H979 [15MR], H1369-H1374, H1377 [30MR], H1549 [5AP], H1747, H1841 [26AP], H3136 [23MY], H3772-H3777 [12JN], H3801 [13JN], H3983, H3986, H3988 [14JN], H4177, H4181-H4187 [16JN], H4332, H4375, H4390-H4394 [21JN], H4507-H4510 [22JN], H4947, H4948, H4953, H4954 [10JY], H5030-H5036 [11JY], H5112-H5118 [12JY], E1223 [21JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: Commodity Supplemental Food Program funding, H227 [14FE]

Disasters: establish a unified national hazard alert system (H.R. 5556), H4685 [28JN]

———improve preparedness and response plans, H259, H260 [14FE], H482-H486, H499 [1MR], H620 [7MR], H950-H957 [14MR], H1189 [28MR], H2183 [9MY], H2644 [17MY], H2885 [18MY]

Economy: better prepare and develop the U.S. workforce for the global economy and remove barriers that stifle innovation (H.R. 4845), E261 [2MR]

———growth, H128 [1FE], H202-H207 [8FE], H336 [16FE], H392 [28FE], H456, H457 [1MR], H511, H512, H543-H548 [2MR], H576, H620 [7MR], H648, H649, H768-H773 [8MR], H977 [15MR], H1313 [29MR], H1366 [30MR], H1400, H1426, H1440, H1441, H1447 [4AP], H1578, H1586, H1590 [6AP], H1985 [3MY], H2105, H2106, H2162, H2163 [4MY], H2457-H2459 [10MY], H2506, H2573-H2575 [11MY], H3234 [25MY], H3419 [6JN], H3647 [9JN], H4177 [16JN], H4215, H4216 [19JN], H4396-H4399 [21JN], H4426 [22JN], H4534-H4537 [26JN], H4676-H4678 [27JN]

———impact of tax cuts, H204 [8FE], H1285-H1289, H1313 [29MR], H1377 [30MR], H1400 [4AP], H1550-H1555 [5AP], H1572-H1574, H1578-H1584, H1598, H1601, H1602, H1606, H1674 [6AP], H2453-H2459, H2484, H2485, H2488 [10MY], H2556, H2574 [11MY], H2685, H2686, H2723 [17MY], H2875, H2876 [18MY], H3419 [6JN], H3431 [7JN], H3628 [8JN], H3801 [13JN], H3913 [14JN], H4398 [21JN], H4535-H4537 [26JN], H5051, H5100 [12JY]

———increase in household debt, H3646 [9JN]

———modify method for calculation of gross domestic product, H357 [16FE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H146, H147, H149-H151 [1FE], H1829 [26AP], H3773, H3774 [12JN], H3803 [13JN], H3980 [14JN]

Education: funding, H2493 [10MY], H2694-H2696 [17MY], H5102 [12JY]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H204-H206 [8FE], H3774, H3776 [12JN], H3891 [13JN], E387 [16MR]

Florida: improve hurricane preparedness and response plans, H3914 [14JN]

Foreign countries: use of Environmental Performance Index (EPI) to draft environmental policies, E1036 [7JN]

Gambling: impact on society, E1061 [8JN]

Government: curtail growth and spending, H3348, H3349 [25MY]

Health: medical research funding, H315 [15FE]

———national policy to provide consumer-driven health care and reform insurance procedures, H305 [15FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H299 [15FE], H512 [2MR], H606-H612 [7MR], H794 [9MR], H1382-H1387 [30MR], H1843-H1849 [26AP], H1975-H1977 [2MY], H2308 [9MY], H2763 [18MY], E1233 [21JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4683), H1428 [4AP]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H299 [15FE], H5050 [12JY], E685 [2MY], E707 [3MY], E746 [5MY]

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make FEMA an independent agency, H247 [14FE], H361 [16FE]

———establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future, H259, H260 [14FE], H777 [8MR], H1202 [29MR]

———provide Federal oversight of distribution of disaster assistance funds to victims of Hurricane Katrina, H262 [14FE]

Immigration: electronic employment verification system funding, H3319, H3320 [25MY]

———national policy, H781-H787 [8MR]

Maytag Corp.: closing of headquarters and plants due to merger with Whirlpool Corp., H3773, H3774, H3778 [12JN]

National objectives: priority assignments, H795 [9MR], H2330-H2335 [9MY], H4905 [29JN]

Ohio: allocation of homeland security funds, H3482 [7JN]

Poverty: improve lives of persons living in extreme poverty, E163 [15FE]

———improve lives of persons living in poverty, H2486 [10MY]

Republican Party: ethics evaluation, H1460 [5AP]

———national agenda, H204, H206 [8FE], H306-H312 [15FE], H602, H618-H621 [7MR], H779 [8MR], H1066 [16MR], H1200 [29MR], H1439-H1443 [4AP], H1543-H1549 [5AP], H1629, H1674 [6AP], H1733 [25AP], H1838-H1842 [26AP], H2163 [4MY], H2485-H2487, H2489, H2491 [10MY], H2762 [18MY], H3134, H3135 [23MY], H3235 [25MY], H3984-H3988 [14JN], H4185-H4187 [16JN], H4214-H4216 [19JN], H4332, H4394, H4396 [21JN], H4540 [26JN], H4799 [29JN], H5031-H5035 [11JY], H5113-H5117 [12JY], E1023 [6JN]

Small business: promote growth through favorable tax and economic policies, H27 [1FE], H456 [1MR]

Suburban areas: national objectives priority assignments, H2310-H2315 [9MY], H4014 [15JN]

Texas: McAllen-Edinburg-Pharr region inclusion in INC.com (publication) list of nation's hottest mid-sized cities, H2506 [11MY]

Unemployment: rates, H203 [8FE]

Remarks in Senate

Brookings Institution: tribute to Hamilton Project initiative emphasizing broad-based economic growth, S3979 [3MY]

Budget: allocation of funds, S734-S736 [7FE], S1055, S1057, S1060-S1064 [10FE], S1525 [28FE], S1637 [2MR], S1987-S1994, S2021-S2023 [13MR], S2158, S2159, S2162 [15MR], S3973-S3977 [3MY], S5831, S5835 [14JN], S6602-S6604, S6606-S6609 [28JN]

———allow point of order to be raised against any legislation containing direct spending, S2265 [16MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S1493 [27FE], S3409-S3411 [24AP], S5402 [5JN]

———evaluation of economic policies, S736-S738 [7FE], S7303 [11JY], S7408 [12JY]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S4242 [10MY], S6592-S6599 [28JN]

Disasters: improve preparedness and response plans, S1775 [6MR], S4515-S4518 [12MY], S6597 [28JN]

Economy: growth, S736-S738 [7FE], S1321-S1323 [15FE], S1860 [8MR], S1997-S1999 [13MR], S2161, S2164 [15MR], S3863 [2MY], S5758 [13JN], S6604 [28JN], S7289, S7290, S7292, S7293 [11JY]

———impact of tax cuts, S720 [6FE], S1321-S1323 [15FE], S1990, S1993, S2003 [13MR], S4181 [9MY], S4402, S4404, S4406, S4408, S4410, S4413, S4418-S4425, S4432-S4438 [11MY], S7292, S7293 [11JY], S7408 [12JY]

———national objectives priority assignments, S6619 [28JN]

Education: funding, S2002 [13MR], S2245, S2259, S2264 [16MR], S4549 [15MY]

———national policy to improve system, S785 [8FE]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, S2702-S2704 [3AP], S4585-S4588, S4597-S4599 [16MY], S4728 [18MY], S6598 [28JN]

Firearms: prevent children from having access to firearms, S5593 [7JN]

Health: establish an expedited procedure for congressional consideration of health care reform legislation (S. 934), S4425 [11MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S6556 [27JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2007), S4453 [11MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2229), S371-S373 [31JA]

Hurricanes: establish an independent commission to examine the Federal, State, and local response to Hurricane Katrina and make immediate corrective measures to improve such responses in the future, S413 [1FE], S492 [2FE]

Immigration: enforcement, electronic employment verification system, and border security programs funding, S2146-S2148 [15MR]

Mental health: extend provisions requiring parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, S2275 [16MR]

National objectives: priority assignments, S3435-S3437 [25AP]

Power resources: increase cooperation on energy issues between the U.S. and foreign governments and entities in order to secure the strategic and economic interests of the U.S. (S. 2435), S2326 [16MR]

Senate: legislative priorities, S5446-S5449, S5451, S5465, S5467-S5470 [6JN], S7363-S7366 [12JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Education funding: North Carolina House of Representatives, H5103 [12JY]

Summaries

Hamilton Project, S3979 [3MY]