H.R.1585 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, a view all titles (28)

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  • Official: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, a as amended by house.
  • Official: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of as introduced.
  • Short: Maritime Administration Authorities Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Short: Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal as introduced.
  • Short: Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act as passed senate.
  • Official: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2007, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Official: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal ye as introduced.
  • Short: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Dignified Treatment of Wounded Warriors Act as passed senate.
  • Official: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of as amended by house.
  • Short: Help for Military Children Affected by War Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Official: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2008, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Official: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. as amended by house.
  • Short: Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as passed senate.
  • Short: Matthew Shepard Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Short: Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: National Guard Empowerment Act as reported to house.
  • Short: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as reported to house.
  • Short: Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as reported to house.
  • Short: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 as passed house.
  • Short: Military Reservist and Veteran Small Business Reauthorization and Opportunity Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Short: National Reservist Enterprise Transition and Sustainability Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Official: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activit as amended by house.
  • Short: National Guard Empowerment Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Short: National Guard Empowerment Act as passed house.
  • Short: Justice for Marines and Other Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism Act as passed senate.

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09/26/07
Rollcall 348: HR 1585 - On the Amendment (Biden Amdt. No. 2997 as ...

To express the sense of Congress on federalism in Iraq.

09/25/07
Permanent Link to Military Stats from the Senate Floor and More

Military Stats from the Senate Floor and More September 21st, 2007 by watchdog316 By: Anthony J. Gerst Word Count: 1195. Worthy of a full read, several issues discussed:Let me first of all say, I back 100% the ad ran by www.moveon.org. The General did

09/25/07
DREAM Act Still Looms Over Senate

DREAM Act Still Looms Over Senate For almost a week now, true immigration reformers have been bracing for the possibility that Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) and other amnesty advocates will bring the DREAM Act to the floor as an amendment to the Department o

09/25/07
Rusk County: How Our Representatives Voted

C-SPAN presents: [ MegaVote] [ Congressional Directories] September 24, 2007 In this MegaVote for Texas' 1st Congressional District: Recent Congressional Votes - [ *] Senate: Motion to Invoke Cloture: District of Columbia House Voti

09/25/07
Gregg County: How Our Representatives Voted

C-SPAN presents: [ MegaVote] [ Congressional Directories] September 24, 2007 In this MegaVote for Texas' 1st Congressional District: Recent Congressional Votes - [ *] Senate: Motion to Invoke Cloture: District of Columbia House Voti

09/25/07
MegaVote: OH 5th, 9/24/2007

September 24, 2007 In this MegaVote for Ohio’s 5th Congressional District: Recent Congressional Votes - [ *] Senate: Motion to Invoke Cloture: District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007 [ *] Senate: Levin Amendment: To provide for a re

09/25/07
Next Up - Iran

A nice little amendment to HR 1585 by Senators Kyl and Lieberman regarding Iran:. Not only is the language familiar, the implications are downright frightening. The amendment adds Section 1535: SENSE OF SENATE ON IRAN.

09/25/07
MEGA VOTE/HOW CONGRESS VOTED 9/24/07 UPDATE

Upcoming Votes. National Defense Authorization Act, FY2008 - HR1585 The Senate is scheduled to continue work on this $459.3 billion bill that would fund the Department of Defense for the upcoming fiscal year. ...

09/25/07
Biden federalism, not MRAP, amdt to get vote today

LINCOLN) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill HR 1585, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense ...

09/25/07
HR 1585

HR1585 Title: To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel ...

09/25/07
Defeat Sen. Kennedy’s hate crimes amendment, SA 2067

Call, fax or e-mail your two Senators to vote down the new hate crime bill SA 2067 which would be attached to the arms bill HR 1585. This will try to make it thru the Senate soon. The legal citizens of the USA take the proposal ...

09/25/07
Stop The Dream Act

Today, the Senate resumes debate on HR 1585, the Defense Department authorization bill for fiscal year 2008. At some point during the debate, open-borders senators may attempt to attach three proposals that, when taken together, ...

09/24/07
Another Crack at Amnesty

As of September 24, 2007 the debate on the Defense Department authorization of bill, HR 1585 is in a temporary holding pattern over the senate floor, so that other business can be addressed. When it resumes it would grant amnesty to ...

Source: Red Jersey
09/24/07
Amendment 3017 (HR 1585): Will Ensign sing "Bomb Bomb Iran?"

Both concern amendments attached to HR 1585 “The National Defense Authorization Act,” and both should be fair indicators of the progress, or lack thereof, in the President’s plan to continue operations in Iraq , and perhaps expand the ...

09/24/07
Norm-mentum! Update

2202 (same text as the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act (S.185) to the DOD Auth bill (HR 1585). And what was that all about? It was about restoring the writ of Habeas Corpus. And what’s that again? What’s Habeas Corpus? ...

Source: Tild~
09/24/07
Revived DREAMs

With the introduction of the DREAM Act as an amendment to a Department of Defense bill HR 1585 this week, immigrant students have a real chance of changing their futures and pursing their dreams. A total of 60 votes by the Senate is ...

Source: The Campus
09/24/07
Defense Authorization - Week Four [HR1585]

The Senate will open the week on the Water Resources Development Act, before resuming consideration of Defense Authorization. If you don't read here on weekends, pleaes give a quick peruse to Senator Dorgan's mention of the case of ...

09/24/07
The Week Ahead: The Week of September 24

The Senate has the conference report to HR 1495, Water Resources Development Act reauthorization; HR 1585, the FY08 defense reauthorization; and perhaps SCHIP legislation. The schedule of Senate committee hearings for the week is here. ...

09/24/07
Senator Durbin Introduces DREAM Act

On 9/21/07, Senator Durbin (D-IL) introduced the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act of 2007 or DREAM Act (SA 2919) as an amendment to the defense authorization bill (HR 1585). The DREAM Act would facilitate access to ...

09/24/07
Why was the Senates Vote, on Amend 1585 not reported

S. Amdt 2947: To reaffirm strong support for all the men and.... to HR 1585: National Defense Authorization Act....( Vote On Ammendment) Result: Ammendment Rejected)

Source: Daily Kos
09/23/07
Senate Slaps American People in the Face—Again!

These Senate “leaders” are now planning to push the DREAM Act through by including it as a rider to HR 1585—a Department of Defense authorization bill. These senators who now adamantly refuse to listen to the will of the American people ...

09/23/07
Alabama Vote » Blog Archive » Congress 110, Senate vote: Vote 346 ...

Congress 110, Senate vote: Vote 346: H R 1585. Vote description: Levin Amdt. No. 2898; To provide for a reduction and transition of United States forces in Iraq. Result: Rejected, 47-47, with 6 not voting. Richard Shelby voted No. ...

09/23/07
We Didn’t Need Habeas Corpus, Right? Right?

Vote Number: 340 Vote Date: September 19, 2007, 10:47 AM Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture Motion Rejected Amendment Number: S.Amdt. 2022 to S.Amdt. 2011 to HR 1585 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) ...

09/23/07
All an officer has is his Honor and Integrity, Democrats and ...

S.Amdt. 2909 to S.Amdt. 2011 to HR 1585 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) Statement of Purpose: To specify minimum periods between deployment of units and members of the Armed Forces deployed for Operation Iraqi ...

09/23/07
Disgusting!

2011 to HR 1585 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008) Statement of Purpose: To express the sense of the Senate that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General, Multi-National Force-Iraq, deserves the full support ...

09/23/07
The Dream Act: A Product Of Representative Democracy Or ...

... writing for the Daily InterLake (a northwest Montana newspaper), amplifies sentiments similar to those I expressed in this post of mine this past Friday on Senator Richard Durbin’s (D-IL) “Dream Act” (ie, SA 2919 to HR 1585) — yet .

09/22/07
Senate and Prez ‘Over the Top’ with Slaps at MoveOn

03 HR1585: Senate Amendment on Petreaus [¶]. 04 Bush: MoveOn.org ad on Petraeus ‘disgusting’ – CNN, September 18, 2007. 05 ‘Our ad on General Petraeus’ – MoveOn.org. As long as General Petraeus is “untouchable” th

09/22/07
Senate Vote - HR 1585: Defense Authorization (September 21, 2007)

HR 1585: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the ...

09/22/07
How Dare You Piss On Our Troops!

Jim Webb's amendment to HR1585 ... To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe ...

Source: Daily Kos
09/21/07
Congress v. the American People

This starts with a basic form letter, but please read through to the end... I've done my best to explain it all. Hi, The U.S ... -deployments for our military. Instead, they passed this bill: S.AMDT.2934 Amends: H.R.1585

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