Thursday, May 28, 2009

Your Congress at Work

S. 1044
To preserve the ability of the United States to project power globally.

S. 1048
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to extend the food labeling requirements of the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990 to enable customers to make informed choices about the nutritional content of standard menu items in large chain restaurants.

H.J.Res. 52
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to temporarily fill mass vacancies in the House of Representatives and the Senate and to preserve the right of the people to elect their Representatives and Senators in Congress.

“Immediately after taking the oath of office, an individual who is elected to serve as a Senator or Representative in Congress shall provide the applicable House of Congress a list of at least three designees, ranked in order of preference, to take the individual’s place in the event the individual dies, becomes incapacitated, or disappears prior to the expiration of the individual’s term of office.”


Backup Congress! I love it!

H.J.Res. 53
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to Congressional succession.


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“ Section 1. No person shall be a Representative who has not selected and been elected together with an Alternate Representative.

H.Con.Res. 131
Directing the Architect of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and the National Motto of “In God we trust” in the Capitol Visitor Center.
Stages:

S. 1081
To prohibit the release of enemy combatants into the United States.

S. 1100
To provide that certain photographic records relating to the treatment of any individual engaged, captured, or detained after September 11, 2001, by the Armed Forces of the United States in operations outside the United States shall not be subject to disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act).

S.Res. 158
To commend the American Sail Training Association for advancing international goodwill and character building under sail.

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