First Amendment rights

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HCONRES 4
Expressing the sense of Congress that the Supreme Court misinterpreted the First Amendment to the Constitution in the case of Buc...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. February 7, 2011
HJRES 111
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the authority of Congress and the States to regulate...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. June 28, 2012
HJRES 97
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures with respect to Federa...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. January 6, 2012
HJRES 90
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights give...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. December 2, 2011
HJRES 88
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to clarify the authority of Congress and the States to regulate c...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. December 2, 2011
HJRES 72
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to regulate campaign contributions for Fede...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. August 25, 2011
HJRES 13
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Congress power to prohibit the physical desecration of the...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. January 24, 2011
HJRES 7
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States waiving the application of the first article of amendment to the...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. January 24, 2011
HJRES 6
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States waiving the application of the first article of amendment to the...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. January 24, 2011
HR 6097
Religious Freedom Tax Repeal Act of 2012
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. September 26, 2012
HR 4291
United States Commission on an Open Society with Security Act
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management. April 12, 2012
HR 3755
Freedom to Mourn in Peace Act of 2011
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. January 3, 2012
HR 3600
To restore the Free Speech and First Amendment rights of churches and exempt organizations by repealing the 1954 Johnson Amendmen...
112th Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. December 7, 2011
HR 2932
Free Flow of Information Act of 2011
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. September 23, 2011
HR 2908
Testimonial Free Speech Act of 2011
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. September 20, 2011
HR 2848
Veterans' Religious Freedom Act
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. September 12, 2011
HRES 789
Reaffirming the importance of religion in the lives of United States citizens and their freedom to exercise those beliefs peacefu...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. October 2, 2012
HRES 662
Expressing support for prayer at school board meetings.
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. June 4, 2012
HRES 651
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the illicit ethnic and religious profiling and surveillance of Mus...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. May 18, 2012
HRES 489
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by...
112th Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. December 7, 2011
HRES 343
Expressing disapproval of the decision by the Supreme Court in Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. August 25, 2011
HRES 283
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Federal Government should takes steps to counter the growth in anti...
112th Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. July 11, 2011
HRES 156
Calling for an environmental and social responsibility amendment to the United States Constitution.
112th Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. March 9, 2011
HRES 32
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona, on January 8, 2011.
112th Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. January 12, 2011
SJRES 33
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to expressly exclude for-profit corporations f...
112th Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. December 8, 2011
SJRES 19
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical...
112th Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. June 14, 2011
SRES 18
A resolution expressing support for prayer at school board meetings.
112th Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S242-243) January 25, 2011
SRES 14
A resolution honoring the victims and heroes of the shooting on January 8, 2011 in Tucson, Arizona.
112th Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Yea-Nay Vote. 97 - 0. Record Vote Number: 1. (text: CR S259-260) January 26, 2011