12 Resolutions Held Hostage by Daschle Senate - Election Impact - Louisiana: Terrell vs. Landrieu

unspun.info ^ | 11/30/2002 | Arlen Williams

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Twelve Important Resolutions Passed by the House But Held Up by the Democrat Led Senate
Red = No Action Since November 5th General Election

Homeland Security

H.R. 5005 - Homeland Security Act of 2002

the major legislation establishing the Department of Homeland Security; passed House 295-132 on 7/26/02
Senate Status:  The House revised this bill; the Senate ultimately voted in favor 90-9, on 11/19/02. Slightly earlier, this bill was accepted by only a 52-47 Senate margin, while some of those dissenting cited certain "pork barrel" measures in the House revision.  Senate GOP leader, Trent Lott promised to work to rescind those measures in the new Congressional Session beginning in January.
This act was signed into law by President Bush on 11/25/02.

H.R. 4598 - Homeland Security Information Sharing Act

establishes the methods of federal coordination of homeland security, intelligence, and investigation; passed House 422-2 on 6/26/02
Senate Status:  Major elements of this bill were included in the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

H.R. 3178 - Water Infrastructure Security and Research Development Act

anti-terrorism act directing the EPA to secure the nation’s water supply against contamination by research, development and demonstrable actions; passed House without amendment on 12/18/01
Senate Status:  Major elements of this bill were included in the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

H.R. 3231 - Immigration Reform and Accountability Act of 2002

also called the Barbara Jordan Immigration Reform and Accountability Act of 2002, allows immigration and naturalization services to be coordinated with homeland security by placing them under the charge of an office of the Attorney General, instead of the INS; passed House 405-9 on 4/25/02
Senate Status:  Immigration and naturalization services are placed under the Secretary of Homeland Security, by the Homeland Security Act of 2002.

H.R. 3209 - Anti-Hoax Terrorism

establishes criminal and civil penalties for unfounded threats of biological, chemical, and nuclear attack; passed House 423-0 on 12/12/01
Senate Status:  This bill's status in the Senate has not changed.  The impact of the Homeland Security Act upon hoax terrorism being researched.

H.R. 3210 - Terrorism Risk Protection Act

supports new construction by ensuring the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks of terrorism; passed House 227-193 on 11/29/01
Senate Status:  After the November 5th election, this bill was revived in the Senate and after conference procedures, passed 86-11, on 11/19/02.  This act was signed into law by President Bush on 11/26/02. 

Human Rights

H.R. 4965 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002

prohibits partial birth abortion except when the life of the mother is endangered --while exempting any mother whose child is killed in this fashion from prosecution; passed House 274-151 on 7/25/02
Senate Status:  This bill's status in the Senate has not changed.  Action presumed delayed until 2003, 108th Congress.

H.R. 2505 - Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001

bans human cloning; passed House 265-162 on 7/31/01
Senate Status:  This bill's status in the Senate has not changed.  Action presumed delayed until 2003, 108th Congress.

H.R. 476 - The Child Custody Protection Act
allows states to enforce their parental notification or parental consent laws pertaining to pregnant minors, by prohibiting the transportation of the minor across state lines in order to skirt parental authority and abort the minor’s child; does not penalize the minors; passed House 260-161 on 4/17/02
Senate Status:  This bill's status in the Senate has not changed.  Action presumed delayed until 2003, 108th Congress.  

Good Government

H.Con.Res. 353 - Fiscal Year 2003 Budget Resolution

would be the first time since the Watergate polemics of 1974 that the Senate failed or refused to pass the annual Budget Resolution; passed House 221-209 on 3/20/2002
Senate Status:  This bill's status in the Senate has not changed.

H.R. 3529 - Economic Security and Worker Assistance Act of 2001

updates tax code to exempt terrorism victims of 9-11 and moneys given to disaster relief, reduces estate taxes for military killed in action, allows extension of unemployment claims to 26 weeks, reduces taxes for schoolteachers with expenses, and adjusts tax code to support investments in technology, passed House 224-193 on 12/19/01
Senate Status:  Passed the Senate with amendment, by unanimous consent on 11/14/02; message sent to House.

H.R. 7 - Community Solutions Act of 2001

reinforces incentives for charitable contributions, including greater credit to low-income non-itemizers, tightens enforcement against tax evasion, etc.; passage may be seen as opening the door for President Bush’s innovations in non-intrusive government cooperation with private charitable action; passed House 233-198 on 7/19/01
Senate Status:  This bill's status in the Senate has not changed.  Action presumed delayed until 2003, 108th Congress.

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H.R. 4965 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002

H.R. 2505 - Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001

H.R. 476 - The Child Custody Protection Act
(prohibiting the transportation of the minor across state lines in order to skirt parental authority and abort the minor’s child; does not penalize the minors)

These three measures are essential if Bush is to keep the support of the social conservatives who turned out in droves to vote Republican a couple of weeks ago. Not only are they essential, I believe they are also all popular with the great majority of voters. These should all be a no-brainers unless Bush gets some very bad advice from his aides, because despite the disapproval of the liberal media they can only serve to increase Bush's popularity and produce good results in 2004.

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Right. It's time for Bush to use invest his popularity points here. (Also time for Trent Lott to become the new and improved Leader Lott.)
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It's time for Bush to use invest his popularity points here.

How does he do that? If he invest it does it grow, drop, or stand still? If a president has character and moral authority he can't increase it or lose it by supporting or not supporting a position, can he? Just curious.

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A leader can invest his popularity by influencing others to action. Sometimes the action is popular, sometimes not. If he invests himself (and his popularity) in popular action, his favorables may go up. If he invests himeslf in unpopular action, his favorables may go down.

E.g., I think Clinton's popularity went down with the "Universal Healthcare" debacle in what, his second or third year, or so.

It's a matter for wise use of resources, in order for a leader to accomplish the best results (as opposed to supporting his greatest popularity) eh?

I suppose that if Bush signed a bill outlawing abortion after the arbitrary "first trimester" (supposing the bill would make it to his desk) he would accomplish great good, but at the expense of his popularity. Presumably after this, he may not be so influential, the next time he sought a big or unpopular aim.