Tax Policy
S. 180—-Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)/Finance (1/16/15)—A bill to provide an above-the-line deduction for child care expenses, and for other purposes.
Pre-school graduation, Wikimedia Commons
Abortion
H.R. 36—-Rep Trent Franks (R-AZ)/Judiciary (1/6/15)—A bill to protect pain-capable unborn children, and for other purposes.
S. 50—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/7/15)—A bill to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities.
S. 51—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/7/15)—A bill to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.
S. 78—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/7/15)—A bill to impose admitting privilege requirements with respect to physicians who perform abortions.
H.R. 217—-Rep. Diane Black (R-TN)/Energy and Commerce (1/8/15)—A bill to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions.
Child Protection
H.R. 42—-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)/Ways and Means, Judiciary, Energy and Commerce (1/6/15)—A bill to require hospitals reimbursed under the Medicare system to establish and implement security procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant patient abduction and baby switching, including procedures for identifying all infant patients in the hospital in a manner that ensures that it will be evident if infants are missing from the hospital.
S. 63—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/7/15)—A bill to require all public school employees and those employed in connection with a public school to receive FBI background checks prior to being hired, and for other purposes.
Employment
S. 83—-Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/7/15)—A bill to improve nonretaliation provisions relating to equal pay requirements.
Family Support
S. 57—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (1/7/15)—A bill to prevent the illegal trafficking of supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits by requiring all program beneficiaries to show valid photo identification when purchasing items with program benefits.
S. 64—-Sen. David Vitter (R-LA)/Finance (1/7/15)—A bill to require states to implement a drug testing program for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.
Health
H.R. 45—-Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)/Energy and Commerce (1/6/15)—A bill to provide for research and education with respect to triple-negative breast cancer, and for other purposes.
S. 84—-Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)/Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (1/7/15)—A bill to provide grants to better understand and reduce gestational diabetes, and for other purposes.
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