Republicans have put forth a 68-page bill that is focused on Choice and Competition in the public healthcare marketplace. Some plans include loosening rules on health savings accounts and allowing businesses more freedoms in insuring their employees. source
Democrats primarily back a Medicare for All Plan, which would insure everyone has insurance and that costs were controlled. source
See the military as integral to security. They support growing and funding military branches and operations as well as improving the care of veterins. source
Democrats support the military and call for more robust support programs for veterans. They want to cut back on large scale military maneuvers, finding them dangerous and costly.
Republicans were against an impeachment of President Trump.
Democrats were in favor of an impeachment of President Trump.
Against Popular vote. Republicans support greater transparency, stronger security, and a paper ballot. They strongly oppose a popular vote because they feel it would make ballot boxes and technology more vulnerable to exploitation. source
For popular vote. Democrats support further funding of HAVA and updating equipment to support more secure paper ballots. They believe everyone has a right to vote, including people who have already served their time for past legal transgressions. There is also a movement to push for a National Popular Vote instead of an electoral vote because it is more in line with the voice of those voting. source
Republicans were against an impeachment of President Trump.
Democrats were in favor of an impeachment of President Trump.
Republicans have put forth a 68-page bill that is focused on Choice and Competition in the public healthcare marketplace. Some plans include loosening rules on health savings accounts and allowing businesses more freedoms in insuring their employees. source
Democrats primarily back a Medicare for All Plan, which would insure everyone has insurance and that costs were controlled. source
See the military as integral to security. They support growing and funding military branches and operations as well as improving the care of veterins. source
Democrats support the military and call for more robust support programs for veterans. They want to cut back on large scale military maneuvers, finding them dangerous and costly.
Against Popular vote. Republicans support greater transparency, stronger security, and a paper ballot. They strongly oppose a popular vote because they feel it would make ballot boxes and technology more vulnerable to exploitation. source
For popular vote. Democrats support further funding of HAVA and updating equipment to support more secure paper ballots. They believe everyone has a right to vote, including people who have already served their time for past legal transgressions. There is also a movement to push for a National Popular Vote instead of an electoral vote because it is more in line with the voice of those voting. source
• An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
• A bill to coordinate the provision of energy retrofitting assistance to schools.
• A bill to require the Secretary of Transportation to request nominations for, and make determinations regarding, roads to be designated under the national scenic byways program, and for other purposes.
• A resolution designating the month of September 2019 as "Campus Fire Safety Month".
• A bill to amend the Animal Welfare Act to allow for the retirement of certain animals used in Federal research.
• A resolution designating September 23, 2019, as "National Falls Prevention Awareness Day" to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of falls among older adults.
• A bill to amend the United States Energy Storage Competitiveness Act of 2007 to establish a research, development, and demonstration program for grid-scale energy storage systems, and for other purposes.
• A resolution proclaiming the week of September 23 through September 27, 2019, as "National Clean Energy Week".
• A resolution supporting Lights on Afterschool, a national celebration of afterschool programs held on October 24, 2019.
• A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reduce drug storages, and for other purposes.
• A bill to support and expand civic engagement and political leadership of adolescent girls around the world, and other purposes.
• A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the limitation on the amount individuals filing jointly can deduct for certain State and local taxes.
• A bill to provide assistance to combat the escalating burden of Lyme disease and other tick and vector-borne diseases and disorders.
• A bill to amend title XXIX of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program under such title relating to lifespan respite care.
• A bill to establish within the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services a special task force on ensuring Medicare beneficiary access to innovative diabetes technologies and services.
• A resolution designating December 14, 2019, as "Wreaths Across America Day".
• A resolution congratulating astronauts Dr. Jessica U. Meir and Christina H. Koch for the historic accomplishment of completing the first all-female spacewalk.
• A resolution recognizing the importance of sustained United States leadership to accelerating global progress against maternal and child malnutrition and supporting the commitment of the United States Agency for International Development to global nutrition through the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Strategy.
• A bill to authorize certain aliens seeking asylum to be employed in the United States while their applications are being adjudicated.
• A bill to modernize the Older Americans Act of 1965, and for other purposes.
• A bill to enable States to better provide access to whole genome sequencing clinical services for certain undiagnosed children under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
• A bill to establish a pilot program for native plant species, and for other purposes.
• A bill to establish a rural postsecondary and economic development grant program.
• A resolution designating March 2, 2020, as "Read Across America Day".
• A resolution designating the week of February 24 through February 28, 2020, as "Public Schools Week".
• A resolution expressing the gratitude of the Senate for the people who operate or support diaper banks and diaper distribution programs in their local communities.
• A bill to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of Christa McAuliffe.
• A resolution designating the week of September 22 through September 28, 2019, as "Gold Star Families Remembrance Week".
• A concurrent resolution recognizing September 11, 2019, as a "National Day of Service and Remembrance".
• A resolution designating the week beginning September 8, 2019, as "National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week".
• A bill to condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and harassment of these communities inside and outside China.
• A bill to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to establish a program to incentivize innovation and to enhance the industrial competitiveness of the United States by developing technologies to reduce emissions of nonpower industrial sectors, and for other purposes.
• A bill to promote energy savings in residential buildings and industry, and for other purposes.
• A joint resolution relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019.
• A bill to amend the Energy Conservation and Production Act to reauthorize the weatherization assistance program, and for other purposes.
• A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish or designate the Distributed Energy Opportunity Board to carry out a program to facilitate a voluntary streamlined process for local permitting of distributed renewable energy, energy storage, and electric vehicle charging systems, and for other purposes.
• A bill to provide for the establishment of a pilot program to identify security vulnerabilities of certain entities in the energy sector.
• A resolution designating the week of September 14 through September 21, 2019, as "National Estuaries Week".
• A bill to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission.
• A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish the CHP Technical Assistance Partnership Program, and for other purposes.
• A resolution congratulating the United States Women's National Soccer Team for winning the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.
• A concurrent resolution honoring the 75th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge fought during World War II, recognizing the valiant efforts of the Allied Forces in December 1944, and remembering those who made the ultimate sacrifice, all of which contributed to the Allied victory in the European Theater.
• A bill to amend the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to increase the age of eligibility for children to receive benefits under the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children, and for other purposes.
• A bill to restore administrative law judges to the competitive service, and for other purposes.
• A bill to enhance domestic marine debris response, and for other purposes.
• A bill to direct the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop guidance for firefighters and other emergency response personnel on best practices to protect them from exposure to PFAS and to limit and prevent the release of PFAS into the environment, and for other purposes.
• A bill to enhance global engagement to combat marine debris, and for other purposes.
• A bill to increase public safety by punishing and deterring firearms trafficking.
• A resolution designating September 25, 2019, as "National Lobster Day".
• A bill to establish a task force to review policies and measures to promote, and to develop best practices for, reduction of short-lived climate pollutants, and for other purposes.