What's the "litmus test" of members of Congress?

[Earth_First]

Here's an excellent start:



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1. <109th> H.CON.RES.321 : Providing that the new permanent Council of Representatives of Iraq is encouraged to debate and vote on whether or not a continued United States military presence in Iraq is desired by the Government of Iraq.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 12/16/2005) Cosponsors (25)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 12/16/2005 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
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2. <109th> H.CON.RES.364 : Supporting the goals and ideals of St. Patrick's Day.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 3/16/2006) Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.


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3. <109th> H.CON.RES.450 : Calling upon the President to appeal to all sides in the current crisis in the Middle East for an immediate cessation of violence and to commit United States diplomats to multi-party negotiations with no preconditions.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 7/19/2006) Cosponsors (34)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 7/19/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.


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4. <109th> H.RES.170 : Of inquiry requesting the President to transmit certain information to the House of Representatives respecting a claim made by the President on February 16, 2005, at a meeting Portsmouth, New Hampshire, that there is not a Social Security trust.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 3/17/2005) Cosponsors (39)
Committees: House Ways and Means
House Reports: 109-58
Latest Major Action: 4/27/2005 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 29.


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5. <109th> H.RES.505 : Requesting the President of the United States and directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to the White House Iraq Group.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 10/20/2005) Cosponsors (109)
Committees: House International Relations
House Reports: 109-291
Latest Major Action: 11/10/2005 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 117.


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6. <109th> H.RES.515 : Of inquiry requesting the President of the United States to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in his possession relating to the anticipated effects of climate change on the coastal regions of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 10/26/2005) Cosponsors (150)
Committees: House Science
House Reports: 109-296
Latest Major Action: 11/15/2005 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 119.


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7. <109th> H.RES.685 : Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to any entity with which the United States has contracted for public relations purposes concerning Iraq.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 2/15/2006) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Armed Services
House Reports: 109-397
Latest Major Action: 3/16/2006 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 156.


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8. <109th> H.RES.718 : Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to the Dubai Ports World acquisition of 6 United States commercial ports leases.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 3/9/2006) Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Financial Services
House Reports: 109-414
Latest Major Action: 4/7/2006 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 163.


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9. <109th> H.RES.950 : Calling for the abolition of all nuclear weapons.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 7/26/2006) Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 7/26/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.


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10. <109th> H.RES.1066 : Requesting the President to provide to the House of Representatives certain documents in his possession relating to United States policy toward Iran.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 9/29/2006) Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Armed Services; House International Relations; House Intelligence (Permanent Select)
Latest Major Action: 9/29/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


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11. <109th> H.J.RES.54 : Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 6/14/2005) Cosponsors (25)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/1/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims.


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12. <109th> H.R.2070 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas (and products thereof) and to allow an income tax credit for purchases of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and to allow grants for mass transit.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 5/4/2005) Cosponsors (51)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 5/5/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines.


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13. <109th> H.R.2420 : To preserve the cooperative, peaceful uses of space for the benefit of all humankind by prohibiting the basing of weapons in space and the use of weapons to destroy or damage objects in space that are in orbit, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 5/18/2005) Cosponsors (35)
Committees: House Science; House Armed Services; House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 6/21/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces.


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14. <109th> H.R.2969 : To amend title 9 of the United States Code to exclude all employment contracts from the arbitration provisions of chapter 1 of such title; and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 6/17/2005) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 7/25/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.


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15. <109th> H.R.3760 : To establish a Department of Peace and Nonviolence.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 9/14/2005) Cosponsors (74)
Committees: House Government Reform; House International Relations; House Judiciary; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 11/7/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.


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16. <109th> H.R.3800 : To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend for 1 year the qualified individual (QI) program of Medicare cost-sharing assistance to low-income Medicare beneficiaries.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 9/15/2005) Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 11/4/2005 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


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17. <109th> H.R.4923 : To abolish the death penalty under Federal law.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 3/9/2006) Cosponsors (45)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/9/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


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18. <109th> H.R.5266 : To provide additional protections for farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, to ensure fairness for farmers and ranchers in their dealings with biotech companies that sell genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 5/2/2006) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 5/11/2006 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.


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19. <109th> H.R.5267 : To prohibit the open-air cultivation of genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops, to prohibit the use of common human food or animal feed as the host plant for a genetically engineered pharmaceutical or industrial chemical, to establish a tracking system to regulate the growing, handling, transportation, and disposal of pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts to prevent human, animal, and general environmental exposure to genetically engineered pharmaceutical and industrial crops and their byproducts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 5/2/2006) Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 5/9/2006 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural Development, and Research.


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20. <109th> H.R.5268 : To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of genetically engineered foods, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 5/2/2006) Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/15/2006 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.


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21. <109th> H.R.5269 : To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Federal Meat Inspection Act, and the Poultry Products Inspection Act to require that food that contains a genetically engineered material, or that is produced with a genetically engineered material, be labeled accordingly.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 5/2/2006) Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/25/2006 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture .


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22. <109th> H.R.5270 : To ensure that efforts to address world hunger through the use of genetically engineered animals and crops actually help developing countries and peoples while protecting human health and the environment, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 5/2/2006) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House International Relations; House Ways and Means; House Financial Services; House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 5/16/2006 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology.


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23. <109th> H.R.5271 : To assign liability for injury caused by genetically engineered organisms.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 5/2/2006) Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 5/15/2006 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman .


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24. <109th> H.R.5754 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Theresa and Stefan Sajac.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 7/10/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/10/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


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25. <109th> H.R.6114 : To assist States in establishing a universal prekindergarten program to ensure that all children 3, 4, and 5 years old have access to a high-quality full-day, full-calendar-year prekindergarten education.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 9/20/2006) Cosponsors (32)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 9/20/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.


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26. <109th> H.R.6200 : To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require States to conduct Presidential elections using paper ballots and to count those ballots by hand, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 9/27/2006) Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House Administration; House Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 9/27/2006 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committee on Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.


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27. <109th> H.AMDT.86 to H.R.6 Amendment permits 30 communities to apply for grants to invest in alternative fuel vehicles under the Department of Energy Clean City program.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 4/21/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2005 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kucinich amendment (A017) as modified Agreed to by voice vote.


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28. <109th> H.AMDT.94 to H.R.6 Amendment requires the Secretary of Energy to enter into an arrangement with the National Academy of Sciences for a study to determine the feasibility of using of mustard seed as a feedstock for biodiesel.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 4/21/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 4/21/2005 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kucinich amendment (A025) Agreed to by recorded vote: 259 - 171 (Roll no. 127).


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29. <109th> H.AMDT.241 to H.R.2744 An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill for the approval or process of approval of an application for an animal drug for creating transgenic salmon or any other transgenic fish.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 6/8/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2005 By unanimous consent, the Kucinich amendment was withdrawn.


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30. <109th> H.AMDT.246 to H.R.2744 An amendment to require the Department of Agriculture, at the request of a producer or processor, to test ruminants, ruminant products, and ruminant by-products for the presence of bovine spongiform encephalopathy subject to reimbursement by the producer or processor of the costs incurred by the Department to conduct the tests.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 6/8/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/8/2005 Mr. Bonilla raised a point of order against the Kucinich amendment (A023). Mr. Bonilla stated that the provisions of the Kucinich amendment seek to impose new duties and thus change existing law constituting legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.


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31. <109th> H.AMDT.317 to H.R.2745 Amendment sought to require the President to direct the U.S. Permanent Representative to work to strengthen and expand the Social Protection sector of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in order to allow the ILO to issue more field and regional units of the ILO, to increase site inspections of working conditions, and to issue more reports on such conditions to the international community.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 6/17/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/17/2005 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kucinich amendment (A024) Failed by voice vote.


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32. <109th> H.AMDT.323 to H.R.2863 Amendment reduces and then increases by the same amount, funding for Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation for the Army.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 6/20/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/20/2005 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kucinich amendment (A003) Agreed to by voice vote.


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33. <109th> H.AMDT.326 to H.R.2863 An amendment to add a new section entitled "Space Preservation Act of 2005".
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 6/20/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/20/2005 Mr. Young (FL) raised a point of order against the Kucinich amendment (A006). Mr. Young (FL) stated that the Kucinich amendment sought to change existing law and constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.


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34. <109th> H.AMDT.475 to H.R.2601 An amendment numbered 23 printed in part B of House Report 109-175 to require the President to direct the U.S. representatives to the United Nations to commence negotiations for an international treaty banning space-based weapons.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 7/20/2005) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/20/2005 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kucinich amendment (A022) Failed by recorded vote: 124 - 302 (Roll no. 391).


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35. <109th> H.AMDT.871 to H.R.5384 An amendment to reduce the appropriation for expenses of the office of the Secretary by $1.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 5/23/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/23/2006 By unanimous consent, the Kucinich amendment was withdrawn.


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36. <109th> H.AMDT.880 to H.R.5384 An amendment to direct attention to the funding levels provided for BSE (mad-cow disease) under the enhanced surveillance program.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 5/23/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/23/2006 By unanimous consent, the Kucinich amendment was withdrawn.


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37. <109th> H.AMDT.937 to H.R.5441 Amendment sought to increase funding for FEMA by $500,000.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 5/25/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/25/2006 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kucinich amendment (A002) Failed by recorded vote: 170 - 251 (Roll no. 211).


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38. <109th> H.AMDT.999 to H.R.5522 An amendment to prohibit use of funds in the bill to implement the Northern Zone Investment Plan in El Salvador with respect to the Northern Transnational Highway.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 6/9/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/9/2006 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kucinich amendment (A015) Failed by recorded vote: 118 - 288 (Roll no. 246).


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39. <109th> H.AMDT.1009 to H.R.5576 Amendment increases funding for the Federal Railroad Administration Safety and Operations account by $70,000.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. (introduced 6/13/2006) Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/13/2006 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Kucinich amendment (A003) Agreed to by voice vote.

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Their willingness to Impeach as soon as possible!

[Earth_First]

2. The Feingold Censure Resolution was a start! n/t