Accomplishments of 2009
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- Washington Observer. // ENR: Engineering News-Record;2/28/2011, Vol. 266 Issue 7, p6
This section offers legislative-related news briefs in the U.S., as of February 2011, including the approval by the Senate to a two-year Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill and the approval by the House Ways and Means Committee on a bill to repeal the tax reporting requirement...
- This Just In. Lane, Amy; Halcom, Chad; Shea, Bill; Duggan, Daniel; Henderson, Tom // Crain's Detroit Business;9/28/2009, Vol. 25 Issue 38, p1
The article reports that business organizations and other groups have called for U.S. Senate action on a bill that they said could save the Michigan state 40-50 million dollars a year in new prison costs. The legislation would keep open a prison boot camp near Chelsea that is slated to close if...
- Republican House To Shape Reform. Hopkins, Cheyenne // U.S. Banker;Dec2010, Vol. 120 Issue 12, p13
The article reports that Republicans of the U.S. Congress may influence the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act. It states that Republicans expressed their motive to observe the way regulators write down laws to complete the Act. It also says that Dodd-Frank is open to the influence of the...
- (CONGRESS) House Eliminates ACA Community Funding: Debate to Continue. // Community Health Funding Week;4/15/2011, p18
The article reports that the U.S. House has approved the legislative bill HR1217, that would nullify the billion dollars funding program Prevention and Public Health Fund under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
- Axeirod: Spill should give 'added impetus'. // Hill;5/25/2010, Vol. 17 Issue 58, p26
The article reports on the need for the U.S. Congress to pass an energy and climate bill after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Washington Reconsiders Regulation. // WWD: Women's Wear Daily;01/27/2010, Vol. 199 Issue 18, p10
The article reports that the U.S. Congress' action on the financial regulatory reform is still pending following Democrats' loss of a Senate seat. Democrats lost their 60-vote filibuster-proof majority with the victory of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown in a special election for a seat that...
- Senate introduces bill to delay new limits on debit card fees. Frazier, Craig D. // New York Amsterdam News;3/24/2011, Vol. 102 Issue 12, p4
The article reports that a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators have introduced a bill that will delay new limits on debit card fees.
- Pro-labor proposal defeated in U.S. Senate. Murrell, Kia // Fairfield County Business Journal;12/6/2010, Vol. 49 Issue 49, p47
In this article, the author discusses the failure of a proposal to make it easier for employees to sue their employers in the U.S. Senate in 2010.
- Amid Gridlock on the Hill, A Few Chances for Action. Wack, Kevin // American Banker;1/3/2011, Vol. 177 Issue 1, p1
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