WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Government spending reductions

S. 3451, The Strengthening Our Economy Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2008

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3451 would amend the Small Business Act to extend the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs, it would increase the allocation of Federal agency grants for those programs, and it would add water, energy, transportation, and domestic security related research to the list of topics deserving special consideration....

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H.R. 6639, The Federal Agency Performance Review and Efficiency Act

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6639 would amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 to require annual reviews by Inspectors General of the operations, efficiency, and effectiveness of Federal programs....

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H.R. 6638, The Federal Efficiency and Performance Act of 2008

Tue, 29 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6638 would require the submission by the President of recommendations and proposed legislation to modernize, consolidate, reprioritize, and where necessary, terminate Federal programs, agencies, and activities....

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S. 3289, The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $869.34

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

An original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009....

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S. 3284, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the estate tax as in effect in 2009, and for other purposes

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3284 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the estate tax as in effect in 2009....

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H.R. 6417, To prevent Members of Congress from receiving the automatic pay adjustment scheduled to take effect in 2009

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6417 would prevent Members of Congress from receiving the automatic pay adjustment scheduled to take effect in 2009....

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H.R. 6326, The Military Family Support Act of 2008

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6326 would provide for a Federal employees program to authorize the use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service....

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S. 3163, The Military Family Support Act

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3163 would provide for a Federal employees program to authorize the use of leave by caregivers for family members of certain individuals performing military service....

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H.R. 6316, The Climate Market, Auction, Trust & Trade Emissions Reduction System Act of 2008

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6316 would reduce global greenhouse gas emissions through the creation of a domestic carbon market and international trade measures, and it would direct the revenue therefrom to public interests....

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S. 3091, The Medicare Wound Therapy Patient Protection Act of 2008

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3091 would amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories from the Medicare competitive acquisition program until the clinical comparability of such products can be validated....

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H.R. 6189, The Colorado Charter Forest Act of 2008

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6189 would require the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a "Charter Forest" demonstration project on all National Forest System lands in the State of Colorado in order to combat insect infestation, improve forest health, reduce the threat of wildfire, protect biological diversity, and enhance the social sustainability and economic productivity of the lands....

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H.R. 6110, The Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6110 would provide for the reform of health care, the Social Security system, the tax code for individuals and business, and the budget process....

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H.R. 6105, The Fiscal Integrity through Transparency (FIT) Act of 2008

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6105 would amend the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require that concurrent resolutions on the budget limit the growth of Federal spending to the mean of annual percentage growth of wages and gross domestic product (GDP) in the United States....

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H.R. 5995, The Gas Tax Relief and Earmark Moratorium Act of 2008

Thu, 08 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5995 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the highway fuels taxes, to provide for a Joint Committee on Earmark Reform, and to prohibit earmarking for the remainder of the 110th Congress....

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H.R. 5957, To reduce subsidies for agricultural commodity programs

Mon, 05 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5957 would reduce subsidies for agricultural commodity programs....

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H.R. 5755, The Bipartisan Earmark Reform Commission Act of 2008

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5755 would establish the Bipartisan Earmark Reform Commission....

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H.R. 5567, To rescind earmarks designated in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5567 would rescind earmarks designated in the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008....

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P.L. 110-140, The CLEAN Energy Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $3.79

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 6 would reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative energy....

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H.R. 5110, To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to require the President to transmit the annual budget of the Social Security Administration without revisions to Congress, and for other purposes

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 5110 would amend title VII of the Social Security Act to require the President to transmit the annual budget of the Social Security Administration without revisions to Congress....

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H.R. 4837, The SPACE Act

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4837 would authorize the Space Shuttle to be flown from 2010 through 2015, and it would authorize appropriations for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for this purpose....

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H.R. 4751, The More Transparent and Honest Communications with American Workers Reform Act of 2007

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4751 would amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide that annual Social Security account statements indicate, in estimating the level of projected benefits of eligible individuals, the effect on such benefits levels of benefit reductions which may be necessary, in the absence of future legislative remedies, by reason of anticipated insolvency of the Social Security Trust Funds....

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S. 2193, The More Children, More Choices Act of 2007

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2193 would provide for a 5-year SCHIP reauthorization for coverage of low-income children, an expansion of child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and a health care Federalism initiative....

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H.R. 3888, The More Children, More Choices Act of 2007

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3888 would provide for a 5-year SCHIP reauthorization for coverage of low-income children, an expansion of child health care insurance coverage through tax fairness, and a health care Federalism initiative....

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H.R. 3738, The Earmark Reform Act of 2007

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3738 would amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to set a cap on allocated funds for earmarks....

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S. J. Res. 19, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year and not exceed 20 per centum of the gross national product of the United States during the previous calendar year

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S.J. Res. 19 would propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires (except during time of war and subject to suspension by Congress) that the total amount of money expended by the United States during any fiscal year not exceed the amount of certain revenue received by the United States during such fiscal year and not exceed 20 per centum of the gross national product of the United States during the previous calendar year....

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