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In today's world, information can be passed across thousands of miles in seconds through the Internet.

Concerned citizens can use this technology to communicate with their congressmen and senators to voice their opinions for, or against for, or against, votes on upcoming legislation.

The American Voice Insitute of Public Policy watches congressional activity and provides Capitol Hill Watch Alerts to help citizens make their voices heard on Capitol Hill.

Each Alert contains information about legislation coming up for vote as well as links to each congressman and senator's E-mail address. (A guide is also included to help each participant identify his congressman and senators.)

To review the most recent Capitol Hill Watch Alerts, please click on the titles listed below:

January 2005

Virginia Action Alert:  Virginia Legislators Considering Legislation to Impose a New Tax on Satellite TV Service
Dr. Rice Not Best Selection for Secretary of State 
White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales Should Not Be Confirmed as the Next US Attorney General            

November 2004

Senator Arlen Specter Unfit for Chairmanship of Senate Judiciary Committee

October 2004

CALIFORNIA ACTION ALERT: Say No to Proposition 71!

September 2004

Marriage Protection Amendment (H.J. Res. 106)

July 2004

Marriage Protection Act
A Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relating to Marriage
Class Action Fairness Bill Action Alert

February 2004

Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2003

November 2003 Updates

DC School Voucher Program Action Alert UPDATE
Medicare Prescription Drug Bill
Energy Policy Act of 2003

October 2003 Updates

DC School Voucher Program Action Alert
Do Not Call Registry Action Alert

September 2003 Updates

School Choice Action Alert

July 2003 Updates

Energy Omnibus Bill  (S.14)
Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003 (H.R. 2427)

June 2003 Updates

Health Savings Account Availability Act  (H.R. 2351)
The Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003  (S. 1)
Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act of 2003  (H.R. 2473 )
Death Tax Repeal Permanency Act of 2003  (H.R. 8)
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban of 2003 (H.R. 760)
Unlawful Internet Gambling Funding Prohibition Act (H.R. 2143)

May 2003 Updates

Jobs and GrowthTax Act of 2003 (S.2)
Jobs and Growth Tax Act of 2003

April 2003 Updates

Improving Education Results for Children with Disabilities Act of 2003 (H.R. 1350)
Energy Policy Act (H.R. 6)

March 2003 Updates

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 (S.3)
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-Cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2003 (H.R. 5) 

February 2003 Updates

Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003 (H.R. 534)
Personal Responsibility, Work and Family Promotion Act of 2003 (H.R. 4) To Be Considered By House
House to Consider Do-Not-Call Implementation Act (H.R. 395)

January 2003 Updates

House to Vote on Unemployment Insurance Benefits Extension Act 

September 2002 Updates

Houses of Worship Political Speech Protection Act (H.R. 2357)
Reaffirming Congress' Commitment to the Pledge of Allegiance and Our National Motto,
"In God We Trust" (S. 2690)
Canceling Loans to Allow School Systems to Attract Classroom Teachers Act (H.R. 5091)
Leach-LaFalce Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (H.R. 556)
Expressing the Sense of the House that Congress Should Complete Action on H.R. 4019,
Making Marriage Tax Relief Permanent
The Abortion Non-Descrimination Act of 2002 (H.R. 4691)
Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (HEALTH) Act of 2002 (H.R. 4600)
Expressing the Sense of the House that Congress Should Complete Action on the
Permanent Death Tax Repeal of 2002 (H.Res. 524)
Back to School Tax Relief Act of 2002 (H.R. 5193)

July 2002 Updates

Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002 (H.R. 4965)
Senate Begins Debate on the Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2001 (S. 821)
House to Vote on The Arming Pilots Against Terrorism Act (H.R. 4635)

June 2002 Updates

House to Vote on The Medicare Modernization and Prescription Drug Act of 2002 (H.R. 4954)
House to Vote on the Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act of 2002 (H.R. 4623)
House to Vote on The Tax Limitation Constitutional Amendment (HJ Res. 96)
House to Vote on Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 2002 (HR 4019)
Senate to Vote on the Local Law Enforcement Act of 2001 (S. 625)
House to Vote on Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2001 (HR 2143)

May 2002 Updates

Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (HR 3009);
Fast Track Trade Authority Bill
Arafat Accountability Act of 2002 (S. 2194)

April 2002 Updates

House to Vote on the Child Custody Protection Act (HR 476)
House to Vote on Permanent Tax Relief

March 2002 Updates

Senate to Vote on the Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance Reform Bill

February 2002 Updates

Senate to Vote on the Unconstitutional
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001 (H.R. 2356)
House of Representatives to Vote on the Shays-Meehan
Campaign Finance Reform Bill

December 2001 Updates

Bipartisan Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2001 (H.R. 3005)

November 2001 Updates

Ban Cloning Immediately
Economic Stimulus Plan Bills — Vote Expected This Week
Aviation Security Bills Conference Committee

October 2001 Updates

House Aviation Security Bills
Securing America’s Future Energy Act of 2001 (SAFE; H.R. 4)

July 2001 Updates

Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2001
House of Representatives to Consider Two Versions of the Patients' Bill of Rights
H.R. 1954 Iran and Libya Sanction Extension Act of 2001
H.J. Res. 50 Disapproving Normal Trade Relations with the People's Republic of China
H.J. Res. 36 Flag Protection Constitutional Amendment
Outcome Still in Doubt Over Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance Reform Bill in the House
House of Representatives to Vote on the Shays-Meehan Campaign Finance Reform Bill

June 2001 Updates

Vote on Patient's Bill of Rights by Early Summer
PBS Documentary Attacks the Boy Scouts

May 2001 Updates

Vote expected on The Better Education for Students and Teachers Act (S. 1)
Vote on Amendments to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (H.R. 1)
Vote Expected in the Full House on the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (H.R. 1)
Vote Expected in the Full House on the Hope for Children Act (H.R. 622)

April 2001 Updates

Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001 (H.R. 503) to go before the full House
The Death Tax Elimination Act of 2001 (H.R. 8)

March 2001 Updates

Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001 (S. 27)
Vote Expected on the Marriage Penalty and Family Tax Relief Act of 2001 (H.R. 6)
Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2001 (H.R. 503) appears before the
House Judiciary Subcommittee
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001 (H.R. 3)

February 2001 Updates

February 27, 2001 - Stop Embryonic Stem Cell Research

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