POVERTY related term(s) Homeless

Addresses

Community Reinvestment Act Impact on Housing Industry: Marc H. Morial, National Urban League, H5292 [6MY]

Health Care Delivery System Reform: Daniel E. Smith, American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, S4138 [1AP]

———Timothy J. Gardner, American Heart Association, S4138 [1AP]

Joint Congressional Address on Health Care Reform: President Obama, S9179-S9183 [9SE], H9391-H9394 [9SE]

Amendments

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S11607 [19NO], S11886 [20NO], S11973 [21NO], S11987, S12013, S12015 [30NO], S12072, S12073, S12087 [1DE], S12152, S12164, S12165, S12166, S12167, S12168, S12169, S12170, S12171, S12172, S12250, S12251, S12252, S12253, S12254, S12255, S12256, S12257, S12258 [2DE], S12276, S12278, S12304, S12334, S12335, S12337, S12340, S12341, S12342, S12343, S12344, S12345, S12346, S12349 [3DE], S12389, S12391, S12397, S12416, S12418, S12419, S12420, S12421, S12422, S12423, S12424, S12425, S12426, S12427, S12428, S12429, S12430, S12431, S12432, S12433 [4DE], S12495, S12496, S12517, S12518, S12519, S12520, S12521 [5DE], S12544, S12552, S12553, S12555, S12556, S12561 [6DE], S12600, S12621, S12622, S12623, S12624, S12626, S12627, S12628, S12629, S12630, S12631, S12632, S12633, S12634, S12635, S12636, S12637, S12638, S12639, S12640, S12641, S12644, S12645 [7DE], S12715, S12716, S12717, S12718, S12719, S12720, S12721, S12722, S12723, S12724, S12725, S12726, S12727, S12728, S12734, S12738, S12739, S12740, S12741 [8DE], S12768, S12819, S12820, S12821, S12822, S12823, S12825, S12826, S12827, S12828, S12829, S12830, S12831, S12832 [9DE], S12914, S12916, S12917, S12922, S12923, S12924, S12925, S12926, S12931, S12934, S12935, S12936, S12937, S12939, S12940, S12943, S12944, S12947, S12961, S12964, S12967, S12968 [10DE], S13039, S13040, S13041, S13042, S13043, S13047, S13048, S13049, S13059 [11DE], S13096, S13100 [12DE], S13193, S13194, S13195, S13198, S13199, S13200, S13201 [14DE], S13205, S13255, S13259, S13260, S13261, S13263, S13265, S13266, S13268, S13273, S13274 [15DE], S13326, S13327, S13330, S13334, S13337, S13338, S13340 [16DE], S13395, S13396, S13397, S13399 [17DE], S13464, S13465, S13466, S13467 [18DE], S13478, S13490, S13529 [19DE], S13628, S13631, S13632, S13633 [20DE], S13716, S13791, S13792 [22DE], S14139 [24DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12198 [2NO], H12921, H12927 [7NO]

Analyses

Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962): 18th Congressional District of Texas Benefits, H12855 [7NO]

Affordable Health Choices Act: HSI Network, LLC, S6617-S6620 [16JN]

Appointments

Congressional Hunger Fellows Program Board of Trustees, H4897 [28AP]

Articles and editorials

America's Economic Pain Brings Hunger Pangs, H13006 [17NO]

Annals of Public Policy—Getting There From Here—How Should Obama Reform Health Care?, H1030-H1032 [4FE]

Are Republicans Serious About Fixing Health Care?, S13877 [23DE]

Baucus Aides Warn K Street, S6484 [11JN]

Baucus Bill Is a Tax Bill, S10447 [15OC]

Change Nobody Believes In, S13726 [22DE]

Constitutionality of Health Insurance Reform, Part II—Congressional Power, S13842 [23DE]

Constitutionality of Healthcare, S13753, S13766 [22DE]

Cost Conundrum (excerpt), S13581 [20DE]

Danger of Success, S13615 [20DE]

Democratic Fratricide, S13615 [20DE]

Democrats' Blues Grow Deeper in New Poll, S13347 [17DE]

Democrats Find Rallying Points on Health Reform, but Splinters Remain, S12902 [10DE]

Fewer Taxpayers Are Penalized for Not Having Health Coverage, S12860 [10DE]

Fixing Health Care, E1587 [26JN]

Flawed Aid for Long-Term Care—A Piece of Health Reform With Too Much Financial Risk, S14124 [24DE]

For Sale—One Senator (D-Neb.); No Principles, Low Price, S13827 [23DE]

Half Done on Health Reform, H12985 [16NO]

Hardest Call, S13673 [21DE]

Health Care Rationing Rhetoric Overlooks Reality, S6681 [17JN]

Health Care Reform Is Constitutional, S13841 [23DE]

Health Gap Kills 3,200 Black Chicagoans Every Year, S13420 [18DE]

Health Reform Could Harm Medicaid Patients—A Vast Expansion of the Program Will Impose Unsustainable Costs on Treatment Centers, S12749 [9DE]

Health Reform's Hidden Victims, S8129 [27JY]

Health-Care Nation, S12572 [7DE]

Honest Case for a Bungled Healthcare Reform, S13806 [23DE]

Hospitalized Children Without Insurance Are More Likely To Die, a Study Finds, S11195 [5NO]

How To Fix the Health-Care ``Wedge'', S8895 [6AU]

How We Can Achieve Bipartisan Health Reform, S8894 [6AU]

Hunger in U.S. at a 14-Year High, H13006 [17NO]

Hungry Eyes—More N.C. Children Go Without Food, H10537 [7OC]

Lack of Transportation Worsens Hunger, Experts Say, H10124 [30SE]

Louisiana Purchase and Omaha Stakes, S13758 [22DE]

Majority Leader Protects Home State, S9945 [30SE]

Max's Mad Mandate, S9946 [30SE]

Medicaid Rules Put Pinch on Poor, Lack of Proof Needed for Plan Keeps Many From Help, S347 [13JA]

Medicaid Rules Toughened on Proof of Citizenship, S347 [13JA]

Moment Ted Kennedy Would Not Want To Lose, S13480 [19DE], S13608 [20DE]

More Talk, Less Support, S13616 [20DE]

New Medicaid Rules Could Cost State Millions, S348 [13JA]

No Free Lunch—Schools Get Tough on Deadbeats, H4403 [2AP]

ObamaCare's Longshoremen Rules, S13813 [23DE]

ObamaCare's Real Price Tag, S9069 [7AU]

Obama's Plan Isn't the Answer, S8157 [28JY], S8264 [29JY]

Of NICE and Men, H7828 [8JY]

Public Option Lite, S9728 [23SE]

Rate of Enrollment in Medicaid Rose Rapidly, Report Says, S10000 [1OC]

Reform or Else, S12359 [4DE]

Reform That Falls Short, S13615 [20DE]

Reforming Health Care, S4794 [28AP]

Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery, S12606 [7DE]

Snow Jobs, S13813 [23DE]

Specific Plan of Action—Lowering Health Care Costs, S13124 [12DE]

State Ends Subsidy for Mammograms to Low-Income Women Under 50, S12586, S12605 [7DE]

States Resist Medicaid Growth, S10138 [6OC]

Support for Health Overhaul Wanes, S13347 [17DE]

Thousands in Kansas Off Medicaid Following Citizenship Rules, S348 [13JA]

To Fix Health Care, Follow the States, E2472 [8OC]

To Pay for Health Care, Obama Looks to Taxes on Affluent, S12766 [9DE]

Whoa, Trigger, S9110 [8SE]

Whole Foods to Food Banks, H10529 [7OC]

Will the Reid Health Bill Really Reduce the Deficit?—CBO Says That This Bill Will Reduce the Deficit, S13482 [19DE]

Worst Bill Ever, S10970 [2NO]

Yes, It's All About Him, S14124 [24DE]

Bills and resolutions

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: clarify the low-income housing tax credits that are eligible for the low-income housing grant election (see S. 1326), S6938 [23JN] (see H.R. 2995), H7144 [23JN]

Boston, MA: provide enhanced voucher rental assistance for residents of certain federally assisted low-income housing (see H.R. 3117), H7740 [7JY]

Bread for the World (organization): anniversary (see S. Res. 157), S5820 [21MY]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low income children and working families (see S. 1000), S5281 [7MY]

Children and youth: ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform (see S. Res. 170), S6255 [8JN]

———provide grants to States to establish or expand quality programs providing home visitation for low-income women expecting children and families with young children (see S. 1267), S6650 [16JN]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (see S. Res. 67), S2828 [5MR] (see H. Res. 210), H2980 [4MR]

———support goals and ideals of the National School Lunch Program (see H. Res. 362), H4733 [23AP]

———update the national school nutrition standards for foods and beverages sold outside of school meals to conform to current nutrition science (see S. 934), S4963 [30AP] (see H.R. 1324), H3053 [5MR]

Civilian Conservation Corps: reestablish (see H.R. 4318), H14981 [15DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend Philadelphia, PA, School District Universal Feeding Pilot Program (see S. 1195), S6186 [4JN]

———improve access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program by reducing administrative requirements and award grants to establish a Beyond the Soup Kitchen Pilot Program (see H.R. 176), H34 [6JA]

———recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families (see H. Res. 442), H5666 [14MY]

———reduce hunger through expanding Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program eligibility (see H.R. 596), H381 [15JA]

Dept. of Commerce: adapt lessons of foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to provision of Federal economic development assistance to remote Native American communities (see S. 980), S5128 [5MY] (see H.R. 2507), H5792 [19MY]

Dept. of Education: award grants to local educational agencies to improve college enrollment (see S. 1129), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 2579), H6010 [21MY]

———establish a Secondary School Innovation Fund (see H.R. 2239), H5096 [4MY]

———establish Secondary School Innovation Fund (see S. 968), S5065 [4MY]

———establish the Grants for College Access and Completion Program (see H.R. 3259), H8409 [20JY]

———permit the District of Columbia to use Federal funds for the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 4312), H14980 [15DE]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (see S. 1552), S8557 [30JY]

Dept. of Energy: Weatherization Assistance Program funding (see S. 2818), S12008 [30NO]

Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see S. 1523), S8196 [28JY] (see H.R. 3636), H9899 [23SE]

———establish the School-Based Health Clinic Program (see H.R. 3003), H7145 [23JN]

———improve access to high quality early learning and child care for low income children and working families under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 4358), H15499 [16DE]

Dept. of HUD: authorize States and localities receiving assistance under the Neighborhood Stabilization Program to use such amounts for renovating owner-occupied housing of low-income families (see H.R. 3204), H8099 [14JY]

———authorize the Moving to Work Charter program to enable public housing agencies to improve the effectiveness of Federal housing assistance (see S. 89), S41 [6JA]

———extend existing and expiring agreements under the Moving to Work program (see H.R. 1099), H1606 [13FE]

———improve Operating Fund for public housing (see S. 2836), S12413 [4DE] (see H.R. 1048), H1519 [12FE]

———pay administrative fee to public housing agencies to cover costs of family self-sufficiency programs in connection with the housing choice voucher program (see H.R. 46), H29 [6JA]

Dept. of Labor: make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to create employment opportunities for unemployed and underemployed residents in distressed communities (see H.R. 4268), H14742 [10DE]

Dept. of State: authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (see H.R. 3328), H8808 [24JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: anniversary of Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see H. Res. 967), H14827 [11DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize appropriations for program to provide financial assistance for supportive services for very low-income veteran families in permanent housing (see H.R. 3906), H11711 [22OC]

———carry out a national media campaign directed at homeless veterans and veterans at risk for becoming homeless (see H.R. 2559), H6009 [21MY]

———establish a grant program to provide assistance to veterans who are at risk of becoming homeless (see H.R. 3073), H7703 [26JN]

———expand availability of health care by adjusting the income level for certain priority veterans (see H.R. 449), H162 [9JA]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see S. 1966), S10850 [28OC] (see H.R. 1410), H3144 [10MR]

Disabled: require survivor annuity payments made to disabled dependents to be disregarded in eligibility and benefit determinations under the SSI and Medicaid Programs (see H.R. 1599), H3641 [18MR]

Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: provide disaster assistance to electric utility companies serving low-income households (see H.R. 941), H1157 [10FE]

Diseases: establish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national screening program and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or polyps (see H.R. 1189), H2834 [25FE]

District of Columbia: provide low-income parents with expanded opportunities for enrolling their children in high quality schools (see H.R. 2556), H6009 [21MY]

Economic Development Administration: provide funding for the establishment of business incubators in economically-distressed, high-unemployment areas (see S. 1662), S9264 [10SE]

———reauthorize (see S. 430), S2229 [12FE] (see S. 2778), S11382 [16NO]

Education: establish competitive grant program assisting the development of innovative early learning curricula for low-income children (see H.R. 3973), H12141 [29OC]

———establish dual-language education programs in low-income communities (see H.R. 3753), H11110 [7OC]

———prepare young people in disadvantaged situations for a competitive future (see S. 1608), S8992 [6AU] (see H.R. 3982), H12197 [2NO]

———repeal ineffective or unnecessary programs to restore focus of Federal programs on quality preschool, elementary, secondary, and postsecondary programs for disadvantaged or disabled students (see H.R. 2274), H5306 [6MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend certain accountability provisions relative to Title I funding (see H.R. 2958), H7022 [18JN]

———amend small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program (see S. 1052), S5501 [14MY] (see H.R. 2446), H5665 [14MY]

———specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (see S. 242), S388 [14JA]

Families and domestic relations: provide grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income families (see S. 1309), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 2979), H7084 [19JN]

Federal aid programs: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (see S. 1625), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 2909), H6971 [17JN]

———use poverty line determined for Alaska for all States and the District of Columbia for school lunch program and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (see H.R. 501), H323 [14JA]

Federal Transit Administration: improve the Job Access and Reverse Commute program (see S. 176), S211 [8JA]

Fifth Summit of the Americas: support (see S. Res. 90), S3986 [30MR]

Food: encourage national fresh food financing initiative to increase access to healthy foods in underserved low-income communities while improving health and stimulating economic development (see H. Res. 975), H14982 [15DE]

———establish a pilot program that requires schools to post nutritional content information and to teach students how to make healthy food selections (see H.R. 2322), H5398 [7MY]

Foreign aid: develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (see H.R. 2139), H4914 [28AP]

Foreign policy: develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to reduce and eliminate global poverty (see H.R. 2639), H6012 [21MY]

Foreign trade: extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (see S. 1141), S5819 [21MY]

Fuller, Millard: tribute (see S. Res. 183), S6543 [11JN] (see H. Res. 385), H5062 [30AP]

Health: ensure health care needs of women and all individuals are met (see S. Con. Res. 6), S2144 [11FE] (see H. Con. Res. 48), H1248 [11FE]

———ensure no American is penalized for failing to purchase Government-mandated health coverage (see H. Res. 796), H10519 [6OC]

———ensure provision of health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (see S. 698), S3784 [25MR]

———establish certain requirements for any national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3700), H10456 [1OC]

———establish guidelines to enhance use and interoperability of electronic medical records with personal health records, including for purposes of Medicare and Medicaid payment incentives (see H.R. 4216), H13550 [7DE]

———improve oral health care for low-income individuals under the Maternal and Child Health Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 2220), H5061 [30AP]

———improve provision of Medicare telehealth services and provide grants for development of telehealth networks (see H.R. 2068), H4731 [23AP]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see S. 703), S3785 [25MR] (see H.R. 1200), H2835 [25FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see S. 441), S2322 [13FE] (see S. 1099), S5700 [20MY] (see S. 1324), S6938 [23JN] (see S. 1679), S9554 [17SE] (see S. 1796), S10520 [19OC] (see H.R. 15), H28 [6JA] (see H.R. 676), H525 [26JA] (see H.R. 956), H1157 [10FE] (see H.R. 2399), H5581 [13MY] (see H.R. 2520), H5891 [20MY] (see H.R. 3067), H7703 [26JN] (see H.R. 3200), H8099 [14JY] (see H.R. 3713), H10456 [1OC] (see H.R. 3889), H11581 [21OC] (see H.R. 3962, 3970), H12140 [29OC] (see H.R. 4038), H12586 [6NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), consideration (see H. Res. 903), H12586 [6NO]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (see S. 391), S1677 [5FE] (see H.R. 1321), H3052 [5MR]

———provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior (see H.R. 3472), H9277 [31JY]

———require any proposal for health care reform slow the long-term growth of health care costs and reduce the growth rate of Federal health care spending (see S. Res. 231), S8557 [30JY]

Health care facilities: provide patient-centered medical homes to improve effectiveness and efficiency in medical assistance under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 1114), S5700 [20MY]

———recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers (see S. Con. Res. 25), S6364 [9JN] (see H. Con. Res. 144), H6265 [4JN]

———tribute to pregnancy resource centers (see H. Res. 21), H37 [6JA]

Higher Education Act: amend definition of economic hardship for medical student loan deferments (see S. 646), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1615), H3703 [19MR]

Homeless Assistance Act: provide education for homeless children and youths (see S. 2800), S11593 [19NO]

———reauthorize (see S. 808), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 1877), H4518 [2AP]

House of Representatives: move forward with health care reform legislation and contain costs through prevention and wellness initiatives (see H. Res. 683), H8959 [28JY]

———require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (see H. Res. 847), H11515 [20OC]

House Rules: require poverty impact statements for certain legislation (see H.R. 654), H485 [22JA]

Housing: allow for use of existing section 8 housing funds to preserve and revitalize affordable housing options for low-income individuals (see S. 1676), S9436 [16SE]

———authorize incremental vouchers for section 8 tenant-based rental assistance to help meet the housing needs of low-income families (see H.R. 168), H34 [6JA]

———constitutional amendment on the right to decent, safe, sanitary, and affordable housing (see H.J. Res. 32), H2925 [3MR]

———express that children have a right to adequate housing (see H. Res. 582), H7446 [25JN]

———express that stable and affordable housing is essential to HIV prevention, treatment, and care and commit to providing adequate funding for development of housing as a response to AIDS pandemic (see S. Con. Res. 39), S9372 [15SE]

Hunger: address global hunger and improve food security through development and implementation of a comprehensive governmentwide global hunger reduction strategy (see H.R. 2795), H6537 [10JN] (see H.R. 2817), H6617 [11JN]

Hunting and trapping: commend hunters, sportsmen's associations, meat processors, hunger relief organizations, and certain State agencies for programs that provide game meat to feed the hungry (see S. Res. 374), S13190 [14DE]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (see S. 439), S2322 [13FE] (see H.R. 1607), H3702 [19MR]

Insurance: require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 323), H89 [8JA]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (see S. 1658), S9264 [10SE] (see H.R. 3793), H11297 [13OC]

Inter-American Foundation: anniversary (see H. Res. 858), H11712 [22OC]

International Conference on Population and Development: provide for continued support of the Program of Action (see H. Res. 947), H13520 [3DE]

Investments: establish and provide for treatment of individual development accounts (see H.R. 1234), H2874 [26FE] (see H.R. 2277), H5306 [6MY]

IRS: verify income eligibility of persons for certain Dept. of Agriculture payments and benefits (see H.R. 1609), H3703 [19MR]

Marine Corps: tribute to Toys for Tots Literacy Program (see H. Res. 232), H3145 [10MR]

Medicaid: allow States to permit certain eligible individuals who have extremely high annual lifelong orphan drug costs to continue on Medicaid notwithstanding increased income (see H.R. 1441), H3337 [11MR]

———continue impoverishment protections for spouses of beneficiaries receiving home and community based services equivalent to protections afforded spouses of nursing home residents (see H.R. 3055), H7445 [25JN]

———encourage States to provide pregnant women with access to comprehensive tobacco cessation services (see S. 670), S3609 [23MR]

———establish a chronic care improvement demonstration program for beneficiaries with severe mental illnesses (see S. 1136), S5819 [21MY] (see H.R. 3065), H7703 [26JN]

———establish a disproportionate share hospital (DSH) redistribution pool from unexpended allotments to increase allotments for low DSH States and to provide grants for certain health access networks (see H.R. 3141), H7945 [9JY]

———improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (see S. 434), S2322 [13FE] (see H.R. 2688), H6154 [3JN]

———permit local public agencies to act as enrollment brokers (see H.R. 686), H526 [26JA]

———permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see S. 833), S4445 [20AP] (see H.R. 1616), H3703 [19MR]

———permit States to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for eligibility (see S. 228), S337 [13JA]

———provide a screening and treatment program for prostate cancer in the same manner as is provided for breast and cervical cancer (see H.R. 4383), H15500 [16DE]

———provide coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (see S. 53), S40 [6JA]

———provide for a demonstration project on reimbursements for stabilization of emergency medical conditions by non-publicly owned or operated institutions for mental diseases (see S. 1130), S5819 [21MY]

———provide medical assistance for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a federally funded screening program (see H.R. 2952), H7022 [18JN]

———provide payment parity for certain territories (see H.R. 2680), H6154 [3JN]

———remove cap on payments and adjust statutory matching rate for certain territories (see H.R. 92), H31 [6JA]

———require coverage of professional services of optometrists (see H.R. 3176), H8008 [10JY]

———require coverage of professional services of optometrists that are otherwise covered when furnished by a physician (see H.R. 2697), H6262 [4JN]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H160 [9JA]

———use historical averages to calculate the Federal medical assistance percentage for disaster affected States (see H.R. 4047), H12587 [6NO]

———waive requirement for proof of citizenship during first year of life for children born in the U.S. to Medicaid-eligible mothers (see H.R. 180), H34 [6JA]

Medicare: amend special needs plans and the alignment of Medicare and Medicaid for dually eligible individuals (see S. 1307), S6845 [19JN] (see H.R. 2758), H6306 [8JN]

———assist low-income beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program (see S. 1185), S6185 [4JN] (see H.R. 2716), H6264 [4JN]

———eliminate disparities in breast cancer treatment through development of a uniform set of treatment performance measures for a quality reporting system and value-based purchasing system (see H.R. 2279), H5306 [6MY]

———establish collaborative care networks to reduce use of expensive hospital and provider resources and to provide more comprehensive and coordinated care to low-income individuals (see H.R. 3430), H9206 [30JY]

———establish telehealth pilot projects, expand and improve access to telehealth services in certain facilities, reimburse Indian Health Service facilities, and establish certain standards for originating sites (see S. 2741), S11205 [5NO]

———expedite application and qualification process of low-income individuals obtaining subsidized prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 2700), H6263 [4JN]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (see S. 1201), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 2777), H6414 [9JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: ensure low-income beneficiaries have improved access to prescription drugs (see H.R. 3152), H7946 [9JY]

———establish prescription drug outreach demonstration program for certain eligible individuals with mental disabilities (see H.R. 2390), H5580 [13MY]

———reduce cost-sharing for certain dual eligible populations under the prescription drug benefit (see S. 534), S2828 [5MR] (see H.R. 1407), H3144 [10MR]

———require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens (see S. Res. 212), S7639 [16JY] (see H. Res. 663), H8495 [21JY]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (see S. 538), S2828 [5MR] (see H.R. 1361), H3054 [5MR]

———promote mental and behavioral health services for underserved populations (see S. 811), S4310 [2AP] (see H.R. 2066), H4731 [23AP]

Minimum wage: provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 3041), H7445 [25JN]

Multilateral development banks: authorize U.S. participation in, and appropriations for, African Development Fund and Mulitlateral Debt Relief Initiative, require budgetary disclosures, and endorse certain principles (see S. 955), S5013 [1MY]

National Commission on Entitlement Solvency: establish (see S. 276), S652 [16JA]

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 299), S10061 [1OC]

National objectives: express that the U.S. has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of the impoverished, disadvantaged, or otherwise in poverty (see H. Con. Res. 102), H4581 [21AP]

National School Lunch Act: increase number of children eligible for free school meals (see S. 1737), S10060 [1OC] (see H.R. 3705), H10456 [1OC]

Newark, NJ: tribute to East Side High School hockey team (see S. Res. 219), S7779 [21JY]

No Child Left Behind Act: improve certain amendments (see S. 1581), S8864 [5AU]

Power resources: provide for a refundable heating fuel tax credit and create a State grant program to provide loans to individuals to weatherize their homes (see S. 2894), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 152), H33 [6JA]

Presidential Commission To Study the Culture and Glorification of Violence in America: establish (see H.R. 2924), H6972 [17JN]

Public welfare programs: allow funds provided to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to be used for alternative-to-abortion services (see H.R. 636), H484 [22JA]

———repeal emergency fund for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 1277), H2924 [3MR]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: eliminate cost-sharing requirements for certain grants to communities suffering economic injury due to defense-related funding reductions (see H.R. 4294), H14826 [11DE]

———maximize efficiency in administering governmental functions (see H.R. 4293), H14826 [11DE]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 3718), H10456 [1OC]

———make residents eligible for the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2839), H6618 [11JN]

SBA: improve the New Markets Venture Capital Program and establish the Angel Investment Program (see H.R. 3684), H10407 [30SE]

———reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (see S. 1831), S10635 [21OC] (see H.R. 1491), H3400 [12MR]

Schools: improve automatic enrollment procedures for the national school lunch and school breakfast programs (see H.R. 4148), H13353 [19NO]

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see S. 1593), S8992 [6AU] (see H.R. 4368), H15500 [16DE]

Social Security: allow States to ensure coverage without delay of certain children and pregnant women under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 465), H194 [13JA]

———combine coverage of children and pregnant woman under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program into a new All Healthy Children Program (see H.R. 747), H777 [28JA]

———encourage use of certified health information technology by providers in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 264), S598 [15JA] (see H.R. 592), H381 [15JA]

———enhance program and provider protections under the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance programs (see H.R. 4390), H15501 [16DE]

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (see S. 958), S5014 [1MY] (see H.R. 194), H35 [6JA]

———ensure health insurance coverage for every child under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see S. 142), S43 [6JA]

———ensure payment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program for covered items and services furnished by school-based health clinics (see S. 1034), S5435 [13MY] (see H.R. 2840), H6618 [11JN]

———ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (see H.R. 2829), H6617 [11JN]

———improve dental benefits under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 462), H194 [13JA]

———make certain changes to Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3823), H11456 [15OC]

———modernize income eligibility standards for Federal foster care benefits (see H.R. 3329), H8808 [24JY]

———permit qualifying States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for certain Medicaid children's health expenditures (see S. 214), S309 [12JA]

———permit States the option of covering certain legal aliens under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 319), H89 [8JA]

———permit States to rely on findings from an express plan agency to conduct simplified eligibility determinations under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 542), H325 [14JA]

———promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (see S. 770), S4172 [1AP] (see H.R. 1850), H4396 [1AP]

———require States to provide priority under the State Children's Health Insurance Program to children in families with gross income significantly below the Federal poverty level (see H.R. 563), H380 [15JA]

Taxation: allocate a new markets tax credit limitation to entities that serve or provide investment capital for distressed communities (see H.R. 3811), H11383 [14OC]

———allow a credit for contributions to a trust used to provide need-based college scholarships (see H.R. 1579), H3640 [18MR]

———allow a credit for unreimbursed funeral expenses relative to a deceased indigent individual (see H.R. 3809), H11383 [14OC]

———allow bad debt deduction to doctors to partially offset the cost of providing uncompensated care required under Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act amendments (see H.R. 1678), H3833 [24MR]

———allow the low income housing credit to be carried back 5 years (see H.R. 4109), H13265 [18NO]

———encourage businesses to purchase commercial and residential property in distressed communities by providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains (see H.R. 3812), H11383 [14OC]

———enhance incentives for renewable energy development in high job-loss zones in metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (see H.R. 3834), H11457 [15OC]

———extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit for certain disaster areas (see S. 1761), S10217 [7OC] (see H.R. 3929), H11790 [26OC]

———extend the new markets tax credit (see S. 1583), S8864 [5AU] (see H.R. 2628), H6012 [21MY]

———impose windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas and appropriate the proceeds for LIHEAP (see H.R. 1482), H3400 [12MR]

———improve ability of medical professionals to practice medicine and provide quality care to patients by providing a tax deduction for patient bad debt (see H.R. 2786), H6537 [10JN]

———increase standard charitable mileage rate for delivery of meals to elderly, disabled, frail, and at-risk individuals (see H.R. 271), H70 [7JA]

———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 2230), H5095 [4MY]

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit (see S. 585), S3073 [12MR]

———provide for a refundable heating fuel tax credit (see H.R. 3958), H12044 [28OC]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (see S. 1357), S7070 [25JN]

———qualify formerly homeless youth who are students for purposes of low income housing tax credit (see S. 249), S388 [14JA] (see H.R. 475), H195 [13JA]

———repeal certain tax breaks and invest those monies in programs to assist the working poor and alleviate poverty (see H. Con. Res. 23), H382 [15JA]

———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see S. 825), S4311 [2AP] (see H.R. 1423), H3145 [10MR]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (see S. 24), S168 [7JA] (see H.R. 536), H325 [14JA]

U.S. Housing Act: reform housing choice voucher program under section 8 (see H.R. 3045), H7445 [25JN]

U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness: reform (see H.R. 2141), H4914 [28AP]

Unemployment: recognize rates have reached a level of a national crisis (see H. Res. 946), H13520 [3DE]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (see S. 1547), S8557 [30JY]

———make certain improvements in laws relative to housing (see H.R. 4156), H13353 [19NO]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (see S. 1160), S5906 [1JN] (see H.R. 403), H160 [9JA]

Wilson, Representative Joe: disapprove interruption of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform (see H. Res. 744), H9549 [15SE]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S4513 [21AP] (see H.R. 2000), H4580 [21AP]

Cloture motions

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13477, S13478 [19DE], S13646 [21DE], S13716 [22DE], S13834 [23DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S13132 [13DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11578 [19NO], S11967 [21NO], S13376 [17DE]

E-mails

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S13674-S13676 [21DE]

Letters

Affordable Health Care for America Act: Chris Benge, Oklahoma State House of Representatives, H12610 [7NO]

———Glenn Coffee, Oklahoma State Senate, H12609 [7NO]

———Representative Cole, H12609, H12610 [7NO]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, H12871 [7NO]

———Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), H12864 [7NO]

Community Reinvestment Act impact on housing industry: Ben Bernanke, FRS, H5145 [5MY], H5293 [6MY]

Ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform: several national organizations, S12861 [10DE]

Extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing tax credit for certain disaster areas: Senators Landrieu, Vitter, Wicker, and Cochran, S13872 [23DE]

Family Self-Sufficiency Act: several organizations, H4863 [28AP]

Homes for Heroes Act: several organizations, H6839 [16JN]

Impact of Medicaid eligibility expansion: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S7220 [8JY]

Medicaid expansion: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, S10002 [1OC], E2468 [8OC]

———Bobby Jindal, Governor of Louisiana, E2472 [8OC]

———C.L. ``Butch'' Otter, Governor of Idaho, S10006 [1OC], E2471 [8OC]

———Charlie Crist, Governor of Florida, E2469 [8OC]

———Dave Heineman, Governor of Nebraska, E2474, E2476 [8OC]

———Donald L. Carcieri, Governor of Rhode Island, E2477 [8OC]

———Gary R. Herbert, Governor of Utah, E2481 [8OC]

———Janice K. Brewer, Governor of Arizona, S10005 [1OC], E2466 [8OC]

———Jim Gibbons, Governor of Nevada, E2476 [8OC]

———John Hoeven, Governor of North Dakota, E2476 [8OC]

———Mitch Daniels, Governor of Indiana, S10006 [1OC], E2471 [8OC]

———Rick Perry, Governor of Texas, E2478, E2479 [8OC]

———Robert Riley, Governor of Alabama, E2466 [8OC]

———Sean Parnell, Governor of Alaska, E2466 [8OC]

Medicare funding cuts: Addison B. Rand, Alliance for Retired Americans, S12289 [3DE]

———Barbara J. Easterling, Ruben Burks, and Edward F. Coyle, Alliance for Retired Americans, S12289 [3DE]

National policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures: Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S6622 [16JN]

———Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, S10006 [1OC], E2473, E2474 [8OC]

———Joseph D. Zuckerman, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, H9802 [22SE]

———Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee, S10178 [7OC]

———Philip Painter, Humana Inc., H9882 [23SE]

———Representative Burgess, H11380, H11381 [14OC], H12123 [29OC]

———several health care organizations, S7748 [21JY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Diann Howland and William Samuel, AFL-CIO, S13081 [12DE]

———Kim Holland, Oklahoma Insurance Dept., S12543 [6DE]

———Lorne Bretz, Anchorage, AK, Police & Fire Retiree Medical Trust, S13773 [22DE]

———Senator Gregg, S12263 [3DE]

———several economists, S13581 [20DE]

———several Palm Beach Cardiovascular Clinic physicians, S13606 [20DE]

———several Senators, S13001 [11DE]

———several State and National medical associations and societies, S13562 [20DE]

———several State and national speciality medical societies, S12857 [10DE]

———several surgeon and anethesiologist organizations, S12857 [10DE]

———Small Business Coalition for Affordable Healthcare, S12975 [11DE]

———Thomas A. Barthold, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S13023-S13025 [11DE]

———Thomas A. Schatz, Council for Citizens Against Government Waste, S12039 [1DE]

Prohibit reduction of guaranteed Medicare benefits and extend solvency, reduce premiums, expand benefits, and protect access to providers: Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S12289 [3DE]

Reduce health care and insurance costs through medical malpractice tort reform: R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S12147 [2DE]

Lists

CBO staff who worked on analyzing H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, H12855 [7NO]

Congressional and executive branch staff working on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S11966 [21NO]

Congressional Black Caucus Health and Wellness Taskforce benchmarks for the 111th Congress, H5695 [18MY]

Deaths of individuals attributed to not seeking treatment due to a lack of health insurance identified by congressional districts, H12351-H12353 [4NO]

Groups opposing H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, H12617 [7NO]

Organizations opposing use of budget reconciliation for health care reform and global warming pollution emission cap and trade program, S4291 [2AP]

Physician organizations opposing H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S12857 [10DE]

Sec. of the Senate staff who read aloud the manager's amendment to H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13646 [21DE]

Senate and Obama administration staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13781 [22DE]

Tax increases included in H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, H12618 [7NO]

Memorandums

Ban on Mailings Sent by Medicare Advantage Providers Relative to the Effect of Health Care Reform Proposals on the Quality and Cost of Such Plans: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, H9882 [23SE]

Motions

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S11578 [19NO], S11997 [30NO], S12306 [3DE], S12397 [4DE], S12603 [7DE], S12683, S12685 [8DE], S13239 [15DE], S13295 [16DE], S13376 [17DE], S13478 [19DE], S13792 [22DE], S13804, S13810, S13833 [23DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12963 [7NO]

Papers

Specific Plan of Action—Lowering Health Care Costs: Senator McCain, S12490 [5DE]

Petitions and memorials

Rosenberg-Richmond, TX, Area Chamber of Commerce: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H8949 [28JY]

Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce, Inc.: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H8683 [23JY]

Press releases

Affordable Health Care for America Act: Representative Wolf, H12845 [7NO]

MAG in Group Representing 92,000 Doctors Opposing Senate Health Bill: Medical Association of Georgia, S13562 [20DE]

Release of Annual Household Food Security Report: Executive Office of the President, H13006 [17NO]

Remarks in House

Abode Services (organization): anniversary, E861 [2AP]

Affordable Health Care for America Act: tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 3962, provisions, H12855, H12969 [7NO]

Air pollution: impact of climate change, H7671 [26JN]

Allentown, PA: tribute to Second Harvest Food Bank of the Lehigh Valley and Northeast Pennsylvania participation in the National Association of Letter Carriers ``Stamp Out Hunger'' food drive, E1277 [2JN]

Altoona, PA: anniversary of Altoona Salvation Army, E2243 [10SE]

American Red Cross Month: observance, H3148 [11MR], E541 [4MR], E708 [18MR]

Appropriations: revised allocation of spending authority to certain committees of the House, H12970 [7NO], H13328 [19NO]

Boozman, Representative: tribute to hunger relief and nutrition roundtable addressing hunger in Arkansas 3d Congressional District, H10124 [30SE]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, H1062-H1067 [9FE], H2605 [24FE], H2819-H2821, H2823 [25FE]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, H73 [8JA]

Caribbean nations: economic and social conditions outlook, E400 [25FE]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: release of report on impact of Affordable Health Care for America Act, H13010 [17NO]

Children and youth: recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (H. Res. 210), H3081-H3083, H3089 [9MR], E601 [10MR], E630 [11MR]

Chrysalis (nonprofit organization): anniversary, E1156 [14MY]

Coal: economic impact of decreased coal production, H10436 [1OC]

Colleges and universities: give priority to low-income, nontraditional students, dislocated workers, and veterans when awarding community college grants, H9684 [17SE]

Community Reinvestment Act: impact, H1033 [4FE], H4498-H4511 [2AP], H5144 [5MY], H5286-H5293 [6MY]

Community service: tribute to service organizations, H7950 [10JY]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H3092-H3096 [9MR], H5695-H5700 [18MY]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: national objectives priority assignments, H433-H440 [21JA], H5640-H5647 [14MY]

Consumers Union: opinion poll results relative to national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H5171 [6MY]

Cover the Uninsured Week: observance, H3759 [24MR], H3838 [25MR], H4030 [26MR], H4256 [1AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H760, H761 [28JA], H5718 [19MY], H6682 [12JN], H7153 [24JN], H8756 [24JY], H12070 [29OC], H14449 [10DE], H14885 [15DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: expand the Child and Adult Care Food Program, H7803 [8JY]

———hunger and nutrition programs funding, H10528-H10533 [7OC]

———McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, H7803 [8JY]

———recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families (H. Res. 442), H5682, H5683 [18MY]

———report on hunger and food security, H13005 [17NO]

———school lunch program funding, H4402 [2AP]

———Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding, H536 [27JA], H634 [28JA], H4406 [2AP], E1695 [9JY]

———tribute to Commodity Supplemental Food Program, E1693 [9JY]

Dept. of Education: establish the Grants for College Access and Completion Program (H.R. 3259), E1844 [20JY], E2318 [17SE]

———reserve a certain portion of school modernization funds for grants to local educational agencies serving areas that are economically distressed or recovering from a natural disaster, H5516, H5517 [13MY], E1181 [18MY]

———TRIO programs funding, H8761 [24JY], H14973-H14978 [15DE]

Dept. of Energy: provide special consideration for energy infrastructure projects to areas affected with high unemployment and to Texas and other States with high potential for solar energy production, H11600 [22OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (H.R. 3636), E2338 [23SE], E2364 [24SE]

———establish the School-Based Health Clinic Program, H13012 [17NO]

Dept. of HUD: pay administrative fee to public housing agencies to cover costs of family self-sufficiency programs in connection with the housing choice voucher program (H.R. 46), H4862-H4864 [28AP]

———prohibit HOPE VI Program funding, H8639-H8641 [23JY]

———rental assistance programs funding, H8596 [23JY]

Dept. of State: authorize the Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative focusing on peace and nonviolence in global conflict resolution (H.R. 3328), E2122 [31JY], E2891 [3DE]

Diseases: establish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national screening program and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or polyps (H.R. 1189), H3799 [24MR]

District of Columbia: anniversary of Central Union Mission, E2881 [3DE]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: Title I funding, H5501 [13MY]

Executive Office of the President: convening of fiscal responsibility summit, H1610 [23FE]

———establish an Office of Rural Policy, H6052 [2JN]

Fairfield, ME: tribute to Fairfield Interfaith Food Pantry, E2357 [24SE]

Federal aid programs: provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (H.R. 2909), E2592 [21OC]

———Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, unemployment benefits, senior nutrition services, after-school meals, food bank assistance, and community service block grants funding, H513 [26JA]

Fish and Loaves Community Pantry (organization): tribute, E1584 [26JN]

Foreign aid: develop and implement a comprehensive national strategy to further promote global development (H.R. 2139), E1002 [28AP]

———multilateral assistance funding, H7905-H7907 [9JY]

Fresno, CA: anniversary of Fresno Rescue Mission (organization), E1024 [30AP]

Fuller, Millard: tribute (H. Res. 385), H6372, H6373 [9JN]

GAO: develop plan to assist colonias relative to wastewater disposal, H3353 [12MR]

Global Child Nutrition Month: observance, E1027 [30AP]

Good Shepherd Housing Foundation: anniversary, E2557 [15OC]

Grayson, Representative: characterization of Republican health care plan, H10092 [30SE]

Greenville, NC: tribute to Greenville branch of Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina, E279 [13FE]

Haiti: U.S. policy, H3725, H3726, H3727, H3731 [23MR], H11434 [15OC]

Harvest Hope Food Bank (organization): tribute to opening of new branch in Cayce, SC, H170 [13JA]

Head Start Program: funding, H1145 [10FE]

Health: allow States to implement single-payer health care plans, H4753 [27AP]

———deaths of individuals attributed to not seeking treatment due to a lack of health insurance, H11558 [21OC], H12031-H12034 [28OC], H12350-H12355 [4NO], H13119 [18NO]

———establish certain requirements for any national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3700), H10443-H10445 [1OC], H11578 [21OC]

———establish guidelines to enhance use and interoperability of electronic medical records with personal health records, including for purposes of Medicare and Medicaid payment incentives (H.R. 4216), E2897 [7DE]

———impose criminal penalties for failure to purchase health insurance, H12860, H12891 [7NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H423 [21JA], H1026 [4FE], H1289-H1295 [12FE], H2611, H2612 [24FE], H2839 [26FE], H2931 [4MR], H2984, H2985 [5MR], H3057 [6MR], H3109, H3110, H3111, H3112 [10MR], H3147, H3150, H3320 [11MR], H3340 [12MR], H3441, H3508-H3514 [17MR], H3530, H3532, H3610 [18MR], H3739-H3745 [23MR], H3757, H3758, H3759 [24MR], H3838 [25MR], H4030 [26MR], H4114, H4120-H4126 [30MR], H4143 [31MR], H4255, H4256, H4373, H4374 [1AP], H4571-H4576 [21AP], H4769-H4774 [27AP], H4845, H4847, H4893, H4895, H4898-H4905 [28AP], H5083, H5091-H5094 [4MY], H5173, H5293-H5299 [6MY], H5376, H5381-H5385 [7MY], H5410, H5448, H5452 [12MY], H5489, H5492 [13MY], H5694, H5695-H5700, H5706-H5710 [18MY], H5720, H5782, H5783, H5784-H5788 [19MY], H5866 [20MY], H6000-H6003 [21MY], H6096, H6138-H6146 [3JN], H6160, H6243, H6248-H6254, H6260, H6261 [4JN], H6270, H6301 [8JN], H6309-H6311, H6316, H6317, H6318, H6319, H6387-H6393, H6400-H6406 [9JN], H6418, H6419, H6420 [10JN], H6542, H6543, H6544, H6545, H6604-H6615 [11JN], H6622, H6666 [12JN], H6748, H6782 [15JN], H6817, H6829, H6830, H6831, H6832 [16JN], H6907, H6908, H6909 [17JN], H6976, H6977, H6978 [18JN], H7026, H7027 [19JN], H7089, H7090, H7114, H7127-H7133 [23JN], H7150, H7153 [24JN], H7254, H7256, H7257 [25JN], H7451 [26JN], H7709, H7710, H7726, H7727 [7JY], H7743, H7744, H7745, H7746, H7747, H7828 [8JY], H7839, H7840, H7841, H7842, H7921, H7925-H7943 [9JY], H7949, H7950, H7951, H7997, H8000-H8006 [10JY], H11115 [8OC], E156 [27JA], E631 [11MR], E1587 [26JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2399), H6140 [3JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2520), H9798 [22SE], H11808 [27OC], H12260 [3NO], E2045 [28JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), H8030, H8031, H8032, H8033, H8034, H8050, H8065, H8069, H8071-H8092 [14JY], H8103, H8104, H8105, H8106, H8160, H8162, H8163, H8170-H8183 [15JY], H8187, H8188, H8189, H8190, H8191, H8270, H8273-H8287, H8294, H8298 [16JY], H8305, H8306, H8307, H8310, H8313, H8343, H8345, H8348-H8353 [17JY], H8395-H8403, H8407, H8408 [20JY], H8411, H8412, H8416, H8418, H8419, H8420, H8421, H8422, H8423, H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8428, H8429, H8430, H8431, H8432, H8433, H8436, H8437, H8438, H8439, H8440, H8441, H8442, H8443, H8444, H8454, H8469, H8474, H8475, H8486, H8488-H8493 [21JY], H8498, H8499, H8500, H8501, H8558-H8583 [22JY], H8588, H8589, H8590, H8591, H8682, H8683, H8684, H8686, H8689, H8692-H8705 [23JY], H8711, H8712, H8713, H8753, H8794, H8796-H8798, H8803 [24JY], H8811, H8813, H8849-H8852, H8854-H8869 [27JY], H8877, H8879, H8880, H8881, H8882, H8883, H8884, H8885, H8886, H8887, H8888, H8889, H8890, H8891, H8892, H8893, H8894, H8895, H8896, H8897, H8898, H8899, H8900, H8901, H8902, H8903, H8904, H8905, H8906, H8907, H8908, H8909, H8910, H8911, H8948, H8951-H8957 [28JY], H8964, H8965, H8966, H8967, H9041-H9049 [29JY], H9059, H9060, H9061, H9062, H9166, H9167, H9173-H9190, H9199-H9203 [30JY], H9210, H9211, H9247, H9252-H9256, H9261, H9264-H9272 [31JY], H9286, H9287, H9303, H9304, H9308, H9311, H9319-H9332 [8SE], H9345, H9346, H9347, H9348, H9349, H9350 [9SE], H9399, H9400, H9401, H9406, H9407, H9411-H9415, H9416, H9422-H9439 [10SE], H9446, H9447, H9465, H9469, H9470, H9481-H9485 [14SE], H9493-H9496, H9497, H9498, H9499, H9500, H9501, H9530-H9534, H9542-H9546 [15SE], H9555, H9556, H9557, H9638-H9646, H9652 [16SE], H9674, H9675, H9702, H9706, H9708-H9726 [17SE], H9742, H9780-H9784, H9786, H9790-H9794, H9796-H9802 [22SE], H9809, H9810, H9811, H9812, H9873, H9875-H9890 [23SE], H9902, H9903, H9910, H9911, H9919-H9924, H9953-H9960 [24SE], H9963, H9964, H9979 [25SE], H10001, H10044, H10046 [29SE], H10075, H10076, H10077, H10123, H10124, H10127, H10130-H10137, H10139-H10147, H10149, H10150, H10402-H10406 [30SE], H10412, H10436, H10437, H10438, H10440-H10452 [1OC], H10461, H10464, H10465, H10491, H10492, H10494-H10500 [6OC], H10523, H10524, H10526, H10527, H11080, H11082, H11083, H11085-H11092 [7OC], H11114, H11115, H11143, H11144, H11145, H11148, H11150-H11156, H11161-H11163 [8OC], H11175, H11268, H11269, H11272-H11279, H11281, H11285-H11296 [13OC], H11302, H11303, H11304, H11362-H11381 [14OC], H11386, H11387, H11388, H11389, H11434, H11437-H11449 [15OC], H11465, H11466, H11483, H11484, H11496-H11500 [20OC], H11520, H11521, H11522, H11523, H11557, H11558, H11561-H11579 [21OC], H11583, H11585, H11586, H11685-H11705 [22OC], H11715, H11716, H11717, H11726, H11728, H11729, H11734, H11736 [23OC], H11742, H11763, H11764, H11768, H11769, H11777-H11788 [26OC], H11794, H11795, H11796, H11797, H11798, H11799, H11800, H11801, H11802, H11803, H11804, H11805, H11806, H11807, H11808, H11809, H11810, H11811, H11812, H11813, H11814, H11815, H11816, H11817, H11818, H11819, H11820, H11821, H11822, H11823, H11833, H11836-H11866 [27OC], H11983, H11984, H11985, H11986, H12012, H12013-H12016, H12018-H12034 [28OC], E1862 [21JY], E1971 [24JY], E2039 [28JY], E2130, E2151, E2155, E2176 [31JY], E2225 [9SE], E2423 [1OC], E2466, E2468, E2471, E2473, E2476, E2478, E2481 [8OC], E2641 [27OC], E2650 [28OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3713), H12184 [2NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3889), H11574 [21OC], H11802 [27OC], H12276 [3NO], H12592 [7NO], H13331 [19NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12047, H12048, H12049, H12050, H12118-H12121, H12122, H12123, H12126, H12132-H12138 [29OC], H12143, H12145, H12175, H12176, H12180, H12181, H12182-H12195 [2NO], H12199, H12206, H12207, H12208, H12209, H12210, H12211, H12212, H12213, H12214, H12215, H12216, H12217, H12218, H12219, H12220, H12221, H12222, H12223, H12224, H12225, H12226, H12227, H12228, H12229, H12230, H12231, H12232, H12258-H12266, H12272-H12285 [3NO], H12291, H12292, H12293, H12296-H12299, H12306, H12312, H12314, H12337, H12338, H12339, H12341-H12361 [4NO], H12367, H12368, H12369, H12370, H12389, H12429-H12453 [5NO], H12459, H12460, H12461, H12463-H12465, H12467, H12468, H12475, H12485, H12537-H12540, H12542, H12543, H12549, H12550, H12551, H12552, H12553, H12554-H12582 [6NO], H12591, H12592, H12593, H12594, H12623-H12968 [7NO], H12982, H12983, H12984, H12989 [16NO], H13007, H13009, H13010, H13011, H13012, H13013, H13038-H13056 [17NO], H13073, H13119, H13126-H13133, H13262-H13264 [18NO], H13270, H13271, H13276, H13303-H13307, H13329-H13331, H13334 [19NO], H13358 [1DE], H13390, H13454-H13457 [2DE], H13511, H13513-H13516 [3DE], H13523, H13524 [7DE], H13552, H13583, H13584 [8DE], H14376, H14377, H14378, H14379 [9DE], H14449 [10DE], H14814-H14820 [11DE], H14847, H14851, H14857, H14861, H14862, H14867-H14874 [14DE], H14883, H14884, H14885, H14886, H14911, H14913, H14915, H14916, H14955, H14959, H14967, H14970 [15DE], H15480, H15486, H15487 [16DE], E2659 [29OC], E2698 [3NO], E2719 [4NO], E2729, E2731 [5NO], E2733 [6NO], E2755, E2756 [9NO], E2759, E2762, E2766, E2770, E2772, E2775 [16NO], E2779 [17NO], E2812, E2823, E2830, E2836 [19NO], E2858 [1DE], E2868 [2DE], E2922, E2925, E2932 [10DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), consideration (H. Res. 903), H12598-H12622 [7NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), corrections in engrossment, H12969 [7NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), motion to recommit, H12966, H12967 [7NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 4038), H12859, H12860, H12888 [7NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), H513 [26JA], H879 [3FE], H2609 [24FE], H5419 [12MY], H5696, H5700 [18MY], H5993-H5999 [21MY], H8696, H8697 [23JY], H9253 [31JY], H9304 [8SE], H9424 [10SE], H10405 [30SE], H10411 [1OC]

———provide for health insurance coverage premium discounts for healthy behavior and improvements toward healthy behavior (H.R. 3472), H9210 [31JY], H9555 [16SE], H9902 [24SE]

Health care facilities: recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers, H7746 [8JY]

———support physician-owned hospitals, H12853 [7NO]

History: role of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and New Deal initiatives in recovery of U.S. economy during the Great Depression, H1035-H1037 [4FE]

Homeless Assistance Act: reauthorize, H5768 [19MY]

House of Representatives: require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (H. Res. 847), H11521 [21OC]

Housing: improve section 8 tenant-based rental assistance to help meet the housing needs of low-income families, E2048 [28JY]

Hudson County, NJ: tribute to Alliance To End Homelessness in Hudson County, E1505 [19JN]

Inter-American Foundation: anniversary (H. Res. 858), H12256, H12257 [3NO]

Jane Addams Resource Corp.: tribute, E2188 [8SE]

Key West, FL: tribute to community service organizations, H9038 [29JY]

Lake County, CA: anniversary of Sutter Lakeside Hospital, E2797 [18NO]

LSC: anniversary, E1931 [24JY]

———funding, H6936, H6937 [17JN]

Madison, PA: tribute to Hunger Garden, E257 [12FE]

Marine Corps: tribute to Toys for Tots Literacy Program (H. Res. 232), H6033, H6034 [2JN], H6240 [4JN]

Medicaid: ensure adequate numbers of physicians to meet needs of patients, H8065 [14JY]

———exempt States and local governments from costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H11444 [15OC], E2466, E2468, E2471, E2473, E2476, E2478, E2481 [8OC]

———improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (H.R. 2688), H12842 [7NO]

———permit States to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for eligibility, H968 [4FE]

———provide medical assistance for certain men screened and found to have prostate cancer under a federally funded screening program (H.R. 2952), E1522 [23JN]

———provide payment parity for certain territories (H.R. 2680), E1301 [3JN]

———reform, H12187, H12188 [2NO]

———solvency, H13043, H13044 [17NO]

Medicare: assist low-income beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program (H.R. 2716), E1325 [4JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish prescription drug outreach demonstration program for certain eligible individuals with mental disabilities (H.R. 2390), H5552 [13MY]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (H.R. 1361), E578 [5MR], E583 [6MR]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, H7871 [9JY]

National Association of Letter Carriers: tribute to food drive efforts, E1094, E1095 [7MY]

National GEAR UP Day: observance, E2313 [17SE], E2332 [22SE]

New York, NY: anniversary of Staten Island Salvation Army, E2284 [16SE]

News media: allegations of media bias in coverage of issues based on political affiliation, H7256 [25JN]

North Kingston, RI: observance of Cereal Night, H14810 [11DE]

Northern Border Regional Commission: funding, H8110 [15JY]

Obama, President: joint congressional address on health care reform, H9477 [14SE]

Pantry of Broward, Inc.: tribute, E2821 [19NO]

PATH (organization): Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize recipient, E2226 [9SE]

PathStone Corp.: anniversary, E2648 [28OC]

Pinellas, FL: tribute to Habitat for Humanity International chapter, E249 [12FE]

Poverty in America Awareness Month: observance, H1010 [4FE]

Presidential Commission To Study the Culture and Glorification of Violence in America: establish (H.R. 2924), E1473 [17JN]

Public welfare programs: allow funds provided to States under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program to be used for alternative-to-abortion services (H.R. 636), H429 [21JA]

Puerto Rico: eligibility of residents for the refundable portion of the child tax credit (H.R. 3718), E2528 [14OC]

Republican Party: allegations of censorship relative to block of Republican mailing on H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act, H8682, H8683, H8684, H8686 [23JY], H8854-H8859 [27JY], H8888, H8909 [28JY]

SBA: establish Microenterprise Training Center Program, H5856 [20MY]

Seattle, WA: anniversary of Downtown Emergency Service Center, E2822 [19NO]

Shelter House, Inc.: tribute to volunteer award recipients, E1371 [10JN]

Silver Star Families of America (organization): tribute, E1023 [30AP]

Social Security: allow States to ensure coverage without delay of certain children and pregnant women under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, H249 [14JA]

———combine coverage of children and pregnant woman under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program into a new All Healthy Children Program (H.R. 747), H5696 [18MY]

———eliminate exemption for certain States to cover children under State Children's Health Insurance Program whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level, H962 [4FE]

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (H.R. 194), E18 [6JA]

———ensure prompt access to SSI, disability, and Medicaid benefits for persons released from certain public institutions (H.R. 2829), H6622 [12JN]

———impact of benefit levels on living standards of senior citizens, H11370 [14OC]

———modernize income eligibility standards for Federal foster care benefits (H.R. 3329), E2126, E2178 [31JY]

———place a general eligibility ceiling of the poverty level on gross income for eligibility for benefits under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program, H932 [4FE]

———require a waiting period for legal aliens before applying for State Children's Health Insurance Program assistance, H967, H968, H973 [4FE]

SRO Housing Corp.: anniversary, E1581 [26JN]

Taxation: restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (H.R. 1423), E611 [10MR]

Territories: eligibility of residents for health care affordability credits, H9446 [14SE]

Unemployment: rates, H13501-H13505, H13508 [3DE]

Veterans: provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans, E1230 [21MY]

———provide housing assistance for very low-income veterans (H.R. 403), H6833-H6840 [16JN], E1499 [18JN]

Vital Bridges (organization): anniversary, E2850 [1DE]

Wall Street Journal: assessment of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, H12210 [3NO]

Warren Wilson College: tribute to INSULATE! home weatherization project, E1007 [29AP]

Wilson, Representative Joe: disapprove interruption of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform (H. Res. 744), H9529-H9534, H9541 [15SE], E2274 [15SE], E2290 [16SE]

———interruption of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform, H9417 [10SE], H9447, H9471, H9475, H9485 [14SE]

Women of Tomorrow (organization): tribute to Mentor & Scholarship Program, H1089 [10FE]

World Bank Group: International Development Association funding, H7907 [9JY]

Remarks in Senate

Africa: U.S. policy, S889 [27JA]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on Florida economy, S6160 [4JN]

Arkansas: improve access, quality, and affordability of health care for State residents, S4626 [23AP]

Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN): prohibit use of funds from the supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1807, S1854 [6FE]

Bolling, Bill: Atlanta Gas Light, Inc., Shining Light Award recipient, S13432 [18DE]

Bread for the World (organization): anniversary (S. Res. 157), S5981 [2JN]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S11031 [3NO], S13358 [17DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to `Witness to Hunger' exhibit, S5171 [6MY]

Children and youth: ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform, S12695 [8DE], S12860, S12861 [10DE], S12980 [11DE], S13092 [12DE]

———ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform (S. Res. 170), S6496, S6497 [11JN], S11192-S11195 [5NO], S12464 [5DE]

———recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs (S. Res. 67), S2852 [5MR]

———support health, nutrition, and education programs, S5171 [6MY]

Cleveland, OH: commend efforts of health care professionals and volunteers to provide free health care to the underinsured and uninsured, S8526 [30JY]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S11971 [21NO], S12066 [1DE], S13751 [22DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend Philadelphia, PA, School District Universal Feeding Pilot Program (S. 1195), S6214 [4JN]

———report on hunger and food security, S11590 [19NO]

Dept. of Education: establish Secondary School Innovation Fund (S. 968), S5081 [4MY]

———reauthorize District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program for vouchers to provide school choice (S. 1552), S8565, S8566, S8618 [30JY], S8619 [31JY]

Dept. of HHS: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (S. 1523), S8198 [28JY]

———prohibit adjustment of the formula for the allocation of HIV/AIDS funding, S2883-S2889, S2899, S2901 [9MR], S3020 [11MR]

Dept. of HUD: improve Operating Fund for public housing (S. 2836), S12414 [4DE]

———low income housing tax credit projects funding through reductions in Home Investment Partnership (HOME) Program funding, S1497, S1525 [4FE]

———modify certain provisions of the HOPE for Homeowners loan program, S1651 [5FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: comprehensive service programs for homeless veterans funding, S11240, S11241 [6NO], S11485 [18NO]

Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries: anniversary, S6991 [24JN]

Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (S. 1966), S10958 [30OC], S11196 [5NO]

Economic Development Administration: funding, S11285 [9NO]

———reauthorize (S. 430), S2243 [12FE]

———reauthorize (S. 2778), S11389 [16NO]

Economy: impact of economic conditions on the middle class, S11030 [3NO]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: specify the purposes for which certain Title I funds may be used (S. 242), S391 [14JA]

Federal aid programs: establish a task force to recommend comprehensive legislation addressing expected shortfalls in certain entitlement programs, S5398 [13MY]

———provide for an improved method to measure poverty to enable a better assessment of the effects of certain programs (S. 1625), S9022 [6AU]

Federal Transit Administration: improve the Job Access and Reverse Commute program (S. 176), S220 [8JA]

Fifth Summit of the Americas: support (S. Res. 90), S4397 [2AP]

Food: global food assistance programs funding, S8536 [30JY]

Foreign trade: extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (S. 1141), S5846 [21MY]

Fuller, Millard: tribute (S. Res. 183), S6570 [11JN]

Health: allow States to implement single-payer health care plans, S11466 [18NO]

———ensure provision of health care coverage for uninsured individuals through State health care initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system (S. 698), S3790 [25MR]

———exempt nonprofit organizations with high payout rates from health insurance provider annual fees, S13692 [21DE]

———health insurance premiums rates, S11007 [3NO], S12107 [2DE], S12487 [5DE], S12581, S12582 [7DE]

———impact of media coverage on public perception of health care reform, S11823 [19NO]

———impact of tax increases on health insurance premiums rates, S11017 [3NO]

———national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (H.R. 1200), S13291 [16DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S195 [8JA], S2354 [23FE], S2780 [5MR], S3002 [11MR], S3354-S3356 [18MR], S3545 [19MR], S3587-S3589 [23MR], S3743 [25MR], S4137-S4140 [1AP], S4626 [23AP], S4782-S4788, S4792 [28AP], S4845, S4847-S4852, S4858, S4863, S4873-S4878 [29AP], S5007 [1MY], S5061 [4MY], S5224 [6MY], S5250, S5270-S5272 [7MY], S5472 [14MY], S5544-S5548 [18MY], S5777-S5780, S5805 [21MY], S5893, S5899 [1JN], S5911, S5926 [2JN], S5986, S5996 [3JN], S6136, S6137, S6174-S6178 [4JN], S6232, S6240 [8JN], S6319-S6325, S6332, S6349-S6352, S6356-S6358 [9JN], S6393, S6394, S6396, S6400-S6405, S6419-S6424, S6426-S6429 [10JN], S6482-S6484, S6488, S6491-S6496, S6523-S6526, S6530, S6533 [11JN], S6576 [15JN], S6611, S6612, S6614-S6617, S6621, S6626, S6632-S6634, S6637-S6640 [16JN], S6670-S6673, S6678-S6682, S6688-S6690, S6701-S6703 [17JN], S6751-S6753, S6759-S6761, S6771, S6772, S6793 [18JN], S6829-S6831, S6833-S6839 [19JN], S6864-S6870, S6874 [22JN], S6900-S6907, S6915-S6918, S6921-S6925 [23JN], S6966, S6969, S6975-S6977 [24JN], S7026-S7030, S7035, S7038-S7041 [25JN], S7115, S7118, S7119, S7122 [6JY], S7154, S7156, S7158, S7162, S7170, S7182-S7186, S7188 [7JY], S7218-S7222, S7224, S7226, S7252, S7254 [8JY], S7287, S7297 [9JY], S7333-S7341, S7348-S7350, S7353-S7355 [10JY], S7377, S7390-S7392, S7407 [13JY], S7443-S7446, S7453-S7455 [14JY], S7510, S7526, S7548-S7550, S7578 [15JY], S7584-S7591, S7593-S7595, S7603, S7605-S7611, S7619-S7621, S7624-S7626 [16JY], S7678, S7681, S7687, S7697 [20JY], S7725, S7743-S7751, S7754, S7762, S7771 [21JY], S7809-S7811, S7834-S7841, S7847, S7860, S7939-S7944 [22JY], S7945 [23JY], S8068-S8073, S8079-S8084 [24JY], S8103-S8108, S8125-S8129 [27JY], S8149-S8157, S8159-S8176, S8186 [28JY], S8215-S8217, S8219-S8221, S8227, S8230-S8234, S8237, S8242, S8263 [29JY], S8501, S8504-S8508, S8526, S8537-S8541-S8547 [30JY], S8623-S8625 [31JY], S8641-S8645, S8647, S8662-S8677 [3AU], S8713, S8756 [4AU], S8892-S8896, S8968-S8975, S9012 [6AU], S9069-S9072 [7AU], S9101-S9115, S9117, S9124 [8SE], S9143-S9147, S9158 [9SE], S9276-S9278 [10SE], S9282-S9284, S9286 [11SE], S9302, S9313 [14SE], S9338-S9341, S9360-S9363 [15SE], S9391-S9396, S9424 [16SE], S9490, S9523-S9525, S9542-S9544 [17SE], S9576-S9578 [21SE], S9625, S9626, S9631-S9633, S9634, S9637, S9651 [22SE], S9693-S9705, S9713, S9715, S9727 [23SE], S9762-S9766, S9775-S9778 [24SE], S9861-S9863 [25SE], S9899-S9902, S9909 [29SE], S9944-S9952, S9957-S9959 [30SE], S9994-S10005, S10016-S10019, S10034, S10035 [1OC], S10079-S10084 [5OC], S10121, S10137-S10142 [6OC], S10172-S10189, S10195-S10197, S10203-S10207 [7OC], S10257-S10265, S10268, S10270, S10273-S10277, S10288-S10306 [8OC], S10333-S10338, S10353-S10357 [13OC], S10387-S10393, S10404, S10409-S10428 [14OC], S10443-S10457, S10459-S10461, S10464-S10469, S10471-S10473 [15OC], S10499-S10501, S10504-S10517 [19OC], S10533, S10538, S10560, S10565 [20OC], S10588-S10601 [21OC], S10655-S10658, S10660-S10662, S10675-S10678, S10687-S10695 [22OC], S10713-S10725, S10727-S10729 [26OC], S10743-S10747, S10749, S10754-S10756, S10760-S10762 [27OC], S10794-S10807, S10810, S10813, S10817, S10818, S10826-S10828, S10831-S10835, S10839-S10846 [28OC], S10871-S10878, S10884, S10885, S10908 [29OC], S10948, S10949, S10951, S10955 [30OC], S10963-S10967, S10969-S10983, S11001-S11005 [2NO], S11007, S11008, S11010-S11013, S11016-S11020, S11026, S11029, S11034-S11044 [3NO], S11064-S11075, S11081-S11083, S11085-S11090, S11092-S11094, S11105-S11113 [4NO], S11132-S11139, S11142-S11144, S11191-S11196 [5NO], S11243 [6NO], S11262 [9NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3200), S7575-S7577 [15JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S11967-S11969 [21NO], S11979-S12005 [30NO], S12019-S12031, S12033-S12066, S12090-S12092 [1DE], S12093-S12152 [2DE], S12261-S12317 [3DE], S12355-S12408 [4DE], S12461-S12516 [5DE], S12523-S12552 [6DE], S12563-S12613 [7DE], S12648-S12699 [8DE], S12744-S12799 [9DE], S12836-S12839, S12841-S12887, S12890-S12896, S12901-S12904 [10DE], S12972-S12978, S12980-S12984, S12987, S12988, S12990-S13026, S13028, S13063 [11DE], S13069, S13073, S13078-S13083, S13086-S13096, S13114-S13118, S13120-S13124 [12DE], S13126, S13131-S13141 [13DE], S13144-S13154, S13156-S13178, S13181-S13183 [14DE], S13204-S13242 [15DE], S13278-S13280, S13283, S13286, S13300-S13307, S13309, S13311-S13314 [16DE], S13344-S13358, S13360-S13370, S13374-S13376 [17DE], S13402-S13406, S13411-S13414, S13418-S13422, S13424, S13429, S13432-S13440, S13442-S13455 [18DE], S13472-S13474, S13477-S13489 [19DE], S13558-S13628 [20DE], S13640-S13695, S13706-S13709 [21DE], S13714-S13782 [22DE], S13796-S13801, S13803-S13866, S13875-S13877 [23DE], S13890-S14136 [24DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to commit, S11997-S12001, S12003-S12005 [30NO], S12020-S12025, S12028-S12030, S12033-S12041, S12043-S12058, S12063-S12066 [1DE], S12094-S12108, S12112, S12114-S12119, S12123-S12126, S12144-S12146 [2DE], S12263, S12264, S12268-S12271, S12279-S12295, S12306-S12311 [3DE], S12356, S12361-S12369, S12371-S12375, S12379, S12384-S12386, S12391-S12393, S12396-S12403, S12405 [4DE], S12466-S12472, S12474, S12482-S12484, S12488-S12490, S12494-S12496 [5DE], S12604-S12607, S12609 [7DE], S12649, S12655-S12659, S12663, S12667-S12669, S12683-S12686, S12691 [8DE], S12745-S12751, S12755-S12758, S12760-S12770, S12774-S12777, S12779-S12784, S12789, S12790 [9DE], S12863, S12869, S12880-S12885, S12893-S12896 [10DE], S12972, S13004-S13007 [11DE], S13131 [13DE], S13205-S13210, S13213, S13217-S13221, S13236-S13238, S13239 [15DE], S13286-S13289, S13294-S13297 [16DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), motion to proceed, S11578-S11589, S11819-S11824 [19NO], S11825-S11879, S11888-S11903 [20NO], S11906-S11967 [21NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), unanimous-consent agreement, S11577, S11824 [19NO], S12259 [2DE], S12303 [3DE], S12683 [8DE], S13177, S13201 [14DE], S13747 [22DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), unanimous-consent request, S11985, S11986 [30NO], S12898, S12899 [10DE], S12981, S12992, S12993 [11DE], S13289 [16DE], S13477 [19DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), S10881, S10882, S10893, S10894 [29OC], S11140 [5NO], S11260, S11264, S11265 [9NO], S11307-S11313, S11315, S11317, S11332, S11356 [10NO], S11359, S11372-S11374 [16NO], S11393-S11395, S11397-S11402, S11422-S11424 [17NO], S11443-S11459, S11465-S11467, S11482-S11484, S11511-S11513 [18NO], S11515-S11523, S11533-S11537, S11573-S11576 [19NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 676), S13291 [16DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1099), S5715 [20MY], S10300-S10306 [8OC], S10807 [28OC], S11939 [21NO], S12037, S12038, S12060 [1DE], S12106 [2DE], S12513, S12514 [5DE], S13140 [13DE], S13483 [19DE], S13577 [20DE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1324), S6917 [23JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1796), S11264 [9NO], S13694 [21DE]

———provide affordable, guaranteed health coverage, S4642, S4643 [23AP]

———provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage (S. 391), S1676 [5FE], S2355 [23FE], S2609 [2MR], S3541, S3542 [19MR], S3971 [30MR], S4768 [28AP], S5544 [18MY], S6015-S6017 [3JN], S6621 [16JN], S7028 [25JN], S8068 [24JY], S8219, S8220 [29JY], S10810 [28OC], S12378 [4DE], S12573 [7DE]

———require that any major health care reform bill be available in an electronic form for a certain period prior to approval, S10884 [29OC]

Health care facilities: provide patient-centered medical homes to improve effectiveness and efficiency in medical assistance under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 1114), S5729 [20MY]

———recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers, S12573-S12575 [7DE], S12697 [8DE]

Homeless Assistance Act: clarify definition of homeless, S5182, S5183, S5185 [6MY]

———provide education for homeless children and youths (S. 2800), S11595 [19NO]

———reauthorize, S5106-S5108, S5113 [5MY], S5180, S5182, S5183, S5185 [6MY]

———reauthorize (S. 808), S4357 [2AP], S4437 [20AP]

Housing: allow for use of existing section 8 housing funds to preserve and revitalize affordable housing options for low-income individuals (S. 1676), S9439 [16SE]

Hunting and trapping: commend hunters, sportsmen's associations, meat processors, hunger relief organizations, and certain State agencies for programs that provide game meat to feed the hungry (S. Res. 374), S13469 [18DE]

IMF: oppose loans that do not exempt certain spending by governments of heavily indebted poor countries from certain budget caps and restraints, S5675 [20MY]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (S. 439), S2326 [13FE]

Interagency Council on Healthy Housing: establish (S. 1658), S9265 [10SE]

IRS: role in implementation, administration, and enforcement of health care reform, S11482-S11484 [18NO]

LSC: anniversary, S8030 [23JY]

Medicaid: clarify definition of individuals considered newly eligible, S13778 [22DE]

———exempt States and local governments from costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, S9999, S10000, S10003, S10004 [1OC], S11397, S11400 [17NO], S12748, S12749 [9DE], S13687 [21DE], S13803, S13810, S13831 [23DE]

———exemption of Nebraska from increased funding obligations, S13564, S13593 [20DE], S13755-S13763 [22DE]

———expand, S6621 [16JN], S6673 [17JN], S9999-S10005 [1OC]

———funding, S1641 [5FE], S2300 [13FE]

———impact of eligibility expansion, S13144-S13148 [14DE]

———improve the State plan amendment option for providing home and community-based services (S. 434), S2323-S2325 [13FE]

———permit States to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for eligibility (S. 228), S345 [13JA]

———pharmacy reimbursement rate for certain generic drugs, S13778 [22DE]

———physician reimbursement rate, S11835, S11836, S11837 [20NO]

———provide coverage of services provided by nursing school clinics (S. 53), S59 [6JA]

———provide for a demonstration project on reimbursements for stabilization of emergency medical conditions by non-publicly owned or operated institutions for mental diseases (S. 1130), S5829 [21MY]

———provide for optional coverage of nurse home visitation services, S13008 [11DE]

———provision of home and community-based services by States, S1671 [5FE]

———reform, S11935-S11942 [21NO]

Medicare: assist low-income beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program (S. 1185), S6193 [4JN]

———establish telehealth pilot projects, expand and improve access to telehealth services in certain facilities, reimburse Indian Health Service facilities, and establish certain standards for originating sites (S. 2741), S11216 [5NO]

———include costs incurred by certain agencies, health centers, or drug assistance programs toward the out-of-pocket threshold of the prescription drug program (S. 1201), S6265 [8JN]

Medicare/Medicaid: require any savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens (S. Res. 212), S7651 [16JY]

Mental health: increase recruitment and retention of school counselors, social workers, and psychologists by low-income local educational agencies (S. 538), S2836 [5MR]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, S3066 [12MR]

Milwaukee, WI: anniversary of Sixteenth Street Community Health Center, S11114 [4NO]

National Commission on Entitlement Solvency: establish (S. 276), S652 [16JA]

National Infant Mortality Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (S. Res. 299), S10077 [1OC]

National School Lunch Act: increase number of children eligible for free school meals (S. 1737), S10062 [1OC]

Obama, President: joint congressional address on health care reform, S9158 [9SE], S9282 [11SE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: delay implementation until Office of the Actuary for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services certifies that legislation will control health care costs, S13561 [20DE]

———prohibit tax increase for individuals under certain income levels, S12685 [8DE], S12745-S12751, S12755-S12758, S12760-S12770, S12774-S12777, S12779-S12784, S12789, S12790, S12796 [9DE], S12863, S12869, S12876, S12880-S12885, S12893-S12896 [10DE], S12972, S13004-S13007 [11DE], S13095 [12DE], S13204-S13210, S13213, S13217-S13219, S13220, S13236-S13238 [15DE], S13454 [18DE], S13656 [21DE], S13741, S13777 [22DE]

Providence, RI: New Urban Arts (arts studio) recipient of President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities Coming Up Taller Award, S11116 [4NO]

Public welfare programs: implement drug testing programs for recipients of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds, S4288 [2AP]

SBA: reauthorize and expand the New Markets Venture Capital Program (S. 1831), S10643 [21OC]

Senate: tribute to congressional staff who worked on H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13779-S13782 [22DE]

———tribute to Sec. of the Senate staff who read aloud the manager's amendment to H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13646 [21DE]

Social Security: eliminate exemption for certain States to cover children under State Children's Health Insurance Program whose family income exceeds 300 percent of the Federal poverty level, S1015, S1016, S1019, S1029, S1031 [29JA]

———eliminate State Children's Health Insurance Program coverage for legal immigrants and increase coverage for low-income American children, S854 [27JA], S1026-S1029 [29JA]

———encourage use of certified health information technology by providers in Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (S. 264), S616 [15JA]

———ensure every uninsured child has health insurance coverage (S. 958), S5022 [1MY]

———ensure health insurance coverage for every child under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (S. 142), S128 [6JA]

———extend provisions under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, S11457 [18NO]

———permit qualifying States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for certain Medicaid children's health expenditures (S. 214), S315 [12JA]

———promote tobacco use cessation under Medicare, Medicaid, and the maternal and child health program (S. 770), S4179 [1AP]

Taxation: extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit for certain disaster areas, S13872 [23DE]

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit (S. 585), S3078 [12MR]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (S. 1357), S7078 [25JN]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (S. 24), S172 [7JA]

Veterans: enhance and expand assistance to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness (S. 1547), S8562 [30JY], S8628 [31JY], S8890 [5AU]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 846), S7408 [13JY], S10380 [13OC]

Reports

Clock Is Ticking—More Americans Losing Health Coverage: Families USA (organization), S8070 [24JY]

Cost of Doing Nothing—Why the Cost of Failing To Fix Our Health System Is Greater Than the Cost of Reform: Sarah Axeen and Elizabeth Carpenter, New America Foundation (organization) (excerpt), S8071 [24JY]

Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on the Federal Budget and the Balance in the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund: CBO, S13812 [23DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, S13000 [11DE]

Reports filed

Affordable Health Choices Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1679), S9553 [17SE]

African Development Fund Replenishment Act: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 955) (S. Rept. 111-51), S7639 [16JY]

America's Affordable Health Choices Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 3200) (H. Rept. 111-299), H11383 [14OC]

———Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3200) (H. Rept. 111-299), H11383 [14OC]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3200) (H. Rept. 111-299), H11383 [14OC]

America's Healthy Future Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1796) (S. Rept. 111-89), S10520 [19OC]

Commend Hunters, Sportsmen's Associations, Meat Processors, Hunger Relief Organizations, and State Agencies for Programs That Provide Game Meat To Feed the Hungry: Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate) (S. Res. 374), S13319 [16DE]

Consideration of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, and H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 903) (H. Rept. 111-330), H12586 [6NO]

Section 8 Voucher Reform Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3045) (H. Rept. 111-277), H10407 [30SE]

Support Fifth Summit of the Americas: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 90), S4061 [31MR]

Rulings of the Chair

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3590), S13810 [23DE]

Statements

America's Affordable Health Choices Act: Several Physicians, Nurses, and Community Activists, E2072 [29JY]

Health Care Delivery System Reform: American Cancer Society, American Diabetes Association, American Heart Association, American Stroke Association, and Consumers Union, S4139 [1AP]

Laying the Foundation for National Prosperity—The Imperative of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap: Center for Community Economic Development, H3787-H3789 [24MR]

Summaries

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) Health Care Reform Proposal: CBO, S6623-S6626 [16JN]

Economic Case for Health Care Reform: Council of Economic Advisers, S7183 [7JY]

Legal Solution in Health Reform—The Constitutionality of Mandates To Purchase Health Insurance: Mark A. Hall, O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, S13582 [20DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), S13350 [17DE]

Tables

Budget aggregates, H12970 [7NO], H13329 [19NO]

Republican amendments submitted and accepted during Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) and Committee on Finance (Senate) markups of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S12843-S12850 [10DE]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Education and Labor, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), and Committee on Ways and Means (House), H12970 [7NO]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H13329 [19NO]

Tennessee ten year budget projection, S10180 [7OC]

Testimonies

Federal Health Care Reform—Opportunities and Challenges for Minnesota: Alan L. Goldbloom, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota (organization), E2131 [31JY]

———Brock Nelson, Regions Hospital, E2130 [31JY]

———Melissa Winger, Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota (organization), E2131 [31JY]

———Representative McCollum, E2130 [31JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 210, recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs, H3081 [9MR]

H. Res. 232, tribute to Marine Corps Toys for Tots Literacy Program, H6033 [2JN]

H. Res. 385, tribute to Millard Fuller, H6372 [9JN]

H. Res. 442, recognize importance of the Child and Adult Care Food Program and its positive effect on low-income children and families, H5682 [18MY]

H. Res. 744, disapprove interruption by Representative Joe Wilson of President Obama's joint congressional address on health care reform, H9529 [15SE]

H. Res. 858, Inter-American Foundation anniversary, H12256 [3NO]

H. Res. 903, consideration of H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act and H.R. 3961, Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act, H12598 [7NO]

H.R. 46, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, H4862 [28AP]

H.R. 403, Homes for Heroes Act, H6833-H6838 [16JN]

H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, S13891-S14124 [24DE]

H.R. 3962, Affordable Health Care for America Act, H12623-H12834 [7NO]

S. 53, Nursing School Clinics Act, S59 [6JA]

S. 214, permit qualifying States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments for certain Medicaid children's health expenditures, S315 [12JA]

S. 228, permit States to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for Medicaid eligibility, S346 [13JA]

S. 242, Title I Education Funding Integrity Act, S392 [14JA]

S. 430, Economic Development Administration reauthorization, S2243 [12FE]

S. 439, Indian Development Finance Corporation Act, S2326-S2329 [13FE]

S. 538, Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support Act, S2836-S2838 [5MR]

S. 585, Taxpayer Abuse Prevention Act, S3078 [12MR]

S. 770, Medicare, Medicaid, and MCH Tobacco Cessation Promotion Act, S4180 [1AP]

S. 808, Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid Transition to Housing Act, S4358-S4368 [2AP]

S. 846, award Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Yunus, S4520 [21AP], S10381 [13OC]

S. 958, MediKids Health Insurance Act, S5023-S5027 [1MY]

S. 968, Secondary School Innovation Fund Act, S5082-S5085 [4MY]

S. 1114, Medical Homes Act, S5729-S5732 [20MY]

S. 1141, Tariff Relief Assistance for Developing Economies (TRADE) Act, S5847 [21MY]

S. 1185, Medicare Financial Stability for Beneficiaries Act, S6194-S6201 [4JN]

S. 1201, Helping Fill the Medicare Rx Gap Act, S6265 [8JN]

S. 1547, Zero Tolerance for Veterans Homelessness Act, S8562-S8564 [30JY]

S. 1658, Healthy Housing Council Act, S9266-S9268 [10SE]

S. Con. Res. 6, ensure health care needs of women and all individuals are met, S2164 [11FE]

S. Con. Res. 25, recognize value, benefits, and importance of community health centers, S6388 [9JN]

S. Con. Res. 39, express that stable and affordable housing is essential to HIV prevention, treatment, and care and commit to providing adequate funding for development of housing as a response to AIDS pandemic, S9381 [15SE]

S. Res. 67, recognize importance of the School Breakfast Program and its overall positive effect on low-income children and encourage States to strengthen school breakfast programs, S2850, S2853 [5MR]

S. Res. 90, support Fifth Summit of the Americas, S4005 [30MR], S4397 [2AP]

S. Res. 157, Bread for the World (organization) anniversary, S5876 [21MY], S5981 [2JN]

S. Res. 170, ensure children benefit from any health care insurance reform, S6272 [8JN], S6496 [11JN]

S. Res. 183, tribute to Millard Fuller, S6568, S6570 [11JN]

S. Res. 212, require any Medicare/Medicaid savings to be reinvested back into Medicare and used to increase Federal medical assistance percentage to reduce State burdens, S7651 [16JY]

S. Res. 219, tribute to Newark, NJ, East Side High School hockey team, S7793 [21JY]

S. Res. 231, require any proposal for health care reform slow the long-term growth of health care costs and reduce the growth rate of Federal health care spending, S8566 [30JY]

S. Res. 299, support goals and ideals of National Infant Mortality Awareness Month, S10068, S10077 [1OC]

S. Res. 374, commend hunters, sportsmen's associations, meat processors, hunger relief organizations, and certain State agencies for programs that provide game meat to feed the hungry, S13192 [14DE], S13469 [18DE]