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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Postal service</title>
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  <updated>2008-06-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4703</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3100 Voting Opportunities and Integrity in the Conduct of Elections Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3100/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-06:/action/159435</id>
    <updated>2008-06-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require early voting in Federal elections, to prohibit restrictions on absentee voting in Federal elections, to establish a grant program to promote voting by mail, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3073 Military Voting Protection Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3073/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-22:/action/160372</id>
    <updated>2008-05-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve procedures for the collection and delivery of absentee ballots of absent overseas uniformed services voters, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5912 To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5912/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-29:/action/151493</id>
    <updated>2008-04-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5658 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5658/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-31:/action/148545</id>
    <updated>2008-03-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for the protection of child custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces deployed in support of a contingency operation, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.70 Budget resolution FY2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sc70/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-07:/action/147015</id>
    <updated>2008-03-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5548 Postal Service Access Assurance Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5548/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-06:/action/146933</id>
    <updated>2008-03-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the continued availability of automated stamp vending machines at facilities of the United States Postal Service serving underserved communities, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.959 Supporting the Adopt-a-Platoon program, which encourages support to deployed soldiers through letters, care packages, pen pal campaigns, and monetary donations.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr959/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-06:/action/144638</id>
    <updated>2008-02-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Supporting the Adopt-a-Platoon program, which encourages support to deployed soldiers through letters, care packages, pen pal campaigns, and monetary donations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4236 Mail Network Protection Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4236/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-15:/action/137016</id>
    <updated>2007-11-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for the protection and the integrity of the United States mail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4237 Overseas Voting Practical Amendments Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4237/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-15:/action/137018</id>
    <updated>2007-11-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to prohibit States from refusing to accept balloting materials solely because the materials are generated through the use of a computer program, are not printed on a specific type of paper, or do not otherwise meet similar extraneous requirements which are not clearly necessary to prevent fraud in the conduct of elections, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.4081 Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h4081/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-05:/action/135898</id>
    <updated>2007-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2237 Crime Control and Prevention Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2237/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-25:/action/134921</id>
    <updated>2007-10-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to fight crime.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2180 Natural Resource Projects and Programs Authorization Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2180/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-17:/action/132681</id>
    <updated>2007-10-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, and to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3845 PROTECT Our Children Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3845/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-16:/action/132453</id>
    <updated>2007-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3665 Stop the Sale of Murderabilia to Protect the Dignity of Crime Victims Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h3665/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-25:/action/130303</id>
    <updated>2007-09-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend chapter 87 of title 18, United States Code, to end the terrorizing effects of the sale of murderabilia on crime victims and their families.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1946 Public Corruption Prosecution Improvements Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1946/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-02:/action/126588</id>
    <updated>2007-08-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.283 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr283/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-07-30:/action/125930</id>
    <updated>2007-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Postal Service should discontinue the practice of contracting out mail delivery services.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1738 PROTECT Our Children Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s1738/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-28:/action/120621</id>
    <updated>2007-06-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the Department of Justice to develop and implement a National Strategy Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute child predators.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2932 To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2932/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-28:/action/120488</id>
    <updated>2007-06-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2829 Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2829/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-22:/action/119523</id>
    <updated>2007-06-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2771 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2771/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-19:/action/118839</id>
    <updated>2007-06-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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