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Amendments
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6181, H6182, H6183, H6184, H6185, H6186, H6187, H6188, H6189, H6190, H6194, H6197, H6198, H6203, H6204, H6207, H6218 [14JY], H6262, H6263, H6264, H6265, H6266, H6267, H6268, H6270, H6271, H6272, H6273, H6274, H6275, H6276, H6277, H6278, H6279, H6280, H6282, H6297, H6298 [15JY], H6316, H6317, H6318, H6320, H6321, H6322, H6323 [16JY], H7037 [29JY]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 5016), consideration (H. Res. 661), H6048 [10JY]
Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4560 [16JY]
Articles and editorials
Cobell Class Members Question Settlement Attorney Conduct, S3322 [2JN]
Congress Needs To Act To Allow Victims of Child Sex Abuse To Recover Restitution, S2799 [7MY]
Democrats on Hobby Lobby—‘‘Misspeaks’’ ‘‘Opinion’’ and Overheated Rhetoric, S4525 [16JY]
Hobby Lobby Decision and Its Distortions, S4526 [16JY]
Newsweek Rewind—60 Years Since Brown v. Board of Ed Desegregated U.S. Schools (excerpt), H4468 [19MY]
Objectors to $3.4B Indian Trust Settlement Get Angry Phone Calls, S3322 [2JN]
Supreme Court Ideology—More Money, Less Voting, S2558 [30AP]
Bills and resolutions
Civil rights: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Res. 561), H3364 [30AP]
Federal agencies and departments: improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government (see H.R. 4245), H2433 [13MR]
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (see H.R. 5016), H5826 [3JY]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 5016), consideration (see H. Res. 661), H6034 [9JY]
Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (see S. 2578), S4336 [9JY] (see H.R. 5051), H6035 [9JY]
Senate Legal Counsel: direct to appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, By His Parents and Guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman Zivotofsky v. John Kerry, Sec. of State (see S. Res. 504), S4557 [16JY]
Cloture motions
Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4451 [14JY], S4535 [16JY]
Letters
Cobell v. Salazar class action lawsuit settlement: class counsel, S3323 [2JN]
Motions
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6274 [15JY], H6331 [16JY]
Insurance: ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4443 [14JY], S4461 [15JY], S4513 [16JY]
Questions and answers
Actions in work as lead class action attorney in Supreme Court case Cobell v. Salazar: Senator McCain with Keith M. Harper, S3323–S3325 [2JN]
Remarks in House
Abortion: anniversary of Roe v. Wade decision, H240, H241, H242, H453, H454–H460, H467 [15JA], E73, E74 [15JA], E151 [3FE]
Civil rights: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, H4462–H4469 [19MY], H4691 [21MY], E721 [8MY], E753 [15MY], E768 [19MY]
——— anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (H. Res. 561), E637 [30AP], E806 [21MY]
——— tribute to lawyers challenging segregation in schools, H4463, H4464 [19MY]
Constitution—U.S.: exclude executive actions taken to comply with judicial decisions interpreting the Constitution or Federal laws from any congressional civil action, H2332–H2334 [12MR], H7096 [30JY]
Defense of Marriage Act: anniversary of decision in U.S. v. Windsor relative to constitutionality of Defense of Marriage Act definition of marriage as only being between one man and one woman, H5806 [26JN]
Discrimination: decision in Schuette v. Coalition To Defend Affirmative Action on Michigan constitutional amendment prohibiting State universities from considering race as part of its admissions process, E615 [29AP]
Federal agencies and departments: improve access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the Government (H.R. 4245), H2364 [13MR]
Federal contracts: prohibit funding for contractors who violate the Fair Labor Standards Act by refusing to pay employees for hours worked, H6265 [15JY]
Financial services and general Government: across-the-board funding reduction for related agencies, H6278, H6279 [15JY]
——— making appropriations, H441, H443 [15JA]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6122, H6125 [11JY], H6169–H6213 [14JY], H6242–H6245, H6261–H6284 [15JY], H6316–H6333 [16JY], H6361 [17JY], H6853–H6857 [25JY], E1165, E1172, E1176, E1177 [16JY], E1187 [17JY], E1195 [18JY]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 5016), consideration (H. Res. 661), H6043–H6049 [10JY]
——— making appropriations (H.R. 5016), motion to recommit, H6331, H6332 [16JY]
——— prohibit funding by related agencies to contract with entities that have reincorporated in tax havens, H6263, H6264 [15JY]
——— prohibit funding for related agencies for contracts with offerors or principals of offerors convicted of certain crimes within a certain period, H6267 [15JY]
——— prohibit funding to lease or purchase new light duty vehicles except in accordance with Presidential memorandum on Federal fleet performance, H6316 [16JY]
Government: impact of Federal regulations and Federal aid on societal behavior relative to the role of Government in the lives of individual citizens, H153–H156 [10JA]
Insurance: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, H5862 [8JY], H6238–H6240 [15JY], H6312 [16JY], H6356, H6359–H6361 [17JY]
——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (H.R. 5051), H6238–H6240 [15JY], H6356, H6359–H6363 [17JY], E1186 [17JY]
——— hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, H2370, H2371, H2372, H2373, H2374 [13MR], H2592, H2600–H2609 [24MR], H2615, H2619, H2620, H2636–H2642 [25MR], H2658, H2684 [26MR], H2735 [27MR], E399 [14MR]
Native Americans: decision in Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community relative to tribal sovereign immunity in lawsuit to prohibit operation of gaming facility on non-Indian lands, E1457 [19SE]
NLRB: decision in NLRB v. Noel Canning on legality of recess appointments of certain members, H5807–H5810 [26JN], H6128 [11JY], H6392, H6395 [17JY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: impact of fines on for-profit corporations for not fulfilling health insurance coverage requirements to offer contraceptives, H2638–H2641 [25MR]
Political campaigns: decision in McCutcheon v. FEC on contribution limits for individual political campaign donors, H2812 [2AP]
Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (H.R. 1944), H1913–H1917 [25FE], E262 [27FE]
Television: permit televising of proceedings, H2607 [24MR]
Voting: anniversary of Lesser v. Garnett decision relative to women’s right to vote, H2014 [27FE]
——— decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, H5505 [19JN]
Remarks in Senate
Abortion: decision in McCullen v. Coakley relative to requiring a buffer zone at Massachusetts health care facilities providing abortion services, S4118 [26JN]
Civil rights: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision, S3151, S3177 [20MY], S3229 [21MY]
——— anniversary of decision in Loving v. Virginia relative to interracial marriage, S3655 [12JN]
Harper, Keith M.: suitability to be U.N. Human Rights Council member relative to work as lead class action attorney in Supreme Court case Cobell v. Salazar, S3320–S3322 [2JN]
Insurance: decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Burwell relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S4205, S4212 [7JY], S4388 [10JY], S4451 [14JY], S4461–S4468, S4474–S4476, S4481–S4483, S4489–S4491, S4495 [15JY], S4516, S4519–S4529, S4531, S4533–S4535, S4537 [16JY], S5401 [9SE], S5493 [10SE]
——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), S4365 [9JY], S4368 [10JY], S5401 [9SE], S5481, S5493 [10SE]
——— ensure that employers that provide health benefits to their employees cannot deny any specific health benefits, including contraception coverage (S. 2578), motion to proceed, S4443, S4451 [14JY], S4461–S4468, S4474–S4476, S4480–S4483, S4489–S4491, S4495 [15JY], S4513, S4516, S4519–S4535, S4537 [16JY]
——— hearing of arguments in Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp., v. Sebelius relative to requirements for health insurance coverage of contraceptives by for-profit corporations, S1646 [13MR], S1707–S1711 [25MR]
NLRB: decision in NLRB v. Noel Canning on legality of recess appointments of certain members, S4098, S4101, S4130, S4136, S4141 [26JN]
——— hearing of arguments in NLRB v. Noel Canning on legality of recess appointments of certain members, S284 [13JA], S875 [11FE]
Obama, President: constitutionality of executive actions, S6159–S6161 [19NO]
——— evaluation of administration relative to alleged abuse of power, intimidation, and lack of accountability by Federal agencies, S4389–S4392 [10JY]
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: implementation, S4725–S4727 [23JY]
Political campaigns: decision in Citizens United v. FEC on corporate political contributions used for political speech, S2582, S2601 [1MY], S2842 [8MY], S3214 [21MY], S4892 [24JY], S5351, S5357, S5360 [8SE], S5393, S5397, S5407, S5419 [9SE], S5495, S5501 [10SE]
——— decision in McCutcheon v. FEC on contribution limits for individual political campaign donors, S2066–S2068, S2071 [2AP], S2303–S2305 [9AP], S2558 [30AP], S2582, S2601 [1MY]
Senate Legal Counsel: direct to appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, By His Parents and Guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman Zivotofsky v. John Kerry, Sec. of State (S. Res. 504), S4568, S4569 [16JY]
Voting: decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, S2558 [30AP], S4142 [26JN]
Reports filed
Consideration of H.R. 5016, Financial Services and General Government Appropriations and H.R. 4718, Bonus Depreciation Modification and Permanency: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 661) (H. Rept. 113–517), H6034 [9JY]
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations: Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 5016) (H. Rept. 113–508), H5826 [3JY]
Private Property Rights Protection Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1944) (H. Rept. 113–357), H1936 [25FE]
Rulings of the Chair
Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6199, H6208 [14JY], H6272, H6274 [15JY]
Tables
Financial services and general Government appropriations (H.R. 5016), H6171–H6176 [14JY]
Texts of
H. Res. 661, consideration of H.R. 5016, financial services and general Government appropriations and H.R. 4718, bonus depreciation modification and permanency, H6043 [10JY]
H.R. 1944, Private Property Rights Protection Act, H1913 [25FE]
S. Res. 504, direct Senate Legal Counsel to appear as amicus curiae in the name of the Senate in Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky, By His Parents and Guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman Zivotofsky v. John Kerry, Sec. of State, S4559 [16JY]