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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Congressional elections</title>
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  <updated>2009-11-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.475 Military Spouses Residency Relief Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-11:/action/216539</id>
    <updated>2009-11-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel with regard to matters of residency, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 11, 2009: Became Public Law No: 111-97.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.475 Military Spouses Residency Relief Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s475/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-11:/action/216538</id>
    <updated>2009-11-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel with regard to matters of residency, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 11, 2009: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.475 Military Spouses Residency Relief Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-04:/action/215668</id>
    <updated>2009-11-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel with regard to matters of residency, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 04, 2009: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.475 Military Spouses Residency Relief Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-02:/action/215667</id>
    <updated>2009-11-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel with regard to matters of residency, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 02, 2009: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.667 Raising a question of the privileges of the House.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-22:/action/204126</id>
    <updated>2009-07-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Raising a question of the privileges of the House.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.3170 Judiciary Appropriations Act, 2010</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-10:/action/202450</id>
    <updated>2009-07-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.1431 Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-s1431/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-09:/action/202170</id>
    <updated>2009-07-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot under title III of such Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2894 Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2894/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-06-16:/action/199567</id>
    <updated>2009-06-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to require a voter-verified permanent paper ballot under title III of such Act, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.J.Res.52 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to temporarily fill mass vacancies in the House of Representatives and the Senate and to preserve the right of the people to elect their Representatives and Senators in Congress.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hj52/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-20:/action/196008</id>
    <updated>2009-05-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to temporarily fill mass vacancies in the House of Representatives and the Senate and to preserve the right of the people to elect their Representatives and Senators in Congress.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.J.Res.53 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to Congressional succession.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-20:/action/196066</id>
    <updated>2009-05-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to Congressional succession.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.425 Raising a question of the privileges of the House.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hr425/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-12:/action/194709</id>
    <updated>2009-05-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Raising a question of the privileges of the House.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.J.Res.49 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning the election of the Members of the House of Representatives.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hj49/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-05-05:/action/193914</id>
    <updated>2009-05-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States concerning the election of the Members of the House of Representatives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2082 Military and Overseas Voting Enhancement Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2082/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-23:/action/192182</id>
    <updated>2009-04-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to require States to accept absentee ballots of overseas military and civilian voters which are submitted by the voter to a provider of express mail services not later than the day before the date of the election involved for transmission to the appropriate State election official, to require the Secretary of Defense to reimburse overseas military voters for the costs of using a provider of express mail services to transmit the ballot to the official, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2056 Clean Money, Clean Elections Act of 2009</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-22:/action/192016</id>
    <updated>2009-04-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reform the financing of House elections, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2038 CLEAR Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-22:/action/192010</id>
    <updated>2009-04-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to prohibit an authorized committee of a candidate who is a Member of Congress from accepting contributions from any entity for which the candidate sought a Congressional earmark.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.312 Raising a question of the privileges of the House.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-04-01:/action/190224</id>
    <updated>2009-04-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Raising a question of the privileges of the House.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.752 Fair Elections Now Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-31:/action/189832</id>
    <updated>2009-03-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to reform the financing of Senate elections, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.1826 Fair Elections Now Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h1826/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-31:/action/189934</id>
    <updated>2009-03-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To reform the financing of House elections, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.303 Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from the First Congressional District of Hawaii.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-31:/action/189871</id>
    <updated>2009-03-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Dismissing the election contest relating to the office of Representative from the First Congressional District of Hawaii.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.295 Raising a question of the privileges of the House.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2009-03-30:/action/189556</id>
    <updated>2009-03-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Raising a question of the privileges of the House.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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