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<title>S. 3577, The Prevent Excessive Speculation Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3577.html</link>
<description> S. 3577 would amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities....
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-289, The Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $523.06</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-289.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3221 would provide needed housing reform....
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<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 3268, The Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_3268.html</link>
<description> S. 3268 would amend the Commodity Exchange Act to prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities....
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 6049, The Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 - Savings per Average Family: $75.14</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_6049.html</link>
<description> H.R. 6049 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, and to provide individual income tax relief....
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<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2925, The National Energy Efficiency Development Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2925.html</link>
<description> S. 2925 would provide for research into the development of energy-efficient technologies and renewable energy technologies and it would foster the introduction of energy-efficient technologies and renewable energy technologies into the marketplace, with the goal of reducing United States oil imports....
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<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2809, The Do No Harm Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2809.html</link>
<description> S. 2809 would ensure that there are no adverse effects of a National Heritage Area designation to local communities and home owners....
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 2807, The Land and Liberty Protection Act of 2008</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_2807.html</link>
<description> S. 2807 would protect the liberty and property of all Americans....
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>P.L. 110-174, An original bill to authorize State and local governments to divest assets in companies that conduct business operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with such companies, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.24</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_PL_110-174.html</link>
<description> S. 2271 would authorize State and local governments to divest assets in companies that conduct business operations in Sudan, to prohibit United States Government contracts with such companies....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200508121.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200508121.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3429, The Hire a Hero Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3429.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3429 would authorize a competitive grant program to assist members of the National Guard and Reserve and former and current members of the Armed Forces in securing employment in the private sector....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200507160.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200507160.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1971, The Hire a Hero Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1971.html</link>
<description> S. 1971 would authorize a competitive grant program to assist members of the National Guard and Reserve and former and current members of the Armed Forces in securing employment in the private sector....
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3240, To enhance availability of critical energy information</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3240.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3240 would enhance availability of critical energy information....
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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 3220, The New Direction for Energy Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_3220.html</link>
<description> H.R. 3220 would move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, develop innovative new technologies, reduce carbon emissions, create green jobs, protect consumers, increase clean renewable energy production, and modernize our energy infrastructure....
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2847, The Green Jobs Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $3.68</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2847.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2847 would amend the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 to establish an energy efficiency and renewable energy worker training program....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200506243.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200506243.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 1400, The Iran Counter-Proliferation Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $4.93</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_1400.html</link>
<description> H.R. 1400 would enhance United States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by imposing additional economic sanctions against Iran....
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2774, The Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $2.62</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2774.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2774 would support the research, development, and commercial application of solar energy technologies....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200506117.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200506117.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2848, The Solar Opportunity and Local Access Rights Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2848.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2848 would amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to promote energy independence and self-sufficiency by providing for the use of net metering by certain small electric energy generation systems....
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2838, The Insular Areas Energy Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2838.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2838 would enhance the Department of Energy Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program established under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 by explicitly permitting its application on United States Government installations worldwide, in the Insular Areas of the United States, and in those nations in free association with the United States, as well as explicitly authorize loans for ocean thermal energy conversion projects....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200506229.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200506229.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1610, The Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.65</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1610.html</link>
<description> An original bill to ensure national security while promoting foreign investment and the creation and maintenance of jobs, to reform the process by which such investments are examined for any effect they may have on national security, to establish the Committee on Foreign Investment 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/200506021.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200506021.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2691, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional incentives for facilities producing electricity from wind</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2691.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2691 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide additional incentives for facilities producing electricity from wind....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200505980.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200505980.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2651, The Greenhouse Gas Accountability Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2651.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2651 would require large publicly traded companies and significant emitters of greenhouse gases to report their emissions to the Environmental Protection Agency....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200505933.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200505933.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2574, The Iraq Study Group Recommendations Implementation Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2574.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2574 would implement the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group....
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 1545, The Iraq Study Group Recommendations Implementation Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_1545.html</link>
<description> S. 1545 would implement the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group....
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2208, The Coal Liquid Fuel Act</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2208.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2208 would provide for a standby loan program for certain coal-to-liquid projects....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200505188.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200505188.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>H.R. 2218, The Biofuels Energy Independence Act of 2007</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_2218.html</link>
<description> H.R. 2218 would provide for a Biofuels Feedstocks Energy Reserve, and it would authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make and guarantee loans for the production, distribution, development, and storage of biofuels....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200505198.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200505198.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>S. 193, The Energy Diplomacy and Security Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.43</title>
<link>http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_193.html</link>
<description> S. 193 would increase cooperation on energy issues between the United States Government and foreign governments and entities in order to secure the strategic and economic interests of the  United States....
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					&lt;li&gt;Vote on This Bill: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/yea/200501958.html&quot;&gt;For&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.washingtonwatch.com/vote/nay/200501958.html&quot;&gt;Against&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT</pubDate>
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