WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Corporate finance

H.R. 7321, The Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act - Cost per Average Family: $88.77

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 7321 would authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers....

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S. 3689, The Economic Recovery Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $773.16

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

A bill making 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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S. 3688, A bill to provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation, to amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to authorize loans to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers, and for other purposes

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST

S. 3688 would provide for additional emergency unemployment compensation, to amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 to authorize loans to automobile manufacturers and component suppliers....

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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. 6003, The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $114.81

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6003 would reauthorize Amtrak....

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H.R. 3504, The Transparency in Corporate Filings Act

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3504 would authorize the Securities and Exchange Commission to permit or require persons filing or furnishing information under the securities laws to make such information available on internet websites, in addition to or instead of including such information in filings with or submissions to the Commission, under such conditions as the Commission may specify by rule....

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H.R. 2727, The Small Business SOX Compliance Extension Act

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2727 would extend the current moratorium for small businesses complying with section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 by 1 year....

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S. 294, The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $98.72

Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 294 would reauthorize Amtrak....

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H.R. 2345, The Abusive Tax Shelter Shutdown and Taxpayer Accountability Act of 2007

Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2345 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to curb tax abuses by disallowing tax benefits claimed to arise from transactions without substantial economic substance....

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H.R. 698, The Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.22

Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 698 would amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to establish industrial bank holding company regulation....

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S. 1019, The Universal Health Care Choice and Access Act

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1019 would provide comprehensive reform of the health care system of the United States....

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S. 869, The Compete Act of 2007

Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 869 would reform certain provisions of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, to make compliance with that section more efficient, with the goal of maintaining United States capital market global competitiveness....

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S. 864, The Access to Competitive Power Act of 2007

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 864 would amend the Federal Power Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission....

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H.R. 1508, The Compete Act of 2007

Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1508 would reform certain provisions of section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to make compliance with that section more efficient, with the goal of maintaining United States capital market global competitiveness....

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S. 834, The Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2007

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 834 would require annual testimony before Congress by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, relating to efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting....

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H.R. 1341, The Honest Income Disclosure Act

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1341 would require corporate income reported to the Internal Revenue Service to be included in annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission....

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H.R. 755, The Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 2007

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 755 would require annual oral testimony before the Financial Services Committee of the Chairperson or a designee of the Chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, relating to their efforts to promote transparency in financial reporting....

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H.R. 1127, The American Manufacturing competitiveness Act

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1127 would amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to allow United States manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings as interested parties....

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H.R. 2965, The Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $4.06

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2965 would amend the laws that authorize the Federal Prison Industries (FPI), a government-owned corporation that produces goods and services for the federal government with prison labor. Under current law, most federal agencies are required to award purchase contracts to FPI on a noncompetitive basis if FPI has products available to meet the agencies' needs and the cost would not exceed current market prices. Such products include office furniture, textiles, vehicle tags, and fiber optics....

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H.R. 4100, The Louisiana Recovery Corporation Act - Cost per Average Family: $98.63

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 4100 would establish the Louisiana Recovery Corporation. This new federal agency would redevelop areas in Louisiana distressed by either Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita by acquiring real estate, improving the property, and selling it to developers. The Louisiana Recovery Corporation would be authorized to operate for 10 years. The corporation would be authorized to encourage people to return to areas of Louisiana that were devastated by those storms by providing grants of land and money...

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S. 1516, The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $96.12

Fri, 30 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1516 authorizes the appropriation of funds over the 2006-2011 for grants to Amtrak to cover operating expenses, capital projects, debt repayment, security improvements, and a study required by the bill. The legislation also would authorize the appropriation of funds over the 2006-2011 period to the Secretary of Transportation for a new grant program for state railroad projects, a new research program, a new grant program for Amtrak and participating states to share railroad equipment, and a s...

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H.R. 2355, The Health Care Choice Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $106.66

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2355 would amend the Public Health Service Act to permit an entity licensed by one state (the "primary" state) to offer health insurance coverage to individuals residing in that state, to also offer that health insurance coverage to individuals residing in a "secondary" state....

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