H.R.3997 - Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2007

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes. view all titles (7)

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  • Short: Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2007 as reported to house.
  • Short: Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Short: Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide earnings assistance and tax relief to members of the uniformed services, volunteer firefighters, and Peace Corps volunteers, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Official: An Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief and protections for military personnel, and for other purposes. as amended by senate.
  • Popular: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 as introduced.
  • Short: Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2007 as passed house.

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10/14/08
Bailout of US financial system

The text of the proposed law was expanded to 110 pages and was put forward as an amendment to HR 3997. The amendment was rejected via a v...

Source: CCTV, China
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10/07/08
House Hearings Exclude Bailout’s...

... majority of our legislators approved a $700-billion bailout, ignoring unprecedented opposition to the bill, HR 3997, by the huge majo...

Source: River Cities Reader, IA
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10/05/08
Considering the bailout

The $700 billion bailout has passed both houses of Congress, as HR 3997, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, an $830 billio...

Source: Amador Ledger-Dispatch, CA
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10/04/08
Johnson Opposes Bank Bailout Twice...

The first vote, on September 29, 2008, on HR 3997--an unrelated bill which was amended to be the US House vehicle for the “Emergency Ec...

Source: Atlanta Progressive News, GA
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10/04/08
Thompson: Bailout an imperfect but...

... along with 227 other House members, to defeat the first version of the proposed bailout bill, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Ac...

Source: Lake County News, CA
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10/02/08
How Missouri and Kansas lawmakers ...

Financial bailout (HR 3997): The House, voting 205-228, rejected an earlier version of the bailout plan that did not include tax breaks. ...

Source: Kansas City Star, MO
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10/02/08
House Heads Toward Vote on Revised...

29 that sank the first version of the financial rescue plan ( HR 3997 ). “I”m cautiously optimistic that we’re going to be fine,”...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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10/01/08
Lobbyists Target House Republicans...

... which passed Wednesday, in an effort to lure votes from House Republicans who helped kill their chamber’s rescue bill ( HR 3997 ) ...

Source: CQPolitics.com, DC
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10/01/08
GROFF/ELLISON: Bailout bust

HR 3997 was badly marketed, taking Senate passage of a bill with a completely unrelated title to help push it through. The White House p...

Source: Washington Times, DC
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10/01/08
Stark's Vote Helps Quash Bailout

In a historic vote Monday, the United States House of Representatives defeated HR 3997, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 ...

Source: Alameda Sun, CA
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11/02/09
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