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<title>S. 3230, The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $6445.91</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3230.html</link>
<description> S. 3230 would make appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009....
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6110, The Roadmap for America's Future Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6110.html</link>
<description> 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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<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 5779, The Social Security Forever Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5779.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5779 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on the amount of wages in excess of the contribution and benefit base....
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2765, The Saving Social Security Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2765.html</link>
<description> S. 2765 would strengthen and permanently preserve social security....
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4896, The Social Security Trust Funds Investment Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4896.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4896 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a duty of the Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust funds is to hold them in trust for the beneficiaries and to ensure that the assets of such trust funds are not diverted, and to authorize investment of such trust funds in securities that are not limited to obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States....
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4751, The More Transparent and Honest Communications with American Workers Reform Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4751.html</link>
<description> 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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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4664, The Social Security Surplus Protection Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4664.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4664 would provide for investment and protection of the Social Security surplus....
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<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 4338, The Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_4338.html</link>
<description> H.R. 4338 would establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the social security and medicare hospital insurance trust funds....
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<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3724, The The Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3724.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3724 would establish a National Commission on Entitlement Solvency....
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3655, The Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3655.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3655 would establish a Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, it would assure the economic security of the United States, and it would expand future prosperity and growth for all Americans....
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2063, The Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2063.html</link>
<description> S. 2063 would establish a Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, it would assure the economic security of the United States, and it would expand future prosperity and growth for all Americans....
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<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2659, The Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2659.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2659 would treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate....
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2488, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on distilled spirits to its pre-1985 level</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2488.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2488 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the rate of tax on distilled spirits to its pre-1985 level....
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<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2130, The Comprehensive Transform America Transaction Fee Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2130.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2130 would require a study and comprehensive analytical report on transforming America by reforming the Federal tax code through elimination of all Federal taxes on individuals and corporations and replacing the Federal tax code with a transaction fee-based system....
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1195, The Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1195.html</link>
<description> S. 1195 would establish the Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission....
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2024, The Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2024.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2024 would establish the Comprehensive Entitlement Reform Commission....
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2002, The Individual Social Security Investment Program Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2002.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2002 would amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for enhanced retirement security in the form of an Individual Social Security Investment Program....
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1155, The Conservation Reserve Program Tax Fairness Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1155.html</link>
<description> S. 1155 would treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate....
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1025, The Fair Tax Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1025.html</link>
<description> S. 1025 would promote freedom, fairness, and economic opportunity by repealing the income tax and other taxes, abolishing the Internal Revenue Service, and enacting a national sales tax to be administered primarily by the States....
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. Con. Res. 21, An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012 - Cost per Average Family: $26395.34</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SC_21.html</link>
<description> S. Con. Res. 21 would set forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2008 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 and 2009 through 2012....
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1353, The Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1353.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1353 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to ensure that the receipts and disbursements of the Social Security trust funds are not included in a unified Federal budget and to provide that Social Security contributions are used to protect Social Security solvency by mandating that Trust Fund monies cannot be diverted to create private accounts....
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<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1090, The Social Security Guarantee Plus Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1090.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1090 would amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts that ensure full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term Social Security solvency, and make certain benefit improvements....
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<pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 709, The Total Overhaul of Totalization Agreements Law of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_709.html</link>
<description> H.R. 709 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict totalization agreements between the United States and other countries to providing for appropriate exchange of Social Security taxes or contributions between the parties to such agreements, and it would prohibit crediting of individuals under such title with earnings from employment or self-employment in the United States performed while such individuals are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United S...
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 355, The Social Security and Medicare Solvency Commission Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_355.html</link>
<description> S. 355 would establish a National Commission on Entitlement Solvency....
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 581, The Savings for Seniors Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_581.html</link>
<description> H.R. 581 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, it would provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and it would establish a Social Security Investment Commission to make ...
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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