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HR 10 | Financial CHOICE Act of 2017. | Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5] (Introduced 04/26/2017) | This bill amends the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, among other Acts, to:
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HR 861 | To terminate the Environmental Protection Agency. | Rep. Gaetz, Matt [R-FL-1], | This bill — cosponsored by Republican members of Congress from fossil fuel-producing states — is just one sentence long, and says nothing about what would happen to the multiple environmental regulations the EPA has instituted since 1970, or its multibillion-dollar budget, or its thousands of staffers. H.R. 861 is currently awaiting action in the subcommittee on environment.1 | Introduced; referred to subcommittee on environment | |
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To distribute Federal funds for elementary and secondary education in the form of vouchers for eligible students and to repeal a certain rule relating to nutrition standards in schools. | Allow gov funds to support private/religious schools. Remove healthy nutrition guidlines. | Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4] | Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) introduced this bill in January, which would redistribute funding earmarked for public schools in the form of vouchers for parents to send children to private schools. Over the long term, this would eventually bankrupt public schools, and create a stratified education system in which cash-strapped public schools would be unable to meet the educational needs of low-income students. The bill is awaiting action in the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | Introduced; referred the House Committee on Education and the Workforce |
HR 899 | To terminate the Department of Education | Terminates the Dept of Ed as of December 31, 2018. | Rep. Massie, Thomas [R-KY-4] | If this bill becomes law, the U.S. Department of Education would terminate by the end of 2018. The bill's brevity leaves many questions unanswered, like what would happen with Department of Education grants for public schools and universities, its budget, or its staff. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has said she would personally be "fine" if the agency she heads were to be abolished. |
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HR 370 | To repeal the Affordable Care Act | Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] | While President Obama was in office, House Republicans voted at least 60 times to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act — also known as Obamacare — despite its futility. However, the Trump administration has made the repeal of Obamacare a top priority, meaning the repeal bill from Rep. Bill Flores (R-Texas) is likely to pass. | ||
HR 354 | To defund Planned Parenthood | Rep Diane Black [R-TN-6] | Bill would prevent any federal grants from going to Planned Parenthood for a full year unless they swore to not perform abortions. Only 3 percent of Planned Parenthood resources go toward abortions, while the vast majority of funding is used to help low-income women get STD tests, contraceptive care, and breast cancer screening. | ||
HR 785 | National Right-to-Work legislation | To cripple unions | Rep Steve King [R-IA-4] | Bill would systematically deprive labor unions of the funding they need to operate. Unions often provide one of the crucial pillars of support for Democratic candidates and causes, and conservatives aim to destroy them once and for all by going after their funding. It's important to note that right-to-work is bad for all workers, not just union members — in 2015, the Economic Policy Institute learned that wages in right-to-work states are roughly 3.2 percent lower than in non-right-to-work states. | |
HR 83 | Mobilizing Against Sanctuary Cities Act | Stop cities from protecting immigrants. | Rep Lou Barletta [R-PA-11] ( | Multiple cities and states around the country have openly stated that they won't abide by President Trump's plan to aggressively round up and deport undocumented immigrants. This bill would strip all federal funding of any city that doesn't obey Trump's immigration policies for up to a year. | |
JOINT RESOLUTIONS | |||||
HJR 69 | Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule of the Department of the Interior relating to "Non-Subsistence Take of Wildlife, and Public Participation and Closure Procedures, on National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska" | Allow recreational hunters to kill wildlife in Alaska National Wildlife Refuge | Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) | Joint resolution "disapproves" Department of Interior rule prohibiting "non-subsistence" hunting in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge. |
1. While we were distracted by Trump, Republicans advanced these 9 terrifying bills, Tom Cahill, Resistancereport.com, Tom Cahill, 3/4/2017.
2. Congress.gov