S 8 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Returning Government to the American People Act

Introduced Jan 6, 2009 Originated Senate Sponsor Harry Reid D-NV

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Latest action · Jan 7, 2009 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 8.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedJan 6, 2009
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Returning Government to the American People Act - Declares that: (1) the Bush Administration should not rush into effect major new controversial regulations in its closing days; (2) the incoming Administration, working with the Congress, should review and, if appropriate, revise or reject such regulations; and (3) Congress should enact and the President should sign legislation necessary to ensure the new Administration has that opportunity.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 6, 2009 to Jan 7, 2009; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MNAmy KlobucharOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-MICarl LevinOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-MOClaire McCaskillOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-AKMark BegichOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalJan 6, 2009
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalJan 6, 2009
D-OHSherrod BrownJan 7, 2009

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jan 7, 2009Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 8.
  2. Jan 6, 2009Introduced in Senate
  3. Jan 6, 2009Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S45)

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S153Harry Reid D-NVJan 7, 2009
SenateDebate and remarks S45Text printed S45Harry Reid D-NV (text)Jan 6, 2009

Research

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Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 111-8THE IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT86 pagesEducation and Workforce CommitteeMar 17, 2009

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to return the Government to the people by reviewing controversial "midnight regulations" issued in the waning days of the Bush Administration.
Short Titles as Introduced
Returning Government to the American People Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jan 7, 2009Placed on Calendar Senate

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