text: Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act. , 2009-01-06, originally , 2002-05-22, cosponsored since , 1999-02-12. Makes Social Security and Railroad Retirement Board payments nontaxable.
  Social Security for Americans Only Act of 2009. , 2009-01-06, originally , 2003-01-29. Limits Social Security benefits to U.S. citizens and nationals.
  Constitutional rights
  Freedom of religion
  Religious Freedom Amendment. , 1997-05-08 (cosponsor). Clarifies the "right to acknowledge God according to the dictates of conscience" to include the right of prayer in public schools and other public property, and to prohibit state establishment of religion or requirements to participate in prayer.
  Hostettler amendment (Ten Commandments display): , 2005-06-15 (voted in favor), amending , 2005-06-10. Defunds the southern Indiana U.S. District Court judgment Russelburg v. Gibson County, which had directed the removal of a Ten Commandments display on the county courthouse lawn. The district judge later reversed himself, holding that the Indiana display met the Supreme Court of the United States's test described in Van Orden v. Perry, handed down two weeks after the Hostettler amendment.
  See We the People Act.
  Freedom of association
  National ID (amendment): Prohibited funding for national identification numbers.
  Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2009. , 2009-01-06, originally , 1999-01-06 (Freedom and Privacy Restoration Act). Protects Social Security number confidentiality, prohibits uniform national identifying numbers, and prohibits imposition of federal identification standards.