POLITICAL PARTIES
Addresses
Less From Washington and More of Ourselves—The New Promise of American Life: Senator Alexander, S8469-S8471 [3DE]
Reclaiming Politics: Richard C. Levin, Yale University, H8774 [17DE], E1552 [10AU]
Universal Voter Registration: John Fund (excerpt), H530 [3FE]
Articles and editorials
End Run Denies Public a Debate on Health Care, S5770 [13JY]
John Kurzweil—The Passing of a Patriot, E1940 [17NO]
Let's Fix Judicial Nominee Process, S8322 [1DE]
Letting Crooks and Illegals Vote, H530 [3FE]
No, GOP, You Don't Get the Car Keys Back, E1198 [24JN]
Now Vacant—A Confirmation Crisis in Our Courts, S7951 [17NO]
Rage on the Right—The Year in Hate and Extremism, H2472 [13AP]
Senate Must End Games, Confirm Strong N.C. Judges; Congress' Failure To Approve Diaz, S8321 [1DE]
Unconscionable Delays for President Obama's Court Picks, S8321 [1DE]
Vacancy Signs at the Federal Courthouse, S8120 [19NO]
Vacant Stares—Why Don't Americans Worry About How an Understaffed Federal Bench Is Hazardous to Their Health?, S7952 [17NO]
Bills and resolutions
Declaration of Conscience Day: designate (see S. Res. 536), S4082 [20MY]
Senate Rules: improve process for motions to proceed, cloture, and holds (see S. Res. 440), S1169 [4MR]
———provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate (see S. Res. 416), S569 [11FE]
Letters
Mischaracterization by John Fund of Representative Frank's position on universal voter registration: Representative Frank, H531 [3FE]
Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees: Ashley L. Belleau, Federal Bar Association, S8322 [1DE]
———Carolyn B. Lamm, ABA, S8119 [19NO]
———John E. Nordin III, National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, S10886 [21DE]
———President Obama, S8118 [19NO]
———Royce C. Lamberth, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, S8119 [19NO]
———Senator Leahy, S4604 [7JN]
———several members of the Advisory Board of the Ninth Circuit, S8322 [1DE]
———several Ninth Circuit judges, S8118 [19NO]
Lists
Ambassadorial nominees pending Senate confirmation, S1249 [8MR]
Cloture motion votes for certain executive and judicial nominees, S1249 [8MR]
Executive departments nominees pending Senate confirmation, S1248 [8MR]
Proclamations
Rockdale County, GA, Democratic Party Day: Representative Henry C. ``Hank'' Johnson, Jr., E976 [28MY]
Remarks in House
Advocates for Self-Government (organization): anniversary, E1251 [30JN]
Congress: impact of economy on election results, H6885 [23SE], H7402, H7403 [15NO], H7503 [17NO], H7554 [18NO], H8251 [8DE]
Congressional Progressive Caucus: characterization, H829 [24FE], H923 [25FE], H7588 [18NO]
Frank, Representative: mischaracterization by John Fund of position on universal voter registration, H530 [3FE]
House of Representatives: election for leadership positions, H7551 [18NO]
———impact of partisanship, H175, H176 [19JA], H404 [27JA], H823-H830 [24FE], H1350, H1351 [11MR], H1683, H1687 [19MR], H1813 [20MR], H2192 [22MR], H2246 [23MR], H5821 [21JY]
———importance of bipartisanship, H305 [21JA], H392 [27JA], H835, H838 [25FE], H1041 [3MR], H5620 [15JY], H7585 [18NO], H8279 [9DE], H8774 [17DE]
———legislative priorities, H1364, H1367 [12MR], H2834 [22AP], H3683-H3685 [20MY], H4321-H4327 [9JN], H4654 [22JN], H5779-H5781 [20JY], H6206, H6207 [28JY], H6288 [29JY], H7031 [28SE], H7267 [29SE], H8019 [2DE], H8253 [8DE], H8363 [15DE]
———legislative process, H5521 [13JY], H6298 [29JY], H6539 [30JY], H7199, H7204 [28SE], H7624 [29NO]
Jefferson Democratic Club of Flushing, Inc.: anniversary, E1512 [30JY]
National Women's Political Caucus: tribute to Exceptional Merit in Media Award recipients, E1921 [16NO]
News media: allegations of media bias as evidenced by campaign contributions, E1671 [16SE]
———allegations of media bias in coverage of issues based on political affiliation, H11 [12JA], H148 [19JA], H731 [23FE], H1176 [9MR], H2178 [22MR], H2464 [13AP], H2508 [14AP], H2785 [21AP], H2823 [22AP], H3018 [29AP], H3314 [12MY], H3792 [25MY], H5506 [13JY], H5591 [14JY], H5895 [21JY], H6648 [14SE], E71 [21JA], E146 [3FE], E683 [27AP], E986 [28MY], E1289 [13JY], E1320, E1323 [14JY], E1818, E1831, E1840 [29SE], E1894 [15NO]
———allegations of media bias in coverage of Supreme Court nominations, H3489 [18MY], E1319 [14JY]
Obama, President: host of televised bipartisan health care summit, H935 [26FE], H1018 [2MR]
———proposal to host televised bipartisan health care summit, H631-H636 [22FE], H654, H655, H738, H741, H743 [23FE], H758, H760, H817-H822, H825, H827, H829, H830 [24FE]
Public demonstrations: condemn disparaging behavior and actions by protesters toward certain Members of Congress, H1797 [20MR], H1833, H1834 [21MR], H2322, H2419, H2420, H2443, H2444 [25MR], E457 [23MR]
Senate: legislative process, H956 [26FE]
WWRC-Radio (Washington, DC): tribute to ``Intelligent Talk'' format, H3666 [20MY]
Remarks in Senate
Burma: National League for Democracy dissolution as a political party, S6145, S6146 [22JY]
Congress: efficacy of comprehensive legislation rather than individual reform to address legislative priorities, S62 [21JA], S8471 [3DE]
———impact of economy on election results, S8258 [30NO], S8330 [1DE]
———impact of extremism on election results, S7874 [15NO]
Declaration of Conscience Day: designate (S. Res. 536), S4104-S4106 [20MY]
Presidential appointments: process for selecting Supreme Court nominees, S2186, S2198 [12AP], S2219 [13AP], S5171-S5177 [21JN]
———Senate process for confirmation of Dept. of Defense nominees, S461-S463 [4FE]
———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S15-S17 [20JA], S183, S187-S189 [25JA], S385 [1FE], S416 [2FE], S454-S456 [4FE], S519, S524 [9FE], S904-S910, S936 [2MR], S1153 [4MR], S1247 [8MR], S1649-S1651 [17MR], S2016 [24MR], S2270-S2274 [14AP], S2412 [19AP], S2439, S2445 [20AP], S2494, S2498, S2508, S2509 [21AP], S2539 [22AP], S3145, S3146 [5MY], S4509 [27MY], S4590, S4603 [7JN], S4905 [15JN], S5187-S5191 [21JN], S5480 [28JN], S5733 [12JY], S6011-S6013 [20JY], S6193-S6195 [22JY], S6477-S6486 [29JY], S6971, S6972 [5AU], S7009-S7012 [13SE], S7314-S7316 [22SE], S7949-S7952 [17NO], S8116-S8118 [19NO], S8318-S8321 [1DE], S8782-S8784 [10DE], S10297-S10299 [15DE], S10506-S10508 [17DE], S10668 [18DE], S10866, S10885-S10887 [21DE], S10988-S10990, S11066-S11070 [22DE]
———Senate process for confirmation of political nominees, S384 [1FE], S401-S404, S406, S411-S413 [2FE], S451-S456, S467, S468 [4FE], S515, S541 [9FE], S1247 [8MR], S1566-S1575 [16MR], S2090 [25MR], S2142 [26MR], S2269, S2270 [14AP], S2400, S2402, S2403, S2407, S2408 [19AP], S2442-S2444, S2463-S2466 [20AP], S2787-S2790 [29AP], S3387-S3398 [7MY], S5194 [21JN], S5722-S5728 [12JY], S5754-S5758, S5769 [13JY], S5836 [14JY]
Senate: impact of partisanship, S401-S404 [2FE], S524, S526 [9FE], S1422 [11MR], S1992, S2016 [24MR], S2673 [27AP], S2716, S2718 [28AP], S3087 [4MY], S4167-S4169 [25MY], S4610 [7JN], S5654 [30JN], S7411 [23SE], S7475 [27SE], S7567 [28SE], S8318-S8321, S8325 [1DE], S8530 [4DE], S8782-S8784 [10DE], S10315, S10367 [16DE]
———importance of bipartisanship, S470 [4FE], S3487 [11MY], S5803 [14JY], S7489-S7492 [27SE], S8622 [8DE]
———legislative process, S681, S682 [23FE], S838, S844 [1MR], S1154-S1156 [4MR], S7390 [23SE], S8309 [1DE], S8445 [3DE], S10261 [15DE], S10459 [17DE], S10854-S10856 [21DE]
Senate Rules: improve process for motions to proceed, cloture, and holds (S. Res. 440), S1572 [16MR]
———provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate (S. Res. 416), S572-S574 [11FE], S924 [2MR]
———use of filibuster and holds to obstruct legislation, S10351, S10355 [16DE]
Statements
Declaration of Conscience: Margaret Chase Smith, S4104-S4106 [20MY]
Senate Process for Confirmation of Judicial Nominees: Senator Specter, S4592-S4599 [7JN]
Tables
Judicial nominees pending Senate confirmation, S1248 [8MR]
Texts of
S. Res. 416, provide for cloture to be invoked in the Senate with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate, S571 [11FE]
S. Res. 440, Senate Rules process improvement for motions to proceed, cloture, and holds, S1184 [4MR]
S. Res. 536, Declaration of Conscience Day, S4092, S4106 [20MY]