WashingtonWatch.com Digest – November 2, 2009
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From the Blog: The Bill for the Health Care Bill
Health care reform legislation will be debated in the House this week. The bill up for consideration was [...]
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More Bills on the House Floor This Week
Posted by Jim Harper
Here are some more of the bills that the House will debate this week:
S. 475 – A bill to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to guarantee the equity of spouses of military personnel with regard to matters of residency
H.R. 1168 – Veterans Retraining Act of 2009
H.R. 3949 – Veterans’ Small Business Assistance [...]
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More Bills on the House Floor This Week
Posted by Jim Harper
Here are some more bills that will be on the House floor this week.
H.R. 3763 – To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to provide for an exclusion from Red Flag Guidelines for certain businesses
H.R. 3819 – To extend the commercial space transportation liability regime
H.R. 3792 – Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009
H.R. [...]
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WashingtonWatch.com Digest – October 19, 2009
Posted by Jim Harper
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From the Blog: Comment Control
The bills in Congress can be controversial, not everyone deals with conflict well, and it’s tough to balance free speech with civility. The [...]
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More Bills on the House Floor This Week
Posted by Jim Harper
Here are some more of the bills the House of Representatives will consider this week.
H.R. 3689 – To provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitor center
H.R. 1593 – To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment [...]
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WashingtonWatch.com Digest – October 12, 2009
Posted by Jim Harper
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From the Blog: The Winners in the Earmarks Contest
When it started back in mid-July, we had no idea of the response our earmark hunting contest would get. [...]
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More Bills on the House Floor This Week
Posted by Jim Harper
Here are some more of the bills the House will be debating this week:
H.R. 3590 – Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009
H.R. 1016 – Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009
S. 1717 – To authorize major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2010
H.R. 2092 [...]
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WashingtonWatch.com Digest – October 5, 2009
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From the Blog: Earmarks in the “CJS” Spending Bill
We have been linking the 40,000+ earmark requests collected in our earmarks contest to spending bills. Most of the earmarks in the [...]
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More Bills on the House Floor This Week
Posted by Jim Harper
Here are some more of the bills the House of Representatives will be considering this week:
H.R. 685 – United States Civil Rights Trail System Act of 2009
H.R. 2442 – Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009
H.R. 2950 – To direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts [...]
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WashingtonWatch.com Digest – September 28, 2009
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From the Blog: Annual Spending Process Kicked Over
The 2010 fiscal year begins on Thursday, but Congress has not passed bills funding the government for the year. So [...]
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