US Congress Senator Sheldon Whitehouse [D]

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USSB2550Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to disallow deductions for certain payments relating to defamation suits.
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2023-07-26
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2544Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve reproductive health care of individuals with disabilities.
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2023-07-26
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2501Intro
25%
A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to promulgate an occupational safety and health standard to protect workers from heat-related injuries and illnesses.
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2023-07-26
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2515Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Small Business Act to expand the availability of employee stock ownership plans in S corporations, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-26
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB416Intro
25%
A bill to designate the Russian-based mercenary Wagner Group as a foreign terrorist organization, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-25
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 147.
USSB1Intro
25%
A bill to expand Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-25
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
USSB2494Intro
25%
A bill to update the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010.
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2023-07-25
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB2484Intro
25%
A bill to ensure that States do not prohibit an individual from obtaining, possessing, distributing, or using life-saving drug testing technologies, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2491Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on certain trading transactions.
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2023-07-25
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2480Intro
25%
A bill to require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to promulgate regulations with respect to regional and interregional transmission planning, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-25
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
USSB2488Intro
25%
A bill to provide for increases in the Federal minimum wage, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-25
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2464Intro
25%
A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage from imposing cost-sharing requirements with respect to diagnostic and sup...
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2023-07-25
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2477Intro
25%
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide pharmacy payment of certain services.
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2023-07-25
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2427Intro
25%
A bill to amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to require group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage to permit enrollees to obtain a 365-day supply of contraceptives.
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2023-07-20
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2435Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal the particular work requirement that disqualifies able-bodied adults for eligibility to participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-20
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
USSR306Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing that the United States needs to support and empower mothers in the workforce by investing in the Mom Economy.
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2023-07-20
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2381Intro
25%
A bill to require the search and retention of certain records with respect to conducting criminal background checks, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2378Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase excise taxes on fuel used by private jets, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-19
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2372Intro
25%
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to streamline enrollment under the Medicaid program of certain providers across State lines, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-19
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB567Intro
25%
A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-18
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 133.
USSB728Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-18
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 134.
USSB1664Intro
25%
A bill to allow Americans to earn paid sick time so that they can address their own health needs and the health needs of their families.
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2023-07-18
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 136.
USSB2347Intro
25%
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit a foreign official from demanding a bribe, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-18
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2344Intro
25%
A bill to expand Americans' access to the ballot box and reduce the influence of big money in politics, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-18
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
USSB1094Intro
25%
A bill to provide a temporary safe harbor for publishers of online content to collectively negotiate with dominant online platforms regarding the terms on which content may be distributed.
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2023-07-18
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 135.
USSB2325Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit the discriminatory use of personal information by online platforms in any algorithmic process, to require transparency in the use of algorithmic processes and content moderation, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-13
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB2313Intro
25%
A bill to provide grants to States that do not suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a driver's license of a person or refuse to renew a registration of a motor vehicle for failure to pay a civil or criminal fine or fee, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSCR13Intro
25%
A concurrent resolution recognizing that the climate crisis disproportionately affects the health, economic opportunity, and fundamental rights of children, expressing the sense of Congress that leadership by the United States is still urgently neede...
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2023-07-13
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
USSR296Intro
25%
A resolution designating July 2023 as "Plastic Pollution Action Month".
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2023-07-13
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2311Intro
25%
A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles, California.
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2023-07-13
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
USSB928Intro
25%
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prepare an annual report on suicide prevention, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-12
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
USSB1954Intro
25%
A bill to improve the provision of health care furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs for veterans diagnosed with diabetes and heart disease, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-12
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
USSB2280Intro
25%
A bill to protect our Social Security system and improve benefits for current and future generations.
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2023-07-12
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2279Intro
25%
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit panic defenses based on sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.
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2023-07-12
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2258Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to permit supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits to be used to purchase additional types of food items.
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2023-07-12
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
USSB495Intro
25%
A bill to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to provide assisted living services for eligible veterans, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-12
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
USSB2246Intro
25%
A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on barriers to gender-affirming care.
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2023-07-11
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2224Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to deny interest and depreciation deductions for taxpayers owning 50 or more single family properties.
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2023-07-11
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1111Intro
25%
A bill to enhance United States civil nuclear leadership, support the licensing of advanced nuclear technologies, strengthen the domestic nuclear energy fuel cycle and supply chain, and improve the regulation of nuclear energy, and for other purposes...
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2023-07-10
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 118.
USSB2221Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that all provisions shall apply to legally married same-sex couples in the same manner as other married couples, and for other purposes.
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2023-07-10
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2217Intro
25%
A bill to amend part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to provide full Federal funding of such part.
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2023-07-10
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2196Intro
25%
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate work disincentives for childhood disability beneficiaries.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Finance Committee
USSR285Intro
25%
A resolution to provide for the approval of final regulations relating to Federal service labor-management relations that are applicable to the Senate and the employees of the Senate, and that were issued by the Office of Compliance, now known as the...
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2023-06-22
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
USSR282Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing June 2023 as "LGBTQ Pride Month".
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2023-06-22
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB2176Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit commercial sexual orientation conversion therapy, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB2207Intro
25%
A bill to provide enhanced funding for family planning services.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB2211Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994 to establish the Office of Aquaculture, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
USSB2171Intro
25%
A bill to permit legally married same-sex couples to amend their filing status for tax returns outside the statute of limitations.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB2180Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a small farm EQIP subprogram under the environmental quality incentives program, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-22
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
USSB5Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, and for other purposes.
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2023-06-21
To Senate Judiciary Committee
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