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S. 3596, The Small Business Lending Market Stabilization Act of 2008

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3596 would stabilize the small business lending market....

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S. 3510, A bill to prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from making funds available at a discount rate to private individuals, partnerships, and corporations

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3510 would prohibit the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from making funds available at a discount rate to private individuals, partnerships, and corporations....

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H.R. 5244, The Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $1.27

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5244 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish fair and transparent practices relating to the extension of credit under an open end consumer credit plan....

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H.R. 6225, The Injunctive Relief for Veterans Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $9.72

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6225 would amend title 38, United States Code, relating to equitable relief with respect to a State or private employer....

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S. 3287, The Protecting Consumers from Unreasonable Credit Rates Act of 2008

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3287 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to establish a national usury rate for consumer credit transactions....

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S. 3259, The Consumer Credit Fairness Act

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3259 would amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to the priority of certain high cost credit debts....

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S. 3252, The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2008

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3252 would amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act, to ban abusive credit practices, enhance consumer disclosures, and protect underage consumers....

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H.R. 6382, The Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2008

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6382 would make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006....

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H.R. 6312, The Credit Union, Bank, and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act of 2008

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6312 would advance credit union efforts to promote economic growth, it would modify credit union regulatory standards and reduce burdens, and it would provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions....

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P.L. 110-246, The Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008

Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6124 would provide for the continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2012....

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H.R. 5988, The Fair and Justifiable Credit Card Interest Rate Act of 2008

Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5988 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to impose a cap on the rate of interest that may be charged on consumer credit card accounts....

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S. 2753, The Credit Card Reform Act of 2008

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2753 would protect consumers, and especially young consumers, from skyrocketing credit card debt, unfair credit card practices, and deceptive credit offers....

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H.R. 5280, The Stop Unfair Practices in Credit Cards Act of 2007

Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5280 would prevent unfair practices in credit card accounts....

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S. 2528, The Full Faith and Credit in Our Communities Act of 2007

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 2528 would authorize guarantees for bonds and notes issued for community or economic development purposes....

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S. 1642, The Higher Education Amendments of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $518.51

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 1642 would extend the authorization of programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965....

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S. 2345, The American Infrastructure Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1818.76

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

An original bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to extend the financing for the Airport and Airway Trust Fund....

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H.R. 3915, The Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $4.38

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 3915 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to reform consumer mortgage practices and provide accountability for such practices, to establish licensing and registration requirements for residential mortgage originators, and to provide certain minimum standards for consumer mortgage loans....

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H.R. 4035, To study, pilot, and implement a comprehensive, structural, market-based reform to the Federal Family Education Loan Program to reduce costs to taxpayers and improve program efficiency

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4035 would study, pilot, and implement a comprehensive, structural, market-based reform to the Federal Family Education Loan Program to reduce costs to taxpayers and improve program efficiency....

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H.R. 3746, The College Access and Opportunity Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3746 would amend and extend the Higher Education Act of 1965....

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P.L. 110-84, The College Cost Reduction Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1533.13

Thu, 20 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2669 would provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 601 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008....

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H.R. 3421, The Credit Protection Act of 2007

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3421 would amend the Truth in Lending Act to prohibit universal defaults on credit card accounts and to require minimum payment disclosures for accounts under an open end consumer credit plan....

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H.R. 3400, The Rebuilding America's Infrastructure

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3400 would fund capital projects of State and local governments....

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H.R. 3298, The 21st Century Servicemembers Protection Act

Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3298 would amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to allow individuals called to military service to terminate or suspend certain service contracts entered into before the individual receives notice of a permanent change of station or deployment orders and it would provide penalties for violations of interest rate limitations....

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H.R. 3020, The Microloan Amendments and Modernization Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.07

Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3020 would amend the Small Business Act to improve the Microloan program....

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S. 1874, The Containing and Managing Climate Change Costs Efficiently Act

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1874 would provide for efficient containment and management of climate change costs....

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