A new bill in the Senate would outlaw the selling and counterfeiting of tickets to the inauguration.

D’ya actually think it was legal before? No, counterfeiting and selling tickets to an event like that is common law fraud, which is illegal everywhere.

But it’s nice to see some new bills after so many weeks off. We were already past 10,000 bills before Congress went home to campaign. I never thought I would want to see another bill introduced.

But here’s the fresh new crop. Along with the inauguration ticket counterfeiting bill, there’s a couple on the financial crisis/bailout, a couple economic stimulus/unemployment, and the usual randoms:

S. 3683
A bill to amend the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act to require approval by the Congress for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program

S. 3684
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest in indebtedness and for State sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles

S. 3685
A bill to prohibit the selling and counterfeiting of tickets for a Presidential inaugural ceremony

S. 3686
A bill to establish an Office of Foreclosure Evaluation to coordinate the responsibilities of the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Federal Housing Administration, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and other Federal Government entities regarding foreclosure prevention, and for other purposes

S. 3687
A bill to prohibit the admission of an alien who was detained as an enemy combatant at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba unless the President determines that such admission is consistent with the national security of the United States, and for other purposes

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

S. 3689
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, and for other purposes

S. 3690
A bill to help struggling families stay in their homes and to ensure that taxpayers are protected when the Secretary of the Treasury purchases equity shares in financial situations

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