Topic

Poverty

Bills 331 First seen 107th Most recent 110th

331 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 109th at 110. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 110th
331 bills across every Congress on file. Showing 1–30, newest first.
Bill Title Congress Latest action
HCONRES 353 Recognizing the 100th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President, designer of the Great Society, politician, educator, and civil rights enforcer. 110th May 16, 2008
HCONRES 327 Congratulating and saluting Focus: HOPE on its 40th anniversary and for its remarkable commitment and contributions to Detroit, the State of Michigan, and the United States. 110th April 15, 2008
HCONRES 318 Supporting the goals and ideals of the International Year of Sanitation. 110th August 1, 2008
HCONRES 265 Supporting the goals and ideals of World AIDS Day. 110th December 4, 2007
HCONRES 247 Expressing support for advancing vital United States interests through increased engagement in health programs that alleviate disease and poverty, and reduce premature death in developing nations, especially through programs that combat high levels of infectious disease, improve children's and women's health, decrease malnutrition, reduce unintended pregnancies, fight the spread of HIV/AIDS, encourage healthy behaviors, and strengthen health care capacity. 110th November 6, 2007
HCONRES 198 Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of those persons, groups and communities that are impoverished, disadvantaged or otherwise in poverty. 110th January 23, 2008
HCONRES 161 Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Dr. King's Launching of the Poor People's Campaign and Organization of the Poor People's Army. 110th May 24, 2007
HCONRES 19 Affirming the sense of Congress regarding the obligation of the United States to improve the lives of the 36,950,000 Americans living in poverty and the 15,928,000 of those who live in extreme poverty. 110th April 26, 2007
HCONRES 10 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the tax give away since 2001 to the wealthiest 5 percent of Americans should be repealed and those monies instead invested in vital programs to relieve the growing burden on the working poor and to alleviate poverty in America. 110th April 26, 2007
HR 7180 Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Enhancement Act of 2008 110th September 28, 2008
HR 7085 America's Right-to- Eat Rescue Act of 2008 110th November 19, 2008
HR 6941 Measuring American Poverty Act of 2008 110th September 18, 2008
HR 5705 Clean Energy Partnership with India Act of 2008 110th April 3, 2008
HR 4637 Living American Wage (LAW) Act of 2007 110th December 13, 2007
HR 4344 To amend section 435(o) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding the definition of economic hardship. 110th February 5, 2008
HR 4226 Climate Stewardship and Economic Security Act of 2007 110th April 25, 2008
HR 4156 Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, 2008 110th November 16, 2007
HR 3934 Affordable Footwear Act of 2007 110th November 9, 2007
HR 3692 Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Act of 2007 110th January 11, 2008
HR 3246 Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act of 2007 110th May 22, 2008
HR 3243 Poverty Measurement Improvement Act 110th September 7, 2007
HR 2965 GROWTH Act of 2007 110th July 10, 2007
HR 2847 Green Jobs Act of 2007 110th September 11, 2007
HR 2634 Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008 110th April 24, 2008
HR 2541 Tribal Economic Development and Infrastructure Support Act of 2007 110th May 24, 2007
HR 2378 Services to Prevent Veterans Homelessness Act 110th June 14, 2007
HR 2351 HealthCARE Act of 2007 110th July 17, 2007
HR 1938 Hunger-Free Communities Act of 2007 110th May 4, 2007
HR 1841 AmeriCare Health Care Act of 2007 110th July 9, 2007
HR 1801 To award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty. 110th April 13, 2007

Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.