POLITICAL PARTIES

Articles and editorials

Harry Reid’s Senate Blockade, S2989 [14MY]

Bills and resolutions

House of Representatives: require all candidates to run in single open primaries and limit ensuing general election to top two candidates from such primaries (see H.R. 5334), H7182 [31JY]

IRS: prohibit asking taxpayers questions relative to religious, political, or social beliefs (see S. 2043), S1174 [26FE]

——— prohibit from assigning tax statuses to organizations based on their political beliefs and activities (see S. 2067, 2072), S1233 [27FE] (see H.R. 4593), H3939 [7MY]

——— prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an IRS employee (see S. 2066, 2073), S1233 [27FE] (see H.R. 4597), H3939 [7MY]

Issa, Representative: disapprove conduct during Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) hearing on investigation of IRS allegations of subjecting certain political groups to additional tax scrutiny (see H. Res. 504), H2256 [6MR] (see H. Res. 517), H2433 [13MR]

NLRB: reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (see S. 2814), S5628 [16SE]

Political campaigns: reinstate limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts (see H.R. 5887), H10325 [16DE]

Senate Rules: modify the provision relating to timing for filing of cloture motions (see S. Res. 382), S1584 [12MR]

Letters

Dept. of Justice investigation into allegations that the 501(c)4 tax-exempt status of certain political groups was subject to additional scrutiny from the IRS: Bruce A. Green, Fordham University School of Law, H3917 [7MY]

——— Daniel Richman, Columbia University Law School, H3916 [7MY]

——— James M. Cole, Dept. of Justice, H3914 [7MY]

——— Peter J. Kadzik, Dept. of Justice, H3916 [7MY]

IRS provision of documents relating to tax exempt advocacy organizations: Leonard Oursler, IRS, H3916 [7MY]

Presidental process for nominating diplomatic appointees: several former American Foreign Service Association presidents, S6240 [2DE]

Motions

——— disapprove conduct during Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) hearing on investigation of IRS allegations of subjecting certain political groups to additional tax scrutiny (H. Res. 517), H2409 [13MR]

Proposals

Disapprove conduct of Representative Issa during Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) hearing on investigation of IRS allegations of subjecting certain political groups to additional tax scrutiny, H2215 [6MR]

Remarks in House

Congress: impact of partisanship, H2953 [4AP]

——— importance of bipartisanship, H1730 [11FE], H5369 [17JN], H6752 [24JY], H7004 [29JY], H7982 [14NO], H8020 [17NO]

——— legislative priorities, H1555, H1557 [4FE], H7109–H7115 [30JY]

——— legislative process, H7524 [15SE]

Democratic Party: assessment of comments and actions of certain officials, H3189–H3192 [10AP]

Government: importance of elected officials and judges governing impartially, H6345 [16JY]

House of Representatives: importance of bipartisanship, H7868 [18SE]

——— legislative priorities, H2174, H2175 [5MR], H2312, H2315, H2316 [12MR], H3000 [8AP], H3458–H3464 [7MY], H3951 [8MY], H4843 [28MY], H5739 [25JN], H5885 [9JY], H6116 [11JY], H6941–H6947 [28JY], H6980, H6983 [29JY], H7094, H7098 [30JY], H7532, H7533 [16SE], H8046, H8048 [18NO], H8228, H8229, H8230 [2DE], E1849–E1852 [16DE]

——— legislative process, H153 [10JA], H2313–H2316 [12MR], H2733 [27MR], H2957 [4AP], H6757 [24JY], H6941–H6947 [28JY], H6980, H6983 [29JY]

Indianapolis, IN: anniversary of Columbia Club, E1527 [12NO]

Information technology: impact on public opinion, H5712 [24JN]

IRS: prohibit asking taxpayers questions relative to religious, political, or social beliefs (H.R. 2531), H1919–H1921 [25FE], E264 [27FE]

——— prohibit from assigning tax statuses to organizations based on their political beliefs and activities, H3913 [7MY]

——— terminate employment of employees who take certain official actions for political purposes (H.R. 2565), H1963 [26FE]

News media: allegations of media bias, H3456 [7MY]

——— assessment of television broadcast news networks, H5405 [18JN]

NIH: provide for a pediatric research initiative through use of funds saved by terminating taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (H.R. 2019), H1551 [4FE], H2994 [8AP]

Political campaigns: eliminate limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts, H9286 [11DE]

Political ethics: investigation of allegations that the 501(c)4 tax-exempt status of certain political groups was subject to additional IRS scrutiny, H2263 [11MR]

Senate: legislative priorities, H3247 [29AP]

Remarks in Senate

Congress: importance of bipartisanship, S5885–S5887 [12NO], S6003 [17NO], S6320 [4DE]

——— importance of bipartisanship in addressing climate change, S4891–S4893 [24JY]

——— legislative process, S5601 [16SE]

IRS: prohibit asking taxpayers questions relative to religious, political, or social beliefs (S. 2043), S1682 [24MR]

——— prohibit from assigning tax statuses to organizations based on their political beliefs and activities (S. 2067), S1253 [27FE], S1255, S1256 [3MR], S2637, S2638 [5MY]

——— prohibit from assigning tax statuses to organizations based on their political beliefs and activities (S. 2067), unanimous-consent request, S2638 [5MY]

——— prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an IRS employee (S. 2066), S1253 [27FE], S1255, S1256 [3MR], S2637, S2638 [5MY]

——— prohibit the intentional discrimination of a person or organization by an IRS employee (S. 2066), unanimous-consent request, S2638 [5MY]

NLRB: reform by ending partisanship, providing oversight of the Office of the General Counsel, and encouraging timely decisionmaking (S. 2814), S5596, S5597, S5631 [16SE]

Political campaigns: eliminate limits for contributions made to national parties to support Presidential nominating conventions, national party headquarters buildings, and recounts, S6814 [13DE]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S279–S281 [13JA], S928 [12FE], S989–S994, S996 [24FE], S1019, S1020 [25FE], S1225 [27FE], S1265–S1267 [4MR], S1300 [5MR], S1536 [12MR], S1797, S1798 [27MR], S1858 [31MR], S2335, S2336, S2355, S2356–S2358 [10AP], S2431 [29AP], S2579 [1MY], S2635 [5MY], S2990 [14MY], S3396 [4JN], S3903, S3910 [24JN], S4097 [26JN], S4197–S4199 [7JY], S5209 [31JY], S5846 [18SE], S5902, S5903 [12NO], S5979 [13NO], S6004, S6013 [17NO], S6806 [13DE]

——— Senate process for confirmation of political and judicial nominees, S2683 [6MY], S3195 [21MY], S3280 [22MY]

——— Senate process for confirmation of political nominees, S267, S271 [13JA], S928 [12FE], S3152 [20MY], S5978 [13NO]

——— Senate process for confirmation of political nominees for foreign policy positions, S3712–S3715 [17JN], S4197–S4199 [7JY], S4572 [17JY], S5316 [31JY]

——— Senate process for confirmation of political nominees for foreign policy positions, unanimous-consent request, S5211–S5213 [31JY]

Senate: impact of partisanship, S4197–S4199 [7JY], S5316 [31JY]

——— importance of bipartisanship, S269 [13JA], S612 [30JA], S1134 [26FE], S1222 [27FE], S2157 [3AP], S2850 [8MY], S2989 [14MY], S3196, S3218–S3220 [21MY], S3274 [22MY], S3975 [25JN]

——— legislative priorities, S5400–S5402 [9SE], S5498–S5502 [10SE], S5525 [11SE], S5674 [17SE], S6435 [9DE]

——— legislative process, S109–S114, S116, S118 [8JA], S194, S215 [9JA], S268–S275, S278, S281 [13JA], S336–S338, S346, S350 [15JA], S392, S401, S425–S427 [16JA], S1159 [26FE], S1596 [12MR], S1644 [13MR], S1899 [1AP], S2055, S2056 [2AP], S2746 [7MY], S2831–S2833, S2853–S2856 [8MY], S2938–S2940 [13MY], S2989, S2999–S3001 [14MY], S3051–S3055, S3058–S3063 [15MY], S3218–S3220 [21MY], S3245–S3249, S3274 [22MY], S3647 [12JN], S3789 [18JN], S3847 [19JN], S3905, S3906 [24JN], S3976, S3994 [25JN], S4295, S4298 [9JY], S4378, S4379 [10JY], S4678–S4681 [22JY], S4873 [24JY], S4983–S4985 [28JY], S5179–S5181 [31JY], S5658–S5660, S5674 [17SE], S6107 [19NO], S6495 [10DE], S6879 [16DE]

Senate Rules: modify the provision relating to timing for filing of cloture motions (S. Res. 382), S1563–S1566 [12MR]

——— use of filibuster to impede Senate process, S207 [9JA]

Texts of

H. Res. 504, disapprove conduct of Representative Issa during Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) hearing on investigation of IRS allegations of subjecting certain political groups to additional tax scrutiny, H2236 [6MR]

H. Res. 517, disapprove conduct of Representative Issa during Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) hearing on investigation of IRS allegations of subjecting certain political groups to additional tax scrutiny, H2409 [13MR]

H.R. 2531, Protecting Taxpayers from Intrusive IRS Requests Act, H1919 [25FE]

S. Res. 382, Stop Cloture Abuse Resolution, S1587 [12MR]