S.1 - Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007

A bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process. view all titles (9)

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  • Popular: Ethics Reform bill.
  • Short: Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007 as introduced.
  • Short: Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 as passed house.
  • Short: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Short: Congressional Pension Accountability Act as passed senate.
  • Short: Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007 as passed senate.
  • Short: Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007 as enacted.
  • Official: A bill to provide greater transparency in the legislative process. as introduced.
  • Short: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 as introduced.

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08/01/07
According to CQ, it seems as though the House has ...

The bill ( S 1 ) would give the Senate — but not the House — the power to make surgical strikes deleting portions of conference reports. The provision would create a new mechanism for senators to challenge individual proposals ...

08/01/07
Thursday Preview

There will be no period of morning business but instead an immediate consideration of the Ethics Reform Bill (S. 1) recently passed in the House by a vote of 411 to 8. The Senate will have about 2 hours of debate and will then take up a ...

Source: SENATUS
08/01/07
CCAGW Calls Changes to Earmark Reform a Fiscal Fiasco

Following the conclusion of secret negotiations intended to bypass the normal legislative process, the compromise bill that was announced today will gut the earmark reform provisions that had already passed as part of S. 1, the Senate ...

08/01/07
OMB Watch Urges Senate to "Get It Done" on Lobbying and Ethics Reform

OMB Watch today urged the Senate to follow the House's lead and ensure that lobbying and ethics reform legislation, known as S. 1, is passed before Congress's August recess. The reform package, which overwhelmingly passed the House on ...

Source: YubaNet.com
08/01/07
Not quite so do-nothing: House passes ethics bill

Yesterday the House passed the Senate’s ethics bill S. 1. I’ve covered the details of the bill on the Open House blog. All in all, it’s good progress.

08/01/07
Hey, Senate: Git-R-Dun on Ethics Reform!

The Honest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2007, also known as S. 1, or the ethics and lobbying reform bill, is not everything we had hoped it to be. And it's nowhere near what we'd like it to be despite its lofty title and low ...

07/31/07
S. 1 passes House

S. 1: Commission to Strengthen Confidence in Congress Act of 2007 passed the House today by a ridiculously wide margin, and so I’ll do a bit of biting my hat for all of the “Congress isn’t doing anything”-type complaining I’ve done ...

07/31/07
Dems to bust GOP filibuster on lobbying reform bill

Lobbying reform has been one of the top priorities in the new, Democratic Congress -- in fact it was the first bill introduced, S. 1, in the Senate. But a funny thing happened on the way to actually passing that reform. ...

07/31/07
US Congressional Record Daily Digest 18 January 2007

Thursday, January 18, 2007 Daily Digest HIGHLIGHTS Senate passed S. 1, Ethics Reform. Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S709–S782 Measures Introduced: Twelve bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. ...

Source: Scribd Feed
07/19/07
Sales Tax Holiday Recap:

Sales Tax Holiday Recap: Posted by salestax on July 19th, 2007 Thanks to CCH for recapping the August Holidays.  © 2007, CCH INCORPORATED.  NEWS-STATE, 2007TAXDAY, (July 19, 2007), Item #S.1 August 2007 Holidays Al

07/17/07
Hope these links to so many truths work in this blog.......

You will only understand the following information if you have eyes to see and ears to hear with a mind that seeks truth ... - USA Patriot Act Resolution Concerning S.1 and the fear bulletins What are the solutions

07/12/07
Public Citizen Calls on Sen. DeMint to Remove Hold on Ethics Reform

“The Senate has approved the earmark reforms sponsored by DeMint himself, which passed by a vote of 98-0 in the ethics and lobbying reform legislation, S. 1, that he is now blocking. Also, the Senate already discloses most earmarks ...

07/12/07
S. 1 : the Senate approach to lobbying reform : hearing before the ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

07/10/07
Molecular systematics of lichens in the genus Cladonia (Cladoniaceae) in Northern and Northeastern Thailand

Molecular Systematics of Lichens in the Genus Cladonia (Cladoniaceae) in Northern and Northeastern Thailand Parnmen, S.1, Mongkolsuk, P. 1, Homchantara, N. 1, and Rangsiruji, A.2 1Lichen

Source: KONG GB
06/28/07
Senate Debate: Progress on S. 1

This week was one of them, when I saw the leader of my party rise to ask the body to send S. 1 to conference. Keep in mind what S. 1 is. S. 1 was the first piece of legislation we passed in the Senate this year. ...

04/10/07
Political interference stops play in cash for honours scandal

Nevertheless, in my view, as Angus MacNeil MP, points out in his letter, it is still an offence under S.1(1) of the 1925 Act. Lord Levy was Tony Blair's chief fundraiser, he did not act upon his own authority, rather he operated for and ...

03/13/07
Porkkky Byrd Ignores Earmarks Moratorium

I am extremely disappointed and troubled by the fact that Senate Appropriations Subcommittees are soliciting earmarks but not complying with the basic requirements of Section 103 of S.1. In the absence of final Senate enactment of ...

03/13/07
Busy Week for Conservatives

You will remember that the Senate voted to strip a similar provision out of S. 1, the Lobbying Reform Bill. The Virginian Federalist will keep you up to date when this bill is actually proposed.

03/05/07
Democrat House Leadership Assault to Begin on Grassroots Activists

by TVC: The House began hearing debate on S. 1, the “Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007 including consideration of grassroots lobby reform legislation. “Grassroots lobby reform” proposals, which under the guise of ...

03/04/07
Franks slams regulation of grassroots lobbying as ethics-reform bill moves forward

Franks slams regulation of grassroots lobbying as ethics-reform bill moves forward March 4th, 2007 [ Trent Franks]From a floor speech given by Trent Franks, pertaining to the Lobbying Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007 (S.1): The introduction

02/17/07
Freedom of Speech Now Threatened by House

..> ..> ..> February 16, 2007 Dear Richard, If you thought the defeat of Section 220 of S.1 was the end of the threat to our freedom to keep you abreast of what's taking place in Washington, D.C., and your ability to hold your elected rep

Source: Ric's Blog
02/16/07
new RFID and the S.1 bill.

You remember the RFID chips right, well they have made a Biocompatible Chipless RFID Ink. They been testing it in cattle and lab rats, they have not said that they are going to use it in humans yet but we know its coming. Its a tattoo type mark that, now g

02/12/07
Keep an eye on Dem Senate

The Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2007, S. 1, 220, section (17) would have been a ... In fact, 220 was finally ‘defeated’ at the last minute when an amendment to S. 1 removed the controversial section from the bill. ...

02/12/07
Rev. Ted Pike Discusses War Against Christianity

220 into the lobby reform bill, S.1. (Fortunately, due to mass protest, Sec. 220 was recently rejected by the Senate.) Christian Leaders Silent. Why have Christian leaders not identified Jewish activists’ antagonism to our nation and ...

01/31/07
Political Bloggers May Be Forced to Register

Under Senate Bill S.1, political bloggers with a readership of over 500 who comment on policy matters or hope to incite ‘grassroots’ action amongst their readers would be forced to register with the Federal Government as lobbyists. The first thing you

01/30/07
free speech? what?

so i ask myself. . . censorship???? Bloggers who criticize government may face prison. Body: Section 220 of S.1 Bloggers Who Criticize Government May Face Prison Bill would allow rounding up and imprisoning of non-registered political writers Steve Wat

01/30/07
read this.

..> Section 220 of S.1 Bloggers Who Criticize Government May Face Prison Bill would allow rounding up and imprisoning of non-registered political writers Steve Watson Infowars.net Thursday, January 18, 2007 You'd be forgiven for thinking that it was so

01/29/07
Bloggers who criticize government may face prison

Section 220 of S.1 Bloggers Who Criticize Government May Face Prison Bill would allow rounding up and imprisoning of non-registered political writers Steve Watson Infowars.net Thursday, January 18, 2007 You'd be forgiven for thinking that it was some ne

01/29/07
Rediculous...

BLOGGERS MAY GO TO PRISON OR JAIL FOR SLANDERING THE GOVERNMENT!!!! Section 220 of S.1 Bloggers Who Criticize Government May Face Prison Bill would allow rounding up and imprisoning of non-registered political writers Steve Watson Infowars.net Thu

Source: The Tracks
01/28/07
Anti-First Amendment S.1 Passes Congress

Anti-First Amendment S.1 Passes Congress Friday January 19th 2007, 3:29 am It was bad enough George Bush Senior found it necessary to blame bloggers for creating what he deems an "adversarial and ugly climate" (never mind his particular bit of ugliness

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