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Bills, Resolutions, Nominations, and Treaties: Origins, Deadlines, Requirements, and Uses

Description: In each chamber of Congress, four forms of legislative measure be introduced and acted on: bills, joint resolutions, concurrent resolutions, and resolutions of one house. This report contains information on and a table of all forms of business on which Congress acts .
Date: August 4, 2003
Creator: Beth, Richard S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[Quick interviews with Texas State Representatives]

Description: Video of an impromptu interview between TABE president Sandra Acosta and Texas State Representative Dou Wan Tran. This is followed by a few moments of conversation between other people in the building. Then Acosta and Dr. Rodriguez speak with Rep. Roberto Alonzo.
Date: 2004~
Duration: 6 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: Texas Association of Bilingual Education
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Redistricing]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 24, 2003, 4:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 23 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[TABE rally]

Description: Video of a rally held by TABE outside of a government building. Various speakers, who are standing behind a podium, address the audience while people holding TABE banners gather to one side. At one point in the video the crowd begins to chant "No More Tax". At the 2:27 mark House Senator Eliot Shapleigh is interviewed by the TABE team. The crowd chants again near the 6 minute mark saying "Just say no to House Bill 2". At the 10:20 mark the crowd begins to chant "the kids deserve better" and rep… more
Date: 2001/2004
Duration: 12 minutes 34 seconds
Creator: Texas Association of Bilingual Education
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Roundtable Interview of Dr. Jose A. Cardenas, Dr. Maria R. Montecel, Alberto Vilareal, and Dr. Arcadia Lopez]

Description: Video of a roundtable discussion and interview of important figures in the Texas Bilingual Education movement. The interviewees include Dr. Arcadia Hernandez Lopez, Dr. Jose A. Cardenas, Alberto Villareal, and Dr. Maria Robledo Montecel. They discuss their own pasts with bilingual education and english-only speaking programs as well as the history of Bilingual Education in Texas.
Date: 2008~
Duration: 57 minutes 57 seconds
Creator: Texas Association of Bilingual Education
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Legislative History: A Basic Guide For Constituents

Description: This report provides an overview of legislative history of federal legislation. The report briefly outlines the legislative process and then suggests where to find materials that describe or document a piece of legislation's progress through Congress.
Date: March 22, 2002
Creator: Gurevitz, Mark
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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