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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Debt relief</title>
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  <updated>2008-07-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/6006</id>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3297 Advancing America's Priorities Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3297/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-21:/action/167019</id>
    <updated>2008-07-21T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to advance America's priorities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3288 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2009</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3288/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/action/166797</id>
    <updated>2008-07-17T20:00:00Z</updated>
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An original bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2917 Syria Accountability and Liberation Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2917/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-23:/action/151282</id>
    <updated>2008-04-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to strengthen sanctions against the Government of Syria, to enhance multilateral commitment to address the Government of Syria's threatening policies, to establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government in Syria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2433 Global Poverty Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2433/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-06:/action/139054</id>
    <updated>2007-12-06T19:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.266 Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the world's freshwater resources.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hc266/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-05:/action/138861</id>
    <updated>2007-12-05T19:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the sense of the Congress with regard to the world's freshwater resources.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2166 Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2166/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-15:/action/132526</id>
    <updated>2007-10-15T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the United States and the international financial institutions by low-income countries, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.2130 A bill to express the sense of the Senate on the need for a comprehensive diplomatic offensive to help broker national reconciliation efforts in Iraq and lay the foundation for the eventual redeployment of United States combat forces.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s2130/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-02:/action/131463</id>
    <updated>2007-10-02T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to express the sense of the Senate on the need for a comprehensive diplomatic offensive to help broker national reconciliation efforts in Iraq and lay the foundation for the eventual redeployment of United States combat forces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.688 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the creation of federal regions in Iraq.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr688/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-26:/action/130863</id>
    <updated>2007-09-26T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives concerning the creation of federal regions in Iraq.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.37 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress on federalism in Iraq.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sc37/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-06:/action/117696</id>
    <updated>2007-06-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress on federalism in Iraq.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2634 Jubilee Act for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2634/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-06:/action/117615</id>
    <updated>2007-06-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the United States and the international financial institutions by low-income countries, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.2206 U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2206/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-24:/action/116900</id>
    <updated>2007-05-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 24, 2007: Became Public Law No: 110-28.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.2206 U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2206/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-24:/action/116896</id>
    <updated>2007-05-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 24, 2007: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2206 U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2206/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-24:/action/116460</id>
    <updated>2007-05-24T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 24, 2007: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.2206 U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2206/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-23:/action/116458</id>
    <updated>2007-05-23T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;May 23, 2007: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2332 Syria Accountability and Liberation Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2332/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-14:/action/112400</id>
    <updated>2007-05-14T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To strengthen sanctions against the Government of Syria, to enhance multilateral commitment to address the Government of Syria's threatening policies, to establish a program to support a transition to a democratically-elected government in Syria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2206 U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2206/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-07:/action/111397</id>
    <updated>2007-05-07T20:00:00Z</updated>
    <content type="html">
Making emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.2185 To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2185/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-05-06:/action/111209</id>
    <updated>2007-05-06T20:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 to provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems, to reauthorize such Act through fiscal year 2010, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Vetoed: H.R.1591 Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1591/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-30:/action/110269</id>
    <updated>2007-04-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making emergency supplem&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 30, 2007: Vetoed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1591 Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1591/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-30:/action/110268</id>
    <updated>2007-04-30T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making emergency supplem&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 30, 2007: Presented to President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.1591 Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1591/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-04-25:/action/110267</id>
    <updated>2007-04-25T20:00:00Z</updated>
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Making emergency supplem&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;April 25, 2007: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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