LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT related term(s) Congress; House of Representatives

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1265 [4MR], S1332 [7MR], S1413 [8MR], S1511 [9MR], H776, H777, H778, H779, H780, H781, H782, H783, H784, H785, H786, H787, H788, H789, H790, H791, H792, H793, H794, H795, H796 [14FE], H830, H844, H846, H849, H854, H855, H873, H875, H878, H881, H882, H886, H888, H889, H890, H893, H895, H897, H900, H901, H902, H903, H904, H908, H910, H924, H925, H926, H927, H928, H929, H930, H931, H933, H934, H935 [15FE], H968, H970, H976, H981, H982, H984, H986, H987, H988, H989, H990, H992, H999, H1001, H1002, H1003, H1007, H1014, H1016, H1020, H1023, H1024, H1025, H1028, H1031, H1032, H1033, H1036, H1041, H1045, H1051, H1055, H1056, H1057, H1060, H1063, H1064, H1067, H1071 [16FE], H1091, H1094, H1095, H1096, H1102, H1103, H1106, H1111, H1114, H1115, H1121, H1125, H1131, H1144, H1145, H1149, H1155, H1182, H1183, H1184, H1185, H1186 [17FE], H1202, H1213, H1215, H1217, H1220, H1221, H1222, H1223, H1224, H1226, H1231, H1243, H1245, H1246, H1247, H1249, H1257, H1258, H1261, H1262, H1265, H1268, H1269, H1271, H1272, H1273, H1275, H1277, H1279, H1280, H1281, H1282, H1284, H1285, H1286, H1287, H1288, H1289, H1290, H1291, H1308, H1310, H1311, H1312, H1313, H1314, H1315, H1316, H1317, H1318, H1319, H1320, H1322, H1323, H1324, H1325, H1327, H1328, H1342, H1345, H1346, H1349 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H814 [15FE]

———making (H.R. 2551), H5240 [19JY], H5360, H5362, H5363, H5364, H5365, H5367, H5368, H5369, H5370, H5371 [21JY], H5379, H5380 [22JY]

Articles and editorials

Cuts to Sergeant-at-Arms Raise Concerns for Some, E1426 [27JY]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: making (see H.R. 2551), H5125 [15JY]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (see H.R. 1), H722 [11FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 92), H773 [14FE]

———making (H.R. 2551), consideration (see H. Res. 359), H5284 [20JY]

Budget: reduce spending (see S. 162), S126 (see S. 178), S127 [25JA] (see S. 245), S411 [1FE] (see H.R. 408), H434 [24JA] (see H.R. 1605), H2911 [15AP] (see H.R. 2041), H3755 [26MY]

Buy American Act: clarify applicability to products purchased for use of legislative branch and prohibit exceptions for products bearing an official congressional insignia (see H.R. 1239), H2037 [29MR]

Congress: consent to assemble outside the District of Columbia (see H. Con. Res. 1), H41 [5JA]

———defund House and Senate Budget Committees and majority leadership offices if that House does not adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget (see H.R. 2372), H4574 [24JN]

———establish the style for amending laws (see H.R. 841), H1390 [28FE]

Contracts: prohibit offices from entering into certain contracts with any contractor who does not participate in the E-verify program (see H.R. 280), H201 [12JA]

Federal agencies and departments: improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government (see H.R. 2340), H4527 [23JN]

Federal employees: enhance enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections and provide whistleblower protections and other antidiscrimination protections for employees (see H.R. 3108), H6624 [5OC]

———reduce pay for Members of Congress, make Federal civilian employees subject to a period of mandatory unpaid leave, and reduce appropriations for salaries and expenses for offices of the legislative branch (see H.R. 270), H201 [12JA]

GAO: enhance oversight authorities (see S. 237), S359 [31JA]

GPO: eliminate mandatory printing of bills and resolutions for use by Congress (see S. 210), S272 [26JA] (see H.R. 292), H202 [12JA]

House Rules: require poverty impact statements for certain legislation (see H.R. 385), H395 [20JA]

———require that bills be available to Members a full 72 hours prior to a vote by the House (see H. Res. 230), H2913 [15AP]

———require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 330), H4528 [23JN]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see S. 1981), S8547 [13DE] (see H.R. 3643), H8879 [13DE]

———prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution has not been approved (see S. 1442), S5018 [28JY]

———prohibit use of representational allowance to purchase online ads that link to a website other than the official site of the Member involved (see H. Res. 482), H8076 [1DE]

———require salaries to be held in escrow if all regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (see H.R. 1454), H2569 [8AP]

Public buildings: prohibit smoking in or near Federal buildings (see H.R. 3382), H7397 [4NO]

Public Online Information Advisory Committee: establish (see S. 717), S2087 [4AP] (see H.R. 1349), H2291 [4AP]

Senate: reduce budget of the Senate (see S. Res. 94), S1406 [8MR]

War Powers Resolution: amend (see H.J. Res. 55), H2534 [7AP]

Whistleblowing: extend whistleblower protections to employees (see S. 586), S1677 [15MR]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247 [4MR]

Excerpts

Federalist Papers (No. 62): James Madison, S315-S317 [27JA]

U.S. Constitution (Article I, Section 1-10), H2225-H2227 [1AP]

Letters

Office of Congressional Ethics funding: several political organizations, H5361 [21JY]

Lists

Budgetary outline for H.R. 2551, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H5312 [21JY]

Motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S1247 [4MR], H1355 [18FE]

Notices

Congressional Office of Compliance: Veterans Employment Opportunities Act final regulations, S99-S104 [25JA], S1400-S1405 [8MR], H462-H467 [25JA], H1610-H1614 [8MR]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: across-the-board funding reduction, H5313-H5316 [21JY]

———direct CBO and BLS to conduct a joint study on effect of full-year continuing appropriations legislation on job levels and report findings in the Employment Situation Report, H1243, H1244 [18FE]

———making, H9896 [16DE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H727, H746, H750-H754 [14FE], H801, H803, H804, H817-H913 [15FE], H937, H941, H942, H944, H948, H949, H950, H951, H955, H957-H1036, H1043-H1068 [16FE], H1074, H1080-H1175, H1181-H1189 [17FE], H1201, H1202-H1249, H1255-H1357 [18FE], H1366, H1378-H1382 [28FE], H1395, H1398, H1404, H1405, H1406-H1415, H1417-H1419, H1425, H1429, H1442-H1445 [1MR], H1460, H1463, H1464, H1485, H1502, H1503, H1517 [2MR], H1527, H1528, H1554-H1557, H1561 [3MR], H1627, H1628, H1629, H1643-H1649 [9MR], H1672, H1673, H1676, H1699, H1712 [10MR], H1751-H1761 [11MR], H1773 [14MR], H1805-H1810, H1821, H1822, H1828, H1836 [15MR], H1849, H1850, H1859, H1901 [16MR], H1980 [17MR], H2004, H2007 [29MR], H2046, H2048, H2049, H2050, H2063, H2065-H2067, H2092 [30MR], H2113, H2118, H2119 [31MR], H2217, H2218, H2225, H2228, H2230, H2248 [1AP], H2272 [4AP], H2299, H2301, H2302, H2314 [5AP], H2331, H2336, H2392, H2395, H2401 [6AP], H2414, H2453 [7AP], H2541, H2544, H2547, H2549, H2550 [8AP], H2598 [12AP], H2739, H2743, H2789 [14AP], H2903 [15AP], H5739 [29JY], H5860 [1AU], H6677 [11OC], E222 [14FE], E238, E239, E240, E241, E242, E243, E245, E247, E248, E249, E250, E251 [16FE], E253, E254, E255, E257, E258, E259 [17FE], E261, E262, E269, E270, E271, E272, E273, E275, E276, E277, E278, E279, E280, E281, E282, E283, E284, E286, E287, E288, E289, E290, E291, E292, E293, E295, E296, E297, E298, E299, E300, E301, E302, E303, E305, E308, E310, E312, E317, E318, E319 [18FE], E321, E322, E324, E333, E336 [28FE], E388, E389 [1MR], E396 [2MR], E413, E414, E415, E416 [3MR], E500 [16MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H804-H817, H879 [15FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H1355 [18FE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, H1174, H1175 [17FE]

———making (H.R. 2551), H5348-H5372 [21JY], H5378-H5387 [22JY], E1388 [22JY], E1398, E1400 [25JY], E1407 [26JY], E1426 [27JY]

———making (H.R. 2551), consideration (H. Res. 359), H5312-H5316 [21JY]

Budget: reduce spending, H473, H475 [26JA], H1977, H1980 [17MR], H6127-H6129 [13SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: Green the Capitol Initiative funding, H1045-H1047 [16FE]

———U.S. Botanic Garden funding, H5363-H5365 [21JY], E1388 [22JY]

Capitol Police: funding, H5355 [21JY]

Committee on Economics (Joint): funding, H5362 [21JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H7074 [26OC], H7940 [30NO], H8174 [6DE], H8314-H8316 [8DE]

———consent to assemble outside the District of Columbia (H. Con. Res. 1), H28 [5JA]

———Office of Technology Assessment funding through reductions in House Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund funding, H5379, H5380 [22JY]

———preserve authority and responsibilities granted in the Constitution by improving oversight of Federal agencies and departments, H2320 [5AP]

Congressional Office of Compliance: funding, H5362, H5363 [21JY]

Conservation of energy: compact fluorescent light bulbs funding, H5368, H5369 [21JY]

Federal employees: enhance enforcement authority for occupational safety and health protections and provide whistleblower protections and other antidiscrimination protections for employees (H.R. 3108), E1777 [5OC]

———reduce pay for Members of Congress, make Federal civilian employees subject to a period of mandatory unpaid leave, and reduce appropriations for salaries and expenses for offices of the legislative branch (H.R. 270), E55 [12JA], E2270 [15DE]

———tribute, H1711-H1716 [10MR]

Government: importance of separation of powers, H1561 [3MR]

———restore constitutional checks and balances, H325 [19JA], H594 [9FE]

———restore constitutional checks and balances and protections against Federal abuses as envisioned by the Founding Fathers, H2589-H2593 [12AP]

GPO: anniversary, E407 [3MR]

———eliminate mandatory printing of bills and resolutions for use by Congress, H5367 [21JY]

———eliminate mandatory printing of bills and resolutions for use by Congress (H.R. 292), H207-H209 [18JA], E75 [19JA], E102 [24JA]

———funding, H5365, H5366 [21JY]

House of Representatives: process for referring bills to the private calendar, E586 [31MR]

Members of Congress: prohibit use of representational allowance for certain mailings, H5370, H5371 [21JY]

———prohibit use of representational allowance for leasing of a vehicle over a certain amount per month, H5369 [21JY]

———prohibit use of representational allowance to purchase online ads that link to a website maintained by Members, committees, or leadership offices, H5371, H5372 [21JY]

———reduce pay, H5315 [21JY]

———require salaries to be held in escrow if all regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (H.R. 1454), H4046 [13JN]

Office of Congressional Ethics: funding, H5360-H5362 [21JY]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from appropriations legislation, S8717-S8721 [16DE], S8754 [17DE]

———legislative process, S5936 [23SE]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S822 [17FE], S1022 [28FE], S1023-S1028 [1MR], S1087 [2MR], S1179, S1185-S1193, S1204, S1206-S1208 [3MR], S1245-S1247 [4MR], S1415-S1419, S1421-S1495 [9MR], S1515, S1533, S1544 [10MR], S1591 [14MR], S1614, S1650 [15MR], S1728 [16MR], S1908 [29MR], S1950 [30MR], S2005, S2014, S2035-S2037 [31MR], S2114 [5AP], S2157, S2181, S2186 [6AP], S2236, S2254 [7AP], S2293, S2304 [8AP], S2438, S2439 [13AP], S3717 [13JN]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), motion to proceed, S1247-S1250 [4MR], S1309-S1313, S1315-S1318, S1320 [7MR], S1336-S1348, S1350-S1360, S1394-S1398 [8MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S1362 [8MR]

———making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent request, S1247 [4MR]

Budget: reduce spending, S585, S586 [7FE], S1667 [15MR], S1722, S1744 [16MR], S7602 [16NO]

———reduce spending (S. 162), S247 [25JA], S249 [26JA]

———reduce spending (S. 245), S81 [25JA], S412-S414 [1FE], S934 [28FE], S1337 [8MR], S2009 [31MR], S2299, S2335 [8AP], S2414 [13AP], S2484 [14AP], S3790, S3798, S3799 [15JN], S4059 [23JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: anniversary of deaths of John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut, S4855-S4857, S4860 [25JY], S4906 [26JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, S4269 [30JN], S4415 [7JY], S7958-S7960 [29NO]

Federal agencies and departments: list and describe all administered programs, S1736, S1737 [16MR]

Federal employees: tribute, S5865 [22SE]

GAO: consolidate certain duplicate and overlapping Goverment programs or agencies, S2180 [6AP]

GPO: anniversary, S1213 [3MR], S1261 [4MR]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution has not been approved, S6159 [5OC]

OMB: recommend rescissions for Goverment programs or agencies with duplicate or overlapping missions, S2180 [6AP]

Senate: reduce budget of the Senate, S1642, S1643 [15MR], S1715, S1717 [16MR]

———reduce budget of the Senate (S. Res. 94), S1768 [16MR]

Whistleblowing: extend whistleblower protections to employees (S. 586), S1681 [15MR]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and Other Departments and Agencies Appropriations, Unobligated Stimulus Funds Rescission, and Discretionary Spending Reduction: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 112-13), H773 [14FE]

Consideration of H.R. 2551, Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 359) (H. Rept. 111-173), H5284 [20JY]

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 2551) (S. Rept. 112-148), H5124 [15JY]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 2551) (S. Rept. 112-80), S5684 [15SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H879, H883, H890, H897 [15FE], H970, H984, H988, H991, H994, H1008, H1025, H1028, H1029, H1033, H1034, H1044, H1064 [16FE], H1103, H1111, H1115 [17FE], H1203, H1215, H1222, H1232, H1244, H1271, H1282, H1288 [18FE]

Tables

Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2055): legislative branch of the Government, H9877-H9880 [16DE]

Legislative branch of the Government appropriations (H.R. 2551), H5350-H5353 [21JY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 1, consent for Congress to assemble outside the District of Columbia, H28 [5JA]

H. Res. 92, consideration of H.R. 1, Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies appropriations, unobligated stimulus funds rescission, and discretionary spending reduction, H804 [15FE]

H. Res. 359, consideration of H.R. 2551, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H5312 [21JY]

H.R. 292, Stop the OverPrinting (STOP) Act, H207 [18JA]

H.R. 2551, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H5356-H5360 [21JY]

S. Res. 94, Senate budget reduction, S1412 [8MR], S1768 [16MR]