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H.Res. 635 – "The First Step in
Impeaching President Bush Resolution"
Judiciary Committee Ranking Democrat John Conyers and House
Democrats want to set up a select committee with the purpose of
investigating grounds for the impeachment of President Bush.
H.Res. 635 establishes a select committee to investigate the
Bush Administration and to make recommendations regarding grounds
for possible impeachment.
Cosponsors include Democrat
Leadership, Ranking Democrats and other senior Democrats. |
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H.Res. 636 – "The Second Step in
Impeaching President Bush Resolution"
Judiciary Committee Ranking Democrat John Conyers wishes he could aggressively pursue his legislation to
censure, and ultimately impeach, President Bush.
H.Res. 636 seeks to censure President
Bush for a slew of unsubstantiated allegations.
Cosponsors include Ranking Democrats and other senior Democrats. |
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H.R. 1300 –
"The
Automatic Voting Rights for Felons Act"
Judiciary Committee Ranking Democrat John Conyers thinks
that murderers, rapists and child molesters aren’t having their
voices heard by Congress.
H.R. 1300 states that the right of an individual who is a citizen of the
United States to vote in any election for Federal office shall not
be denied or abridged because that individual has been convicted of
a criminal offense.
Cosponsors include Ranking Democrats and other senior Democrats. |
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H.J.Res.73 –
"The Cut-and-Run in
Iraq Resolution"
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Ranking Member John Murtha
believes that “the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq is impeding this
progress” and that “an immediate redeployment of our American
forces” is appropriate because “it's time for us to get out.” (Press
Conference – 11/17/05).
In an interview
with
CNN, Rep. John Murtha was discussing his call for troops to be
withdrawn from Iraq. When asked for his thoughts on a timetable for
such action, he replied: “I think
we cannot win this.”
Cosponsors include Democrat Leadership, Ranking
Democrats, and other senior Democrats. |
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H.R. 4683
– "The Government-Run
Health Care Act"
House Democrats want to create a federal health care system
without choices that would combine the efficiency of the DMV and the
compassion of the IRS – and tax you through the nose to get it.
Amends the Social Security Act to add a new title XXII (Medicare for
All).
According to the Congressional Research Service, H.R. 4683
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose:
(1) on the income of every individual a tax equal to 1.7% of wages
received; (2) on every employer an excise tax equal to 7% of the
wages paid to each employee; and (3) on the self-employment income
of every individual, a tax equal to the applicable percentage of the
self-employment income for such taxable year.
Cosponsors include Ranking Democrats
and senior Democrats. |
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H.R. 2456 –
"The Decreased Penalties
for Crack Cocaine Act"
Committee on Ways and Means Ranking Democrat Charles Rangel wants to reduce the criminal penalties for crack dealers and users.
H.R. 2456 amends the Controlled Substances Act and the Controlled Substances
Import and Export Act to eliminate specified mandatory minimum
penalties relating to the trafficking in, and possession,
importation, or distribution of, crack cocaine.
Cosponsors include Ranking Democrats and other senior Democrats. |
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"Massive Tax Increases
Act"
Appropriations Committee Ranking Democrat David Obey in the
109th Congress has costly amendments to Budget and various
Appropriations
bills – meaning new direct spending offset by increases in taxes.
So far this year, Appropriations Committee Democrats have proposed $45.2
billion in new Democrat spending above and beyond the levels
included in FY 2007 appropriations bills – all of which have
been rejected by House Republicans.
Click here for a breakdown of Democrats’ fiscal irresponsibility. |
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"H.R. Investigate Everything"
In the current Congress, Government Reform Committee Ranking
Democrat Henry Waxman has requested multiple investigations and
other information (under the “7 member rule”). Waxman has
advocated politically-motivated investigations targeting everything
from abstinence-oriented education programs to gun ownership rights
for individuals, while criticizing past investigations into serious
transgressions of justice like the fiasco at Waco and e-mails that
were mysteriously absent from Clinton White House servers as
“politically motivated.” |
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H.R. 1018 –
"The Permanent Welfare
Housing Act"
Ways and Means Ranking Democrat Charlie Rangel has ignored
all of welfare reform’s lessons about helping families exit the
cycle of poverty. H.R. 1018 rejects the idea of empowering
welfare recipients through the incentives of getting back into the
workforce or otherwise giving back to their community.
Public Housing Tenants Respect Act of 2005 amends the United States
Housing Act of 1937, removing provisions that residents of public
housing are required to participate in eight hours per month of
either community service or economic self-sufficiency activities in
order to retain their public housing.
Cosponsors includes Ranking Democrats and other senior Democrats. |
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H.R. 63
- Democracy Day Act of 2005 - A.K.A.
"The Paid Holiday for Government Union Workers on Election Day Act."
Judiciary Committee Ranking Democrat John Conyers wants Government
workers to get ANOTHER day off work - courtesy of the taxpayer - on
election day while every other American has to take time away from
work or their families to vote ... and everyday taxpayers won't get
paid by the federal government to participate in our Democracy like
their federal union-member counterparts.
Cosponsors include Democrat Leadership and Ranking Democrats.
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