Pedro Espada Jr., the State Senate majority leader, introduced a housing bill on Wednesday that he described as a major lifeline to New Yorkers with lower incomes, and that a tenants' group denounced as a "Trojan horse".
Following a low turnout, Mariano Rajoy's PP won an absolute majority and introduced further cuts while slowly taming budget deficits that had topped 11%.
On Tuesday, Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, introduced a measure denouncing the "precipitous withdrawal" of American troops from Syria and Afghanistan that the president ordered last month.
Senator Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada and the majority leader, introduced legislation Wednesday calling for a national task force on polygamy and a $4 million fund to bolster law enforcement and social service efforts to fight it and associated crimes.
Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, introduced a measure to create a government agency, modeled on the Peace Corps, that would send doctors and nurses to help fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in poor countries.
The lawmaker, Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, the San Francisco Democrat who is the majority whip, introduced a bill last week to create an online database of men and women convicted of domestic violence in California.
In a rare show of bipartisan unity, Speaker Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin and Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, introduced the measure as a joint resolution, which requires a presidential signature.
Senator Harry M. Reid of Nevada, the Democratic majority leader, introduced a bill to extend the cuts and pay for that extension by preventing some business owners from sheltering their income from Medicare and Social Security taxes.
Joseph L. Bruno, left, the Senate majority leader, introduced a package of legislation yesterday that would push back the date the budget must be completed by a month, to May 1, to let negotiators incorporate tax revenue that is only known for sure after April 15.
