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H.R. 3962, The Affordable Health Care for America Act - Cost per Average Family: $14876.96

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 3962 would provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending....

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H.R. 3489, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 3489 would amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a hurricane or other major disaster....

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H.R. 4135, The Keep Americans Working Act

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4135 would keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to layoffs....

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S. 1178, The Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.47

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 EST

S. 1178 would extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe....

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S. 1735, The Lumbee Recognition Act - Cost per Average Family: $7.20

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1735 would provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina....

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H.R. 3829, The Fighting Occupied Cell Use So Everyone Drives More Safely Act of 2009

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3829 would amend title 23, United States Code, to reduce the amount of Federal highway funding available to States that do not enact a law prohibiting the use of certain communication devices while operating a motor vehicle....

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S. 1733, The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1733 would create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy....

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H.R. 3591, The Constitution and Citizenship Day Act of 2009

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3591 would establish a grant program to enhance existing secondary education programs for the purpose of teaching high school students about the Constitution of the United States and the constitutions of the individual States....

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S. 1679, The Affordable Health Choices Act

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1679 would make quality, affordable health care available to all Americans, reduce costs, improve health care quality, enhance disease prevention, and strengthen the health care workforce....

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S. 1288, The Emergency Management Assistance Compact Reauthorization Act of 2009 - Cost per Average Family: $0.11

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1288 would authorize appropriations for grants to the States participating in the Emergency Management Assistance Compact....

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S. 1646, The Keep Americans Working Act

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1646 would keep Americans working by strengthening and expanding short-time compensation programs that provide employers with an alternative to layoffs....

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S. 1616, The United States-China Market Engagement and Export Promotion Act

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1616 would authorize assistance to small- and medium-sized businesses to promote exports to the People's Republic of China....

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S. 1597, The Internet Poker and Game of Skill Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act of 2009

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1597 would amend title 31, United States Code, to provide for the licensing by the Secretary of the Treasury of Internet poker and other games that are predominantly of skill, it would provide for consumer protections on the Internet, and it would enforce the tax code....

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S. 1619, The Livable Communities Act of 2009

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1619 would establish the Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, it would establish the Interagency Council on Sustainable Communities, it would establish a comprehensive planning grant program, and it would establish a sustainability challenge grant program....

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S. 1618, The Safeguarding Social Security Numbers Act of 2009

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1618 would require the Commissioner of Social Security to issue uniform standards for the method of truncation of Social Security account numbers in order to protect such numbers from being used in the perpetration of fraud or identity theft and it would provide for a prohibition on the display to the general public on the Internet of Social Security account numbers by State and local governments....

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S. 1581, The Enhancing Flexibility for Effective Schools Act

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1581 would improve the amendments made by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001....

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H.R. 3453, The Disaster Recovery Improvement Act

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3453 would amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to make improvements in the provision of Federal disaster assistance....

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H.R. 3488, The Clean Cities Program Authorization Act

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3488 would direct the Secretary of Energy to carry out the Clean Cities program....

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H.R. 3481, The Lower Colorado River Protection Act

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3481 would provide for the protection of the quality of water in the Lower Colorado River and the development and implementation of a comprehensive plan for the prevention and elimination of pollution in the Lower Colorado River and the maintenance of a healthy Lower Colorado River ecosystem....

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H.R. 3521, The Nicole's Law

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3521 would encourage States to expand the protections offered to victims of sex offenses who are not in a familiar or dating relationship with the perpetrators of such offenses....

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H.R. 3505, The American Energy Production and Price Reduction Act

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3505 would increase the supply of American made energy, reduce energy costs to the American taxpayer, provide a long term energy framework to reduce dependence on foreign oil, tap into American sources of energy, and reduce the size of the Federal deficit....

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H.R. 3400, The Empowering Patients First Act

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3400 would provide for incentives to encourage health insurance coverage....

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H.R. 3427, The State Ethics Law Protection Act of 2009

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3427 would amend title 23, United States Code, to protect States that have in effect laws or orders with respect to pay to play reform....

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H.R. 3426, The Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network Act of 2009

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3426 would amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a Coordinated Environmental Public Health Network....

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H.R. 3372, The Health Care OverUse Reform Today Act (HealthCOURT Act)

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3372 would establish Medicare performance-based quality measures, it would establish an affirmative defense in medical malpractice actions based on compliance with best practices guidelines, and it would provide grants to States for administrative health care tribunals....

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