NATIONAL OBJECTIVES see also Domestic policy

Addresses

State of the Union: President Obama, S277–S281 [20JA], H419–H424 [20JA]

White House Health Care Summit: Senator Alexander, S8215 [1DE]

Amendments

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), consideration (H. Res. 70), H721 [3FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6441, S6442, S6469 [8SE], S6609 [10SE], S6643, S6644, S6658, S6659 [15SE], S6868, S6869, S6901, S6904 [22SE], S6917, S6942, S6943, S6945, S6946 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5174 [16JY], S5215, S5216, S5217, S5322 [21JY], S5468, S5469, S5470, S5471, S5472, S5473 [22JY], S5538, S5539, S5540, S5541, S5542, S5544, S5545, S5546, S5548, S5549, S5550, S5552, S5553, S5554, S5555, S5556 [23JY], S5566, S5671, S5683, S5686, S5687, S5688, S5689, S5690, S5691, S5692, S5693, S5694, S5696, S5699 [24JY], S5715, S5716, S5717, S5718, S5719, S5720, S5721, S5722, S5723, S5724, S5725, S5726, S5727, S5728, S5734, S5735, S5736, S5738, S5739, S5740, S5741, S5742, S5845, S5847, S5848, S5849, S5850, S5851, S5852, S5857, S5858, S5860, S5861, S5869, S5870, S5871, S5872, S5873, S5874, S5875, S5876, S5877, S5878, S5880, S5885, S5886, S5887, S5891, S5892 [26JY], S5922, S5933, S5934, S6039, S6042 [27JY], S6079 [28JY], S6194, S6205 [30JY], H7418, H7517, H7579, H7580, H7581, H7582, H7583, H7584, H7585, H7586, H7587, H7590, H7592, H7593, H7594, H7595, H7597, H7598, H7599, H7600, H7601, H7602, H7603, H7604, H7605, H7606, H7607, H7608, H7614, H7615, H7616, H7617, H7618, H7619, H7620 [3NO], H7654, H7655, H7656, H7657, H7658, H7659, H7661, H7663, H7664, H7666, H7668, H7670, H7671, H7672, H7673, H7674, H7675, H7677, H7678, H7680, H7681, H7682, H7684, H7685, H7692, H7694, H7695, H7697, H7699, H7701, H7703, H7705, H7707, H7708, H7710, H7719, H7721, H7722, H7723, H7725, H7726, H7728, H7730, H7732, H7737 [4NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 546), H8981 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 507), H7410 [3NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 512), H7649 [4NO]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), consideration (H. Res. 70), H721 [3FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (H.R. 1190), consideration (H. Res. 319), H4455 [17JN]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8233, S8245 [1DE], S8254, S8308, S8309, S8310, S8311, S8313, S8318 [2DE], S8343, S8344, S8348, S8350, S8351, S8352, S8353, S8354, S8383, S8385, S8387, S8389, S8390, S8392, S8393, S8394, S8395, S8400, S8402, S8403, S8405, S8415, S8420, S8422, S8424 [3DE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), consideration (H. Res. 483), H7107 [22OC]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), corrections in engrossment (H. Res. 526), H8257 [17NO]

Power resources: modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8894, H8919, H8923, H8924, H8925, H8926, H8927, H8928, H8929, H8930, H8931, H8932, H8934, H8935, H8936, H8937, H8938, H8940, H8942, H8943, H8953, H8954, H8956, H8957, H8959, H8960, H8961, H8963, H8964 [2DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 539), H8663 [1DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 542), H8882 [2DE]

Articles and editorials

Climate-Change Religion, S2681 [6MY]

Dismal Growth Needs the 3.5% Solution, S3846 [4JN]

Faces of Health Care—Joanne W., H7163 [23OC]

Fewer Patients Have Been Dying From Hospital Errors Since Obamacare Started, S8248 [2DE]

GOP Should Focus on Fixing Immigration, Not Compromising Security, S924 [11FE]

Nobody Said That, S2419 [27AP]

Poll Finds Agenda Gap Between Leaders, American People, H446 [21JA]

Bills and resolutions

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending and enact balanced budget constitutional amendment (see S. 2182), S7304 [19OC]

Congress: provide for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution relative to implementation of immigration laws (see H. Res. 11), H43 [6JA]

Crime: improve Federal sentencing and corrections system by reducing crime, curtailing over-criminalization, concentrating prison space on violent and career criminals, and reducing recidivism (see H.R. 2944), H4771 [25JN]

Dept. of Education: establish a competitive grant program assisting the development of innovative early learning curricula for low-income children (see H.R. 375), H405 [14JA]

——— establish an Early Learning Challenge Fund (see H.R. 374), H405 [14JA]

——— improve science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education (see H.R. 3790), H7089 [21OC]

——— invest in innovation for education (see S. 605), S1162 [26FE] (see H.R. 847), H916 [10FE]

——— prohibit Federal grants and regulation waivers from being contingent upon whether States are using a certain curriculum or assessment policies (see H.R. 755), H853 [5FE]

——— stimulate collaboration with respect to, and provide for coordination and coherence of, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education initiatives (see H.R. 565), H639 [27JA]

Dept. of HHS: develop a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals in preparing for and responding to the public health effects of climate change (see H.R. 1275), H1611 [4MR]

——— prohibit replacement of existing coding system for disease and diagnosis classifications in implementing Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act standards (see H.R. 2126), H2767 [30AP]

——— publish physical activity recommendations (see S. 1793), S5170 [16JY] (see H.R. 1499), H1802 [19MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (see H. Res. 327), H4542 [18JN]

Domestic policy: express that a Contract With America should restore American competitiveness (see H. Res. 22), H104 [7JA]

Ecology and environment: support transition to near zero greenhouse gas emissions, 100 percent clean renewable energy, infrastructure modernization, full employment, a sustainable economy, affordable energy, and ending poverty (see H. Res. 540), H8645 [30NO]

Economy: cap noninterest Federal spending as a percentage of potential gross domestic product (GDP) to right-size government, grow the economy, and balance the budget (see H.R. 2471), H3505 [20MY]

——— provide predictability and certainty in the tax law, create jobs, and encourage investment (see S. 1624), S4298 [18JN]

Education: improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (see S. 265), S541 [27JA] (see H.R. 618), H662 [28JA]

——— prohibit Federal mandating, incentivizing, or coercing of States to adopt Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, content, or curricula (see S. 73), S58 [7JA] (see H.R. 524), H581 [26JA]

——— prohibit Federal mandating, incentivizing, or making financial support conditioned upon State or local educational agency adoption of specific academic standards, content, curricula, or testing (see S. 144), S131 [9JA]

Families and domestic relations: strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (see S. 622), S1217 [2MR] (see H.R. 1194), H1524 [2MR]

Federal Realignment and Closure Commission: establish (see H.R. 1072), H1163 [25FE]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 161), S2568 [30AP]

Foreign policy: express that a Global Marshall Plan holds the potential to demonstrate the commitment of the U.S. to peace and prosperity through poverty reduction (see H. Res. 201), H2269 [15AP]

Foreign trade: enhance promotion of exports of U.S. goods and services (see H.R. 2587), H3641 [1JN]

Health: improve access to primary care services (see S. 1989), S6381 [5AU]

——— national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (see H.R. 1200), H1525 [2MR]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 676), H755 [3FE] (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal (see S. 336, 339), S697 [2FE] (see H.R. 132), H40 [6JA]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (see H.R. 138), H40 [6JA] (see H.R. 370), H405 [14JA] (see H.R. 596), H661 [28JA] (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY] (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN] (see H.R. 2829), H4541 [18JN]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), consideration (see H. Res. 70), H702 [2FE]

Homeless: eliminate homelessness by increasing funding for Federal housing and employment programs (see H. Con. Res. 98), H8412 [19NO]

Immigration: assert illegality of Executive orders to implement immigration reform notwithstanding passage of Dept. of Homeland Security appropriations (see H. Con. Res. 28), H1848 [23MR]

——— prohibit executive branch from exempting from removal categories of aliens considered to be unlawfully present in the U.S. (see H.R. 38), H37 [6JA]

——— prohibit funding for executive branch overreach and clarify that proper constitutional authority for immigration policy belongs to Congress (see S. 129), S100 [8JA] (see H.R. 191), H103 [7JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (see S. 534), S1031 [23FE] (see H.R. 31), H37 (see H.R. 155), H41 [6JA] (see H.R. 206), H154 (see H.R. 227), H155 [8JA] (see H.R. 1715), H2110 [26MR]

——— reform (see H.R. 52), H37 [6JA]

Infrastructure: improve (see S. 268), S541 [27JA]

IRS: prohibit hiring of additional employees to implement, administer, or enforce health insurance reform (see H.R. 683), H755 [3FE]

National Strategic Agenda: establish and include goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security (see S. Res. 199), S4104 [11JN] (see H. Res. 207), H2307 [16AP]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see S. 1368), S3059 [19MY] (see H.R. 2400), H3309 [18MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 12), S11 [6JA] (see H.R. 22), H36 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 61), H5466 [23JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 546), H8970 [2DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 507), H7389 [2NO] (see H. Res. 512), H7622 [3NO]

——— authorize health insurance issuers to continue to offer for sale current individual health insurance coverage in satisfaction of individual health insurance mandate (see S. 158), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 1664), H2108 [26MR]

——— establish a public health insurance option (see H.R. 265), H188 [9JA]

——— exclude alien agricultural seasonal workers when determining employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1387), H1720 [17MR]

——— exempt local schools, educational agencies, and institutions of higher education from employer health insurance mandate (see S. 470), S981 [12FE] (see H.R. 769), H853 [5FE]

——— provide that the individual health insurance mandate not apply until the employer health insurance mandate is enforced without exceptions (see S. 347), S736 [3FE]

——— repeal (see S. 77), S58 [7JA] (see S. 336, 339), S697 [2FE] (see H.R. 132, 138), H40 [6JA] (see H.R. 370), H405 [14JA] (see H.R. 596), H661 [28JA] (see H.R. 2300), H2957 [13MY] (see H.R. 2653), H3913 [4JN] (see H.R. 2829), H4541 [18JN]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (see S. 2045), S6809 [17SE] (see H.R. 2050), H2496 [28AP]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage and ensure resulting revenue loss is offset (see S. 2075), S6938 [24SE]

——— repeal Federal mandate to purchase insurance (see S. 203), S347 [21JA]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), consideration (see H. Res. 70), H702 [2FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see S. 141), S100 [8JA] (see H.R. 1190), H1524 [2MR]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (H.R. 1190), consideration (see H. Res. 319), H4430 [16JN]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see S. 305), S653 [29JA] (see H.R. 248), H187 [9JA]

——— repeal the individual and employer health insurance mandates (see H.R. 519), H532 [22JA]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (see S. 157), S201 [13JA] (see H.R. 117), H39 (see H.R. 143), H40 [6JA]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (see H.R. 3762), H6980 [16OC]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), consideration (see H. Res. 483), H7088 [21OC]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), corrections in engrossment (see H. Res. 526), H8239 [16NO]

Power resources: improve distribution of energy in the U.S. (see S. 1220), S2688 [6MY]

——— invest in clean energy, empower and protect consumers, modernize energy infrastructure, cut pollution and waste, and invest in research and development (see S. 2089), S6975 [28SE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (see H.R. 8), H6074 [16SE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 539), H8644 [30NO] (see H. Res. 542), H8859 [1DE]

——— modernize U.S. energy policy (see S. 2012), S6532 [9SE]

——— promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies (see H.R. 4162), H8970 [2DE]

——— provide for emissions reductions (see S. 2399), S8602 [10DE]

——— require national energy policy to expand use of renewable and alternative sources, increase refining capacity, promote conservation and efficiency, and expand research and development (see H. Res. 215), H2355 [21AP]

——— use revenues from offshore energy production to create jobs, reduce the deficit, invest in clean and renewable energy, clean up the environment, and rebuild infrastructure (see H.R. 1663), H2108 [26MR]

Social Work Reinvestment Commission: establish (see S. 789), S1629 [18MR] (see H.R. 1378), H1661 [16MR]

Taxation: reduce carbon pollution, invest in infrastructure, and cut taxes for working Americans (see H.R. 3104), H5290 [16JY]

——— reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring a Federal emission permit for the sale or use of covered substances and return funds to the American people (see H.R. 972), H1067 [13FE]

Telecommunications: support growth through deregulation, additional broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 113), H1069 [13FE]

Water: prioritize assessment of quality and quantity of surface water and groundwater resources and produce a national water census to address inevitable challenges of ‘‘Peak Water’’ (see H. Res. 142), H1614 [4MR]

Cloture motions

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (S. 534), motion to proceed, S1152 [26FE], S1192 [27FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6518 [9SE], S6581, S6582 [10SE], S6642, S6644 [15SE], S6780, S6781 [17SE], S6869 [22SE], S6916 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5671, S5672 [24JY], S5709 [26JY], S5922 [27JY], S6092 [29JY], S7881, S7885 [10NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to proceed, S5057 [14JY], S5188 [21JY], S5451 [22JY]

Cost Estimates

Energy Policy Modernization Act (S. 2012): CBO, S8236 [1DE]

Court decisions

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on Texas, et al. v. U.S., on Executive orders to implement immigration reform: misrepresentations by Dept. of Justice lawyers, S2827 [13MY]

Essays

State of the Union: Alicia Muir, S343 [21JA]

——— Caroline Arthaud, S274 [20JA]

——— Connor Drown, S275 [20JA]

——— Craig Pelsor, S237 [16JA]

——— Curtis Richardson, S343 [21JA]

——— Eli Hulse, S342 [21JA]

——— Emily (Emery) Mead, S343 [21JA]

——— Freidemann Schmidt, S343 [21JA]

——— Hadley Menk, S237 [16JA]

——— Har Wa Bi, S275 [20JA]

——— Jacob Gallow, S276 [20JA]

——— Kathy Joseph, S342 [21JA]

——— Leo Lehrer-Small, S236 [16JA]

——— Liam Gibbons, S342 [21JA]

——— Peter Camardo, S275 [20JA]

——— Ryan Taggard, S237 [16JA]

——— Sam Anglum, S274 [20JA]

——— Sophia Seman, S344 [21JA]

——— Spencer Eckert, S276 [20JA]

——— Taylor Devaney, S275 [20JA]

Explanations

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22), S8363 [3DE]

Letters

Dept. of Homeland Security funding relative to Executive orders to implement immigration reform: Eusebio Elizondo, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, H382 [14JA]

——— National Task Force To End Sexual and Domestic Violence Against Women, H383 [14JA]

——— several law enforcement officers, H337 [13JA]

Health care reform: several organizations, H4477 [17JN]

North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act: Representative Chaffetz, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H8840 [1DE]

——— Representative Lamar Smith, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House), H8841 [1DE]

——— Representative Rob Bishop, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H8840 [1DE]

——— Representative Royce, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H8840 [1DE]

——— Representative Shuster, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), H8841 [1DE]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H8840, H8841 [1DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Senator Alexander, S8216 [1DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act health-care related provisions repeal: Georges C. Benjamin, American Public Health Association, H736 [3FE]

——— Katherine Beh Neas, Easter Seals Inc., H735 [3FE]

——— Mary Kay Henry, Service Employees International Union, H735 [3FE]

——— Max Richtman, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, H735 [3FE]

——— Reid B. Blackwelder, American Academy of Family Physicians, H736 [3FE]

——— Shereen Arent, American Diabetes Association, H736 [3FE]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H735 [3FE]

Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act: Representative Paul Ryan, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4529 [18JN]

——— Representative Upton, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H4529 [18JN]

Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: Brent Gardner, Americans for Prosperity (organization), H7162 [23OC]

——— Bruce Siegel, America’s Essential Hospitals (organization), H7159 [23OC]

——— David French, National Retail Federation, H7161 [23OC]

——— Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, H7162 [23OC]

——— R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H7162 [23OC]

——— Scott Frey, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, H7158 [23OC]

——— William Samuel, AFL–CIO, H7159 [23OC]

Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act relative to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., funding: Carol Tobias, David N. O’Steen, and Douglas D. Johnson, National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H7161 [23OC]

——— Charmaine Yoest, Americans United for Life (organization), H7162 [23OC]

——— David Christensen, Family Research Council, H7161 [23OC]

——— Marjorie Dannenfelser, Susan B. Anthony List, Inc., H7160 [23OC]

Lists

Instances President Obama said he couldn’t ignore or create his own immigration law, S1097 [25FE], H967 [11FE]

Messages

National Drug Control Strategy: President Obama, S8014 [17NO], H8277 [17NO]

Motions

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H740 [3FE]

Immigration: prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (S. 534), S1152 [26FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6441 [8SE], S6643, S6644 [15SE], S6868 [22SE], S6916, S6917 [24SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5057 [14JY], S5451 [22JY], S5565, S5675 [24JY], S5710 [26JY], S5921 [27JY], S6092 [29JY], S7881, S7886, S7887 [10NO], H8133, H8134 [5NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), conference report, S8363 [3DE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H740 [3FE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S8233 [1DE], S8341, S8343, S8344, S8345, S8346, S8347, S8348, S8349, S8350, S8354, S8355, S8356 [3DE]

Power resources: modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8986 [3DE]

Remarks in House

African Americans: impact of high levels of incarceration and homicide rates of young African-American males on families and communities, H4364–H4370 [15JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1653 [16MR]

——— cut and cap Federal spending, enact balanced budget constitutional amendment, and increase statutory debt ceiling, H4527 [18JN]

——— reform entitlement programs, H1554–H1556 [3MR], H1701–H1704 [17MR], H1754 [18MR], H3379–H3382 [19MY], H10703–H10706 [18DE]

Civil rights: increase efforts to ensure equality for all people, H922 [11FE]

Climate: impact of global warming on ocean acidification, H1733 [18MR]

——— prohibit funding to implement activities in contravention of Executive orders regarding greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficiency, H4812, H4813 [7JY]

Congress: goals of the 114th Congress, H5 [6JA], H58 [7JA], H147–H152 [8JA], H184 [9JA], H7339 [29OC]

Congressional Black Caucus: accomplishments, purposes, and history, H8437–H8442 [30NO]

——— budget priorities, H1941–H1946 [25MR], E421 [25MR], E492 [14AP]

——— domestic priorities, H7379 [2NO], E1575 [3NO]

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.: Veterans Braintrust Forum review of efforts to eliminate veterans’ homelessness, E1665 [19NO]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: budget priorities, H1750–H1755 [18MR], H1934–H1938 [25MR], E421 [25MR]

Correctional institutions: reform of criminal justice system relative to incarceration of African-American men, H8438, H8442 [30NO]

Crime: improve Federal sentencing and corrections system by reducing crime, curtailing over-criminalization, concentrating prison space on violent and career criminals, and reducing recidivism (H.R. 2944), H5288 [16JY], H7380–H7383 [2NO], H8439 [30NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H58 [7JA], H415 [20JA], H461 [21JA], H1054–H1057 [13FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: importance of Summer Food Service Program to ensure low-income children continue to receive nutritious meals when school is not in session, H5530 [28JY]

Dept. of Education: allow States to withdraw from Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, H1283–H1285 [26FE]

——— establish a competitive grant program to foster expansion and replication of excellent public charter schools, H8881 [2DE]

——— improve science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, H7262 [28OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, H4350 [15JN], H4447, H4449 [17JN], H4536 [18JN], E932 [18JN]

——— prohibit funding for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to consider or adjudicate any new, renewal, or previously denied applications, H379–H381 [14JA]

Diseases: develop plan of action to address Alzheimer’s disease, H904–H907 [10FE], H3772 [3JN], H4423–H4428 [16JN]

Domestic policy: address systemic inequalities for African Americans, H8228–H8232 [16NO]

——— address systemic inequalities that contribute to social and economic disparities for African Americans, H4636 [24JN], E951 [23JN]

Economy: impact of illegal immigration on job creation and hiring, H963–H965 [11FE], H5121 [14JY]

——— importance of job creation, H800–H802 [4FE], H1750 [18MR], H1856 [24MR], H1914 [25MR], H2275 [16AP], H4336 [12JN], H7197 [27OC]

——— jumpstart the sluggish economy, finance critical infrastructure investments, fight income inequality, and create jobs, H460 [21JA]

——— national objectives priority assignments, H54 [7JA], H363 [14JA], H439, H442 [21JA], H644 [28JA], H743–H749 [3FE], H992 [12FE], H1103–H1108 [24FE], H2220, H2255–H2260 [15AP], H5188 [15JY], H9266–H9268 [10DE]

——— recovery, H1733 [18MR], H5858 [9SE]

——— revitalize the middle class, H1554 [3MR], H1704 [17MR]

Education: prohibit Federal mandating, incentivizing, or coercing of States to adopt Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, content, or curricula (H.R. 524), H643 [28JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: anniversary, H2130, H2131 [13AP], E469 [13AP]

Employment: importance of jobs that maintain infrastructure, H943 [11FE], H2858 [12MY]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs, H6744–H6747 [30SE]

——— importance of manufacturing jobs and Make It in America agenda, H622–H626 [27JA], H743–H749 [3FE], H1103–H1108 [24FE], H1705, H1709 [17MR], H5159–H5167 [14JY], H5242 [16JY], H6700 [29SE], H6716 [30SE], H6823–H6826 [6OC]

EPA: impact of Government regulations on coal industry, H1171 [26FE], H1700 [17MR], H4727 [25JN], H5574–H5580 [28JY]

——— impact of overregulation, H4371 [15JN]

Executive Office of the President: initiative to increase access to solar energy and expand training and education for jobs in the solar industry, H4878 [8JY]

——— refrain from pursuing policies that make hiring illegal aliens economically advantageous, H384–H386 [14JA], H1605 [4MR]

Financial Literacy Month: observance, H2361 [22AP]

Food: address U.S. hunger crisis, H1570 [4MR], H5855 [9SE], H6718 [30SE], H7259 [28OC]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H153 [8JA], H969 [11FE], H5153–H5159 [14JY], H8347 [18NO], H9678 [17DE], E888 [12JN]

——— refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities rather than policing global crises, H4011 [10JN], H6843 [7OC]

Health: national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system (H.R. 1200), E286 [2MR]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H801 [4FE]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2653), H4961 [9JY], H9358 [16DE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2300), H7106 [22OC], H7158 [23OC]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 2653), H4961 [9JY], H9358 [16DE]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), H672 [2FE], H711, H713, H723–H742 [3FE], H815 [5FE], H992 [12FE], E168 [5FE], E197 [11FE], E203 [12FE]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), consideration (H. Res. 70), H713–H722 [3FE]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), motion to recommit, H740 [3FE]

Highway Trust Fund: funding, H1087 [24FE], H1876, H1877 [24MR], H2094–H2098 [26MR], H3497 [20MY]

——— infrastructure repair funding through increasing the Federal gas tax, H52 [7JA], H708 [3FE], H2882 [13MY], H6710 [30SE]

House of Representatives: national objectives priority assignments, H615 [27JA]

Hunger: address senior citizen food crisis, H3316 [19MY]

Immigration: prohibit funding for executive branch overreach and clarify that proper constitutional authority for immigration policy belongs to Congress (H.R. 191), H191 [12JA], H333 [13JA]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H194, H195, H208 [12JA], H233, H234, H235, H236, H237, H238–H247, H323–H341 [13JA], H362, H363, H375–H379, H381, H387 [14JA], H589 [27JA], H712 [3FE], H872 [10FE], H924, H925, H928, H930, H962–H969 [11FE], H989, H990, H991, H992, H993, H996–H999, H1017, H1018 [12FE], H1039, H1040 [13FE], H1087, H1088, H1090, H1092, H1093, H1102 [24FE], H1119, H1120, H1122, H1123, H1124, H1125, H1160 [25FE], H1167, H1172 [26FE], H1377–H1384, H1387–H1392, H1491, H1492 [27FE], H1514 [2MR], H1569, H1604, H1605 [4MR], E66, E69 [14JA], E75 [16JA], E80, E82 [20JA], E296 [3MR]

——— reform, H107 [8JA], H238, H242, H243–H247 [13JA], H469, H470 [21JA], H644 [28JA], H766 [4FE], H836 [5FE], H1155–H1158 [25FE], H1167, H1173 [26FE], H1605, H1606 [4MR], H2015 [25MR], H2359 [22AP], H3323–H3327 [19MY], H4422 [16JN], H4447, H4449 [17JN], H4778 [7JY], H4960 [9JY], H5303 [21JY], H5343 [22JY], H5452 [23JY], H5532 [28JY], H5608 [29JY], H7200 [27OC], H7627 [4NO], E223 [17FE]

——— reform (H.R. 52), E885 [11JN]

Law enforcement officers: reform police practices and accountability, H4168 [11JN]

——— reform police practices in urban areas, H3297–H3301 [18MY]

Medicare: reform, H1914 [25MR], H2171–H2178 [14AP], H6895 [8OC]

Minorities: homicide rate of young African-American males, H2139 [13AP]

——— improve health of minority individuals, H2132–H2139 [13AP], E951 [23JN], E1077 [16JY]

National Night Out: observance, E1098 [22JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H5094 [13JY]

——— evaluation of energy policies, H2298–H2301 [16AP], H8853 [1DE], H9068–H9073 [8DE]

——— State of the Union Message, H438, H441, H442, H443, H467–H470 [21JA], H749 [3FE]

——— use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, H58 [7JA], H161, H183 [9JA], H750 [3FE], H2302–H2304 [16AP], H3766 [3JN], E62 [13JA]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (H.R. 2400), H7150 [23OC]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), H5488–H5490 [27JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), H29–H32 [6JA], H55, H95 [7JA], H140, H150 [8JA], H441, H468 [21JA], H512 [22JA], H2321 [21AP], H5539 [28JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), conference report, H8865 [2DE], H8974, H8988–H9000 [3DE], E1715, E1716 [7DE], E1735 [8DE], E1758 [10DE], E1834 [18DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 546), H8975–H8983 [3DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 507), H7403–H7412 [3NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 512), H7641–H7650 [4NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to instruct conferees, H8134, H8135 [5NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), Senate amendments, H7272 [28OC], H7394, H7412–H7621 [3NO], H7633, H7638, H7640, H7650–H7740 [4NO], H8129–H8133, H8140 [5NO], H8216 [16NO], E1602, E1604, E1607, E1608, E1609, E1611 [5NO], E1617 [16NO]

——— anniversary, E376 [23MR]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, H724–H741 [3FE], H801 [4FE], H815 [5FE], H1842–H1845 [23MR], H2023 [25MR], H2824 [12MY], H3649 [2JN], H4350 [15JN], H4596 [24JN], H4762–H4765 [25JN], H4961 [9JY], H6717 [30SE], H7095 [22OC], H7159, H7160 [23OC], H7402 [3NO], H9084 [9DE], H9299 [11DE], H10694 [18DE], E1196 [31JY], E1650 [18NO]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, H736–H738 [3FE]

——— implementation, H1638 [16MR], H1862, H1863 [24MR]

——— protect women, seniors, and middle class families from harmful effects of repeal, H740 [3FE]

——— repeal, H644 [28JA], H1555 [3MR], H1754 [18MR], H1853, H1877, H1878 [24MR]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (H.R. 2050), H7105 [22OC]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), H672 [2FE], H711, H713, H723–H742 [3FE], H815 [5FE], H992 [12FE], E168 [5FE], E197 [11FE], E203 [12FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), consideration (H. Res. 70), H713–H722 [3FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), motion to recommit, H740 [3FE]

——— repeal (H.R. 2300), H7106 [22OC], H7158 [23OC]

——— repeal (H.R. 2653), H4961 [9JY], H9358 [16DE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (H.R. 1190), H4447 [17JN], H4528–H4535 [18JN], H4549, H4584 [23JN], H4604 [24JN], E922 [18JN], E952 [23JN], E963 [24JN], E991 [25JN]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (H.R. 1190), consideration (H. Res. 319), H4449–H4455 [17JN]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal, H6781 [1OC]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), H7098 [22OC], H7143–H7164, H7165, H7167, H7168 [23OC], H9084 [9DE], H9358 [16DE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), consideration (H. Res. 483), H7101–H7107 [22OC]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), corrections in engrossment (H. Res. 526), H8254–H8259 [17NO]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H9187–H9192 [9DE]

Power resources: address disparity between onshore and offshore energy policies relative to revenue sharing for States, H3301–H3304 [18MY]

——— enhance U.S. energy independence and security by providing for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources in the Gulf of Mexico, H3302 [18MY]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), H8634–H8639 [30NO], H8649, H8650, H8839–H8846 [1DE], H8866, H8894–H8965 [2DE], H8983–H8988 [3DE], E1704, E1709 [3DE], E1744 [9DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 539), H8658–H8663 [1DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 542), H8875–H8884 [2DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), corrections in engrossment, H8988 [3DE]

——— modernize energy infrastructure and energy and manufacturing workforce, bolster energy security and diplomacy, and promote energy efficiency and government accountability (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H8986 [3DE]

——— national energy policy, H6825 [6OC]

——— promote clean energy sources in order to combat effects of climate change, H9361–H9364 [16DE]

——— promote clean energy technology and energy efficiency in order to combat effects of climate change, lower energy prices, and increase national security, H6953, H6954 [9OC]

——— promote domestic development and deployment of clean energy technologies, H646 [28JA], H2038 [26MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, H15 [6JA], H95 [7JA], H230, H235, H236 [13JA], H712 [3FE], H1697–H1704 [17MR], H2321 [21AP], H3494, H3499 [20MY], H6168 [18SE], H6800 [6OC], H6896 [8OC], H7038 [21OC], H7170 [23OC], H7627 [4NO], E635 [30AP]

Republican Study Committee: budget priorities, H1959–H1963 [25MR]

Taxation: reduce greenhouse gas emissions by requiring a Federal emission permit for the sale or use of covered substances and return funds to the American people (H.R. 972), E211 [13FE]

——— reform the Federal tax code, H114 [8JA], H994, H996 [12FE], H2200 [14AP], H2254 [15AP], H2697 [30AP], H9425 [17DE]

Terrorism: assess status of the war on terrorism relative to killing of journalists and police officers in Paris, France, H95 [7JA]

Transportation: importance of infrastructure investment, H52 [7JA], H435, H440 [21JA], H588, H622–H626 [27JA], H708 [3FE], H763 [4FE], H1018, H1019 [12FE], H1046 [13FE], H1103–H1108 [24FE], H2094–H2098 [26MR], H3496–H3501 [20MY], H4779 [7JY], H5203, H5206 [15JY], H6825 [6OC], E788 [21MY]

——— improve infrastructure, H7014–H7016 [20OC]

Unemployment: rates, H1912 [25MR]

——— rates relative to African Americans, H3299 [18MY]

——— rates relative to African-American women, H3300 [18MY]

Wall Street Journal: results of poll taken on national objectives priority assignments, H446 [21JA]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H6312 [29SE]

Remarks in Senate

Budget: cut and cap Federal spending and enact balanced budget constitutional amendment (S. 2182), S7306 [19OC], S7310 [20OC], S7625 [29OC]

——— cut and cap Federal spending and enact balanced budget constitutional amendment (S. 2182), unanimous-consent request, S7627 [29OC]

——— reconciliation process, S1699 [23MR]

——— reform entitlement programs, S760 [4FE], S7629 [29OC]

Children and youth: improve the public school system to help the disadvantaged and reduce child poverty, S1053–S1055 [24FE]

Climate: impact of global warming on frequency and intensity of natural disasters and need for national climate plan, S6587 [10SE]

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate): release of Innovation for Healthier Americans Report to improve innovation in cutting-edge treatments, drugs, and devices, S626–S629 [29JA]

Congress: goals of the 114th Congress, S27–S29 [7JA], S78, S80, S92–S94 [8JA], S1207 [2MR]

Courts: Federal circuit court decision relative to use of Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S7870, S7956 [10NO]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S3090 [20MY], S6616 [15SE], S8838 [18DE]

Dept. of Education: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to allow States to withdraw from Common Core State Standards or any other specific academic standards, S1857 [25MR], S1990 [26MR]

Dept. of HHS: establish Women’s Health Care and Clinic Security and Safety Fund, S8253, S8255–S8257, S8260–S8264 [2DE], S8341 [3DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: anniversary of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, S4229, S4231 [17JN], S4271, S4276 [18JN], S4541 [23JN], S4643 [25JN], S8027 [17NO], S8150 [19NO]

Dept. of Transportation: establish Assistance for Major Projects Program, S5483 [23JY], S6052 [28JY]

Domestic policy: advance ‘‘opportunity agenda’’ to increase education and economic options for individuals in impoverished communities, S2727 [7MY]

——— education reform, S765 [4FE]

Ecology and environment: manage risk of potential climate change through reductions in emissions of greenhouse gases, S6998 [29SE]

Economy: impact of changing workforce structure and on-demand economy, S4238–S4240 [17JN]

——— importance of job creation, S34–S36 [7JA], S155 [12JA], S312 [21JA], S1694 [23MR], S2769 [12MY], S6796 [17SE], S6836 [21SE]

——— national objectives priority assignments, S36 [7JA], S500–S502 [27JA], S575 [28JA], S645–S648 [29JA], S750–S752 [4FE], S874 [10FE], S1361–S1363 [10MR], S1565–S1567, S1573–S1575 [17MR], S1690–S1694 [23MR], S2428–S2430 [27AP], S2705–S2708 [7MY], S3846 [4JN], S4215–S4217 [17JN], S6283 [4AU], S6828 [21SE]

——— revitalize the middle class, S36 [7JA], S301–S303 [21JA], S531 [27JA], S617–S619, S645–S648 [29JA], S750–S752 [4FE], S1105 [25FE], S1421–S1423 [11MR], S2817 [13MY], S2955 [18MY], S6269 [4AU]

Education: funding, S1756 [24MR]

——— improve the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program, expand educational choices for the disabled, and establish a scholarship program for military children (S. 265), S5027 [14JY]

——— provide for State-determined assessment and accountability systems for testing, S5139 [16JY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: amend, S2456 [28AP]

——— reauthorize, S1053–S1055 [24FE]

Employment: importance of manufacturing jobs, S7075–S7078 [1OC]

EPA: establish a spending-neutral reserve fund to prohibit any regulation reducing the reliability of electric power transmission grid, S1774 [24MR], S1964 [26MR]

——— impact of Government regulations on coal industry, S146 [12JA], S7449 [22OC]

Families and domestic relations: strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children, S4673 [7JY], S5035, S5036 [14JY], S8457 [8DE]

——— strengthen families’ engagement in the education of their children (S. 622), S1219 [2MR]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (S. Res. 161), S2589 [30AP]

GAO: release of report on senior citizen hunger, S4196 [16JN]

Health: national policy to provide health care, control costs, and enhance the quality of the health care system, S7642 [29OC]

——— national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S970 [12FE], S4937 [9JY], S7568–S7570 [28OC], S8231 [1DE]

Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act: repeal, S5710 [26JY], S5921 [27JY]

——— repeal health-care related provisions (H.R. 596), S732 [3FE], S799 [4FE], S803 [5FE], S876 [10FE]

——— repeal (S. 339), S702 [2FE], S707 [3FE]

Highway Trust Fund: infrastructure repair funding through increasing the Federal gas tax, S7803 [5NO], S7882 [10NO]

Immigration: address the increase in unaccompanied alien children attempting to cross illegally into the U.S., S893 [10FE]

——— establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to deter migration of unaccompanied alien children from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to the U.S., S2007 [26MR]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S134–S136 [12JA], S161 [13JA], S251 [20JA], S303 [21JA], S368 [22JA], S495–S500 [27JA], S550, S553–S555, S563 [28JA], S612–S617, S634 [29JA], S668–S671 [30JA], S678–S680, S687–S690, S703–S705 [2FE], S707–S717, S720–S730, S732 [3FE], S741–S749, S752–S763, S799–S801 [4FE], S803–S813, S820–S826 [5FE], S843–S847 [9FE], S874–S876, S878–S881, S883, S889–S891, S893, S896, S897 [10FE], S908, S913, S914, S917, S922–S924 [11FE], S948, S951–S954, S956–S958, S963, S968, S974 [12FE], S1022–S1028, S1034–S1036 [23FE], S1038–S1041, S1043, S1045–S1053, S1056–S1058 [24FE], S1088–S1090, S1094–S1100, S1103–S1107 [25FE], S1129, S1130 [26FE], S1187–S1191, S1196 [27FE], S1213, S1214 [2MR], S8718 [16DE]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (S. 534), S1034 [23FE], S1037, S1038 [24FE], S1085, S1096, S1104 [25FE], S1127, S1131–S1137 [26FE]

——— prohibit funding to implement, administer, carry out, or enforce Executive orders to implement immigration reform (S. 534), motion to proceed, S1187, S1189, S1192 [27FE]

——— reform, S893–S896 [10FE], S977 [12FE], S1046, S1047 [24FE], S1599 [18MR], S3010–S3012 [19MY], S3638–S3640 [3JN], S4119–S4122, S4125, S4129 [15JN], S4271, S4272 [18JN], S4832–S4834 [8JY], S5179 [21JY], S6693 [16SE], S7291 [19OC], S7854 [9NO], S8123, S8150 [19NO], S8717–S8720 [16DE]

Infrastructure: improve, S2829, S2833 [13MY]

——— improve (S. 268), S518 [27JA]

——— improvement funding through closing certain tax loopholes for offshore corporations, S1696, S1698, S1701–S1703 [23MR], S1742, S1748–S1750 [24MR], S2205 [15AP], S2625 [5MY]

Insurance: extend special rule for seniors relative to the income level for deduction of medical care expenses, S8352 [3DE]

——— protect victims of violence or disease, veterans, workers who have lost health insurance and jobs, and other vulnerable populations from repeal of the advance premium tax credit, S8355 [3DE]

——— strike reinstatement of tax on employee health insurance premiums and health plan benefits, S8354 [3DE]

Law enforcement officers: reform police practices in urban areas, S2638 [5MY], S4091–S4093 [11JN]

Lynch, Loretta E.: suitability to be Attorney General relative to position on Executive orders to implement immigration reform, S1518–S1520 [16MR], S1599 [18MR], S2363–S2366 [23AP]

McConnell, Senator: correlation made between recent elections and economy, S155 [12JA]

Minimum wage: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for promoting a substantial increase, S1983 [26MR]

Minorities: improve health of minority individuals, S2395 [23AP]

No Child Left Behind Act: reform, S175–S179 [13JA], S2392 [23AP]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S304–S306 [21JA]

——— evaluation of economic policies, S3434 [2JN], S6334 [5AU], S7708 [3NO]

——— evaluation of energy policies, S7711 [3NO], S7902 [10NO], S8138 [19NO]

——— evaluation of environmental and climate policies, S2679–S2682 [6MY], S7848–S7850 [9NO]

——— State of the Union Message, S221 [16JA], S249, S250, S253–S255, S260 [20JA], S301–S306, S309, S312 [21JA], S376 [22JA], S531 [27JA], S617–S619 [29JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate, S6119 [29JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), S6087 [28JY], S6089 [29JY], S6437–S6451, S6453–S6455 [8SE], S6477–S6525 [9SE], S6544–S6596 [10SE], S6615–S6644 [15SE], S6661–S6666, S6668–S6676, S6679–S6689 [16SE], S6773–S6785 [17SE], S6868–S6870, S6883, S6888 [22SE], S6910, S6911, S6913–S6920, S6930, S6931 [24SE], S7380 [21OC]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), unanimous-consent agreement, S6342 [5AU], S6543, S6581 [10SE], S6643 [15SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.J. Res. 61), unanimous-consent request, S6442 [8SE], S6543 [10SE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S34 [7JA], S5566–S5677 [24JY], S5701–S5710 [26JY], S5893, S5895–S5900, S5907–S5910, S5912–S5919, S5921, S5922 [27JY], S6045–S6056, S6058, S6062–S6066 [28JY], S6089, S6091, S6098–S6102, S6104–S6108, S6113–S6116, S6122–S6125 [29JY], S6147, S6149, S6153–S6162, S6166, S6181, S6205 [30JY], S6370 [5AU], S7183–S7185 [7OC], S7557 [28OC], S7631 [29OC], S7802–S7804, S7807–S7810 [5NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), conference report, S8227 [1DE], S8335, S8357–S8369 [3DE], S8428 [7DE], S8565 [10DE], S8660 [15DE], S8758, S8759 [17DE]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), House amendment, S7881–S7886 [10NO], S8072 [18NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to instruct conferees, S7884–S7887 [10NO]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), motion to proceed, S5181–S5184, S5186–S5191, S5194 [21JY], S5431, S5432, S5438–S5441, S5444–S5447, S5451 [22JY], S5477–S5484, S5486–S5500, S5506 [23JY]

——— allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), unanimous-consent agreement, S5702 [26JY], S7881–S7883 [10NO], S8353 [3DE]

——— allow individuals to maintain health insurance coverage that existed prior to 2014, S8254, S8255, S8264–S8275 [2DE], S8327, S8342 [3DE]

——— ensure that individuals can keep health insurance coverage, S8355 [3DE]

——— GAO investigation of application and subsidy approval process, S5481 [23JY]

——— impact of implementation on health care, coverage, costs, and accessibility, S35 [7JA], S70–S73, S91 [8JA], S617 [29JA], S732 [3FE], S822 [5FE], S873, S876 [10FE], S911–S913 [11FE], S1270–S1272, S1291–S1293 [4MR], S1344 [10MR], S1399, S1401, S1413 [11MR], S1468–S1471 [12MR], S1560 [17MR], S1675, S1676, S1681–S1687 [23MR], S2093 [13AP], S2419 [27AP], S2494 [29AP], S2636 [5MY], S2897–S2899 [14MY], S3096 [20MY], S3217–S3221 [21MY], S3731–S3733, S3741, S3760 [4JN], S3889–S3894 [9JN], S3977–S3979 [10JN], S4219, S4243 [17JN], S4260–S4262 [18JN], S4336, S4340, S4341 [22JN], S4576–S4582 [24JN], S4621–S4625, S4638–S4640 [25JN], S4937 [9JY], S5481 [23JY], S6057 [28JY], S6175 [30JY], S6365 [5AU], S6775 [17SE], S6986 [29SE], S7027 [30SE], S7369 [21OC], S7568–S7570 [28OC], S7603 [29OC], S7775, S7800 [5NO], S7851 [9NO], S8203, S8210–S8220, S8230 [1DE], S8247–S8255, S8258, S8259, S8262, S8265, S8268–S8286, S8289–S8293, S8295–S8298, S8319–S8321 [2DE], S8324–S8327, S8330–S8335, S8339–S8344, S8366 [3DE], S8535–S8538 [9DE]

——— impact on job creation and hiring, S321 [21JA]

——— repeal, S1843 [25MR], S1962 [26MR], S5672 [24JY], S5705, S5710 [26JY], S5921 [27JY]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage, S8344 [3DE]

——— repeal excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage (S. 2045), S7248 [8OC], S7977 [17NO], S8535–S8538 [9DE]

——— repeal (H.R. 596), S732 [3FE], S799 [4FE], S803 [5FE], S876 [10FE]

——— repeal (S. 339), S702 [2FE], S707 [3FE]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate, S2156 [14AP]

——— repeal the individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 143), S3921 [9JN]

——— tax liability relative to repayment of cost-sharing subsidy, S2143 [14AP]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal, S1675, S1676, S1695, S1697, S1701 [23MR], S1755 [24MR]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), S7800 [5NO], S8112 [18NO], S8114 [19NO], S8197, S8198, S8201, S8203, S8210–S8220, S8230–S8234 [1DE], S8247–S8266, S8268–S8286, S8289–S8293, S8295–S8298, S8319–S8321 [2DE], S8324–S8335, S8339–S8357, S8366 [3DE], S8566 [10DE]

——— use of budget reconciliation to repeal (H.R. 3762), unanimous-consent agreement, S8234 [1DE], S8350 [3DE]

Pipelines: ensure compliance with U.S. regulations by TransCanada Pipelines LTD., and Canada upon construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, S312 [21JA]

——— ensure the Keystone XL Pipeline is built safely and in compliance with U.S. environmental laws, S520 [27JA], S564 [28JA]

Poverty: improve circumstances to create opportunities for those living in abject poverty and implement criminal justice reforms, S2459 [28AP], S2662 [6MY]

Power resources: importance of energy innovation, S8139 [19NO]

——— invest in clean energy, empower and protect consumers, modernize energy infrastructure, cut pollution and waste, and invest in research and development (S. 2089), S6980 [28SE], S6983 [29SE]

——— modernize U.S. energy policy (S. 2012), S6884 [22SE], S7024 [30SE], S8139 [19NO], S8236 [1DE]

——— national energy policy, S232 [16JA], S488 [26JA], S848 [9FE], S6097 [29JY]

——— promote clean energy sources in order to combat effects of climate change, S7202, S7203 [7OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, S712, S713 [3FE], S1843 [25MR], S2283 [21AP], S3090 [20MY], S4536 [23JN], S4903 [9JY], S6328 [5AU], S6616 [15SE], S6860 [22SE]

Senate Competitiveness Caucus: establish, S4100 [11JN]

Taxation: reform the Federal tax code, S619 [29JA]

Transportation: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to encourage freight planning and investment that incorporates all modes of transportation, including rail, waterways, ports, and highways to promote national connectivity, S1983 [26MR]

——— importance of infrastructure investment, S86 [8JA], S388 [22JA], S520 [27JA], S874 [10FE], S3213–S3216 [21MY], S7087–S7089 [1OC], S7629–S7632 [29OC]

Yates, Sally Quillian: suitability to be Deputy Attorney General relative to position on Executive orders to implement immigration reform and supervision of lawyers litigating lawsuits on such Executive orders, S2827–S2829 [13MY]

Reports

No Child Left Behind Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S177 [13JA]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 539) (H. Rept. 114–353), H8644 [30NO]

——— Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 542) (H. Rept. 114–359), H8859 [1DE]

Consideration of H.R. 160, Protect Medical Innovation Act and H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 114–157), H4430 [16JN]

Consideration of H.R. 596, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act Health-Care Related Provisions Repeal: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 70) (H. Rept. 114–13), H702 [2FE]

Consideration of H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 483) (H. Rept. 114–303), H7088 [21OC]

Corrections in Engrossment of H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 526) (H. Rept. 114–340), H8239 [16NO]

Energy Policy Modernization Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 2012) (S. Rept. 114–138), S6532 [9SE]

Hire More Heroes Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 22) (S. Rept. 114–3), S981 [12FE]

North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 8) (H. Rept. 114–347), H8409 [19NO]

Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1190) (H. Rept. 114–150), H4342 [12JN]

Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act: Committee on the Budget (House) (H.R. 3762) (H. Rept. 114–293), H6980 [16OC]

Rulings of the Chair

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: allow employers to exempt employees with health coverage under TRICARE or VA from employer health insurance mandate (H.R. 22), S5710 [26JY], S5921 [27JY]

Statements

Fixing No Child Left Behind Act—Innovation To Better Meet the Needs of Students: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S765 [4FE]

Goals of the 114th Congress: Senator Reid, S29 [7JA]

Its Time To Fix No Child Left Behind: Senator Alexander, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S417 [22JA]

North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act: Executive Office of the President, H8659 [1DE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act Health-Care Related Provisions Repeal (H.R. 596): Executive Office of the President, H732 [3FE]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Is Working for Us, E198 [11FE]

Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act: Executive Office of the President, H4530 [18JN]

Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act Relative to Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., Funding: Representative Castor, E1542 [27OC]

School Choice: Senator Alexander, S765 [4FE]

Summaries

Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act (H.R. 22), S8359 [3DE]

Innovation for Healthier Americans Report: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S627 [29JA]

Tables

Budgetary effects of H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, S8251 [2DE]

Committee on Ways and Means (House) and Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) allocations relative to Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act, H4489 [17JN]

Direct spending and revenue effects of H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, S8252 [2DE]

Direct spending and revenue effects of McConnell substitute amendment to H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, S8252 [2DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 70, consideration of H.R. 596, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act health-care related provisions repeal, H713 [3FE]

H. Res. 319, consideration of H.R. 160, Protect Medical Innovation Act and H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act, H4449 [17JN]

H. Res. 526, corrections in engrossment of H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, H8254 [17NO]

H. Res. 539, consideration of H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, H8658 [1DE]

H. Res. 542, consideration of H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act and conference report on S. 1177, Every Student Succeeds Act, H8875 [2DE]

H.J. Res. 61, Hire More Heroes Act, H5488 [27JY]

H.R. 8, North American Energy Security and Infrastructure Act, H8894–H8919 [2DE]

H.R. 22, Hire More Heroes Act, H29 [6JA]

H.R. 596, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act health-care related provisions repeal, H723 [3FE]

H.R. 1190, Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act, H4528 [18JN]

H.R. 3762, Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, H7143 [23OC]

S. 141, Protecting Seniors’ Access to Medicare Act, S107 [8JA]

S. Res. 161, Financial Literacy Month, S2581 [30AP]

S. Res. 199, National Strategic Agenda establishment with goals of job creation, balanced budget, securing Medicare and Social Security, and energy security, S4109 [11JN]