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• Latest Action: Jul 31, 2012 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 477.

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• Committee Assignment: House Oversight and Government Reform

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• Committee Assignment: House Judiciary

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• Committee Assignment: House Judiciary - Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law

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This bill's most-recent vote occurred on July 26, 2012, with a roll call of 245 ayes, 172 nays, and 14 not voting.
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• National Federation of Independent Business

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• American Foundry Society

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• U. S. Chamber of Commerce

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Opposing Organizations

• Ability Production

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• AFL-CIO

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• Alliance for Justice

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• American Association of University Professors

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• American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees

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• American Federation of Teachers

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• American Lung Association

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• American Rivers

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• American Values Campaign

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• Americans for Financial Reform

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• BlueGreen Alliance

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• Campaign for Contract Agriculture Reform

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• Center for Food Safety

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• Center for Foodborne Illness Research & Prevention

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• Center for Independent Living

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• Center for Science in the Public Interest

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• Citizens for Sludge-Free Land

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• Clean Air Watch

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• Consumer Federation of America

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• Consumers Union

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• CounterCorp

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• Cumberland Countians for Peace & Justice

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• Economic Policy Institute

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• Edmonds Institute

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• Environment America

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• Farmworker Justice

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• Free Press

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• Friends of the Earth

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• Green for All

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• In the Public Interest

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• International Brotherhood of Teamsters

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• International Center for Technology Assessment

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• Jam On! Music Production & Recording

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• League of Conservation Voters

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• Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy

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• Main Street Alliance

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• National Association of Consumer Advocates

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• National Council for Occupational Safety and Health

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• National Employment Law Project

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• National Lawyers Guild, Louisville Chapter

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• National Women's Law Center

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• Natural Resources Defense Council

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• Network for Environmental & Economic Responsibility of United Church of Christ

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• People for the American Way

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• Protect All Children's Environment

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• Public Citizen

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• Reproductive Health Technologies Project

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• STOP Foodborne Illness

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• Service Employees International Union

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• The Arc of the United States

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• The Partnership for Working Families

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• Trust for America's Health

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• U.S. Chamber Watch

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• U.S. PIRG

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• Union Plus

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• Waterkeeper Alliance

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• Worksafe

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• International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America

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• United Food and Commercial Workers International Union

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• United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union

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• Demos

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• American Association for Justice

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• California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG)

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• Center for Biological Diversity

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• Center for Celebration of Creation

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• Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future

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• Defenders of Wildlife

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• Earthjustice

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• Endangered Species Coalition

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• Greenpeace

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• Institute of Neurotoxicology & Neurological Disorders

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• Oceana

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• Partnership for Working Families

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• Physicians for Social Responsibility

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• Physicians for Social Responsibility of Greater Kansas City

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• Physicians for Social Responsibility San Francisco-Bay Area Chapter

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• Physicians for Social Responsibility, Arizona

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• Physicians for Social Responsibility, NYC chapter

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• Physicians for Social Responsibility/Florida

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• Safe Climate Campaign

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• Southern Environmental Law Center

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• The International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America

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• The Wilderness Society

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• Union of Concerned Scientists

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• US Climate Action Network

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• Health Care for America Now

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• Children of Vietnam Veterans Health Alliance

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• OMB Watch

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• Life Health Pro

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• On August 04, 2012, by stewey2000 - this seems to provide incentive for businesses to keep the unemployment rate High so that they don't get regulated.

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  As noted by stewey2000, a user on OpenCongress.org, on August 04, 2012, "this seems to provide incentive for businesses to keep the unemployment rate High so that they don't get regulated. "

Highly Rated Blog Articles

• HR 4078 - Business Insider - July 27, 2012 by Linette Lopez - Right now, the House of Representatives is voting on HR-4078, a bill that would freeze "significant regulatory action" from government agencies until the employment rate is at or below 6% (read the bill here). The legislation is ...

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  As noted by Linette Lopez on July 27, 2012, "Right now, the House of Representatives is voting on HR-4078, a bill that would freeze "significant regulatory action" from government agencies until the employment rate is at or below 6% (read the bill here). The legislation is ..." (/url?q=http://www.businessinsider.com/hr-4078-2012-7&sa=U&ei=dfYUULzFJOTr0gHgx4GICA&ved=0CCcQmAEwAw&usg=AFQjCNGYr6S0OkzC7ru6jq4W5zsemZHLvA)
• Thompson Co-sponsored Government Litigation Reform Proposal ... - July 27, 2012 by Gant Team - WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Glenn 'GT' Thompson has voted to support H.R. 4078, the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act, a package of.

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  As noted by Gant Team on July 27, 2012, "WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Glenn 'GT' Thompson has voted to support H.R. 4078, the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act, a package of." (/url?q=http://gantdaily.com/2012/07/27/thompson-co-sponsored-government-litigation-reform-proposal-included-in-house-passed-regulatory-reform-package/&sa=U&ei=pMgTUN-LBcXmqAGQhIHIDA&ved=0CD4QmAEwCA&usg=AFQjCNHagEBqHAx1bSinTbgj8wsRNoA07g)
• BusinessTrends Blog: KEY VOTE for Small Business: H.R. 4078 ... - July 27, 2012 by noreply@blogger.com (Karen Kerrigan) - SBE Council sent a letter to all U.S. House members today to let them know that we will KEY VOTE H.R. 4078, the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Jobs Creation Act, for our upcoming "Ratings of the 112th Congress.

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Highly Rated News Articles

• Bills of the 112th Congresss Concerning Climate Change - September 20, 2012 by The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions - The bills, resolutions, and amendments of the 112th Congress dealing with climate change are divided into the following categories: H.RES.672: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the energy, environmental, and foreign policies of th

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• Roll Call - July 29, 2012 by Tulsa World - Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., to the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act (H.R. 4078). The amendment would have exempted drinking water regulations from the bill's moratorium on agencies developing significant new regulations.

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  As noted by Tulsa World on July 29, 2012, "Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., to the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act (H.R. 4078). The amendment would have exempted drinking water regulations from the bill's moratorium on agencies developing significant new regulations." (http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20120729_16_A14_WSIGOe230214)
• Roll Call - July 29, 2012 by Tulsa World - Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla., to the Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act (H.R. 4078). The amendment would have exempted drinking water regulations from the bill's moratorium on agencies developing significant new regulations.

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