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Republican Senate 2016 – National Security Is Job One.

In light of the failure of the Senate… No, in light of the REFUSAL of the Senate to pass a single piece of meaningful gun legislation yesterday, I thought it would be interesting to note what they have accomplished, to see what sort of critical national problems they’ve tried to solve. Here is a list of some of the important things that became law this year:

 

H.R.4605 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 615 6th Avenue SE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa as the “Sgt. 1st Class Terryl L. Pasker Post Office Building”.

H.R.4046 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 220 East Oak Street, Glenwood City, Wisconsin, as the Second Lt. Ellen Ainsworth Memorial Post Office.

 

H.R.3866 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1265 Hurffville Road in Deptford Township, New Jersey, as the “First Lieutenant Salvatore S. Corma II Post Office Building”.

 

H.R.3735 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 Town Run Lane in Winston Salem, North Carolina, as the “Maya Angelou Memorial Post Office”.

H.R.2814 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Sevierville, Tennessee, the Dannie A. Carr Veterans Outpatient Clinic.

S.184 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

Native American Children’s Safety Act

H.R.4957 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

To designate the Federal building located at 99 New York Avenue, N.E., in the District of Columbia as the “Ariel Rios Federal Building”.

H.R.4923 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2016

H.R.4336 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery of the cremated remains of certain persons whose service has been determined to be active…

S.2143 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

A bill to provide for the authority for the successors and assigns of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company to maintain and operate a toll bridge across the Rio Grande near Rio Grande City, Texas, and for…

S.2755 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

Fallen Heroes Flag Act of 2016

S.1890 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016

H.R.2908 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

National Bison Legacy Act

H.R.2722 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

Breast Cancer Awareness Commemorative Coin Act

S.1638 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Consolidation Accountability Act of 2015

S.719 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

A bill to rename the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Great Falls, Montana, the Captain John E. Moran and Captain William Wylie Galt Armed Forces Reserve Center.

S.1826 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 99 West 2nd Street in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, as the Lieutenant Colonel James “Maggie” Megellas Post Office.

S.1596 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2082 Stringtown Road in Grove City, Ohio, as the “Specialist Joseph W. Riley Post Office Building”.

H.R.3262 — 114th Congress (2015-2016)

To provide for the conveyance of land of the Illiana Health Care System of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Danville, Illinois.

OK… So they may have totally sucked at stopping terrorists from getting semi-automatic weapons…. But DANG IT!  They sure can rename something when that kind of national emergency is foisted upon us!