WashingtonWatch.com - P.L. 110-312, The United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2008

Comment by Renee (November 26, 2008, 01:00:00)

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

I agree with previous posts that these men and women need to be paroled. There are over 200,000 federal prisoners. Release the ones who should have been out. Stop toturing these families.there is a man who has been in so long his father and 2 sisters have died will the country be satisfied when his mother dies too. Why are these people still locked up?...

Comment by Jenifer (October 1, 2008, 01:00:00)

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Release them now!! There are so many prisoners that should not be there. And so many families could be saved....

Comment by legalhern@gmail.com (September 19, 2008, 01:00:00)

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

By law (act of 1984) the United States Parole Commission (USPC) was supposed to be eliminated on November 1, 1992. Instead of adhering to the law, the USPC has continued to exist, violating parolees, for the most part, for little reason OTHER THAN TO KEEP THEIR JOBS AND POWER. The whole purpose of enacting the United States Guideline was to ELIMINATE the bias, unfairness, and immovable BIAS of the USPC and some Courts. Proportionally, there are very few prisoners in the custody of the USPC. There is no justification to continue to pay the salaries of the few dinosaurs who are hanging on to their jobs causing undue burden on the taxpayers USPC IT IS TIME TO ELIMIATE THE USPC. In response to those who will predictably cry about the safety of citizens (this is b.s.), the remaining prisoners could easily be supervised by the U.S. Court as if on Supervised Release - WHICH REPLACED PAROLE NEARLY A QUARTER CENTURY AGO! JH...

Comment by legalhern@gmail.com (September 19, 2008, 01:00:00)

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

UPDATED AND CORRECTED VERSION: My goal (eliminate this totally unnessary burden on the taxpayers) is the hope that either a responsible Senator, Congress person, or any other concerned person actually reads this, I have corrected and updated my previously comments as follows: The act of 1984 the United States Parole Commission (USPC) was supposed to be ABOLISHED. Instead the USPC has continued to exist, violating parolees, for the most part, for little reason OTHER THAN TO KEEP THEIR JOBS AND POWER. The United States Guideline were enacted was to ELIMINATE the bias, unfairness of the USPC and some Courts. There are very few prisoners in the custody of the USPC. There is no justification to continue to pay the salaries of the few dinosaurs who are hanging on to their jobs causing undue burden on the taxpayer. The few remaining prisoners could be supervised by the U.S. Court as if on Supervised Release - WHICH REPLACED PAROLE NEARLY A QUARTER CENTURY AGO! JH...

Comment by PAUL LUSKIN (September 17, 2008, 01:00:00)

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

IT IS OUTRAGEOUS FOR THE CONTINUED INCARCERATION OF THOSE WHO SHOULD HAVE BEEN RELEASED AT THE MIN PAROLE GUIDELINE LONG AGO. THE PC SHOULD RELEASE THOSE ELIGIBLE PRISONERS NOW....

Status as of August 31, 2008

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

8/31/2008: Cleared for White House.

Revision by webmaster (August 24, 2008, 01:00:00)

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3294 would provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United States Parole Commission.

Detailed Summary

<b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b>

United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2008 - Extends the U.S. Parole Commission for three years (until October 31, 2011).

Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 8/31/2008: Cleared for White House.

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Revision by webmaster (August 4, 2008, 01:00:00)

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3294 would provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United States Parole Commission.

Detailed Summary

<b>(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)</b>

United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2008 - Extends the U.S. Parole Commission for three years (until October 31, 2011).

Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 8/31/2008: Cleared for White House.

Points in Favor

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Revision by webmaster (August 1, 2008, 01:00:00)

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3294 would provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United States Parole Commission.

Detailed Summary

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Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 8/31/2008: Cleared for White House.

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Revision by webmaster (July 30, 2008, 01:00:00)

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3294 would provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United States Parole Commission.

Detailed Summary

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Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 7/29/2008: House floor actions. Status: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. King (IA) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.

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Status as of July 29, 2008

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

7/29/2008: House floor actions. Status: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. King (IA) objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.

Revision by webmaster (July 23, 2008, 01:00:00)

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3294 would provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United States Parole Commission.

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Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 7/22/2008: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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S. 3294 would provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United States Parole Commission.

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S. 3294 would provide for the continued performance of the functions of the United States Parole Commission.

Detailed Summary

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Status of the Legislation

Latest Major Action: 7/21/2008: Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.

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Status as of July 22, 2008

Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

7/22/2008: Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Status as of July 21, 2008

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

7/21/2008: Passed/agreed to in Senate. Status: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.