Full Faith and Credit Act
2011-01-26: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 2.
A bill to repeal the provision of law that provides automatic pay adjustments for Members of Congress.
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2011
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the election to deduct State and local sales taxes.
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
American Liberty Restoration Act
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2011
2011-01-25: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S130)
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve to 3 in the House of Representatives and 2 in the Senate.
2011-04-14: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Joint resolution proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
2011-12-14: Failed of passage in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 53. Record Vote Number: 229.
A joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.
2011-11-10: Motion to proceed to consideration of measure rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46 - 52. Record Vote Number: 200.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring that the Federal budget be balanced.
2011-11-30: Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 112-512.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to balancing the budget.
2011-01-26: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A resolution honoring the members of the military and intelligence community who carried out the mission that killed Osama bin Laden, and for other purposes.
2011-05-03: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 63. (text: CR S2609-2610)
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate relating to the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
2011-03-14: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1610-1611; text of measure as passed Senate: CR S1610-1611; text of measure as introduced: CR S1607)
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the primary safeguard for the well-being and protection of children is the family, and that the primary safeguards for the legal rights of children in the United States are the Constitutions of the United States and the several States, and that, because the use of international treaties to govern policy in the United States on families and children is contrary to principles of self-government and federalism, and that, because the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child undermines traditional principles of law in the United States regarding parents and children, the President should not transmit the Convention to the Senate for its advice and consent.
2011-03-10: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1566-1567)
A resolution relative to the death of James Albertus McClure, former United States Senator for the State of Idaho.
2011-02-28: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S957-959; text as passed Senate: CR S959; text of measure as introduced: CR S978)
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the conviction by the Government of Russia of businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev constitutes a politically motivated case of selective arrest and prosecution that flagrantly undermines the rule of law and independence of the judicial system of Russia.
2011-02-17: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S914-915)
A resolution honoring the victims and heroes of the shooting on January 8, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona.
2011-01-26: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 1. (text: CR S259-260)
A resolution honoring Senator Barbara Mikulski for becoming the longest-serving female Senator in history.
2011-01-05: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6-13; text as passed Senate: CR S6-7; text of measure as introduced: CR S64)