H.R.7223 - To suspend the capital gains tax, schedule the government-sponsored enterprises for privatization, repeal the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act, and suspend mark-to-market accounting requirements, and for other purposes.

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  • Official: To suspend the capital gains tax, schedule the government-sponsored enterprises for privatization, repeal the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act, and suspend mark-to-market accounting requirements, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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11/03/08
Things to watch for after the elec...

It’s called HR 7223, and it proposes to suspend the capital gains tax (a tax you pay on money you earn on interest and the gain on prop...

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10/21/08
An e-mail from my Congressman

For that reason, I co-sponsored HR 7223 which represents a reasoned response to our economic challenge. HR 7223 would have reformed the f...

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10/14/08
Con. Steve Pearce finally replied ...

For these reasons, I have cosponsored an alternative to the bailout bill, HR 7223, the Economic Rescue Alternative Plan. It more closely ...

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10/13/08
CORRECT: The difference is, U.S. b...

H.R. 7223 would have reformed the financial market regulatory system and empowered private investors to fund the financial market's recov...

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10/11/08
Boyd's Blog: We Need a New Jesse H...

While I am glad the SEC Chairman Chris Cox repealed the mark to market rule, and that the bailout bill raised the FDIC insured limit to $...

Source: Boyd's Blog
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10/07/08
Congressman Culberson Opposes Bailout

While I am glad the SEC Chairman Chris Cox repealed the mark to market rule, and that the bailout bill raised the FDIC insured limit to $...

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10/07/08
To Be Fair...

Another alternative - HR 7223 - would have set up an FDIC-style mandatory insurance program in which Wall Street firms would have paid to...

Source: GrayMatters
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10/05/08
Culberson Opposes Bailout

While I am glad the SEC Chairman Chris Cox repealed the mark to market rule, and that the bailout bill raised the FDIC insured limit to $...

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10/03/08
sweet bribes "packed with 'sweeten...

i support an alternative bill, hr 7223, that gets to the underlying issues and gets our capital markets moving again. congress must take ...

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10/03/08
At Least Culberson got it right

While I am glad the SEC Chairman Chris Cox repealed the mark to market rule, and that the bailout bill raised the FDIC insured limit to $...

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