Child Protection
S. 581—-Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (3/15/11)—A bill to require criminal background checks for child care providers.
S. 645—-Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY)/Judiciary (3/17/11)—A bill to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system.
Education
S. 571—-Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (3/14/11)—A bill to provide education for homeless children and youths, and for other purposes.
Judiciary
H.R. 1096—-Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)/Judiciary (3/15/11)—A bill to provide that human life shall be deemed to exist from conception, and for other purposes.
Miscellaneous
S. Res. 106—-Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Considered and agreed to (3/17/11)—A resolution recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, and designating the week of March 21, 2011, through March 25, 2011, as the “100th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Remembrance Week.”
H. Res. 182—-Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY)/Education and the Workforce (3/17/11)—A resolution recognizing the historical significance of the Triangle Fire in the struggle to improve worker safety standards and protections on the 100th anniversary of the fire.
Reproductive Health
H.R. 1099—-Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)/Foreign Affairs, Energy and Commerce (3/15/11)—A bill to prohibit any federal official from expending any federal funds for any population control or population planning program or any family planning activity.
S. 578—-Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)/Finance (3/15/11)—A bill to eliminate the abstinence-only education program.
H.R. 1085—-Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)/Energy and Commerce, Appropriations (3/15/11)—A bill to eliminate the abstinence-only education program.
Tax Policy
S. 577—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Finance (3/15/11)—A bill to clarify eligibility for the child tax credit.
Violence Against Women
S. 596—-Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)/Judiciary (3/16/11)—A bill to establish a grant program to benefit victims of sex trafficking, and for other purposes.
