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July 01, 2008 Senators Propose Tax Incentives for Midwestern Disaster Relief

The Midwestern Disaster Tax Relief Bill — an amendment to HR 3221, an unrelated bill designed to ease the housing crisis — would allow individuals and corporations to get unlimited charitable deductions for donations to relief efforts ...

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July 01, 2008 National Housing Trust Fund

Consideration of the Senate bill that would establish a permanent housing trust fund, HR 3221 (the name for Senator Christopher Dodd's (D-CT) GSE/FHA reform bill) came to a grinding halt on Thursday, June 26, when Senator John Ensign ...

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July 01, 2008 Senate Housing Bill Allows Government to Spy on Internet Commerce

Without any discussion, Senators added a provision to HR 3221 (The American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008) requiring electronic payment services to collect, aggregate, [...]

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Source: The Hill Blog


June 30, 2008 NV, Las Vegas: Senator Reid's Thoughts on the Housing Crisis in Nevada

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HR3221, previously referred to as the Foreclosure Prevention Act) will modernize the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) by introducing a more flexible lending process and permanently ...

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June 30, 2008 Two Letters to Two Congress Critter Traitors!

2821), which I introduced with John Ensign (R-NV) just a week earlier, was included as an amendment to the Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (HR 3221) that passed the Senate later that day by a vote of 88 to 8. ...

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Source: No Compromise When it Comes to Being Right!


June 30, 2008 Apartment Rental News Weekly Roundup: June 30, 2008

On June 24th, the Senate held a cloture vote on HR 3221, which limits general debate on a bill and blocks filibustering. Since the bill is comprised of three separate measures, however, it may require 2 more cloture votes before final ...

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June 30, 2008 Congress Vacations With High Gas Prices & Work Undone

Left uncompleted before the July 4th recess were the compromise FISA bill (HR 6304) and the housing bill (House messages to accompany HR 3221). Delaying tactics by Democrats opposed to the immunity provisions in the bill forced Sen. ...

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Source: ARRA News Service


June 29, 2008 eBay Responds to Privacy Busting Payment Legislation

The HR 3221 provision reads as follows. Payment Card and Third Party Network Information Reporting. The proposal requires information reporting on payment card and third party network transactions. Payment settlement entities, including ...

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June 28, 2008 Political Maneuvers Delay Bill After Bill in Senate

But then Ensign demanded an amendment to add the renewable-energy credits, noting that the housing bill had begun life as HR 3221, the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007. The Senate grabbed HR 3221 in April, ...

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June 28, 2008 If you're frustrated and depressed and looking for a scapegoat

But then [Republican Senator John] Ensign demanded an amendment to add the renewable-energy credits, noting that the housing bill had begun life as HR 3221, the Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007. ...

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June 27, 2008 nea

Part of the American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act (HR 3221), it would deny tax deductions to residents of localities that raise tax property rates to compensate for revenue shortfalls caused by plummeting home values. ...

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June 27, 2008 Sweetheart Deals for US Senators?

This week, Congressional Quarterly reported that the US Senate’s Ethics Committee added an amendment to housing legislation (HR 3221) that would require senators to disclose the creditor, amount, interest rate and term of any mortgage ...

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June 27, 2008 Sweetheart Deals for US Senators?

This week, Congressional Quarterly reported that the US Senate’s Ethics Committee added an amendment to housing legislation (HR 3221) that would require senators to disclose the creditor, amount, interest rate and term of any mortgage ...

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June 27, 2008 Housing Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (HR 3221)

The 600+ bill is aimed at helping distressed homeowners. I am sure we all don’t have time to read the full document (housing act), so here is a great summary of what the bill is going to do provided by Votesmart. ...

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June 27, 2008 Housing Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 (HR 3221)

The 600+ bill is aimed at helping distressed homeowners. I am sure we all don’t have time to read the full document (housing act), so here is a great summary of what the bill is going to do provided by Votesmart. ...

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Source: Find Better Value


June 27, 2008 HEADLINES 1. HR 3221 Housing Bill with eBay Payment Reporting ...

HR 3221 Housing Bill with eBay Payment Reporting Provision Delayed: This is the bill that has a provision that would require card and alternative payment processors to report sales made by their customers to the federal government. ...

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Source: Payment Daily News Digest


June 26, 2008 Financial Reporting Amendment Hidden In Mortgage Bill

For additional information, check out the Senate bill summary for House Amendments to the Senate Amendment to HR 3221 – Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008. You can express you opinion on this bill by calling Congress and referring to ...

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June 26, 2008 Senate Dems Blame Republicans for Stalling on Housing Bill

Senate majority leadership is blaming Republican procedural tactics for delaying the passage of long-awaited housing legislation (HR 3221), as Senate rule allowing debate on three major bills for push... Click link for complete story.

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Source: Community Development Digest


June 26, 2008 Government to Monitor all Transactions

Bill HR 3221, once passed, will allow the government to monitor all electronic purchases. That, coupled with an upcoming cashless society means that no transaction will be hidden from the government. I can already hear people stating, ...

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June 26, 2008 Housing Bill Pulled Until After Recess

Congressional Quarterly confirms that the Housing Bill (HR 3221) will not be returning to the Senate floor for debate until after the July 4 recess. The writing has been on the wall ever since Senator Ensign (R-NV) made it clear that he ...

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Source: SENATUS


June 26, 2008 It’s Crunch Time in the Senate!

The Senate has been stalled most of the week because of objections to moving forward with the Housing Bill (HR 3221). The main source of objection came from Senator Ensign (R-NV) who continues to insist that he be given a vote on his ...

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Source: SENATUS


June 26, 2008 Elites Seek Control Over Rising Cashless Society

According to a legislative notice from the US Senate, a new Housing Bill (HR 3221) contains a provision that will require nearly every online credit card transaction to be reported directly to the Internal Revenue Service. ...

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June 25, 2008 Communication is Fine, but not Compromise

This bill is calld HR 3221. It has a provision that requires almost all credit card transacton to be report to the government (in the IRS). Now, (HR 3221) is nothing more than a slick bill in order to allow the government to track and ...

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June 25, 2008 Vote: 'Aye' regarding HR3221

Ken Salazar [D, CO] voted 'Aye' on the question: On the Motion (Motion to Concur in the Amdt. of the House, Striking Section 1 through Title V and Inserting Certain Language, to the Senate Amdt. to HR 3221, with an Amdt No. ...

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Source: Open Congress : Sen. Ken Salazar [D, CO]


June 25, 2008 Amendent to repeal Disaster Funds

-----Original Message-----From: Vicki Watson Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:19 AMSubject: Amendment to Strip CDBG FundingSenator Jim DeMint (R-SC) plans to offer an amendment today to strip the$3.9 billion in CDBG from HR 3221. ...

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June 25, 2008 McCain Most Absent Senator, Misses Majority Of Votes

Two and a half months later, the Senate voted again Tuesday to limit debate on housing legislation, a new version this time (HR 3221). Neither McCain, R-Ariz., nor Obama, D-Ill., showed up for the 83-9 vote. ...

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June 25, 2008 Elites Seek Control Over Rising Cashless Society

According to a legislative notice from the US Senate, a new Housing Bill (HR 3221) contains a provision that will require nearly every online credit card transaction to be reported directly to the Internal Revenue Service. ...

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June 25, 2008 UPDATE: Dole Amendment S. Amdt. 4984 to HR 3221 (Foreclosure ...

HR 3221 - Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 passed with amendment S. Amdt. 4984 by Elizabeth Dole that orders the director of OFHEO to review appraiser requirements in the HVCC and that "the Director shall ensure that the regulation is ...

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Source: Appraisal Scoop


June 25, 2008 Comment by JS (June 26, 2008, 01:00:00)

agreed to wait until after the July Fourth recess to consider housing legislation (HR 3221) and an update of electronic surveillance laws (HR 6304). Instead, the chamber will vote on the two other measures....

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Source: WashingtonWatch.com - S. 2544, The Emergency...


June 25, 2008 Dole Amendment S. Amdt. 4984 to HR 3221 (Foreclosure Prevention ...

According to Bill McKnight of Appraisal Ace: HR 3221 - Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 passed with amendment S. Amdt. 4984 by Elizabeth Dole that orders the director of OFHEO to review appraiser requirements in the HVCC and that "the ...

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