2008-07-22T00:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4535 tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/action/167019 2008-07-22T00:00:00Z A bill to advance America's priorities.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-19:/action/161429 2008-06-19T00:00:00Z A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to impose criminal penalties on individuals who assist aliens who have engaged in genocide, torture, or extrajudicial killings to enter the United States.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-11:/action/159863 2008-06-11T00:00:00Z A bill to provide safeguards against faulty asylum procedures, to improve conditions of detention for detainees, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-22:/action/158578 2008-05-22T00:00:00Z Condemning postelection violence in Zimbabwe and calling for a peaceful resolution to the current political crisis.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-20:/action/158391 2008-05-20T00:00:00Z To hold the surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for the war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity they committed during World War II, by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute and extradite wanted criminals.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-13:/action/156986 2008-05-13T00:00:00Z Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-12:/action/156861 2008-05-12T00:00:00Z A bill to hold the surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for the war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity they committed during World War II, by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute and extradite wanted criminals.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-08:/action/156655 2008-05-08T00:00:00Z An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-05:/action/156064 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-01:/action/152041 2008-05-01T00:00:00Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-27:/action/146197 2008-02-27T00:00:00Z To require the safe, complete, and fully-funded redeployment of United States Armed Forces and contractor security forces from Iraq and to prohibit the establishment of any enduring or permanent United States military bases in Iraq, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-14:/action/145756 2008-02-14T00:00:00Z To amend the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005 and title 18, United States Code, to include waterboarding in the definition of cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment and in the definition of torture, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-29:/action/144048 2008-01-29T00:00:00Z A bill to terminate the authority of the President to waive, with regard to Iraq, certain provisions under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 unless certain conditions are met.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-28:/action/144083 2008-01-28T00:00:00Z To provide for the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as previously enrolled, with certain modifications to address the foreign sovereign immunities provisions of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the attachment of property in certain judgements against Iraq, the lapse of statutory authorities for the payment of bonuses, special pays, and similar benefits for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.<br /><br />January 28, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-181. tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-28:/action/144082 2008-01-28T00:00:00Z To provide for the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as previously enrolled, with certain modifications to address the foreign sovereign immunities provisions of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the attachment of property in certain judgements against Iraq, the lapse of statutory authorities for the payment of bonuses, special pays, and similar benefits for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.<br /><br />January 28, 2008: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-24:/action/143016 2008-01-24T00:00:00Z To provide for the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as previously enrolled, with certain modifications to address the foreign sovereign immunities provisions of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the attachment of property in certain judgements against Iraq, the lapse of statutory authorities for the payment of bonuses, special pays, and similar benefits for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.<br /><br />January 24, 2008: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-22:/action/143015 2008-01-22T00:00:00Z To provide for the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as previously enrolled, with certain modifications to address the foreign sovereign immunities provisions of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the attachment of property in certain judgements against Iraq, the lapse of statutory authorities for the payment of bonuses, special pays, and similar benefits for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.<br /><br />January 22, 2008: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-16:/action/141904 2008-01-16T00:00:00Z To provide for the enactment of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, as previously enrolled, with certain modifications to address the foreign sovereign immunities provisions of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the attachment of property in certain judgements against Iraq, the lapse of statutory authorities for the payment of bonuses, special pays, and similar benefits for members of the uniformed services, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-28:/action/141752 2007-12-28T00:00:00Z To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.<br /><br />December 28, 2007: Vetoed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-28:/action/141693 2007-12-28T00:00:00Z To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.<br /><br />December 28, 2007: Pocket Vetoed by President.