User:Dauster

Bill Dauster is a lawyer, economist, and speechwriter who has served on United States Senate and White House staffs since 1986, and currently works as deputy chief of staff for policy for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. Dauster helped manage Senate passage of the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings restoration of 1987, the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, President Clinton's first budget in 1993, the Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997 and 2007–2009, McCain-Feingold in 2002, the Medicare Prescription Drug Act of 2003, Health Care Reform in 2010, and the Budget Control Act of 2011. He has written four books on Senate procedure, including Budget Process Law Annotated and Trade Promotion Authority Annotated. He is married to Federal Election Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub. He studies Torah at Congregation Beth El in Bethesda, Maryland. He writes the "Weekly Torah portion" section at Portal:Judaism and since October 2005, has written and expanded Wikipedia articles on each of the 54 weekly Torah portions. He has originated or significantly expanded the following Wikipedia and Wikisource articles and sections of articles:

Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam

On Torah:

Abraham Lubin, Acharei, Adda bar Ahavah, Avot 1:12, Avot 1:13, Avot 1:15, Avot 1:16, Avot 1:17, Avot 1:18, Avot 2:1, Avot 2:2, Avot 3:1, Avot 3:2, Avot 3:6, Avot 5:4, Avot 5:6, Avot 5:8, Avot 5:21, Avot 6:10, Avot 6:11, Avot Chapter 2, Avot Chapter 3, Avot Chapter 4, Avot Chapter 5, Avot Chapter 6, Balak (parsha), Bamidbar (parsha), Bava Kamma 9:5, Bava Kamma Chapter 1, Bava Kamma Chapter 9, Bava Metzia 9:11, Bava Metzia 9:12, Bava Metzia Chapter 9, Bechukotai, Behaalotecha, Behar, Bereishit (parsha), Beshalach, Bethuel, Bible Review, Bo (parsha), "Further reading" in Book of Genesis, Chayei Sarah, Chukat, “Classical Rabbinical interpretation” in Melchizedek, Congregation Beth El (Bethesda, Maryland), Daughters of Zelophehad, Devarim (parsha), Eikev, Emor, "Further reading" in Moses, Genesis Rabba, Haazinu, Herb Levinson, Jacob Milgrom, Jeshurun, Joshua ben Levi, Kedoshim, Keritot 6:9, Keritot Chapter 6, Ki Tavo, Ki Teitzei, Ki Tisa, Korach (parsha), Lech-Lecha, Leviticus Rabbah, "List of Haftarot" at Haftarah, Makkot 3:9, Makkot Chapter 3, Man of God, Martha daughter of Boethus, Masei, Matot, Metzora (parsha), Miketz, Milcah, Mishpatim, Modeh ani, Naso (parsha), Nedarim 11:3, Nedarim Chapter 11, Nitzavim, Noach (parsha), Numbers Rabbah, Nun (Bible), Oktzin Chapter 1, Paddan Aram, Parah 8:3, Parah Chapter 8, Pekudei, Pesachim 1:4, Pesachim 1:5, Pesachim 1:6, Pesachim 1:7, Pesachim 9:1, Pesachim 9:2, Pesachim 9:3, Pesachim 10:1, Pesachim 10:2, Pesachim 10:3, Pesachim 10:4, Pesachim 10:5, Pesachim Chapter 9, Pesachim Chapter 10, Pinchas (parsha), Re'eh, Seder Tahorot, Shemini, Shemot (parsha), Shlach, Shoftim, Shoftim (parsha), Tamid 5:1, Tamid Chapter 5, Tazria, Template:Weekly Torah Portions, Terumah (parsha), Tetzaveh, Toledot, Tractate Bava Kamma, Tractate Bava Metzia, Tractate Keritot, Tractate Makkot, Tractate Oktzin, Tractate Parah, Tractate Tamid, Tzav, Va'eira, Va'etchanan, Vayakhel, Vayechi, Vayeira, Vayelech, Vayeshev, Vayetze, Vayigash, Vayikra (parsha), Vayishlach, V'Zot HaBerachah, Walter Brueggemann, and Yitro (parsha).

He also uploads images related to the Hebrew Bible at Wikimedia Commons. See his page there.

United States Capitol

On government:

Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, "Commissioners" in Federal Election Commission, Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, Congressional Review Act, Fast track (trade), Finance Committee (disambiguation page), "Further reading" in United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, Independent Payment Advisory Board, Jacob Lew, Lawrence O'Donnell, Lula J. Davis, Reconciliation (United States Congress), Roger Wolfson, United States Congress Conference committee, United States Congress Joint Committee on Taxation, and United States National Economic Council.

Contributions:

He has also contributed to articles on Abraham Joshua Heschel, Adda, Alan B. Krueger, Alan Frumin, Amminadab, Amora, Anita Diamant, Appropriation bill, April 15, April 29, Article One of the United States Constitution, Aufruf, August 12, August 27, August 29, Aviv, Balaam, Balanced Budget Act of 1997, Berakhot (Talmud), Bible, Bill Frist, Binding of Isaac, Bithiah, Book of Numbers, Books of Samuel, Bop Gun (Homicide: Life on the Street), Chaim Leib Shmuelevitz, Congressional Budget Office, Dan, Daniel Tarullo, December 6, December 10, December 11, December 13, December 16, December 24, December 26, Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, DePaul University Alumni, Deuteronomy, Dick Durbin, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Ecclesiastes, Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, Emma Lazarus, Everett Fox, Exodus, Fear and Trembling, February 4, February 13, Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton, Freedom of information in the United States, Filibuster, Genesis, Girolamo dai Libri, Golden calf, Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act, Gunther Plaut, Ham, son of Noah, Henry Waxman, Heresy of Peor, Hiyya, Homicide: Life on the Street, Hyam Maccoby, Iphigeneia at Aulis, Israel–Jordan peace treaty, Jamie M. Morin, January 10, January 11, January 28, Jephunneh, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Jim Sasser, Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Jochebed, Joe Lieberman, John Dickerson (journalist), John Ensign, John Warner‎, Jon Leibowitz, Joseph and His Brothers, June 14, June 17, June 26, Karaite Judaism, Kathryn Harrold, Keith Hennessey, Korah, Korban, Kris M. Balderston, Lady Louise Windsor, Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Lawton Chiles, Leviticus, Leviticus 18, List of authors by name: B, List of Jewish American politicians , List of Jewish prayers and blessings, List of theological journals, List of University of Cincinnati people, March 15, March 24, March 30, Mary Douglas, May 10, Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, Mezuzah, Michael Broyde, Michael Fishbane, Midrash, Nashim, National Labor Relations Act, November 3, November 7, November 30, October 9, October 10, October 11, October 17, Office of Management and Budget, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, On, Operation Entebbe, Orpheus, Qur'an, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, Pesikta de-Rav Kahana, Phinehas, Portal: Bible, Purim, Reuven Hammer, Robert Alter, Ron Wyden, Samson Raphael Hirsch, September 6, September 13, September 14, September 22, September 30, Shem, Shmuel Herzfeld, 613 mitzvot, Sodom and Gomorrah, Special Sabbaths, Talmud, Tamar (Bible), Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005, Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, Tzaraath, Tefillin, Temple Beth-El, Temple Beth El (Alpena, Michigan), Temple Beth-El (Corsicana, Texas), Temple Beth El (Detroit, Michigan), Temple Beth-El (Great Neck, New York), Temple Beth-El (Jersey City, New Jersey), Temple Beth-El (Providence, Rhode Island), Terah, The Exodus, Timothy F. Geithner, Torah, Torah study, Tosefta, Trade Act of 1974, Trade Act of 2002, United States Department of the Treasury, United States Office of Management and Budget, United States Senate, United States Senate Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate Committee on Finance, United States Senate Committee on the Budget, United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, Weekly Torah portion, WHHL, Wickard v. Filburn, Wilfred Owen, and William Artaud.

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