2008-10-23T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/blog/44983 tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-23:/commentary/3407097 2008-10-23T20:00:00Z Crooks and Liars Thompson joined 9 of his Senate colleagues to keep employee safeguards from inclusion in S.1723. An amendment would have accomplished two important goals: ensuring no American was laid off or displaced prior to hiring an H1B employee; ...<br /><br /><a href="http://crooksandliars.com/node/14815">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-16:/commentary/3515250 2008-10-16T20:00:00Z WashingtonWatch.com - New Laws The Inspector General Reform Act of 2007 (S. 2324) · The Improving Government Accountability Act (S. 1723). See Bills on the Same Subject: Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Appropriations, Auditing, Awards, medals, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-409.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-16:/commentary/3476547 2008-10-16T20:00:00Z WashingtonWatch.com - Comments for HR 6562,... The Inspector General Reform Act of 2007 (S. 2324) · The Improving Government Accountability Act (S. 1723). See Bills on the Same Subject: Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Appropriations, Auditing, Awards, medals, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-409.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-16:/commentary/3458230 2008-10-16T20:00:00Z Crooks and Liars Thompson joined 9 of his Senate colleagues to keep employee safeguards from inclusion in S.1723. An amendment would have accomplished two important goals: ensuring no American was laid off or displaced prior to hiring an H1B employee; ...<br /><br /><a href="http://crooksandliars.com/2007/06/25/why-is-abc-news-paying-fred-thompson-to-run-for-president/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-03:/commentary/2960393 2008-10-03T20:00:00Z Political Smog: Seeing Through Toxic Spin [S.Amdt. 2418 to S. 1723, Vote #138, 5/18/98]. McCain Supports Policies that have Hurt the Auto Industry. McCain has refused to help Michigan automakers invest in new technology to compete in the global economy, and only finally agreed ...<br /><br /><a href="http://politicalsmog.blogspot.com/2008/10/tax-reform-message-lacking-in.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-22:/commentary/3407099 2008-08-22T20:00:00Z Shopfloor Temporary Visas for High-Skilled Workers (S. 1723). Passage of an Abraham (R-MI)bill to raise the cap on H-1B temporary work visas. (FY 1998 cap on H-1B visas was reached in May 1998.) Approved 78–20 on May 18, 1998. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.shopfloor.org/2008/08/23/sen-bidens-nam-voting-record-over-the-years/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-22:/commentary/2711314 2008-08-22T20:00:00Z Old Atlantic Lighthouse Biden voted against S.1723 which passed the Senate 72-20. Enacted into law, it increased by nearly 150000 the number of foreign workers that high-tech American companies could hire over the next three years. Although the foreign workers ...<br /><br /><a href="http://oldatlanticlighthouse.wordpress.com/2008/08/23/joe-biden-voted-against-doubling-h-1b-in-1998/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-22:/commentary/2711313 2008-08-22T20:00:00Z One Old Vet Reference: The American Competitiveness Act; Bill S. 1723 ; vote number 1998-141 on May 18, 1998. Voted NO on limit welfare for immigrants. This amendment would have restored food stamp benefits to the children of legal immigrants ...<br /><br /><a href="http://oneoldvet.com/?p=7828">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-06:/commentary/3458232 2008-07-06T20:00:00Z Freedom's Lighthouse Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. Thompson had an opportunity to vote for a measure requiring U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. Sen. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.freedomslighthouse.com/2007/06/refuting-democratic-attacks-on-fred.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-25:/commentary/2406277 2008-06-25T20:00:00Z Overview Petitions - Care2: thepetitionsite In S.1723, the criminal civil rights statutes are located in Subtitle II - Offenses, Chapter 21 - Offenses Involving Individual Rights, Subchapter I - Offenses Involving Civil Rights. The subchapter consists of five sections: ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/Federal-Criminal-Civil-Rights-Statues">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-05:/commentary/3407104 2008-02-05T19:00:00Z Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Higher... Related Bills:. S.1723 · H.Res.701 · S.2324. Related Issue Areas:. Politics and government · Administrative procedure · Administrative remedies · Appropriations; 48 more; Auditing · Budgets · Congress &middo<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h928/show">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-19:/commentary/3407102 2008-01-19T19:00:00Z Ballot Access News 1998 - S.1723 nearly doubled high-tech H-1B visas (by 150000) 1996 - Abraham amendment to S.1664 to kill voluntary worker verification programs in high-immigration states 1994 - H.R.5110 to implement WTO ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/01/20/south-carolina-republican-primary-results/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-16:/commentary/3407100 2008-01-16T19:00:00Z The Social Contract Thus, they worked with House and Senate leaders to ram through H-1B visa level increases in 1998 via S.1723, sponsored by Senator Spencer Abraham (R-MI) and passed on May 18, 1998 and the Rep. Lamar Smith-sponsored (R-TX) H.R.3736 ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thesocialcontract.com/artman2/publish/tsc_18_1/tsc_18_1_nelson.shtml">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-12:/commentary/3148982 2007-12-12T19:00:00Z The Banana Republic of Arkansas Thompson was a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee that created the Abraham H-1B doubling bill in 1998, S.1723. He voted with the 12-6 majority to send the bill to the floor of the Senate without safeguards for American workers. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://arbananarepublic.blogspot.com/2007/12/curious-george-apologizes-to-fred.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-10:/commentary/3433787 2007-11-10T19:00:00Z Open Congress : Top 20 Bills Most Written... The Inspector General Reform Act of 2007 (S. 2324) · The Improving Government Accountability Act (S. 1723). See Bills on the Same Subject: Administrative procedure, Administrative remedies, Appropriations, Auditing, Awards, medals, . ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2324/show">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-23:/commentary/3810145 2007-10-23T20:00:00Z BrothersJudd Blog Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. Thompson had an opportunity to vote for a measure requiring U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. Sen. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://brothersjuddblog.com/archives/2007/10/good_primary_politics_bad_poli.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-23:/commentary/1273769 2007-10-23T20:00:00Z Corvette Forum Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. Thompson had an opportunity to vote for a measure requiring US firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. Sen. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=1846279">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-20:/commentary/3932628 2007-09-20T20:00:00Z Open CRS: Recently Added ... several bills designed to increase the IGs' independence and accountability or otherwise modify specific provisions have been introduced -- H.R. 928, approved by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and S. 1723. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL34176">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-19:/commentary/1193244 2007-09-19T20:00:00Z Constant&#39;s Blog Status: Bill Passed Y)78; N)20; NV)2 Reference: The American Competitiveness Act; Bill S. 1723 ; vote number 1998-141 on May 18, 1998Dizneyland fan, you made yourself sound dumb. I didn’t have to do that. I’m glad you believe everything ...<br /><br /><a href="http://constant.the-savvy-buyers-guide.biz/index.php/archives/377">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-08:/commentary/1090400 2007-09-08T20:00:00Z Cao&#39;s Blog Thompson helped the Senate pass S.1723 which increased by nearly 150000 the number of foreign workers high-tech American companies could hire over the next three years. Although foreign workers receive temporary visas for up to six ...<br /><br /><a href="http://caosblog.com/5970">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-03:/commentary/1072209 2007-09-03T20:00:00Z Freedom Fighter Radio Thompson was a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee that created the Abraham H-1B doubling bill in 1998, S.1723. He voted with the 12-6 majority to send the bill to the floor of the Senate without safeguards for American workers. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://freedomfighterradioshow.blogspot.com/2007/09/numbers-usa-immigration-profile-of-sen.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-24:/commentary/3790760 2007-07-24T20:00:00Z Debbie Schlussel Thompson was a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee that created the Abraham H-1B doubling bill in 1998, S.1723. He voted with the 12-6 majority to send the bill to the floor of the Senate without safeguards for ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2007/07/jihad_fred_fred.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-28:/commentary/3847106 2007-06-28T20:00:00Z Political Radar Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. Thompson had an opportunity to vote for a measure requiring U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. Sen. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/06/huckabee-fred-t.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-27:/commentary/801479 2007-06-27T20:00:00Z The Michigan Conservative Dossier Thompson helped the Senate pass S.1723 in a 78-20 Voted in committee against including worker safeguards in H-1B bill in 1998 Sen. Thompson joined 9 of his Senate colleagues to keep employee safeguards from inclusion in S.1723. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://bconservatives.blogspot.com/2007/06/posthumus-4-romney.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-26:/commentary/3870206 2007-06-26T20:00:00Z Top 10 Politico Story Thompson helped the Senate pass S.1723 in a 78-20 Voted in committee against including worker safeguards in H-1B bill in 1998 Sen. Thompson joined 9 of his Senate colleagues to keep employee safeguards from inclusion in S.1723. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/jonathanmartin/0607/Freds_new_pals_welcome_him_to_the_South.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-26:/commentary/3486987 2007-06-26T20:00:00Z TMZ.com Thompson joined 9 of his Senate colleagues to keep employee safeguards from inclusion in S.1723. An amendment would have accomplished two important goals: ensuring no American was laid off or displaced prior to hiring an H1B employee; ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tmz.com/2007/06/27/fred-thompsons-biggest-boosters-his-ex-harem/">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-26:/commentary/2968199 2007-06-26T20:00:00Z GovTrack.us Monitored Events Claire McCaskill [D-MO] introduced S. 1723: A bill to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to enhance the independence of the Inspectors General, to create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s110-1723">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-26:/commentary/801478 2007-06-26T20:00:00Z washingtonwatch.com - Welcome to washingtonwatc... S. 1723 would amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to enhance the independence of the Inspectors General, and it would create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency....<br /><br /><a href="http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1723.html">Go to article</a> tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-25:/commentary/3553015 2007-06-25T20:00:00Z The American Mind Before the Senate passed the H-1B doubling bill (S.1723), Sen. Thompson had an opportunity to vote for a measure requiring U.S. firms to check a box on a form attesting that they had first sought an American worker for the job. Sen. ...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.theamericanmind.com/2007/06/26/assault-on-fred-thompson-begins/">Go to article</a>