Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013. Show all posts

Friday, April 19, 2013

UPDATE FROM STEWART RHODES ON LEXINGTON

On way to Concord Bridge to pay our respects and will be on Lexington Green by 11:30 am.

We are also waiting for call from court in Woburn, and will stop there to hear decision of judge on our request for an injunction against Town of Lexington stopping rally.

Hopefully the judge will see the absurdity of preventing a bunch of current serving and retired military and police from rallying on Lexington Green out of supposed concern for our safety.

We are big boys and can take care of ourselves.  We don't need "protection" from the town selectmen.  Especially when their idea of "protecting" is is to violate our rights,  silence us and stop us from peaceably assembling, under threat of arrest. 
We are not afraid of a couple of jihadists. If they show up, we'll kill or capture them.

But we all know that the selectmen care about our saftey about as much as Bull Connor cared about the safety of the civil rights marchers in Birmingham Alabama.  And they are using the same "safety" rationale to shut down free speech and assembly they don't like.

We hear that Lexington Green is swarming with police.

In contrast, this morning in nearby Concord their was a reenactment at Concord Bridge with a large crowd of on-lookers.  That was not canceled.  No one was arrested for their own good.

Apparently, only us veterans, cops, and current serving military get the benefit of public officials being so concerned for our safety that they will use force to keep us from risking ourselves on Lexington Green and will even put us in jail to make sure we are extra safe.   Big Brother truly loves us.  We are so blessed!
Whatever the judge decides to do, we intend on standing on Lexington Green and renewing our oaths just like the Massechusettes Militia did in 1798.   If the judge rules against us, we will do the Oath on Lexington Green and then go to West Springfield to hold the rest of our event.

Whatever the judge decides to do, we intend on standing on Lexington Green and renewing our oaths just like the Massechusettes Militia did in 1798.   If the judge rules against us, we will do the Oath on Lexington Green and then go to West Springfield to hold the rest of our event.

As for the manhunt for the jihadist on the run in nearby Watertown we hope he runs into us so we can end his spree.

It strikes us as perverse and absurd that the people in Watertown are being told to stay indoors and let the "professional protectors" handle it. That is exactly backwards from what a free people in a Republic are supposed to do.  In the Founders time, the hue and cry would have gone up, the people would have turned out en mass, muskets and hatchets in hand,  and hunted the bastard(s) down post-haste.

How could a jihadist on the run escape if everyone in the community is actively hunting for him?  They all know who lives in their neghborhood and who doesn't. They could all search their own houses and help search their neighbors' homes in short order and hunt him down.

But the message from the government is "there's a wolf on the loose!  So all you sheep must stay in your pens and barns and let us authorized professional sheperds and sheep dogs handle it.  Be afraid!  Don't try to stop the wolf.  We will search your pens one by one till we find him. Till then you can not come out of your pens, or we will punish you.". Disgusting.

How far we have fallen into slavery and servile dependence.   And how far from being a strong, free people in a free Republic.

http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2013/04/19/update-from-srewart-rhodes-on-lexington/


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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Oath Keepers to Muster on Lexington Battle Green, MA on April 19, 2013: Stewart Rhodes Will Conduct Oath Renewal Ceremony


Lexington
Captain John Parker:  “Stand Your Ground.  Do Not Fire Unless Fired Upon.  But If They Mean To Have A War, Let It Begin Here.”
Oath Keepers will be mustering on Lexington Green, in Lexington Massachusetts, this April 19, 2013!  Stewart Rhodes, Founder of Oath Keepers, has been invited to speak at a rally being held on the Green by the Massachusetts chapter of Gun Rights Across America.   The organizers of the rally have also extended an invitation to all Oath Keepers to attend the rally and take part in honoring our fallen heroes of the first battle of the American Revolution, and in taking a stand in defense of our right to bear arms.
At the conclusion of Stewart’s speech, he will lead the audience in an oath renewal ceremony.
RALLY #1:   April 19, 2013. 12pm to 4pm
Gun Rights Across America “Muster on the Battle Green” Rally. Lexington Battle Green, Lexington, Massachusetts.   Additional info below.

RALLY #2:  April 19, 2013.  3pm – 7 pm.  West Springfield Town Common, West Springfield, Massachusetts, conducted by Massachusetts Oath Keepers.   Additional info below.

RALLY #3:   April 20, 12 – 3pm, Connecticut State Capitol, North side of grounds,  in Hartford, CT.   This will be a massive CT gun owners rally.  Stewart Rhodes will speak there as well.  Come support your CT brothers and sisters!   More infohere.

APRIL 19 EVENT UPDATE:  Mike Vanderboegh, the Founder and Leader of the “Three Percenter” gun owners movement, will be speaking at both the Lexington Battle Green event and at the later rally in West Springfield, Massachusetts. The Three Percenters are hard-core gun owners who will not back up another inch, will not submit or comply with any more infringement on our right to bear arms, and will resist.  The name alludes to the small percentage of Americans who actually took to the field in combat during the American Revolution (not counting those who supported them but did not actually fight). You can read more about it here.
Mike also helped break the story of the Fast and Furious “Gun Walker” scandal of the Obama Administration intentionally running American guns to the Mexican Cartels, leading to many deaths, including of a US Border Patrol Agent (with the obvious intent of capitalizing on the resulting deaths to push for more infringement on the right to bear arms here in the United States to “stop the flow of illicit gun trafficking to Mexico”).
Mr. Vanderboegh’s message is one that needs to be heard by both sides in the current battle over the right to bear arms – both the gun owners in the NE and the oath breakers who are assaulting them.
APRIL 19 EVENT UPDATE:   Pastor Chuck Baldwin (Oath Keepers National Chaplain) will speak at both the Lexington Battle Green event, and at the later rally in West Springfield, Massachusetts.   He is a dynamic speaker, and will add tremendously to both events.
Pastor Chuck Baldwin is our Oath Keepers National Chaplain and is a giant in the liberty movement.  He ran for President in 2007 on the Constitution Party ticket, and was the only candidate for President endorsed by Congressman Ron Paul.   Pastor Baldwin is the embodiment of the fiery spirit of the Founding Generation and of the pastors who helped light brushfires in the minds of men from the pulpit in the years leading up to the American Revolution, and during the Revolution.   He is doing the same work today.   I am honored to attend his Liberty Fellowship church in Kalispell, Montana, and  I am very glad he is able to make the trip to Lexington Battle Green and to our second rally in West Springfield on the same day.  – Stewart Rhodes
INFORMATION:
Here are the details on the Lexington gathering:
Gun Rights Across America “Muster on the Battle Green” Rally.
Lexington Battle Green, Lexington, Massachusetts
APRIL 19, 2013
12pm to 4pm
From Gun Rights Across America: Massachusetts:
Gun Rights Across America: Massachusetts, cordially invites one and all to attend our Pro-Second Amendment Rally.
Please join on us on April 19th, from Noon to 4:00pm, on the Lexington Battle Green, in Lexington MA. for the “Muster on the Battle Green” rally.
We will have many keynote speakers to charge the rally. We want our elected officials to hear the voice of the majority, the law abiding, Constitution loving Patriots.

Tell one and all that we will be rallying on the Battle Green that changed America forever. Where the famous “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” occured. It’s time to call on the ghosts of our ancestors and forefathers to engergize us into continuing the good fight to protect our 2A rights.
Like and share this, lets make this a rally to be remembered!
Please remember concealed carry only. No open cary of any type of firearms.
Go to the Muster on the Battle Green Facebook Page for more info.  And here is a local newspaper write up about the event.
Pastor Chuck Baldwin, the Oath Keepers National Chaplain, will also be speaking.    Larry Pratt, of Gun Owners of America, has also been invited, and we are waiting on confirmation that he can make it.    Other speakers are being lined up now.
Please note that there will also be an additional rally on April 19th 3 – 7 PM, at the West Springfield Town Common, West Springfield, Massachusetts, conducted by Massachusetts Oath Keepers (see below for details).

NOTE FROM STEWART:
Oath Keepers, I never expected to have another chance to stand on Lexington Battle Green and conduct an oath renewal ceremony, like we did back on April 19, 2009 (which is listed as our official birth-date and place, as an org).  But here we are, in 2013 and we have been handed yet another opportunity to do something remarkable, yet again.   Hat’s off to Stephen Redfern of Gun Rights Across America, Massachusetts for jumping through all the hoops to get the permit to use the Green, and for inviting us to participate.
If you missed the chance to stand on the Lexington Battle Green  in 2009 and renew your oath, you now have that chance, this April 19.   And if you can make it, I urge you to do so (we apologize for the short notice, but that really couldn’t be helped).
I can tell you that it is a very moving, powerful experience to stand on the exact spot where Captain Parker and his men stood, where patriot blood watered the tree of Liberty, and the “shot heard round the world” was fired on April 19, 1775.   And even more powerful to do so on the anniversary of that battle, April 19, and to then stand on that “venerable spot” and renew your oath to defend the Constitution – a truly amazing, once in a lifetime kind of experience.
When we conducted an oath renewal ceremony on the Battle Green in 2009, we were not doing something novel that had never been done before.  To the contrary, we were following in the footsteps of men of the Founding generation who had also stood on Lexington Battle Green in 1798 to renew their oaths.   Men of the First Brigade of the Third Division, Militia of Massachusetts  – some who had fought in the battle back in 1775, along with their sons who now served in the militia – stood on Lexington Battle Green in formation and renewed their oaths, and then sent a proclamation to President John Adams, describing what they had done, and why.   It is President Adams’ formal, written response that we quote on the back of our green “Lexington” shirt:
Oaths in this country are as yet universally considered as sacred obligations. That which you have taken and so solemnly repeated on that venerable spot, is an ample pledge of your sincerity and devotion to your country and its government. – President John Adams
The men of the Militia of Massachusetts had felt compelled to gather on the Battle Green and renew their oaths in a time of crisis in America, during the Quis-War with France, when many Americans were very divided politically, and passions were high.   The men considered it essential that in that time of crisis they should come together and make it clear that their loyalty was first, and foremost, to the Constitution they swore to defend.   And it should be noted that similar oath renewal ceremonies were conducted in multiple states, and by both Federalists and by Jeffersonian Republicans.   Americans of both political parties renewed their oaths.
So, when we stood on Lexington Battle Green on April 19, 2009, to renew our oaths, we were merely honoring our forefathers and walking almost directly in their footsteps.   And from that day forward we have conducted similar oath renewal ceremonies wherever we gather, as Oath Keepers.
It came as no surprise (a sad sign of the times) that immediately after our muster on April 19, 2009, we were viciously attacked by the radical left, and in particular by the Southern Poverty Law Center.   Apparently, current serving and retired police and military are not supposed to renew their commitment to defend the Constitution, and specify certain things we will not do if ordered.   The radical left considers that dangerous.  Instead, according to them, we who are still serving have a duty to “just follow orders” and do whatever we are told to do.   And the very existence of this organization, devoted to sincere keeping of oaths, and the improvement of constitutional knowledge among the current serving and veterans, is considered “dangerous” by the Marxists on the far left.  So be it.   We expected it.
But oddly enough, we have also at times been criticized by people on the Right for conducting oath renewal ceremonies, with some of them asserting we are asking people to take some additional oath, to Oath Keepers, or that we are being foolishly redundant.  I have heard some say “I already took the oath, so why are they taking it all over again?”  They are, of course, free to do as they please, but they display their ignorance of our own history when they condemn us for doing exactly the same thing the Founding Generation and their sons did back in 1798.  Again, a sad sign of the times.
I invite you to join me on the Battle Green, on April 19, 2013, and renew your oath on that venerable spot, and by doing so, help revive and expand, and make it once again true, that fundamental requirement that “Oaths in this country are as yet universally considered as sacred obligations.“    We know that among the political class in this country, that is certainly not the case, but we can make it so among the warrior class – among our brothers-in-arms. And by doing so, we can change history.  Let us lead by example.
And let us also revive the tradition of showing honor and respect to our war heroes of 1775, by making April 19 a day of remembrance and celebration for their having the courage and sense of duty to take up arms, in resistance, against tyranny.  Let us honor them.  April 19 – Patriots Day – SHOULD be celebrated across the land, just as solemnly and energetically as we celebrate Veterans Day or Independence Day.  Let us make it so.
If you cannot join us, this April 19, on Lexington Battle Green or at the following rally by Massachusetts, then hold a gathering of remembrance and celebration wherever you are this April 19.   Hold  a rally if you can.  But even if it is just you and a few friends at the shooting range, or having beers in a pub, take a moment to remember the men who stood their ground and only fired when fired upon, and their brothers who turned the tide at Concord Bridge, and then chased the bloody Regulars back to Boston, with their tails between their legs.  Say a toast to them, give them a cheer, and then pledge to each other your mutual commitment to make sure that all their sacrifice was not in vain, and that you will do your part to keep alive the Sacred Fire of Liberty.
As you know, this nation is now following almost exactly in the same footsteps our Forefathers experienced in the lead-up to the American Revolution.  Like them, we have suffered a long train of abuses, and our backs have been pushed up against the wall.   Let us look for strength and courage by remembering their example, and by seeing clearly how we are standing in an unbroken line of defenders of liberty, that began at Lexington and Concord, and stretches through history to us here, today.
It is our watch now.  Let us pray to God for the fortitude to do as they did, to defend home and liberty, at all costs, when our moment comes.
For the Republic!
Stewart Rhodes
Founder of Oath Keepers

Monday, February 25, 2013

The new enemies of the state and the US government, constitutionalists, gunowners, anti-Muslim




Made this video to put out a warning to all Americans who believe in the Constitution and Bill of Rights. Because you and I are enemies of the state. The United States is gone. AmeriKa is born. We live in a police state even though some may not have to have gone through checkpoints, unconstitutional searches and seizures. The government has already put into action their anti-gun agenda, socialist and communist agendas. If you think this is not true, then look up the National Defense authorization act of 2012 and 2013, the executive order of Pres. Obama called the national resources Defense preparedness. You also need to look at the bills that are in Congress and the Senate about gun control legislation. That can be looked up that Thomas.gov and if you sign up for on their email list they will send you a list of all the legislation that is going to be brought forth in the coming week. Anyone who owns a gun that is semiautomatic, as more than one military characteristic, handguns semiautomatic all these will be outlawed by July or August of this year 2013. You enemies of the state also have to pay attention to what your state legislature is doing right now. State legislatures and governors are proposing anti-gun bills all over the country. Get informed, wake the hell up and pay attention or you will die.

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Democratic Socialists Infiltrate the 111th Congress 2009




This Document also includes the philosophy of the Democratic Socialist Party in the United States.  Their globalist agenda and redistribution of wealth from the wealth counties of the world to the poorer countries.  Their felling on "free speech" as long this is no dissent.

This is an informative document a must read for any patriot.  I'm learning a lot from this.

House of Representatives Legislative Action last week 2-11-2013 to 2-15-2013

1. H.R.273 : To eliminate the 2013 statutory pay adjustment for Federal employees.
Sponsor: Rep DeSantis, Ron [FL-6] (introduced 1/15/2013)      Cosponsors (48)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 261 - 154 (Roll no. 44).
Latest Action: 2/15/2013 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

2. H.R.741 : To require the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a plan to provide chiropractic health care services and benefits for certain new beneficiaries as part of the TRICARE program.
Sponsor: Rep Rogers, Mike D. [AL-3] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

3. H.R.742 : To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Commodity Exchange Act to repeal the indemnification requirements for regulatory authorities to obtain access to swap data required to be provided by swaps entities under such Acts.
Sponsor: Rep Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [AR-1] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Agriculture; House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

4. H.R.743 : To restore the application of the Federal antitrust laws to the business of health insurance to protect competition and consumers.
Sponsor: Rep DeFazio, Peter A. [OR-4] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

5. H.R.744 : To provide effective criminal prosecutions for certain identity thefts, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-23] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

6. H.R.745 : To reauthorize the Water Desalination Act of 1996.
Sponsor: Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-32] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (22)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Science, Space, and Technology
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

7. H.R.746 : To provide small businesses with a grace period for a regulatory violation, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Bentivolio, Kerry L. [MI-11] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (12)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

8. H.R.747 : To amend the Military Selective Service Act to require the registration of women with the Selective Service System in light of the Department of Defense elimination of the rule excluding women from direct ground combat assignments in the Armed Forces.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-13] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

9. H.R.748 : To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 to perform national service, either as a member of the uniformed services or as civilian service in a Federal, State, or local government program or with a community-based agency or community-based entity, to authorize the induction of persons in the uniformed services during wartime to meet end-strength requirements of the uniformed services, to provide for the registration of women under the Military Selective Service Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Rangel, Charles B. [NY-13] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

10. H.R.749 : To amend the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to provide an exception to the annual privacy notice requirement.
Sponsor: Rep Luetkemeyer, Blaine [MO-3] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

11. H.R.750 : To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Stewart Lee Udall in recognition of his contributions to the Nation as hero for the environment, a champion for conservation, a civil right activist, a Native American crusader, and an advocate for the arts.
Sponsor: Rep Thompson, Mike [CA-5] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

12. H.R.751 : To make supplemental appropriations for the Cops in Schools program for fiscal year 2013.
Sponsor: Rep Meadows, Mark [NC-11] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Appropriations
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.

13. H.R.752 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, to support residential methamphetamine treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, to improve the prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McNerney, Jerry [CA-9] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

14. H.R.753 : To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce from authorizing commercial finfish aquaculture operations in the Exclusive Economic Zone except in accordance with a law authorizing such action.
Sponsor: Rep Young, Don [AK] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

15. H.R.754 : To resolve title issues involving real property and equipment acquired using funds provided under the Alaska Kiln Drying Grant Program.
Sponsor: Rep Young, Don [AK] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

16. H.R.755 : To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.
Sponsor: Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Financial Services; House Administration
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

17. H.R.756 : To advance cybersecurity research, development, and technical standards, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McCaul, Michael T. [TX-10] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Science, Space, and Technology
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.

18. H.R.757 : To decrease the incidence of violent crimes against Indian women, to strengthen the capacity of Indian tribes to exercise the sovereign authority of Indian tribes to respond to violent crimes committed against Indian women, and to ensure that perpetrators of violent crimes committed against Indian women are held accountable for that criminal behavior, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

19. H.R.758 : To prohibit the further extension or establishment of national monuments in Utah except by express authorization of Congress.
Sponsor: Rep Stewart, Chris [UT-2] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

20. H.R.759 : To provide that a certain proposed rule published by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs shall have no force or effect unless the Department of Labor is first certified to be in compliance with such rule.
Sponsor: Rep Alexander, Rodney [LA-5] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

21. H.R.760 : To amend chapter 2 of title I of the United States Code to establish the style for amending laws.
Sponsor: Rep Amash, Justin [MI-3] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

22. H.R.761 : To require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to more efficiently develop domestic sources of the minerals and mineral materials of strategic and critical importance to United States economic and national security and manufacturing competitiveness.
Sponsor: Rep Amodei, Mark E. [NV-2] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (28)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

23. H.R.762 : To repeal title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.
Sponsor: Rep Blackburn, Marsha [TN-7] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

24. H.R.763 : To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Sponsor: Rep Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [LA-3] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

25. H.R.764 : To amend the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 to require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a coastal climate change adaptation planning and response program, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Capps, Lois [CA-24] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

26. H.R.765 : To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program of awarding grants to owners or operators of water systems to increase resiliency or adaptability of the systems to any ongoing or forecasted changes to the hydrologic conditions of a region of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Capps, Lois [CA-24] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House Energy and Commerce; House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, and Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

27. H.R.766 : To reduce the deficit by imposing a minimum effective tax rate for high-income taxpayers.
Sponsor: Rep Cicilline, David N. [RI-1] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

28. H.R.767 : To amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project.
Sponsor: Rep Cramer, Kevin [ND] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

29. H.R.768 : To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require the establishment of teacher evaluation programs.
Sponsor: Rep Davis, Susan A. [CA-53] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

30. H.R.769 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the lower threshold for the refundable portion of the child tax credit and to adjust the credit amount for inflation.
Sponsor: Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (72)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

31. H.R.770 : To amend the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor Act of 1996 to designate the management entity for the South Carolina National Heritage Corridor, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Duncan, Jeff [SC-3] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

32. H.R.771 : To establish requirements for oil and gas leasing of areas of the Outer Continental Shelf off the coast of South Carolina.
Sponsor: Rep Duncan, Jeff [SC-3] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

33. H.R.772 : To promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of the South China Sea dispute.
Sponsor: Rep Faleomavaega, Eni F. H. [AS] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

34. H.R.773 : To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to exempt the Department of Defense from reduction under any order issued to carry out a sequestration pursuant to section 251A.
Sponsor: Rep Forbes, J. Randy [VA-4] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Budget
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

35. H.R.774 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish small business start-up savings accounts.
Sponsor: Rep Gardner, Cory [CO-4] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

36. H.R.775 : To amend title 28, United States Code, to exempt election officials from Federal jury service.
Sponsor: Rep Griffith, H. Morgan [VA-9] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

37. H.R.776 : To amend title 31, United States Code, to revise requirements related to assets pledged by a surety, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hanna, Richard L. [NY-22] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Small Business
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Small Business, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

38. H.R.777 : To amend title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to require a plaintiff to provide a defendant with an opportunity to correct a violation of such title voluntarily before the plaintiff may commence a civil action, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Hunter, Duncan D. [CA-50] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

39. H.R.778 : To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.
Sponsor: Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

40. H.R.779 : To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and to amend title 5, United States Code, to establish a national health program administered by the Office of Personnel Management to offer Federal employee health benefits plans to individuals who are not Federal employees, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means; House Oversight and Government Reform; House Education and the Workforce; House Natural Resources; House Judiciary; House Rules; House Appropriations; House Administration
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Oversight and Government Reform, Education and the Workforce, Natural Resources, the Judiciary, Rules, Appropriations, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

41. H.R.780 : To authorize Indian tribes to exercise jurisdiction over crimes of domestic violence that occur in the Indian country of that tribe.
Sponsor: Rep Issa, Darrell E. [CA-49] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

42. H.R.781 : To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards.
Sponsor: Rep Johnson, Sam [TX-3] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

43. H.R.782 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death.
Sponsor: Rep Latta, Robert E. [OH-5] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

44. H.R.783 : To enhance diplomacy with Iran to peacefully prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-13] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

45. H.R.784 : To amend the Controlled Substances Act so as to exempt real property from civil forfeiture due to medical-marijuana-related conduct that is authorized by State law.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-13] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

46. H.R.785 : To prevent excessive speculation in energy commodities, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-5] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (17)
Committees: House Agriculture
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.

47. H.R.786 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that tar sands are crude oil for purposes of the Federal excise tax on petroleum.
Sponsor: Rep Markey, Edward J. [MA-5] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

48. H.R.787 : To greatly enhance America's path toward energy independence and economic and national security, to rebuild our Nation's aging roads, bridges, locks, and dams, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Murphy, Tim [PA-18] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources; House Judiciary; House Energy and Commerce; House Rules; House Budget; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Energy and Commerce, Rules, the Budget, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

49. H.R.788 : To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into an agreement with the Battery Conservancy to construct and operate a performance facility at Castle Clinton National Monument, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Nadler, Jerrold [NY-10] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

50. H.R.789 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the tax treatment for certain build America bonds, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Neal, Richard E. [MA-1] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

51. H.R.790 : To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require the disclosure of the total number of a company's domestic and foreign employees.
Sponsor: Rep Peters, Gary C. [MI-14] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

52. H.R.791 : To amend titles I and II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to strengthen connections to early childhood education programs, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Polis, Jared [CO-2] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

53. H.R.792 : To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug Administration's jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.
Sponsor: Rep Posey, Bill [FL-8] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (13)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

54. H.R.793 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose an excise tax on concealable firearms and to require the Attorney General to establish a firearms buyback grant program.
Sponsor: Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-38] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (18)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

55. H.R.794 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for treatment of clinical psychologists as physicians for purposes of furnishing clinical psychologist services under the Medicare Program.
Sponsor: Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

56. H.R.795 : To amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the authority of the National Labor Relations Board with respect to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices.
Sponsor: Rep Scott, Austin [GA-8] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (23)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

57. H.R.796 : To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to use the commercially available volume of cellulosic biofuel in setting requirements for the renewable fuel program under the Clean Air Act, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-5] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

58. H.R.797 : To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Stivers, Steve [OH-15] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

59. H.R.798 : To reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to strengthen the United States workforce investment system through innovation in, and alignment and improvement of, employment, training, and education programs, and to promote national economic growth, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

60. H.R.799 : To provide exclusive funding to support fisheries and the communities that rely upon them, to clear unnecessary regulatory burdens and streamline Federal fisheries management, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Natural Resources
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.

61. H.R.800 : To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude customary prompt pay discounts from manufacturers to wholesalers from the average sales price for drugs and biologicals under Medicare.
Sponsor: Rep Whitfield, Ed [KY-1] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (31)
Committees: House Energy and Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

62. H.R.801 : To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to make the shareholder threshold for registration of savings and loan holding companies the same as for bank holding companies.
Sponsor: Rep Womack, Steve [AR-3] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

63. H.R.802 : -- Private Bill; For the relief of Roberto Luis Dunoyer Mejia, Consuelo Cardona Molina, Camilo Dunoyer Cardona, and Pablo Dunoyer Cardona.
Sponsor: Rep Hunter, Duncan D. [CA-50] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

64. H.CON.RES.15 : Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
Sponsor: Rep Sessions, Pete [TX-32] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Received in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Latest Action: 2/15/2013 Message on Senate action sent to the House.

65. H.CON.RES.16 : Supporting the Local Radio Freedom Act.
Sponsor: Rep Conaway, K. Michael [TX-11] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (72)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

66. H.CON.RES.17 : Expressing the sense of Congress that a day should be designated as "National Voting Rights Act Mobilization Day".
Sponsor: Rep Fudge, Marcia L. [OH-11] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

67. H.RES.65 : Condemning the Government of North Korea for its flagrant and repeated violations of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions, for its repeated provocations that threaten international peace and stability, and for its February 12, 2013, test of a nuclear device.
Sponsor: Rep Royce, Edward R. [CA-39] (introduced 2/13/2013)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 412 - 2 (Roll no. 45).

68. H.RES.72 : Supporting the goals and ideals of the Secondary School Student Athletes' Bill of Rights.
Sponsor: Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce; House Energy and Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

69. H.RES.73 : Congratulating Emporia State University for 150 years of outstanding service to the State of Kansas, the United States, and the world.
Sponsor: Rep Huelskamp, Tim [KS-1] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

70. H.RES.74 : Supporting the goals and objectives of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
Sponsor: Rep Keating, William R. [MA-9] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House Foreign Affairs; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

71. H.RES.75 : Recognizing 376 years of service of the National Guard and affirming congressional support for a permanent Operational Reserve as a component of the Armed Forces.
Sponsor: Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Armed Services
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

72. H.RES.76 : Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States and the European Union should pursue a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.
Sponsor: Rep Paulsen, Erik [MN-3] (introduced 2/15/2013)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/15/2013 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.