US Congress Senator Sheldon Whitehouse [D]

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USSB1298Intro
25%
A bill to award grants for the creation, recruitment, training and education, retention, and advancement of the direct care workforce and to award grants to support family caregivers.
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2023-04-26
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1318Intro
25%
A bill to provide enhanced protections for election workers.
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2023-04-26
To Senate Rules And Administration Committee
USSB740Intro
25%
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging veterans unauthorized fees relating to claims for benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-26
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
USSB414Intro
25%
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve and to expand eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation paid to certain survivors of certain veterans, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-26
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
USSB498Intro
25%
A bill to reauthorize and improve a grant program to assist institutions of higher education in establishing maintaining, improving, and operating Student Veteran Centers.
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2023-04-26
Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Hearings held.
USSB1300Intro
25%
A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of the late Prime Minister Golda Meir and the 75th anniversary of the United States-Israel relationship.
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2023-04-26
To Senate Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs Committee
USSB1307Intro
25%
A bill to ensure that students in schools have a right to read, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-26
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1264Intro
25%
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to strengthen the drug pricing reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act.
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2023-04-25
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1272Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for examination and disclosure with respect to Presidential income tax returns, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require the disclosure of certain tax returns by Presidents ...
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2023-04-25
To Senate Finance Committee
USSR172Intro
25%
A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on Ukrainian victory.
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2023-04-25
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSB1266Intro
25%
A bill to amend titles 10 and 38, United State Code, to improve benefits and services for surviving spouses, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-25
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USSB1246Intro
25%
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to strengthen the drug pricing reforms in the Inflation Reduction Act.
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2023-04-20
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1227Intro
25%
A bill to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing at its sources globally.
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2023-04-20
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB1251Intro
25%
A bill to reform sentencing laws and correctional institutions, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1248Intro
25%
A bill to expand eligibility for and provide judicial review for the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program, and make other technical corrections.
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2023-04-20
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1231Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit disinformation in the advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-20
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB1206Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 to protect civil rights and otherwise prevent meaningful harm to third parties, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-19
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1190Intro
25%
A bill to repeal the debt ceiling, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-19
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1193Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit discrimination against individuals with disabilities who need long-term services and supports, and for other purposes.
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2023-04-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1202Intro
25%
A bill to require full funding of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
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2023-04-19
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1176Intro
25%
A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to issue an occupational safety and health standard that requires covered employers within the health care and social service industries to develop and implement a comprehensive workplace violence prevention pl...
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2023-04-18
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSR161Intro
25%
A resolution designating the week of April 22 through April 30, 2023, as "National Park Week".
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2023-04-18
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1161; text: CR S1213)
USSB1173Intro
25%
A bill to ensure high-income earners pay a fair share of Federal taxes.
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2023-04-18
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1174Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase funding for Social Security and Medicare.
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2023-04-18
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1165Intro
25%
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to allow States to make medical assistance available to inmates during the 30-day period preceding their release.
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2023-04-17
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB1098Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit the application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
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2023-03-30
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSR149Intro
25%
A resolution designating the first week of April 2023 as "National Asbestos Awareness Week".
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2023-03-30
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1081; text: CR S1103)
USSB1116Intro
25%
A bill to prohibit firearms dealers from selling a firearm prior to the completion of a background check.
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2023-03-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR154Intro
25%
A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of International Transgender Day of Visibility.
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2023-03-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1127Intro
25%
A bill to amend the CALM Act to include video streaming services, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-30
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB1084Intro
25%
A bill to eliminate racial, religious, and other discriminatory profiling by law enforcement, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR153Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing the roles and the contributions of care workers in the United States and expressing support for the designation of April 2023 as "Care Worker Recognition Month".
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2023-03-30
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1152Intro
25%
A bill to focus limited Federal resources on the most serious offenders.
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2023-03-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSR151Intro
25%
A resolution recognizing March 31, 2023, as "Cesar Chavez Day" in honor of the accomplishments and legacy of Cesar Estrada Chavez.
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2023-03-30
To Senate Judiciary Committee
USSB1119Intro
25%
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum age for children eligible for medical care under the CHAMPVA program, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-30
To Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee
USSB1031Intro
25%
A bill to ensure affordable abortion coverage and care for every person, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-29
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1026Intro
25%
A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for conducting or supporting research on firearms safety or gun violence prevention.
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2023-03-29
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSR138Intro
25%
A resolution highlighting the risks that environmental defenders face around the world and commending their role in defending human rights, combating climate chaos, and supporting a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.
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2023-03-29
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSB1041Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to establish a minimum salary threshold for bona fide executive, administrative, and professional employees exempt from Federal overtime compensation requirements, and automatically update such thr...
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2023-03-29
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1036Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to streamline nutrition access for older adults and adults with disabilities, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-29
To Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, And Forestry Committee
USSB1030Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and other laws to clarify appropriate standards for Federal employment discrimination and retaliation claims, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-29
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1064Intro
25%
A bill to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a national project to prevent and cure Parkinson's, to be known as the National Parkinson's Project, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-29
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USSB1007Intro
25%
A bill to establish in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the Department of State a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-28
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSR129Intro
25%
A resolution designating March 2023 as "National Women's History Month".
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2023-03-28
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S989; text: CR S1003-1004)
USSR128Intro
25%
A resolution condemning the Russian Federation's kidnapping of Ukrainian children.
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2023-03-28
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USSB977Intro
25%
A bill to provide grants for fire station construction through the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-27
To Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
USSB946Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to establish a procedure for the siting of certain interstate electric transmission facilities, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-22
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
USSB916Intro
25%
A bill to limit and eliminate excessive, hidden, and unnecessary fees imposed on consumers, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-22
To Senate Commerce, Science, And Transportation Committee
USSB881Intro
25%
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for the purchase of certain new electric bicycles.
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2023-03-21
To Senate Finance Committee
USSB857Intro
25%
A bill to encourage and facilitate efforts by States and other stakeholders to conserve and sustain the western population of monarch butterflies, and for other purposes.
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2023-03-16
To Senate Environment And Public Works Committee
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