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<title>P.L. 110-449, The Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $58.32</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-449.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6867 would provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512403.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512403.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 7340, To direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities through September 30, 2009</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_7340.html</link>
<description> H.R. 7340 would direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities through September 30, 2009....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200513205.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200513205.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3728, A bill to direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities through September 30, 2009</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3728.html</link>
<description> S. 3728 would direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities through September 30, 2009....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200513210.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200513210.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6853, The Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6853.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6853 would establish in the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Task Force to address mortgage fraud 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/200512389.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512389.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3971, The Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.01</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3971.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3971 would encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508008.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508008.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-329, The Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $8032.37</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-329.html</link>
<description> Making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200505920.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200505920.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3136, The FIND Act - Cost per Average Family: $3.72</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3136.html</link>
<description> S. 3136 would encourage the entry of felony warrants into the NCIC database by States and provide additional resources for extradition....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200511445.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200511445.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-412, The Personnel Reimbursement for Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.00</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-412.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6098 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200511125.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200511125.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 7110, Making supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $579.29</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_7110.html</link>
<description> H.R. 7110 would make supplemental appropriations for job creation and preservation, infrastructure investment, and economic and energy assistance for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512834.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512834.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3815, The Homeland Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.05</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3815.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3815 would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to make full and efficient use of open source information to develop and disseminate open source homeland security information products....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507763.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507763.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3579, The National Silver Alert Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3579.html</link>
<description> S. 3579 would encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States, and it would authorize grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512804.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512804.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3593, The Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3593.html</link>
<description> S. 3593 would amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for persons with disabilities....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512818.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512818.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3592, The New York/New Jersey High-Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Expansion Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3592.html</link>
<description> S. 3592 would designate 4 counties in the State of New York as high-intensity drug trafficking areas, and it would authorize funding for drug control activities in those areas....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512817.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512817.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3591, The Motor Fuel Supply and Distribution Improvement Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3591.html</link>
<description> S. 3591 would amend the Clean Air Act to improve motor fuel supply and distribution....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512816.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512816.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3558, The Gulf of Mexico Restoration and Protection Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3558.html</link>
<description> S. 3558 would amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512726.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512726.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 236, The North Bay Water Reuse Program Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.25</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_236.html</link>
<description> H.R. 236 would authorize the Secretary of the Interior to create a Bureau of Reclamation partnership with the North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional partners to achieve objectives relating to water supply, water quality, and environmental restoration....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200501470.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200501470.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3547, The Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3547.html</link>
<description> S. 3547 would establish in the Federal Bureau of Investigation the Nationwide Mortgage Fraud Coordinator to address mortgage fraud 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/200512684.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512684.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3999, The National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $9.49</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3999.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3999 would amend title 23, United States Code, to improve the safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, to strengthen bridge inspection standards and processes, and to increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges on the National Highway System....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508068.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508068.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6947, The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $445.83</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6947.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6947 would make appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512561.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512561.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3507, The Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3507.html</link>
<description> S. 3507 would provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512541.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512541.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6899, The Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act - Savings per Average Family: $42.25</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6899.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6899 would advance the national security interests of the United States by reducing its dependency on oil through renewable and clean, alternative fuel technologies while building a bridge to the future through expanded access to Federal oil and natural gas resources, revising the relationship between the oil and gas industry and the consumers who own those resources and deserve a fair return from the development of publicly owned oil and gas, ending tax subsidies for large oil and gas comp...
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512478.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512478.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6625, The Veteran Voting Support Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.00</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6625.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6625 would require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be designated as voter registration agencies....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512051.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512051.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. 6905, The National Integrated Public Health Surveillance Systems and Reportable Conditions Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6905.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6905 would amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512484.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512484.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. 5772, The Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $6.00</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_5772.html</link>
<description> H.R. 5772 would amend section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act to improve the program under such section for supportive housing for persons with disabilities....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200510560.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200510560.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3476, The National Integrated Public Health Surveillance Systems and Reportable Conditions Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3476.html</link>
<description> S. 3476 would amend the Public Health Service Act to improve the Nation's surveillance and reporting for diseases and conditions....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200512453.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200512453.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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