POLITICAL PARTIES

Addresses

State of the Union: President Trump, S862–S866 [5FE], H1356–H1361 [5FE]

Articles and editorials

Obstruction of Justice in the Mueller Report—A Heat Map (excerpt), S2666 [7MY]

Why Is Congress So Dumb?, E87–E89 [24JA]

Bills and resolutions

Congress: eliminate partisan redistricting and gerrymandering (see S. 1972), S4505 [25JN] (see H. Res. 36), H463 [10JA]

——— establish use of ranked choice voting in elections (see H.R. 4464), H7901 [24SE]

——— express that the crime of lying to Congress must be prosecuted equitably (see H. Res. 97), H1349 [4FE]

Dept. of Justice: make available to Congress and the public the special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials (see H. Con. Res. 24), H2584 [7MR]

——— make available to Congress and the public the special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials (H. Con. Res. 24), consideration (see H. Res. 208), H2646 [11MR]

Elections: require States to provide equivalent ballot access to all congressional candidates regardless of party nomination or affiliation and eliminate straight-ticket voting (see H.R. 1681), H2679 [12MR]

FCC: reinstate obligation of broadcast licensees to afford reasonable opportunity for discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance, commonly known as the Fairness Doctrine (see H.R. 4401), H7834 [19SE]

FEC: allow expenditures by national party committees to provide cybersecurity assistance to State parties, individuals running for office, and their campaigns (see S. 1569), S3004 [21MY]

——— exempt political party assistance to candidates for secure information technology or cybersecurity products or services from limits on party expenditures made to candidates’ campaigns (see H.R. 3850), H7150 [18JY]

Federal Advisory Committee Act: increase transparency of Federal advisory committees (see S. 1220), S2435 [11AP] (see H.R. 1608), H2582 [7MR]

FTC: regulate use of automated software programs, or bots, intended to impersonate or replicate human activity on social media and prohibit use of such programs for political advertising (see S. 2125), S4856 [16JY] (see H.R. 4536), H8054 [26SE]

GSA: prohibit awarding of contracts to insured depository institutions that avoid doing business with certain companies that are engaged in lawful commerce based solely on social policy (see S. 1104), S2386 [10AP]

House of Representatives: establish use of ranked choice voting in elections, require States with more than one Representative to establish multi-Member congressional districts, and conduct independent redistricting (see H.R. 4000), H7464 [25JY]

Political campaigns: clarify treatment of coordinated expenditures as contributions to candidates (see H.R. 4055), H7466 [25JY]

——— require each authorized committee or leadership political action committee of a candidate for Federal office to disburse all funds which remain unexpended after the date of the election (see H.R. 1363), H2232 [26FE]

States: require use of independent nonpartisan commissions to carry out congressional redistricting and holding of open primaries for elections for Federal office (see H.R. 163), H207 [3JA]

Taxation: terminate Presidential Election Campaign Fund and transfer remaining funds to NIH 10-Year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund (see H.R. 2234), H3253 [10AP]

——— terminate taxpayer financing of Presidential election campaigns and party conventions (see H.R. 290), H281 [8JA]

Essays

State of the Union: Thomas Buckley, S767 [30JA]

Letters

Dept. of Justice special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials availability to Congress and the public: several House of Representatives committee chairs, H2729 [14MR]

Dept. of Justice special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials: Robert S. Mueller III, Dept. of Justice, S2535 [1MY]

——— several former Federal prosecutors, S2665 [7MY], H12132 [18DE]

Increase transparency of Federal advisory committees: Representative Cummings, Committee on Oversight and Reform (House), H2670 [12MR]

——— Representative Neal, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H2670 [12MR]

Notices

Estimated budget effects of H.R. 1608, Federal advisory committees transparency increase, H2678 [12MR]

Remarks in House

Barr, Attorney General: characterization of summary letter on contents of special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H3349 [1MY]

Congress: abuse of power, H12285 [19DE]

——— importance of bipartisanship, H297 [9JA], H663 [16JA], H701, H702 [17JA], H1287 [30JA], H2004 [14FE], H2878 [27MR], H5852 [16JY], H7691–H7693 [12SE], H8155, H8156 [16OC], H8253 [18OC], H8795, H8796 [13NO], H8839 [14NO]

——— recognize failure to pass legislation due to prioritization of impeachment inquiry against President Trump, H9152, H9153 [21NO]

Constitution—U.S.: clarify impeachment process and historical role in providing checks on power of the Executive Office of the President, H4999–H5004 [20JN]

Dept. of Justice: investigation of origins of special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H3755 [14MY], H4425 [11JN], H4690–H4692 [13JN]

Federal Advisory Committee Act: increase transparency of Federal advisory committees (H.R. 1608), H2667–H2671 [12MR]

House of Representatives: find Attorney General Barr in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena relative to the unredacted special counsel investigation report, H4332, H4334–H4336 [5JN]

——— impact of partisanship, H8042 [26SE]

——— legislative process, H700, H701 [17JA]

House Rules: open versus restrictive rules, H5316–H5323 [10JY]

Morality and ethics: assessment of personal character based on perceived offensive comments about marginalized communities, H7778 [19SE], H8670 [30OC]

——— reaffirm importance of civility, H5253 [27JN]

Mueller, Robert S., III: call to testify before House committees relative to release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H5177 [26JN]

——— release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H2765, H2766, H2786 [25MR], H2878 [27MR], H2903–H2906 [28MR], H2936 [1AP], H3096–H3098 [4AP], H3307 [30AP], H3481, H3495 [8MY], H3551, H3661 [9MY], H3827–H3830 [15MY], H3845 [16MY], H4018, H4055 [21MY], H8246 [18OC], H8672 [30OC], H9164 [21NO]

——— special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H3245–H3247 [10AP], H9341 [6DE]

——— testimony before House committees relative to release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H7248, H7251, H7374 [24JY]

News media: allegations of media bias, H1002 [23JA], H8707 [31OC]

——— allegations of media bias regarding perceived racism, H7457–H7460 [25JY], H7860–H7864 [20SE]

Political campaigns: require each authorized committee or leadership political action committee of a candidate for Federal office to disburse all funds which remain unexpended after the date of the election, H2382 [6MR]

Republic of Kazakhstan: anniversary of Nur Otan political party, E138 [6FE]

Russia: efforts to influence U.S. elections, H7700 [12SE]

Schiff, Representative: call for resignation from Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) relative to comments on relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H2903 [28MR]

Voting: permit political party committees to contribute small dollar donations to support candidates, H2560, H2561 [7MR]

Remarks in Senate

Barr, Attorney General: assessment of tenure, S2405 [11AP]

——— testimony before Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) relative to the release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S2553 [1MY], S2580 [2MY]

CCC: allocation of agricultural relief payments for political reasons, S5586 [19SE]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): vote to find Attorney General Barr in contempt of Congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena relative to the unredacted special counsel investigation report, S2760 [9MY]

Congress: eliminate partisan redistricting and gerrymandering, S2100 [28MR]

——— importance of bipartisanship, S7, S11–S13 [3JA], S6544 [13NO], S7147 [18DE]

——— legislative process, S6461–S6463 [7NO]

Dept. of Justice: Inspector General report relative to investigation of origins of special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S6910, S6937–S6939 [10DE], S6959 [11DE], S7017–S7019 [12DE], S7084 [17DE], S7146 [18DE]

——— investigation of origins of special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S5007 [23JY], S6637 [19NO]

——— make available to Congress and the public the special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S1921 [25MR], S2289–S2291 [8AP]

FBI: investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S6941–S6943 [10DE]

FEC: allow expenditures by national party committees to provide cybersecurity assistance to State parties, individuals running for office, and their campaigns (S. 1569), S3008 [21MY], S4815 [15JY]

Freedom of religion: reaffirm importance of religion and freedom to exercise beliefs peacefully, S6053 [23OC]

Morality and ethics: reaffirm importance of civility, S128 [10JA]

Mueller, Robert S., III: call to testify before Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) relative to the release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S2581 [2MY], S2628 [6MY]

——— release of report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S1920, S1925–S1928 [25MR], S1951 [26MR], S2065, S2076 [28MR], S2476 [29AP], S2503 [30AP], S2535 [1MY], S2594, S2600–S2602 [2MY], S2629–S2631 [6MY], S2657, S2659, S2663–S2667, S2701–S2703 [7MY], S2708, S2732 [8MY], S2777 [13MY]

——— report on special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S5020–S5025 [23JY]

——— special counsel investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S1312 [13FE], S1366–S1368 [14FE]

News media: allegations of media bias, S5121–S5125 [29JY]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of Dept. of Homeland Security nominees, S6499 [12NO]

——— Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S694 [28JA], S1427–S1429 [25FE], S1555 [28FE], S1640, S1646 [5MR], S1693, S1696 [6MR], S1717, S1725, S1726 [7MR], S1751 [11MR], S1772, S1786 [12MR], S1807, S1810 [13MR], S2033–S2035 [27MR], S2210–S2223, S2225–S2229 [3AP], S2286 [8AP], S2349, S2351 [10AP], S2475 [29AP], S2500, S2529 [30AP], S2533 [1MY], S2579 [2MY], S2711 [8MY], S2751 [9MY], S2776 [13MY], S2985 [21MY], S3017, S3028, S3030, S3033–S3035 [22MY], S3335, S3336 [12JN], S4705, S4740 [9JY], S4780 [11JY], S5093 [25JY], S5127 [29JY], S5151 [30JY], S5207 [31JY], S5279 [1AU], S5584 [19SE], S6501 [12NO], S6685 [20NO], S6864, S6875 [5DE], S6975 [11DE], S7003 [12DE]

——— Senate process for confirmation of political nominees, S694 [28JA], S1302, S1314 [13FE], S1427–S1429 [25FE], S1555, S1568 [28FE], S1646 [5MR], S1729 [7MR], S1772 [12MR], S1892 [14MR], S2022 [27MR], S2210–S2223, S2225–S2229 [3AP], S2475 [29AP], S2500 [30AP], S2533 [1MY], S2579 [2MY], S2711, S2721, S2722 [8MY], S2776 [13MY], S3179 [4JN], S3223 [5JN], S3451 [13JN], S4705 [9JY], S4780 [11JY], S5127 [29JY], S5151 [30JY], S5207 [31JY], S5279 [1AU], S5618 [23SE], S5635 [24SE]

Russia: efforts to influence U.S. elections, S1926 [25MR], S4673 [28JN], S5953–S5959 [22OC], S6141 [24OC]

Senate: impact of partisanship, S190 [15JA], S5716 [26SE], S6586 [14NO], S6742 [21NO]

——— legislative process, S6940 [10DE], S7003 [12DE]

Senate Rules: provide for consideration of amendments to legislation, S2082, S2083 [28MR]

States: require use of independent nonpartisan commissions to carry out congressional redistricting, S107 [9JA]

Trump, President: evaluation of administration, S842, S845 [5FE]

Twitter, Inc.: decision to ban all political advertisements, S6412 [6NO]

Reports

Investigation Into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election (excerpt), S2664 [7MY], H3662, H3663 [9MY]

Reports filed

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 24, Make Available Special Counsel Report on Investigation of Relationship Between President Trump’s Campaign and Russian Officials: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 208) (H. Rept. 116–17), H2646 [11MR]

Rollcalls

House of Representatives vote on H. Con. Res. 24, make available to Congress and the public the Dept. of Justice special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, S1884 [14MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 24, make available to Congress and the public the Dept. of Justice special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H2723 [14MR]

H. Res. 208, consideration of H. Con. Res. 24, make available to Congress and the public the Dept. of Justice special counsel report on investigation of relationship between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, H2690 [13MR]

H.R. 1608, increase transparency of Federal advisory committees, H2667–H2670 [12MR]