Legislative Challenge
Here's a challenge for you. From the brief descriptions of newly introduced bills (since February 1, 2009) provided below, try to determine the party affiliation of the legislator introducing the bill:
1. S. 392: A bill to protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from skyrocketing credit card debt, unfair credit card practices, and deceptive credit offers.
2. S. 385: A bill to reaffirm and clarify the authority of the Comptroller General to audit and evaluate the programs, activities, and financial transactions of the intelligence community, and for other purposes.
3. S. 386: A bill to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these frauds, and for other purposes.
4. S. 384: A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, to stimulate rural economies, and to improve emergency response to food crises, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.
5. S. 391: A bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away.
6. H.Res. 116: Expressing support for the designation of February 8, 2010, as "Boy Scouts of America Day", in celebration of the Nation's largest youth scouting organization's 100th anniversary.
7. H.R. 849: To require the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust, and for other purposes.
8. H.R. 853: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the use of interstate commerce for suicide promotion.
9. H.R. 866: To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a law enforcement officer who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while pursuing or apprehending a suspect.
10. H.R. 892: To deny certain Federal funds to any institution of higher education that admits as students aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States.
Answer key: http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:introducedbills
1. S. 392: A bill to protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from skyrocketing credit card debt, unfair credit card practices, and deceptive credit offers.
2. S. 385: A bill to reaffirm and clarify the authority of the Comptroller General to audit and evaluate the programs, activities, and financial transactions of the intelligence community, and for other purposes.
3. S. 386: A bill to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these frauds, and for other purposes.
4. S. 384: A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to provide assistance to foreign countries to promote food security, to stimulate rural economies, and to improve emergency response to food crises, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for other purposes.
5. S. 391: A bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away.
6. H.Res. 116: Expressing support for the designation of February 8, 2010, as "Boy Scouts of America Day", in celebration of the Nation's largest youth scouting organization's 100th anniversary.
7. H.R. 849: To require the Secretary of Labor to issue interim and final occupational safety and health standards regarding worker exposure to combustible dust, and for other purposes.
8. H.R. 853: To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the use of interstate commerce for suicide promotion.
9. H.R. 866: To provide an exception to certain mandatory minimum sentence requirements for a law enforcement officer who uses, carries, or possesses a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence committed while pursuing or apprehending a suspect.
10. H.R. 892: To deny certain Federal funds to any institution of higher education that admits as students aliens who are unlawfully present in the United States.
Answer key: http://www.govtrack.us/users/events.xpd?monitors=misc:introducedbills
posted by Kathy at 2/07/2009 04:47:00 PM
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