WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Prices

H.R. 6349, The Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Oil Prices Act of 2008

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6349 would provide energy price relief by authorizing greater resources and authority for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission....

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H.R. 6284, The Close the London Loophole Act of 2008

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6284 would amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation and to increase transparency with respect to energy trading on foreign exchanges conducted within the United States....

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S. 3131, The Oil Speculation Control Act of 2008

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3131 would amend the Commodity Exchange Act to ensure the application of speculation limits to speculators in energy markets....

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S. 3130, The Increasing Transparency and Accountability in Oil Prices Act of 2008

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3130 would provide energy price relief by authorizing greater resources and authority for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission....

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S. 3129, The Close the London Loophole Act of 2008

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3129 would amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prevent price manipulation and excessive speculation and to increase transparency with respect to energy trading on foreign exchanges conducted within the United States....

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H.R. 6053, The Price Stability Act of 2008

Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6053 would require the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to focus on price stability in establishing monetary policy to ensure the stable, long-term purchasing power of the currency, and it would repeal the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978....

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H.R. 6042, The Price Stability and Inflation Targeting Act of 2008

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6042 would mandate price stability as the primary goal of the monetary policy of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee....

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S. 2529, The Protecting the Spirit of Giving Act

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2529 would improve disclosures for charitable giving, protect charities, and inform consumers....

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S. 2423, The Emission Allowance Market Transparency Act of 2007

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2423 would facilitate price transparency in markets for the sale of emission allowances....

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S. 2325, The Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007

Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2325 would modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the Federal Housing Administration to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers....

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S. 2221, The Transparency in Medical Device Pricing Act of 2007

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2221 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the reporting of sales price data for implantable medical devices....

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H.R. 3512, The College Textbook Affordability and Transparency Act of 2007

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3512 would ensure that college textbooks and supplemental materials are available and affordable....

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S. 1082, The Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $72.91

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1082 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to reauthorize and amend the prescription drug user fee provisions....

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H.R. 1752, The Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1752 would modernize and update the National Housing Act and enable the Federal Housing Administration to use risk-based pricing to more effectively reach underserved borrowers....

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H.R. 1767, The Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1767 would amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, and it would provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements....

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S. 1012, The Consumer Rental-Purchase Agreement Act of 2007

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1012 would amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, and it would provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements....

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S. 945, The College Textbook Affordability Act of 2007

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 945 would ensure that college textbooks and supplemental materials are available and affordable....

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H.R. 1127, The American Manufacturing competitiveness Act

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1127 would amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow United States manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings as interested parties....

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H.R. 1050, The A Living Wage, Jobs For All Act

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1050 would establish a living wage, jobs-for-all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories....

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H.R. 708, The Trade Law Reform Act of 2007

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 708 would amend United States trade laws to address more effectively import crises....

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S. 364, The Strengthening America's Trade Laws Act

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 364 would strengthen United States trade laws and for other purposes....

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H.R. 2965, The Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $4.06

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2965 would amend the laws that authorize the Federal Prison Industries (FPI), a government-owned corporation that produces goods and services for the federal government with prison labor. Under current law, most federal agencies are required to award purchase contracts to FPI on a noncompetitive basis if FPI has products available to meet the agencies' needs and the cost would not exceed current market prices. Such products include office furniture, textiles, vehicle tags, and fiber optics....

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H.R. 5121, The Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $21.29

Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5121 would amend the National Housing Act to provide the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) with new authority to offer guarantees for various types of loans within a new pricing structure. The bill is aimed at updating FHA's business operations so that it could more effectively manage its credit risks and expand homeownership opportunities....

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