110th Congress

• Second Session Begins
  January 20, 2008
  • Outlook for 2008
  • Presidential Agenda
  • Economic Stimulus
  • Annual Conferences
  • Indian Health Service
  
  
• December Answers to Prayer
  December 22, 2007
  • Foreign Policy: Iraq, Intelligence
  • Domestic Policy: Taxes, Spending
  • Heartland Issues: Energy, Farming, Global Warming
  • Health Care
  
  
• Countdown to Christmas
  December 1, 2007
  • Foreign Policy: Iraq, Intelligence
  • Domestic Policy: Taxes, Spending
  • Heartland Issues: Energy, Farming, Global Warming
  • Expiring Health Care
  • Stem Cell Research
  
  
• Congressional Harvest
  November 20, 2007
  • Appropriations
  • Veto Override Votes
  • ENDA, Hate Crimes
  
  
• Legislative Quicksand
  October 23, 2007
  • House: Employment Non-Discrimination Act
  • Senate: Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
  
  
• Prayer vs. Shame
  September 24, 2007
  • FY 2007-2008 Continuing Resolution
  • Debt Limit Increase
  • $80,000 Families in "Poverty"
  • Our Greatest Threats
  
  
• Perception or Reality?
  September 8, 2007
  • Last Week
  • Iraq
  • September - Appropriations
  • Fall Outlook
  
  
• The Calm Before the Storm
  August 20, 2007
  • 110th Congress to date
  • Looking Ahead to September
  
  
• The Back Door to Universal Government Health Care
  July 31, 2007
  • House: SCHIP reauthorization
  
  
• Nothing New, Everything All at Once
  July 17, 2007
  • House: Appropriations, Energy
  • Senate: Defense (hate crimes caution)
  • Senate: children's health or student debt
  • Senate: Appropriations (including coercive abortion)
  
  
• Appropriations Continue, Agenda Heating Up
  July 3, 2007
  • House: Appropriations Victories, Defeats
  • Senate: Energy Completed, Immigration
  • S. 5 Veto Override
  • Global Warming
  • August Recess Pressure
  
  
• A Month of Must-Pass Legislation
  Magnets for Trouble
  June 10, 2007
  • House: Appropriations
  • Senate: Energy, Defense
  • S. 5 Veto Override
  • Conference Reports Possible
  
  
• Answers to Prayer
  Third Work Period Concluded
  May 29, 2007
  • Major legislation
  • Answers to Prayer
  • Fourth Work Period
  
  
• Votes Last Week
  May 7, 2007
  • House: Head Start and Hiring Protections
  • House: Hate Crimes
  • House: DC Voting Rights
  • Iraq Supplemental Votes
  
  
• Votes This Week
  May 2, 2007
  • House: Head Start and Hiring Protections
  • House: Hate Crimes
  • Senate: FDA and RU-486, the abortion drug
  
  
• Currents Under the Surface
  April 23, 2007
  • Congress: Iraq Supplemental
  • House Judiciary Committee: Hate/Thought Crimes (a Religious Freedom issue)
  • House: Head Start Reauthorization (and Religious Freedom issue)
  • Senate: Medicare Prescription Drugs
  
  
• Veto Preparation
  April 10, 2007
  • Senate: Embryonic Stem Cell Research Funding
  
  
• Success in the Minority
  March 20, 2007
  • House: Minority Success with Motions to Recommit
  • House Next: Iraq Supplemental Appropriations, DC Voting Rights
  • Senate Completed: S. 4, 9/11 Commission Recommendations, Iraq votes
  • Senate Next: U.S. Attorneys, FY2008 Budget
  • Conference: Minimum Wage
  
  
• First Work Period Concluded
  February 27, 2007
  • House Completed: Iraq Debate Week
  • House Next: Port Security, Unions
  • Senate Completed: Fiscal Year 2007
  • Senate Next: 9/11 Commission Recommendations
  • Conference: Minimum Wage
  
  
• Chambers Trading Priorities
  February 8, 2007
  • House Completed: First 100 Hours, FY2007
  • House Next: Iraq
  • Senate Completed: S. 1 (Ethics Reform), H.R. 2 (Minimum Wage)
  • Senate Next: FY2007, Human Life, Iraq (?)
  • Conference: Minimum Wage
  
  
• House Outpacing Senate
  January 15, 2007
  • House 100 Hours
  • Senate 100 Days
  • Iraq
  • Judicial Nominations
  
  
• The First 100 Hours
  December 30, 2006
  • The House Agenda
  • A Closer Look
  • The Senate
  
  
• 109th Congress, Final Week
  December 5, 2006
  • Senate Nominations
  • Fetal Pain Vote
  • 109th Congress Reflections
  • 110th Congress Realignment
  • Oaths of Office, Islam
  
  
• 110th Congress Preparations
  November 10, 2006
  • Changes from the Elections
  • Elections Among the Elected
  • "The Austin Uniter"
  
  
• Congressional Outlook
  November 1, 2006
  • State Ballot Issues
  • Present - The 109th Congress
  • Past - Since President Bush Took Office
  • Future - The 110th Congress
  
  

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