This is an incomplete list of legislation that, if enacted, would protect and promote the status of women. It is just from the Senate side. Readers are encouraged to make additions.
I am soooooo sick of hearing about how our Democratic leaders “lack balls.” Could we lose that expression? Please?
Could we learn to say our leaders lack spine? And then only when deserved. It is not true that they are not providing leadership. Aside from the great investigative hearings, almost all of them are carrying a very heavy legislative load. It would be immensely helpful to them, and more importantly our country, if we could take the trouble to learn about their legislation and use our blogs to educate and agitate for its passage as we think best.
S.RES.93 : A resolution supporting the goals of “International Women’s Day”.
Sponsor: Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] (introduced 3/5/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Boxer, Sen Cantwell, Sen Clinton, Sen Feinstein, Sen Klobuchar,Sen Landrieu, Sen Mikulski, Sen Murray, Sen Stabenow
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/5/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.RES.102 : A resolution supporting the goals of “International Women’s Day”.
Sponsor: Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] (introduced 3/9/2007) Cosponsors (9)
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
S.AMDT.528 to S.CON.RES.21 To increase funding by $100 million for the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) programs administered by the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Humans Services, with an offset of an unallocated reduction to non-defense discretionary spending and/or reduction to administrative expenses.
Sponsor: Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] (introduced 3/22/2007) Cosponsors (3)
Latest Major Action: 3/23/2007 Senate amendment agreed to. Status: Amendment SA 528 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
S.147 : A bill to empower women in Afghanistan, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors:
Sen Biden, Sen Dodd, Sen Feinstein, Sen Mikulski, Sen Stabenow
Committees: Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
S.1173 : A bill to protect, consistent with Roe v. Wade, a woman’s freedom to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] (introduced 4/19/2007) Cosponsors:
Sen Baucus, Sen Bingaman, Sen Cantwell, Sen Cardin, Sen Clinton, Sen Feinstein, Sen Lautenberg, Sen Lieberman, Sen Menendez, Sen Mikulski, Sen Murray, Sen Sanders, Sen Schumer, Sen Stabenow, Sen Tester
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/19/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.137 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide additional beneficiary protections.
Sponsor: Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/4/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.301 : A bill to provide higher education assistance for nontraditional students, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 1/16/2007) Cosponsors:Sen Durbin, Sen Lieberman, Sen Mikulski
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 1/16/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.766 : A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies of victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] (introduced 3/6/2007) Cosponsors:Sen Biden, Sen Boxer, Sen Brown, Sen Cantwell, Sen Dodd, Sen Durbin, Sen Feingold, Sen Harkin, Sen Kennedy, Sen Kerry, Sen Klobuchar, Sen Lautenberg, Sen Leahy, Sen Levin, Sen Menendez, Sen Mikulski, Sen Murray, Sen Obama, Sen Reed, Sen Reid, Sen Sanders, Sen Schumer
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 3/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S.507 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.
Sponsor: Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] (introduced 2/6/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Brown, Sen Cantwell, Sen Collins, Sen Crapo, Sen Durbin, Sen Murray, Sen Sanders
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 2/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.634 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs under part A of title XI of such Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] (introduced 2/15/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Bayh, Sen Bingaman, Sen Bond, Sen Brown, Sen Clinton, Sen Cochran, Sen Coleman, Sen Durbin, Sen Hatch, Sen Lincoln, Sen Lugar, Sen Murkowski, Sen Sanders, Sen Schumer
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S.RES.168 : A resolution congratulating the University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team for winning the 2007 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Women’s Ice Hockey Championship.
Sponsor: Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] (introduced 4/24/2007) Cosponsors (1)
Latest Major Action: 4/24/2007 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
3. S.393 : A bill to transfer unspent funds for grants by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, the Office of Justice Programs, and the Office on Violence Against Women to the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program
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Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 1/25/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 1/25/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1087 : A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages on account of sex, race, or national origin, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] (introduced 4/11/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Akaka, Daniel K. [HI] – 4/11/2007
Sen Boxer, Sen Brown, Sen Durbin, Sen Feingold, Sen Kennedy, Sen Kerry, Sen Lautenberg, Sen Leahy, Sen Levin, Sen Mikulski, Sen Murray, Sen Obama, Barack [IL] – 4/24/2007
Sen Sanders
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/11/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S.J.RES.10 : A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.
Sponsor: Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] (introduced 3/27/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Biden, Sen Boxer, Sen Brown, Sen Cantwell, Sen Cardin,
Sen Clinton, Sen Dodd, Sen Durbin, Sen Feingold, Sen Feinstein, Sen Harkin, Sen Kerry, Sen Lautenberg, Sen Levin, Sen Lieberman, Sen Menendez, Sen Mikulski, Sen Murray, Sen Obama, Sen Sanders, Sen Schumer, Sen Stabenow, Sen Whitehouse
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/27/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.RES.170 : A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of a National Child Care Worthy Wage Day.
Sponsor: Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] (introduced 4/24/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Boxer, Sen Dodd, Sen Durbin, Sen Feingold, Sen Inouye,
Sen Kerry, Sen Lautenberg
Committees: Senate Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/24/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
S.1023 : A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the remainder of funding shortfalls for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] (introduced 3/29/2007) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/29/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.1137 : A bill to authorize grants to carry out projects to provide education on preventing teen pregnancies, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] (introduced 4/17/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Baucus, Sen Cantwell
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 4/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S.1212 : A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to permit direct payment under the Medicare program for clinical social worker services provided to residents of skilled nursing facilities.
Sponsor: Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] (introduced 4/25/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Cantwell, Sen Inouye, Sen Kennedy, Sen Murray, Sen Stabenow
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/25/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.1136 : A bill to promote the economic security and safety of victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Sen Murray, Patty [WA] (introduced 4/17/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Brown, Sen Dodd
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 4/17/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
. S.579 : A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer.
Sponsor: Sen Reid, Harry [NV] (introduced 2/14/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Bayh, Sen Bennett, Sen Biden, Sen Bingaman, Sen Boxer, Sen Cardin, Sen Clinton, Sen Collins, Sen Dodd, Sen Dole, Sen Durbin, Sen Feingold,
Sen Feinstein, Sen Grassley, Sen Hagel, Sen Harkin, Sen Hatch, Sen Hutchison, Sen Johnson, Sen Kennedy, Sen Kerry, Sen Kohl, Sen Lautenberg, Sen Leahy,Sen Lugar, Sen McCain, Sen McCaskill, Sen Menendez, Sen Mikulski, Sen Murkowski, Sen Murray, Sen Nelson, Sen Reed, Sen Salazar, Sen Sanders, Sen Schumer, Sen Snowe, Sen Specter, Sen Stabenow, Sen Sununu, Sen Voinovich, Sen Warner, Sen Whitehouse
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/14/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
S.803 : A bill to repeal a provision enacted to end Federal matching of State spending of child support incentive payments.
Sponsor: Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] (introduced 3/7/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Brown, Sen Cantwell, Sen Coleman, Sen Cornyn, Sen Klobuchar, Sen Kohl, Sen Levin, Sen Snowe, Sen Stabenow
Committees: Senate Finance
Latest Major Action: 3/7/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
S.573 : A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act to improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases in women.
Sponsor: Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] (introduced 2/13/2007) Cosponsors: Sen Akaka, Sen Boxer, Sen Cantwell, Sen Casey, Sen Clinton, Sen Cochran, Sen Collins, Sen Conrad, Sen Dole, Sen Dorgan, Sen Durbin, Sen Feinstein, Sen Hutchison, Sen Klobuchar,Sen Landrieu, Sen Lautenberg, Sen Levin, Sen Lieberman, Sen Lincoln, Sen McCaskill, Sen Menendez, Sen Mikulski, Sen Murkowski, Sen Murray, Sen Sanders,
Sen Snowe, Sen Tester, Sen Whitehouse
Committees: Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Latest Major Action: 2/13/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
