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CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 +Dingell (D-MI) motion to concur in a Senate amendment to a bill that would require new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards of 35 miles per gallon for cars and light trucks, require 36 billion gallons of biofuels to be used by 2022, and direct the Energy Department to set new energy efficiency standards. A $2.1 billion tax package would cover the cost of the new CAFE standards.
Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2007 +Passage of a bill to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) at nearly $60 billion over five years, expanding the program by $35 billion. To pay for the cost of this expansion, the bill would increase the federal tax on cigarettes by 61 cents to $1 per pack and raise taxes on other tobacco products. Program eligibility would be limited to families earning up to three times the federal poverty level. It would require the Social Security Administration to verify the citizenship of all applicants and require states to phase out coverage of childless adults by the end of 2008.
College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 +Passage of a bill to cut nearly $19 billion from subsidies to federal student loan lender, redirecting most of those funds to financial aid for students, colleges, and universities. The bill would reduce lenders’ special allowance payments and insurance rates and eliminate a lender “exceptional performer” incentive program. It would reduce the share of collection fees kept by student loan guarantee agencies and increase origination fees that lenders are charged for new loans. Over five years, the maximum Pell Grant would rise to $5,200, interest rates on subsidized student loans would be cut in half to 3.4 percent, and the aggregate federally- backed loan limit would be raised to $30,500 for undergraduate and $65,000 for graduate students
Congressional actions on the federal budget/110th Congress +Adoption of a resolution allowing $503.8 billion for defense discretionary spending, $451.1 billion non-defense discretionary spending, plus $145.2 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Of the domestic spending authority, $82.3 billion would be for education, training, employment and social services programs, $54.2 billion for health programs, and $44.7 billion for federal judicial and law enforcement activities. The resolution would call for $1.8 trillion in mandatory spending outlays in fiscal 2008 and create 12 reserve funds, each with a specific purpose, to allow for increases in spending or changes in tax policy, provided the increase is offset. It would assume mandatory spending cuts of $75 million between fiscal 2007 and 2012 would be specified by the Education and Labor Committee.

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008 +Appropriations Passage, over President Bush’s Nov. 13, 2007, veto, of a bill appropriating $150.7 billion in fiscal 2008 for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. It would provide $63.6 billion for the Education Department, including $14.5 billion for Pell Grants; $15 billion for the Labor Department, including $3.6 billion for training and employment services; and $30 billion for the National Institutes of Health.
District of Columbia Fair and Equal Voting Rights Act of 2007 +Passage of a bill to increase permanently the membership of the House of Representatives to 437 by granting a seat to the District of Columbia and an additional seat to Utah. The new members would be chosen in special elections. The bill also would add one seat to the Electoral College for Utah, for a total of 539 votes. A “non-severability clause” provides that, if any provision of the bill is invalidated by a court, the entire bill would be invalid.

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Employment discrimination legislation (U.S.) +Passage of a bill responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire Company, which said that charges of wage discrimination must be filed within 180 days of the initial discriminatory act, regardless of whether the employee had any idea that he or she was being discriminated against. The bill would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to allow employees to file charges of pay discrimination within 180 days of their receipt of a paycheck affected by the alleged discriminatory decision. The bill would also clarify that an employee is entitled to up to two years of back-pay if it is determined that discrimination occurred.

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FY 2008 U.S. federal budget +Adoption of a resolution allowing $503.8 billion for defense discretionary spending, $451.1 billion non-defense discretionary spending, plus $145.2 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Of the domestic spending authority, $82.3 billion would be for education, training, employment and social services programs, $54.2 billion for health programs, and $44.7 billion for federal judicial and law enforcement activities. The resolution would call for $1.8 trillion in mandatory spending outlays in fiscal 2008 and create 12 reserve funds, each with a specific purpose, to allow for increases in spending or changes in tax policy, provided the increase is offset. It would assume mandatory spending cuts of $75 million between fiscal 2007 and 2012 would be specified by the Education and Labor Committee.
Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 +Passage of a bill to increase the federal minimum wage by $2.10 over two years from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour. Sixty days after enactment, the minimum wage would be $5.85 an hour, a year later, $6.55 an hour, and the next year, $7.25 an hour. A federal minimum wage of $3.55 an hour would be extended to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 60 days after enactment, rising in 50-cent increments every six months until it reaches $7.25 per hour. Thus the Marianas would no longer be a sweat-shop haven for “Made in USA” goods. Passed 315-116.

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Improving Foreign Intelligence Surveillance to Defend the Nation and the Constitution Act of 2007 +Overhaul Conyers (D-MI) motion to suspend the rules and pass a bill to allow the FISA court established under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to issue orders to allow surveillance of communications of suspected terrorists who are overseas, even if they are communicating with U.S. residents, but only if the court determines that the suspects are “reasonably believed” to be overseas. The Attorney General would be required to swear that surveillance conducted under those orders met some requirements intended to protect the rights of individuals within the United States.
Improving Head Start for School Readiness Act of 2007 +Passage of a bill to authorize $7.4 billion in fiscal 2008 and such sums as necessary from fiscal 2009 through 2012 for the Head Start program, to require that at least 50 percent of Head Start teachers have a bachelor’s degree by 2013, and add measures to identify high quality comprehensive early childhood programs. The bill would permit Head Start programs to enroll children from families with incomes up to 130 percent of poverty where a community need is demonstrated.

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Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 +Passage of a bill responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire Company, which said that charges of wage discrimination must be filed within 180 days of the initial discriminatory act, regardless of whether the employee had any idea that he or she was being discriminated against. The bill would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to allow employees to file charges of pay discrimination within 180 days of their receipt of a paycheck affected by the alleged discriminatory decision. The bill would also clarify that an employee is entitled to up to two years of back-pay if it is determined that discrimination occurred.

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Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007 +Passage of a bill requiring the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department to negotiate prices with drug companies for drugs covered under Medicare Part D. The bill would not authorize HHS to establish or require a particular formulary.
Medicare legislation +Passage of a bill requiring the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department to negotiate prices with drug companies for drugs covered under Medicare Part D. The bill would not authorize HHS to establish or require a particular formulary.

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Part D Medicare Drugs Price bill +Passage of a bill requiring the Health and Human Services (HHS) Department to negotiate prices with drug companies for drugs covered under Medicare Part D. The bill would not authorize HHS to establish or require a particular formulary.

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Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act +Passage of a bill requiring the Secretary of Defense to begin redeploying U.S. troops and contractors out of Iraq within 120 days of the bill’s enactment, to be completed by April 1, 2008, except for a “limited presence.” No later than Jan. 1, 2008, the President would be required to transmit to Congress a comprehensive U.S. strategy justifying the minimum force levels required to protect U.S. national security interests in Iraq after April 1, 2008, a description of our forces’ specific missions, the cost of maintaining that force, and the expected duration of the missions.

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SCHIP Extension bill +Passage of a bill to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) at nearly $60 billion over five years, expanding the program by $35 billion. To pay for the cost of this expansion, the bill would increase the federal tax on cigarettes by 61 cents to $1 per pack and raise taxes on other tobacco products. Program eligibility would be limited to families earning up to three times the federal poverty level. It would require the Social Security Administration to verify the citizenship of all applicants and require states to phase out coverage of childless adults by the end of 2008.

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Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007 +Passage of a bill providing a one-year adjustment to the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on 2007 income, exempting an additional 21 million taxpayers from paying the tax. It would extend several expiring tax provisions for one year, expand eligibility for the refundable child tax credit in 2008 by setting the threshold for the credit at $8,500. To offset the cost of the measure, the bill would require private equity managers, venture capitalists, and some real estate investors to be taxed at the regular personal income tax rate of up to 35%, rather than the current 15% rate for capital gains.
Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 +Passage of a bill providing a one-year adjustment to the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on 2007 income, exempting an additional 21 million taxpayers from paying the tax. It would extend several expiring tax provisions for one year, expand eligibility for the refundable child tax credit in 2008 by setting the threshold for the credit at $8,500. To offset the cost of the measure, the bill would require private equity managers, venture capitalists, and some real estate investors to be taxed at the regular personal income tax rate of up to 35%, rather than the current 15% rate for capital gains.

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U.S. House of Representatives record vote 1009, 110th Congress, Session 1 +Passage of a bill to reauthorize the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) at nearly $60 billion over five years, expanding the program by $35 billion. To pay for the cost of this expansion, the bill would increase the federal tax on cigarettes by 61 cents to $1 per pack and raise taxes on other tobacco products. Program eligibility would be limited to families earning up to three times the federal poverty level. It would require the Social Security Administration to verify the citizenship of all applicants and require states to phase out coverage of childless adults by the end of 2008.
U.S. House of Representatives record vote 1081, 110th Congress, Session 1 +Passage of a bill providing a one-year adjustment to the alternative minimum tax (AMT) on 2007 income, exempting an additional 21 million taxpayers from paying the tax. It would extend several expiring tax provisions for one year, expand eligibility for the refundable child tax credit in 2008 by setting the threshold for the credit at $8,500. To offset the cost of the measure, the bill would require private equity managers, venture capitalists, and some real estate investors to be taxed at the regular personal income tax rate of up to 35%, rather than the current 15% rate for capital gains.
U.S. House of Representatives record vote 1122, 110th Congress, Session 1 +Appropriations Passage, over President Bush’s Nov. 13, 2007, veto, of a bill appropriating $150.7 billion in fiscal 2008 for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and related agencies. It would provide $63.6 billion for the Education Department, including $14.5 billion for Pell Grants; $15 billion for the Labor Department, including $3.6 billion for training and employment services; and $30 billion for the National Institutes of Health.
U.S. House of Representatives record vote 1177, 110th Congress, Session 1 +Dingell (D-MI) motion to concur in a Senate amendment to a bill that would require new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards of 35 miles per gallon for cars and light trucks, require 36 billion gallons of biofuels to be used by 2022, and direct the Energy Department to set new energy efficiency standards. A $2.1 billion tax package would cover the cost of the new CAFE standards.
U.S. House of Representatives record vote 18, 110th Congress, Session 1 +Passage of a bill to increase the federal minimum wage by $2.10 over two years from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour. Sixty days after enactment, the minimum wage would be $5.85 an hour, a year later, $6.55 an hour, and the next year, $7.25 an hour. A federal minimum wage of $3.55 an hour would be extended to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 60 days after enactment, rising in 50-cent increments every six months until it reaches $7.25 per hour. Thus the Marianas would no longer be a sweat-shop haven for “Made in USA” goods. Passed 315-116.
U.S. House of Representatives record vote 212, 110th Congress, Session 1 +Adoption of a resolution allowing $503.8 billion for defense discretionary spending, $451.1 billion non-defense discretionary spending, plus $145.2 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Of the domestic spending authority, $82.3 billion would be for education, training, employment and social services programs, $54.2 billion for health programs, and $44.7 billion for federal judicial and law enforcement activities. The resolution would call for $1.8 trillion in mandatory spending outlays in fiscal 2008 and create 12 reserve funds, each with a specific purpose, to allow for increases in spending or changes in tax policy, provided the increase is offset. It would assume mandatory spending cuts of $75 million between fiscal 2007 and 2012 would be specified by the Education and Labor Committee.
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