Today in CongressSeptember 03, 2010
Bills in the News
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H.R.3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The health care reform bill, signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010.
Bill Is Law Mar 23, 2010 -
S.3706 - Americans Want to Work Act
Creates a fifth tier of unemployment insurance benefits in states with unemployment rates above 7.5%.
Introduced Aug 04, 2010 -
H.R.4173 - Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...
This is Congress' Wall Street reform bill, passed by the House on 12/11/09 and by the Senate on 5/20/10.
Bill Is Law Jul 21, 2010 -
H.R.5175 - DISCLOSE Act
Requires disclosure of corporate and special-interest funding for political ads.
House Passed Jun 29, 2010
- S.Res.617 - A resolution relative to the death of the Honorable Theodore "Ted" ... Senate Passed Aug 12, 2010
- H.R.6087 - To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to... Introduced Aug 10, 2010
- H.R.6106 - To direct the Secretary of Education to establish a clearinghouse o... Introduced Aug 10, 2010
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Obama Readying Massive Tax Cut Package? by Donny Shaw September 2, 2010
Remember that in-the-works Obama jobs proposal I wrote about the other day? Given that deficit hawks in the Senate have recently forced the Democrats to pare a $123 billion jobs bill back to a $33 billion unemployment insurance bill (H.R.4213), and that they have been blocking a $30 billion small business jobs bill (H.R. 5297) for over a month, I expected this new proposal to be pretty mild. But according to a report out tonight from Lori Montgomery at the Washington Post, the bill that the White House is preparing to unveil may cost the government as much as $400 billion in lost revenue:
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Latest Votes
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H.R.1586 Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act
Ayes 247 Nays 161 Aug 10, 2010
On Motion to Concur in Senate Amendment to House Amendment to Senate Amendment
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H.Res.1606 Providing for consideration of the Senate am...
Ayes 244 Nays 164 Aug 10, 2010
On Ordering the Previous Question
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H.R.3534 Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resourc...
Ayes 209 Nays 193 Jul 30, 2010
On Passage
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H.R.5414 To provide for the conveyance of a small parce...
Ayes 408 Nays 0 Jul 30, 2010 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended
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H.Res.1558 Expressing the sense of the House of Represe...
Ayes 403 Nays 1 Jul 30, 2010
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Agree
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