DOCUMENTS IN THE NEWS - 2001
Laws and Proposed Legislation
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News
Last updated on August 26,
2003
McCain-Feingold Bill
- S.
27 was introduced on January 22, 2001
No
Child Left Behind (President)
- President Bush's education proposal introduced January 29, 2001
- Includes educational accountability, reading, teacher quality,
parental options
- HTML and pdf formats
H.R.
1
- House bill on education reform introduced by John Boehner on behalf of
the Administration
Thomas B. Fordham
Foundation
- Several reports on improving schools from a conservative standpoint
- Memo to the new President and Congress on bipartisanship
- Teacher certification and good teaching
- Assesses teaching standards for individual states
Improving Student
Achievement: What State NAEP Scores Tell Us (RAND)
- Analysis of science and math scores by state combined with family and
educational system characteristics
- Conclusion: families, per pupil spending, and per pupil teacher ratio
in lower grades make a difference
Standard and Poor's School
Evaluation Service
- Evaluates individual school districts in text and with statistics
- Factors include state test scores, drop-out rates, students per staff,
school size, school building, financing, and demographics
- Compares individual districts to the county and state
- Provides some interpretive material and test scores for individual
schools
- Data for Michigan released in May 2001; other states to be
added
National Commission on Federal
Election Reform
- Commission co-chaired by former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Gerald
Ford
- Resulted from election problems in November 2000
- Transcripts and videos of hearings held by the commission on improving
the electoral process
- Includes a listserv with ideas
- Final
Report (pdf divided by chapters) and Another
Copy (one pdf file)
Civil Rights Probe
- Civil
Rights Commission Probe (Civil Rights Commission)
- Links to documents and letters
- Initial report claims problem in Florida was disenfranchisement rather
than recount
- Draft
Report of Civil Rights Commission (Washington Post)
- Found no conspiracy but charges that Florida officials were inept
in administering elections
- African-Americans were disenfranchised due to election roll purging
and undercounts
Florida
Election Reform Act of 2001
- Bill S. 1118 signed into law in May 2001
- Calls for standardized voting procedures among Florida's counties and
the elimination of punch card machines
- Text of bill, legislative analysis, legislative history, and roll call
votes
- HTML or pdf formats
Background
- H.B. 4530 of 1999 unifies the concealed weapons
application procedure in Michigan's 83 counties
- Requires owner have training
- Public institutions may post "No Concealed Weapons" signs
- Conference version passed the Michigan House and Senate on December
13, 2000
- Signed by Governor Engler on January 2, 2001 (PA 381 of 2000)
Legislative History
- Links to various versions of the bill
- Text of House and Senate analyses
- Links to debates and final version in the Michigan House and Senate
Journals
Final Votes and Text
Referendum to Overturn
Michigan
United Conservation Clubs v. Secretary of State
- Ruling issued by Michigan Court of Appeals on May 16, 2001
- Delays implementation of law (scheduled for July 1, 2001) until a
referendum held in November 2002
Michigan
United Conservation Clubs v. Secretary of State
- Michigan Supreme Court decision of June 29, 2001
- Allows law to become effective on July 1, 2001 because a law
which involves an appropriation is not subject to a referendum
President's
Principles
- President's principles for bipartisan support
- Includes applicability to all people and all types of doctors
Advanced Cell Technology's Human Clone
Embryo Research (CQ
Researcher - UMich Only)
- Debate issue covered in the December 17, 1999 issue
- Background on issue
- Two sides of the debate
- Bibliography of further sources
Ethical
Issues in Human Stem Cell
Research (National Bioethics Advisory Commission)
- Full text of studies in pdf format
- Special section on religious issues
- Dated September 1999
Human Cloning Ban (Legislation)
- H.R. 2505
- Introduced by Rep. Dave Weldon
- Link includes bill text, discussion in Congressional Record, and House Report 107-70
- Passed by a Roll Call Vote,
265-162 on July 31, 2001
- Senate action delayed until 2002
Medical
Research Guide (Public Agenda)
- Graphs, lobby groups, and public opinion on various medical research
issues
- Covers cloning, stem cell research, cancer, funding, and
patents
NIH Stem
Cell
Information
- News, reports, and testimony on stem cell research
- Draft NIH guidelines for stem cell research
- Funding opportunities
Politics,
Science, Morality of Stem Cell Issue (All Politics)
- A CNN FAQ issued on July 18, 2001
- Brief information on the issues and opinions of different interest
groups
- Good links to further resources
President Bush's Stem Cell Decision
- Speech to the nation on August 9, 2001
- Permits stem cell research on existing stem cell lines
Stem Cell
Lines (NIH)
- Owners of stem cell lines meeting President Bush's prerequisites for federal funding
Stem
Cell Research (Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Special hearings held December 1998 - September 2000
- Use Congressional
Universe (UMich Only) to access prepared statements
- Search CIS Index under SUBJECT: stem cell
research; last five years
- Paper copy of full text in Documents Center: Y4.AP6/2:S.HRG.105-939,
Y4.AP6/2:S.HRG.106-413, and Y4.AP6/2:S.HRG.106-413/PT.3
- Microfiche copy in Documents Center: CIS-NO: 99-S181-30, CIS-NO:
2000-S181-20, and CIS-NO: 2001-S181-18
Stem Cells: A
Primer
- Definitions of terms including pluripotent cells
- Good and understandable descriptions of how stem cells work and their
benefit for future research
Weekly Compilation of
Presidential Documents
- Full text of Presidential statements and documents since 1993
- Search "stem cell research" (using quotations) in subject line
Opinions
- American Medical
Association
- Letters to Congress supporting embryonic stem cell research
- Culture
of
Life Foundation
- Christian organization promoting adult and umbilical cord stem cell
research
- Use search engine for articles
- Gallup
Poll
- Results of a CNN/USA Today/Gallup Poll taken July 10-11, 2001
- Shows that Americans not following the stem cell debate but want cures
for diseases
- Pope
John Paul
- Text of statement in meeting with President George W. Bush on July 23,
2001
Gramm/Miller Bill
- S. 35 was introduced in the Senate on January 22,
2001
- Final version is the H.R.
1836
President's
Agenda for Tax Reform
- President Bush's proposal released on February 8, 2001
- Summarizes long term plan and tax rates
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