MORALITY AND ETHICS

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H546 [27JA], H2901 [3MR]

Articles and editorials

Obama's `Science' Fiction, S3364 [18MR]

Taxation, E747 [24MR]

Bills and resolutions

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion (see H.R. 649), H485 [22JA]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (see S. 650), S3550 [19MR]

———constitutional amendment to allow the death penalty for the rape of a child (see H.J. Res. 51), H5399 [7MY]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (see H.R. 1269), H2924 [3MR]

———restrict Federal court jurisdiction over abortion-related cases by establishing that human life begins at fertilization (see H.R. 227), H68 [7JA]

Dept. of HHS: include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (see H.R. 2906), H6903 [16JN]

District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 2608), H6011 [21MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 37), H2980 [4MR] (see H.J. Res. 50), H5399 [7MY]

Health: intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (see H.R. 877), H1042 [4FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see S. 487), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 873), H1042 [4FE]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research and direct NIH to issue guidelines for such research (see H.R. 872), H1042 [4FE]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 1972), H4523 [2AP]

Lawyers and attorneys: exempt qualifying law school students participating in legal clinics or externships from certain conflict of interest rules (see S. 2888), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 4194), H13519 [3DE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 314), S10520 [19OC]

National Week of Reflection and Tolerance: support (see H. Res. 246), H3438 [16MR]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit as indecent the broadcasting of any advertisement for medication for the treatment of erectile dysfunction (see H.R. 2175), H4999 [29AP]

Poverty: 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]

Schools: prohibit Federal education funding for elementary or secondary schools that provide access to emergency postcoital contraception (see H.R. 2458), H5711 [18MY]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 110), H32 [6JA] (see H.R. 1050), H1519 [12FE]

Stam, Katie: tribute (see H. Res. 245), H3437 [16MR]

Supreme Court: express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child (see S. Res. 4), S43 [6JA]

Taxation: provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures (see S. 99), S42 [6JA]

U.N.: prohibit use of U.S. contributions to pay or reimburse the legal expenses of officers or employees charged with malfeasance (see H.R. 1072), H1605 [13FE]

Video games: require certain warning labels to be placed on video games that are given certain ratings due to violent content (see H.R. 231), H69 [7JA]

Letters

Availability of Representative Doc Hastings to Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) investigative subcommittees: Representative Boehner, H546 [27JA]

Remarks in House

Accountability: importance in government and society, H3139-H3142 [10MR], H3504-H3507 [17MR], H3789 [24MR], H5700-H5706 [18MY], H11279-H11285 [13OC], H13261, H13262 [18NO]

Cuba: U.S. policy, H6422 [10JN], H8064 [14JY]

Dept. of HHS: include problem and pathological gambling in Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration programs and establish grant program to address consequences of problem gambling (H.R. 2906), E1448 [17JN]

Health: induced pluripotent stem cell research, H2958-H2960, H2962 [4MR]

———intensify stem cell research showing evidence of substantial clinical benefit to patients (H.R. 877), H2961 [4MR]

———provide for adult stem cell research, H2958-H2964 [4MR]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research, H2958-H2964 [4MR], H3472 [17MR]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 487), E1107 [7MY]

Human rights: condemn offenders of human rights and religious freedom, H1048 [9FE], E809 [30MR]

Johnsen, Dawn E.: evaluation of nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel relative to positions on abortion, H5647, H5652 [14MY], H5863, H5864 [20MY], H6528 [10JN]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (H.R. 1972), H5490 [13MY]

Lawyers and attorneys: exempt qualifying law school students participating in legal clinics or externships from certain conflict of interest rules (H.R. 4194), H14899, H14900 [15DE], H15473 [16DE]

Letterman, David: condemn joke relative to daughter of Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, H6909 [17JN]

Members of Congress: ensure accountability for highest standards of ethics, H7731-H7733 [7JY]

Obama, President: appropriateness of delivery of University of Notre Dame commencement address relative to views on abortion, H5673 [18MY]

———evaluation of administration relative to positions on abortion, family planning aid to foreign countries, and embryonic stem cell research, H3759 [24MR], H5001 [30AP], H6523, H6527-H6529 [10JN]

———Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, H3080, H3090 [9MR], H3111 [10MR], H3148, H3149, H3330-H3336 [11MR], H6527 [10JN], E632 [11MR]

Religion: historical impact of Judeo-Christian values, H14818-H14821 [11DE]

———importance of prayer, H4558 [21AP], H5896 [21MY], H8013 [13JY], H8065 [14JY], H9539-H9542 [15SE]

Saudi Arabia: condemn arrest and sentencing of elderly woman for violation of religious laws, H3447 [17MR]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 1050), H2958 [4MR]

Remarks in Senate

Accountability: importance in government and society, S710 [21JA]

American Academy of Ophthalmology: anniversary of ethics code, S9729 [23SE]

Capital punishment: abolish under Federal law (S. 650), S3558-S3560 [19MR]

Cuba: U.S. policy, S2613-S2618 [2MR], S2664-S2667 [3MR], S2782-S2784, S2809 [5MR], S4529 [22AP], S4727 [27AP], S4909 [30AP]

Dept. of State: deny U.S. admission to any foreign government official and immediate family members if credible evidence exists of corruption relative to extraction of natural resources, S12067 [1DE]

Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (S. 487), S2562-S2564 [26FE]

Lawyers and attorneys: exempt qualifying law school students participating in legal clinics or externships from certain conflict of interest rules (S. 2888), S13379 [17DE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (S. Res. 314), S10530, S10531 [19OC]

———observance, S9835 [24SE]

Obama, President: Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, S2874, S2905 [9MR], S3063 [12MR], S3364 [18MR]

———issuance of administration guidelines for implementing Executive order to allow Federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, S7295 [9JY]

Ogden, David W.: impact of position on certain pornography cases as a private attorney on suitability to be Deputy Attorney General, S3009-S3011, S3014-S3016 [11MR]

Sebelius, Kathleen: evaluation of nomination to be Sec. of HHS relative to positions on abortion, S4767, S4772 [28AP]

Texts of

H.R. 4194, Law Student Clinic Participation Act, H14899 [15DE]

S. 487, Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act, S2562 [26FE]

S. 650, Federal Death Penalty Abolition Act, S3560-S3563 [19MR]

S. Res. 4, express that Kennedy v. Louisiana was erroneously decided and that the death penalty can be imposed for the rape of a child, S148 [6JA]

S. Res. 314, National Character Counts Week, S10524, S10531 [19OC]