National Federation of Republican Women

Legislative Action Center

LEGISLATIVE LINKS

FIND YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS
[online congressional directory]

The White House

Briefing Room http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/
Agenda www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/

U.S. Senate

Legislative Activity
www.senate.gov/legislative

Senate Calendar of Business
www.gpoaccess.gov/calendars/senate

Senate Republican Conference
www.senate.gov/src/home/

U.S. House of Representatives

Legislative Activity
clerk.house.gov

Current House Floor Proceedings
clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html

House Republican Conference www.gop.gov/web/guest/issue_pages

The Library of Congress: THOMAS

Search bills by topic, bill number or title; search committee reports by title or committee name; search Congressional Record.
thomas.loc.gov

Republican National Committee

Research

National Center for Policy Analysis

Reason Foundation

Congress.org

More links

Write Your Elected Officials

FreedomSpeaks.com

POLITICAL BRIEFING
Week of July 19, 2010

House Ethics Committee Announces Charges Against Rangel
The House subcommittee investigating allegations against Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) has announced he violated congressional ethics rules following an investigation dating back to 2008. The case against Rangel will now go on trial before a separate ethics committee, most likely in September. Details of the specific allegations will be made public soon.

To read the full briefing, click here.

To access the Weekly Political Briefing archive, click here.

LEGISLATIVE ACTION RECOMMENDATION FORM

If you would like to advocate a piece of legislation for the Weekly Political Briefing, click here and fill out the recommendation form. [PDF, 1 page]

CAP ALERT

Read about our Comprehensive Advocacy Program, the e-mail hotline initiated by the NFRW president to generate support or opposition for an issue or legislation that concerns members.

FOCUS ON THE ISSUES

Voter Identification: Supports the passage of voter identification legislation in all 50 states

Health Care Reform:

VIDEO: Government Health Care is One Sick Plan [From Heather Sandstrom, President, Mesa RW, Arizona]

Sample Physician Letter, Telephone Script and Copy of Opposition Ad [PDF, 4 pages]

Jessica's Corner: Dedicated to Protecting Our Children From Sexual Predators Through Jessica's Law

Katie's Law: Requiring DNA testing upon felony arrest

No Child Left Behind
Grassroots issue advocacy program designed to raise awareness in America's communities of the need for education reform

Notification is Prevention Foundation
Providing community information concerning sexual offender programs

"What Every Woman Should Know"
Published by the Social Security Administration. To order a copy, call (800) 772-1213 and reference document #05-10127.

Securing the Future for Women
Analysis, July 2001