February 15, 2002
House Attaches Stimulus Package to Unemployment Extension
On February 14, the House approved, 225-199, a Senate-passed bill (H.R. 622) that would extend unemployment benefits an additional 13View More
February 15, 2002
Senate Committee Continues Dialogue on Early Childhood Education
“Early Education: From Science To Practice” was the focus of a February 12 hearing by the Senate Health, Education, Labor,View More
February 15, 2002
House Committee Examines Health Tax Credits
On February 13, the House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to examine the President’s FY 2003 budget proposalView More
February 15, 2002
Senate Committee Considers Needs of the Working Poor
With Congress poised to reauthorize the welfare program, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions held a FebruaryView More
February 15, 2002
Genetic Discrimination Subject of Senate Hearing
With the announcement last year that scientists had successfully mapped the human genome, the issue of genetic discrimination is beingView More
February 15, 2002
Senate Committee Examines HIV/AIDS
On February 13, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held the first of a series of hearings on efforts to combatView More
February 15, 2002
Senate Committee Considers Africa’s HIV/AIDS Crisis
On February 14, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on Africa’s HIV/AIDS crisis. Presiding Chair Russ Feingold (D-WI)View More
February 15, 2002
Bills Introduced
Abortion H.R. 748—-Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) / Judiciary (02/10/05)—A bill to prevent the transportation of minors in circumvention of certainView More
February 8, 2002
Senate Approves Foster Care Tax Exemption
On February 6, the Senate approved, by unanimous consent, a House-passed bill (H.R. 586) that would expand the types ofView More
February 8, 2002
Senate Drops Stimulus Bill; Approves Jobless Benefits Extension Instead
After two weeks of contentious debate on an economic stimulus package (H.R. 622) (see The Source, 1/25/02), Senators were unableView More