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Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04) offered two amendments the Republicans’ H.R. 3, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act in Judiciary Committee. The amendments would prevent the bill from taking effect until the Attorney General submitted a report to Congress outlining the effect of the bill on women’s access to abortion and health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. It also would prevent tax increases for individuals who would be subject to such increases pursuant to Section 303(1) of the bill. Both amendments failed mostly along party lines.

Today, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), Whip of the Progressive Caucus, issued the following statement on Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011, a measure to repeal IRS reporting requirements mandated by last year’s health care reform law.

“I voted to repeal this burdensome provision last year, but it was blocked by Republicans,” said Johnson.

20 members of U.S. House call for hearings on planned ‘dirty-tricks’ campaign that targeted critics of U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Congressman votes to restore funding for ‘critical’ public safety program

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a bipartisan rebuke of the GOP budget plan to scrap funding for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) hiring program, the House passed an amendment that restores $298 million in funding to the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) hiring program, allowing more than 1,300 officers to remain on the street.