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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Marketing</title>
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  <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.3560 QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
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    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.3560 QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/178289</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-379.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3560 QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-29:/action/178287</id>
    <updated>2008-09-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 29, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3560 QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-27:/action/178286</id>
    <updated>2008-09-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 27, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3560 QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-24:/action/173565</id>
    <updated>2008-09-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-15:/action/166449</id>
    <updated>2008-07-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 15, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-275.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Vetoed: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-15:/action/166176</id>
    <updated>2008-07-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 15, 2008: Vetoed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3262 SBA Women's Business Programs Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3262/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-14:/action/166083</id>
    <updated>2008-07-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reauthorize the women's entrepreneurial development programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-10:/action/166175</id>
    <updated>2008-07-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 10, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-09:/action/165582</id>
    <updated>2008-07-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 09, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6359 Medicare Beneficiary Protection Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6359/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/action/164126</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to enhance beneficiary protections under parts C and D of the Medicare Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-20:/action/161720</id>
    <updated>2008-06-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3118 Preserving Access to Medicare Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-11:/action/159877</id>
    <updated>2008-06-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to preserve beneficiary access to care by preventing a reduction in the Medicare physician fee schedule, to improve the quality of care by advancing value based purchasing, electronic health records, and electronic prescribing, and to maintain and improve access to care in rural areas, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6212 Medicare Efficiency and Development of Improvement of Care and Services Act (MEDICS Act) of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-09:/action/159478</id>
    <updated>2008-06-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3101 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3101/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-06:/action/159420</id>
    <updated>2008-06-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2925 National Energy Efficiency Development Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-28:/action/151444</id>
    <updated>2008-04-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for research into the development of energy-efficient technologies and renewable energy technologies and to foster the introduction of energy-efficient technologies and renewable energy technologies into the marketplace, with the goal of reducing United States oil imports.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5850 Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective Marketing Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5850/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-17:/action/150456</id>
    <updated>2008-04-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Act entitled &quot;An Act authorizing associations of producers of aquatic products&quot; to include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.5758 Reverse Mortgage Proceeds Protection Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-10:/action/149701</id>
    <updated>2008-04-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To prohibit authorized lenders of home equity conversion mortgages from requiring seniors to purchase an annuity with the proceeds of a reverse mortgage, and to provide other consumer protections to reverse mortgage borrowers, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2803 Charter and Recreational Fishing Collective Marketing Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-02:/action/148768</id>
    <updated>2008-04-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Act entitled &quot;An Act authorizing associations of producers of aquatic products&quot; to include persons engaged in the fishery industry as charter boats or recreational fishermen, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2794 Senior Investor Protection Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-01:/action/148627</id>
    <updated>2008-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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