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<title>H.R. 6901, The Meth Free Families and Communities Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6901.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6901 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a drug-free workplace information clearinghouse, it would support residential methamphetamine treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women, and it would improve the prevention and treatment of methamphetamine addiction....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512480.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512480.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6358, The Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6358.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6358 would require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200511584.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200511584.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6028, The Merida Initiative to Combat Illicit Narcotics and Reduce Organized Crime Authorization Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $14.55</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6028.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6028 would authorize law enforcement and security assistance, and assistance to enhance the rule of law and strengthen civilian institutions, for Mexico and the countries of Central America....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200511020.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200511020.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5876, The Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $7.10</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5876.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5876 would require certain standards and enforcement provisions to prevent child abuse and neglect in residential programs....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510735.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510735.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5829, The Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5829.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5829 would improve the Operating Fund for public housing of the Department of Housing and Urban Development....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510660.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510660.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5513, The Stop Adolescent Smoking Without Excessive Bureaucracy Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5513.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5513 would reduce youth usage of tobacco products and it would enhance State efforts to eliminate retail sales of tobacco products to minors....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510097.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510097.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5485, The PEPFAR Accountability and Transparency Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5485.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5485 would establish a program to evaluate HIV/AIDS programs in order to improve accountability, increase transparency, and ensure the delivery of evidence-based services....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510051.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510051.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5223, The Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5223.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5223 would provide for the enhancement of the suicide prevention programs of the Department of Defense....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200509707.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200509707.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2585, The Armed Forces Suicide Prevention Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2585.html</link>
<description> S. 2585 would provide for the enhancement of the suicide prevention programs of the Department of Defense....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200509697.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200509697.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2584, The PEPFAR Accountability and Transparency Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2584.html</link>
<description> S. 2584 would establish a program to evaluate HIV/AIDS programs in order to improve accountability, increase transparency, and ensure the delivery of evidence-based services....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200509696.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200509696.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4545, The Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4545.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4545 would target cocaine kingpins and address sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508866.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508866.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4453, The Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4453.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4453 would establish a grant to increase enforcement of laws to prohibit underage drinking through social sources, it would improve reporting of Federal underage drinking data, and it would establish grants to increase parental involvement in school-based efforts to reduce underage drinking....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508749.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508749.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4262, The Maximizing the Use of Federal Education Funds for Job Creation Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4262.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4262 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to authorize additional flexibility to a State with an unemployment rate that is equal to or greater than 125 percent of the national unemployment rate to transfer funds among programs made available to such State by various provisions of that Act....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508511.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508511.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4194, The Underage Drinking Prevention Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4194.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4194 would establish a grant to increase enforcement of laws to prohibit underage drinking through social sources, it would improve reporting of Federal underage drinking data, and it would establish grants to increase parental involvement in school-based efforts to reduce underage drinking....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508384.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508384.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4129, The Homeless Access to Recovery through Treatment Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4129.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4129 would amend the Public Health Service Act to strengthen and expand substance abuse and mental health services to persons experiencing homelessness in the United States....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508272.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508272.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4063, The Restitution for the Exonerated Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4063.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4063 would authorize grants for programs that provide support services to exonerees....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508156.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508156.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2274, The Dextromethorphan Abuse Reduction Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2274.html</link>
<description> S. 2274 would amend the Controlled Substances Act to prevent the abuse of dextromethorphan....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508124.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508124.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2237, The Crime Control and Prevention Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2237.html</link>
<description> S. 2237 would fight crime....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508026.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508026.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2157, The Expanded Education Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2157.html</link>
<description> S. 2157 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to establish pilot programs in expanded school attendance....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507713.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507713.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3746, The College Access and Opportunity Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3746.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3746 would amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507666.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507666.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3749, The Methamphetamine Prevention Enhancement Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3749.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3749 would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a Drug-Free Workplace Information Clearinghouse, and it would authorize programs to prevent and improve treatment of methamphetamine addiction....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507669.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507669.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2111, The Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2111.html</link>
<description> S. 2111 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and schools to increase implementation of early intervention services, particularly school-wide positive behavior supports....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507590.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507590.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3545, The Rural Education Achievement Program Reauthorization Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3545.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3545 would amend the small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program under part B of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507351.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507351.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2051, The Rural Education Achievement Program Reauthorization Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2051.html</link>
<description> S. 2051 would amend the small rural school achievement program and the rural and low-income school program under part B of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507364.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507364.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3407, The Positive Behavior for Effective Schools Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3407.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3407 would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow State and local educational agencies and schools to make greater use of early intervening services, particularly schoolwide positive behavior supports....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507138.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507138.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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