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updated: 2017-12-14
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| pretty good |
| Has a tiny bit of merit buried in there. |
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| very bad |
| Evil, Wicked, Mean, Corrupt & Nasty |
House Bills
| Ratings | Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR10 | Jeb Hensarling (R-TX-5) | complex of de-regulation, over-regulation, mal-regulation, micro-management of financial services & markets... with much of it unconstitutional |
| HR38 | Richard Hudson (R-NC-8) | reciprocity for constitutionally superfluous "concealed carry permits" |
| HR170 | Darrell E. Issa (R-CA-49) | modify H-1B "cap" exemptions for cheap, young, pliant, low-skilled foreign labor with flexible ethics (an improvement but $100K exemption not adequate for Sili Valley, where qualifying for a mortgage requires incomes in the neighborhood of $125K-$150K; lacks effective operational skill level definition or test) |
 | HR357 | Cheri Bustos of IL | off-shore out-sourcing reporting; fails to require reporting of numbers and percentage of employees by citizenship |
| HR367 | Jeff Duncan (R-SC-3) | Hearing Protection act |
 | HR380 | Michael T. McCaul of TX | designate Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization |
| HR391 | Jason Chaffetz (R-UT-3) & Mike Johnson (R-LA-4) | asylum reform |
| HR392 | Jason Chaffetz (R-UT-3) & Kevin Yoder (R-KS-31) | "fairness" for cheap, young, pliant, easily intimidated low-skilled STEM foreign labor with flexible ethics wanting to convert from guest-worker to PLR/green card status, i.e. Unfairness to Highly-Skilled USA Citizens Act of 2017 |
| HR657 | Sean P. Duffy (R-WI-7) | prohibit actions against employees upholding constitutional law |
| HR670 | Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-19) | national green card limits; minimum pay requirement for cheap, young, pliant, low-skilled H-1B guest-workers with flexible ethics; impair background investigation of visa applicants; all H-1B applicants approved should be at least in DoL level 4 (top of 4); lacks effective operational skill level definition or test; until F (student) visa numbers are reduced by at least 75% of 2010 numbers, OPT should be suspended and when re-started with term of OPT internship/employment of 3 months or less; delete sections 9 & 10 |
| HR726 | Doug Lamborn of CO | de-fund NPR |
| HR727 | Doug Lamborn of CO | de-fund CPB |
| HR861 | Thomas Massie of KY | eliminate EPA |
| HR899 | Thomas Massie (R-KY-4) | eliminate Department of Educationism |
| HR1164 | Doug Lamborn (R-CO-5) | Taylor Force act, end funding of PLO/Fatah... until they stop subsidizing terrorists and their families |
| HR1303 | Bill Pascrell ii (D-NJ-9) | mild reforms to H-1B & L-1 visa programs (missing is prohibition against displacement of USA worker through contract with bodyshop, should require DoL level 4 skills, should require print advertisement of positions at least 4" x 4" in at least 3 publications with at least 200K circulation based s at least 800 miles apart for at least 30 days) |
| HR1313 | Thomas Massie of KY | authorizes employers to require racist, eugenics...DNA testing under phony "wellness program" cover |
| HR1430 | Lamar Smith (R?-TX-21) | openness & honesty in research and regulation WRT EPA |
| HR1436 | Jim Jordan (R-OH-4) | repeal hateful odious unconstitutional national socialist ObummerDoesn'tCare |
| HR1510 | David Rouzer (R-NC-7) | phase out Dept. of Educationism |
| HR1705 | Derek Kilmer (D-WA-6) | prohibit knowledge-transfer requirement from USA citizen workers being dumped to cheap, young, pliant, low-skilled H-1B guest-workers and/or off-shore workers with flexible ethics |
| HR2233 | Mo Brooks (R-AL-5) | H-1B, L, V visa reforms; green card lottery termination (a little too much legalese detail tweaking and weasely waivering and exempting; minimum pay for H-1B limits exemption still too low; no skill-level requirements) |
 | HR2291 | Sean P. Duffy (R-WI-7) | expand unconstitutional national scialist Medicare |
| HR2431 | Raul Labrador of ID | the "Michael Davis ii and Danny Oliver in honor of state and local law enforcement |
| HR2497 | Trent Franks (R-AZ-8) | end USA tax-victim subsidizing Palestinian terrorists |
| HR2577 | Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ-9) | selling green cards for very small "investments" (baby EB-5), with no requirement to employ USA citizens, with little over-sight and huge incentives for abuse |
| HR2581 | Lou Barletta (R-PA-11) | verify citizenship and identity of applicants for tax credits |
| HR2717 | Erik Paulsen (R-MN-3) | worsen already dysfunctional USA job markets by worsening flooding with cheap, young, pliant, low-skilled foreign new-grads with flexible ethics |
| HR2723 | David P. Roe (R-TN-1) | requiring secret-ballot election when employer merges, etc.; clarifying right of individual union member to withhold funding candidates & causes with whom/which he disagrees |
| HR2826 | Raul Labrador (R-ID-1) | refugee program integrity restoration act |
| HR2885 | David G. Reichert (R-WA-8) | Congressional Gold Medal for air-ambulance crews |
| HR2909 | Thomas Massie (R-KY-4) | reciprocity in respect for constitutionally unnecessary concealed carry "permits" with DC |
| HR3003 | Bob Goodlatte (R-VA-6) | no sanctuary for illegal aliens who commit additional crimes; floor vote (GovTrack) floor vote (house.congress.gov) |
| HR3004 | Bob Goodlatte (R-VA-6) | no sanctuary for illegal aliens who commit additional crimes, and re-invaders; floor vote on HR3004 (GovTrack) floor vote (house.congress.gov) |
| HR3139 | Steve King (R-IA-4) | Hearing Protection act |
| HR3316 | Jacky Rosen (D-NV-3) | disingenuous scam to sucker more girls/women to pursue STEM careers while continuing to encourage age discrimination, drive down compensation, and displace USA citizen STEM professionals by cheap, young, pliant, low-skilled OPT and guest-workers with flexible ethics |
| HR3358 | Tom Cole (R-OK-4) | DoL, HHS, DoEdu expropriations (way too much crony socialism for unconstitutional activities) |
| HR3364 | Edward R. Royce (R-CA-39) | adds Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to their Qods Force to pealties for support of terrorism |
| HR3548 | Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10) | weak, short-sighted baby-step in the direction of border security... that has already been assigned by the RINO losership to numerous committees with apparent intent to bury it |
| HR3647 | Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX-18) | reprehensible immigration law perversion (there are a few sections that are good) |
| HR3697 | Barbara Comstock (R-VA-10) | criminal gangster removal |
| HR3799 | Matt Salmon (R-AZ-5) | Hearing Protection act |
| HR99999 | jgo of USA | reduce E-3 visas to 500 per year, F visa to 50K per year, H visas to 2K per year, J visas to 3K per year, L visas to 20K per year; and reduce the term of H and L visas to 9 months, terms of J visas to 2 months, terms of E visas to 1 year, and OPT eligibility for F visa holders to 3 months |
Senate Bills
| Ratings | Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| S11 | Dean Heller (R-NV) | recognize Jerusalem as capital of Israel and move embassy there |
| S59 | Mike Crapo (R-ID) | Hearing Protection act |
| S67 | Ted Cruz (R-TX) | designate Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist organization |
| S68 | Ted Cruz (R-TX) | designate Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization |
| S106 | Ted Cruz (R-TX) | repeal ObummerDoesn'tCare |
| S127 | Jeff Flake (R-AZ) | another amnesty for illegal aliens |
| S128 | Lindsey Grahamnesty (R-SC) | another amnesty for illegal aliens |
| S180 | Chuck Grassley (R-IA) | mild reforms to H-1B & L-1 visa programs (missing is prohibition against displacement of USA worker through contract with bodyshop, should require DoL level 4 skills, should require print advertisement of positions at least 4" x 4" in at least 3 publications with at least 200K circulation based s at least 800 miles apart for at least 30 days) |
| S281 | Ted Cruz (R-TX) | "fairness" for cheap, young, low-skilled foreign labor with flexible ethics by increasing numbers |
 | S323 | Jeff Flake (R-AZ) | universal savings/trust account (the glimmer of a good idea totally botched) |
| S333 | James Lankford (R-OK) | stop law-suit settlement crony socialist slush funds |
| S354 | Tom Cotton (R-AR) | (RAISE) reduce numbers of green cards, eliminate "diversity" lottery, give preference to those fluent in English |
| S446 | John Cornyn (R-TX) | reciprocity for constitutionally superfluous "concealed carry permits" |
| S595 | Jeff Flake (R-AZ) | skip fNMR & polygraph tests in interview process for DHS CBP employment (before and as heavily amended when read 2017-09-13) |
| S622 | Jeff Flake (R-AZ) | fair and open competition in federal government contracts |
| S745 | Jeff Flake (R-AZ) | re-authorize "State Criminal Alien Assistance Program" with additional strings & expansions |
| S757 | Jeff Flake (R-AZ) | tie DHS & DoD in knots complying with whims of property owners near USA borders instead of defending borders against invasion |
| S801 | Mike Lee (R-UT) | restore "comp time" -- compensatory time off for over-time worked, at option of employee and with an 80 hour cap |
| S1039 | Jeff Flake (R-AZ) | indemnify state & local governments for reasonable costs of complying with DHS detention requests |
| S1060 | Ted Cruz (R-TX) | strengthen prohibitions on PLO (way too weak; fails to recognize links among PLO/Fatah/Palestinian Authority and Iran) |
| S1338 | John Cornyn (R-TX) | Congressional Gold Medals for air-ambulance crews |
| S1404 | Ted Cruz (R-TX) | force increased exports of natural gas |
| S1552 | Jeff Flake (R-AZ) | allow individuals to designate up to 10% of income taxes extorted be restricted to reducing "public" federal government debt & reducing federal government spending by the same amount |
| S1615 | Lindsey Grahamnesty (R-SC) | NIGHTMARE act of 2017 |
| S1771 | Roy Blunt (R-MO) | DoL, HHS, DoEdu expropriations (way too much crony socialism for unconstitutional activities) |
| S1757 | John Cornyn (RINO-TX) | another amnesty for illegal aliens |
| S1872 | John Thune (R-SD) | TSA op-ended privacy violation act |
| S2192 | Chuck Grassley (R-IA) | another amnesty for illegal aliens |
| S2236 | Mike Crapo (R-ID) | Hearing Protection act |
| S3414 | Lindsey Grahamnesty (RINO-SC) | Taylor Force act, end funding of PLO/Fatah... until they stop subsidizing terrorists and their families |
| S99999 | jgo of USA | reduce E-3 visas to 500 per year, F visa to 50K per year, H visas to 2K per year, J visas to 3K per year, L visas to 20K per year and reduce the term of H and L visas to 9 months, terms of J visas to 2 months, terms of E visas to 1 year, and OPT eligibility for F visa holders to 3 months |
House Concurrent Resolutions
| Ratings | Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| HConRes1 | John Carter of Mars | blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah |
House Joint Resolutions
| Ratings | Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| HJRes18 | Scott Perry (R-PA-4) | amendment requiring each agency's & department's funding be "justified" |
| HJRes20 | Sean P. Duffy (R-WI-7) | amendment to limit Representatives to 3 consecutive terms, and senators to 2 consecutive terms |
| HJRes94 | Steve King (R-IA-4) | repeal income extortion |
House Resolutions
| Ratings | Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRes1 | Jack Ryan of MD | blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah |
Senate Joint Resolutions
| Ratings | Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| SJRes1 | Fergus of Carthage, AR | blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah |
Senate Resolutions
| Ratings | Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| SRes216 | Ted Cruz (R-TX) | resolution calling on theocratic Muslim dictatorship of Iran to release USA citizens and LPRs |
| SRes223 | Ted Cruz (R-TX) | recognizing good works of Liu Xiaobo |
Senate Concurrent Resolutions
| Ratings | Number | Sponsor | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| SConRes1 | who | what |
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