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

Amendments

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8052, S8073, S8084, S8085 [17DE], S8117, S8126, S8128, S8130, S8141, S8142, S8143, S8144, S8147, S8149, S8150, S8151 [18DE], S8164, S8178, S8184, S8195, S8207, S8208, S8212, S8223, S8224 [19DE], S8305, S8306, S8307 [20DE], S8366, S8368, S8369, S8372 [21DE], S8429, S8430, S8431, S8432, S8433, S8434, S8442 [27DE], S8462, S8463, S8469, S8472, S8476, S8496, S8508 [28DE]

——— making (H.R. 5882), H3676, H3677, H3679, H3680, H3681, H3683 [8JN]

——— making (H.R. 5882), consideration (H. Res. 679), H3598 [7JN]

GAO: repeal or modify certain mandates (S. 3315), S6653, S6672 [21SE]

Articles and editorials

Congressional Staffers, Public Shortchanged by High Turnover, Low Pay, H3678 [8JN]

Bills and resolutions

Appropriations: making (see H.R. 5882), H3404 [1JN]

——— making (H.R. 5882), consideration (see H. Res. 679), H3577 [6JN]

CBO: require 20-year cost estimates for bills or joint resolutions (see H.R. 6347), H5706 [2AU]

Congress: end the unconstitutional delegation of legislative power and direct GAO to issue a report detailing the extent of such delegation in order to phase it out (see S. 3361), S4724 [28JN]

——— preserve constitutional authority and ensure accountability and transparency in legislation (see S. 3360), S4724 [28JN]

——— require each bill enacted be limited to only one subject (see S. 3359), S4724 [28JN] (see H.R. 3806), H114 [23JA]

——— waive requirement that measures enrolled during the remainder of the 112th Congress be printed on parchment (see H. Con. Res. 147), H7565 [1JA]

Federal employees: extend pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (see S. 2079), S388 [7FE] (see H.R. 3835), H186 [27JA] (see H.R. 6726), H7565 [1JA]

——— prohibit senior Government officers and employees from lobbying on behalf of foreign governments or instrumentalities for ten years after leaving office (see H.R. 4343), H1805 [29MR]

GAO: repeal or modify certain mandates (see S. 3315), S4368 [20JN]

Lobbyists: extend post-employment restrictions on lobbying by Members of Congress and officers and employees (see H.R. 4030), H726 [14FE]

Members of Congress: clarify whether a House Member is subject to a deduction in pay due to absence by defining absent as missing any vote held in the House on a given day (see H.R. 6085), H4684 [9JY]

——— impose a daily reduction in rates of pay if Congress fails to agree to a concurrent budget resolution (see H.R. 4036), H801 [15FE]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: provide documents relating to trade negotiations to Members of Congress and their staff upon request (see S. 3225), S3516 [23MY]

Presidents of the U.S.: clarify that Executive orders infringing on congressional powers and duties or requiring expenditure of funds not specifically appropriated has no force or effect (see H. Con. Res. 98), H219 [31JA]

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), S8195 [19DE], S8340 [21DE]

Letters

Congress Week: Leigh McWhite, Congressional Papers Roundtable (organization) and Sheryl B. Vogt, Association of Centers for the Study of Congress, S6422 [19SE]

Lists

Dept. of Agriculture duplicate Federal aid programs, H1676 [28MR]

Memorandums

Certain Questions Related to Pro Forma Sessions of the Senate: Christopher M. Davis, Congressional Research Service, S5954–S5956 [2AU]

Motions

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8016 [13DE], S8195 [19DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8464, S8482 [28DE]

——— making (H.R. 5882), H3688 [8JN]

Remarks in House

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), H5945 [13SE], H7478 [31DE], H7567–H7578 [2JA]

——— making (H.R. 5882), H3665–H3690 [8JN], E1039 [12JN]

——— making (H.R. 5882), consideration (H. Res. 679), H3589–H3601 [7JN]

——— making (H.R. 5882), motion to recommit, H3688, H3689 [8JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: U.S. Botanic Garden funding, H3676, H3677 [8JN]

CBO: extend requirement to prepare macroeconomic analysis of major legislation to bills or resolutions reported by the Committees on Appropriations of each chamber, H406 [2FE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, H1019 [29FE], H3957 [21JN], H5663, H5686, H5687, H5688 [2AU], H5773, H5775, H5852, H5854, H5855, H5856 [11SE], H5865, H5867 [12SE], H5926, H5934 [13SE], H6003, H6007, H6008, H6009, H6047–H6051 [14SE], H6072, H6085, H6112 [19SE], H6162, H6163, H6164 [20SE], H6258–H6265 [21SE], H6758–H6761 [12DE]

——— eliminate CBO as sole scorer of congressional legislation and create new, competitive scoring system, H6619 [4DE]

——— impact of a bicameral legislature on ability to pass legislation, H5182 [24JY]

——— waive requirement that measures enrolled during the remainder of the 112th Congress be printed on parchment (H. Con. Res. 147), H7521 [1JA]

Congressional Research Service: funding, H3677–H3679 [8JN]

Federal employees: extend pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (H.R. 3835), H228, H230, H304–H312 [1FE], H391, H392 [2FE], H460 [3FE], E127, E130, E132 [3FE], E145 [6FE], E156 [7FE]

——— extend pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (H.R. 6726), H7521–H7527 [1JA]

——— tribute, E44 [18JA]

GAO: consolidate certain duplicate and overlapping Goverment programs, H1676 [28MR]

——— repeal or modify certain mandates (S. 3315), H6771, H6772 [13DE]

Government: importance of separation of powers, H6168 [20SE]

GPO: tribute to online Federal document retrieval system, E461 [28MR]

House of Representatives: franking budget funding, H3688, H3689 [8JN]

——— reduce allotment of printed copies of the U.S. Code, H3683 [8JN]

Members of Congress: extend pay limitation, H391 [2FE]

——— 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 (H.R. 3643), H905 [17FE], H3108 [18MY]

Presidents of the U.S.: Executive orders infringing on congressional powers and duties, H3709, H3710 [18JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H5689 [2AU]

Remarks in Senate

Appropriations: making for Dept. of Defense and other Federal departments and agencies, rescind unobligated stimulus funds, and reduce discretionary spending (H.R. 1), S8050–S8060, S8062 [17DE], S8112, S8116–S8118, S8124–S8131, S8133–S8135 [18DE], S8161, S8163, S8164, S8177, S8178, S8184–S8197 [19DE], S8236, S8243–S8245, S8261 [20DE], S8341, S8342 [21DE], S8425–S8427, S8429–S8445 [27DE], S8462–S8474, S8476–S8497, S8519 [28DE], S8544 [30DE], S8639, S8640 [2JA]

——— 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, S8340 [21DE], S8445 [27DE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: anniversary of deaths of John M. Gibson and Jacob J. Chestnut, S5265–S5267, S5283, S5298 [24JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 112th Congress, S823 [16FE], S3812, S3873 [7JN], S4783 [9JY], S6476–S6488 [20SE], S6592–S6595 [21SE]

——— require each bill enacted be limited to only one subject, S4741–S4743 [29JN]

——— require that legislation be available for 72 hours on the Internet prior to being voted on by the Senate or House, S190, S191 [31JA]

——— waive requirement that measures enrolled during the remainder of the 112th Congress be printed on parchment (H. Con. Res. 147), S8633, S8634 [1JA]

Congress Week: observance, S6422 [19SE]

Federal employees: extend pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (S. 2079), S392 [7FE], S395 [9FE]

GAO: repeal or modify certain mandates (S. 3315), S6671, S6672 [21SE]

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 (S. 1981), S592 [14FE], S3145 [15MY]

——— 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 (S. 1981), unanimous-consent request, S3154 [15MY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: provide documents relating to trade negotiations to Members of Congress and their staff upon request (S. 3225), S3517 [23MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 436, Health Care Cost Reduction Act and H.R. 5882, Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 679) (H. Rept. 112–518), H3577 [6JN]

GAO Improvement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 237) (S. Rept. 112–159), S2655 [24AP]

GAO Mandates Revision Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3315) (S. Rept. 112–219), S6451 [19SE]

Legislative Branch of the Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5882) (H. Rept. 112–511), H3404 [1JN]

——— Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (H.R. 5882) (S. Rept. 112–197), S5976 [2AU]

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), S8464, S8482 [28DE]

Tables

Legislative branch of the Government appropriations (H.R. 5882), H3667–H3669 [8JN]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 147, waive requirement that measures enrolled during the remainder of the 112th Congress be printed on parchment, H7521 [1JA]

H. Res. 679, consideration of H.R. 436, Protect Medical Innovation Act and H.R. 5882, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H3589 [7JN]

H.R. 3835, extend pay limitation for Members of Congress and Federal employees, H304 [1FE]

H.R. 5882, legislative branch of the Government appropriations, H3671–H3675 [8JN]

H.R. 6726, Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility Act, H7521 [1JA]

S. 3315, GAO Mandates Revision Act, S6672 [21SE], H6771 [13DE]