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<title>S. 3581, The Mortgage Origination Commission Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3581.html</link>
<description> S. 3581 would establish a Federal Mortgage Origination Commission....
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6312, The Credit Union, Bank, and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6312.html</link>
<description> 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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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5841, The Bank and Thrift Regulatory Relief Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5841.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5841 would provide regulatory relief and improve productivity for insured depository institutions....
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2831, The Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2831.html</link>
<description> S. 2831 would reauthorize the Federal Trade Commission....
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2703, The Regulatory Relief and Fairness Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2703.html</link>
<description> S. 2703 would reduce the reporting and certification burdens for certain financial institutions of sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002....
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<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2487, The Depository Institution Community Development Investments Enhancement Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2487.html</link>
<description> S. 2487 would increase community development investments by depository institutions....
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1996, The Preservation of Federalism in Banking Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1996.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1996 would clarify the applicability of State law to national banks and Federal savings associations....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200504806.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200504806.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1093, The New Homestead Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1093.html</link>
<description> S. 1093 would reward the hard work and risk of individuals who choose to live in and help preserve America's small, rural towns....
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1550, The Regulatory Relief and Fairness Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1550.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1550 would reduce the reporting and certification burdens for certain financial institutions of sections 302 and 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002....
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1066, The Depository Institution Community Development Investments Enhancement Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1066.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1066 would increase community development investments by depository institutions....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200503199.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200503199.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 833, The Rural Communities Investment Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_833.html</link>
<description> H.R. 833 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real estate and rural housing....
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 286, The Rural Economic Investment Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_286.html</link>
<description> S. 286 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property....
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<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 41, The Business Checking Fairness Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_41.html</link>
<description> H.R. 41 would repeal the prohibition on the payment of interest on demand deposits....
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 49, The Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_49.html</link>
<description> S. 49 would amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prevent the carriage of child pornography by video service providers, to protect children from online predators, and to restrict the sale or purchase of children's personal information in interstate commerce....
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3505, The Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2005 - Savings per Average Family: $1.24</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_3505.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3505 would affect the operations of financial institutions and the agencies that regulate them. Some provisions would address specific sectors: national banks could more easily operate as S corporations or adopt other alternative organizational structures; thrift institutions would be given some of the same investment, lending, and ownership options available to banks; credit unions would have new options for investments, lending, mergers, and leasing federal property; and certain privately...
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1224, The Business Checking Freedom Act of 2005 - Savings per Average Family: $14.93</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_1224.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1224, the Business Checking Freedom Act of 2005, would allow depository institutions to pay interest on business demand deposit accounts. H.R. 1224 also would allow the Federal Reserve System to pay interest on any reserve balances held on deposit at the Federal Reserve by insured depository institutions, except nonqualified industrial loan companies. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) would have greater flexibility in setting reserve requirements and would be require...
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200500093.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200500093.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1185, The Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $42.85</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/109_HR_1185.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1185 would amend provisions of laws governing banks and credit unions to reform the deposit insurance system. Specifically, the bill would increase insurance coverage for insured accounts from $100,000 per account to $130,000 for most accounts (with higher levels of coverage for retirement accounts and municipal deposits). The coverage limit for insured deposits would subsequently increase every five years to account for inflation. Those provisions of the bill would affect deposits held by ...
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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