Requires the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to make grants and loans to qualified states, in accordance with HUD-approved plans, to carry out eligible housing stimulus activities.  The grants and loans would allow for:

(1) purchasing or financing the purchase of qualified foreclosed housing for resale as housing...

The major provision in the bill would mandate that employers participate in the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify Program.  Employers would have to verify that new hires are eligible to work in the United States.  The Social Security Administration maintains the verification database.

This bill will make pre-payable, refundable tax credits available to all Americans regardless of their employer or employment status.

Provisions of this bill include:

--Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and other Advanced Drive Technology provisions

--A Renewable Fuels Standard, mandating that a percentage of the nation's fuel supply be provided by the domestic production of biofuels --A Tire Efficiency Program, which would create a national pro...

 Two major provisions of this bill aim to:

--end the private collection of federal taxes

--protect taxpayers from identity theft and tax fraud.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:

--increase the child tax credit for the first year in which a child is claimed as a qualifying child

--expand eligibility for the dependent care tax credit and allow such credit for expenses to care for parents (and ancestors of such parents) not residing with the taxpayer

--provide for a...

Leveraging Innovative Gains in High-efficiency Technology (LIGHT) Bulbs Act of 2007 - Instructs the Secretary of Energy to issue regulations prohibiting the sale of light bulbs that emit less than: (1) 25 lumens per watt, effective January 1, 2010; and (2) 60 lumens per watt, effective January 1, 2015. Requires such regulations to include: (1) ...

To ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families.

4/3/2008--Introduced. Calls on the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to: (1) end its crackdown on nonviolent Tibetan protestors and its continuing cultural, religious, economic, and linguistic repression inside Tibet; (2) begin a dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to address the legitimate grievances of the Tibetan people...

This bill would require the following:

--double hulls on bunker fuel tanks on non-tank vessels

--strengthening the Coast Guard medical review process for licensing pilots and merchant mariners

--directing the Coast Guard to make improvements to its vessel tracking system to prevent navigational errors and accidents

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Directs the Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally to develop a five-year strategic plan for program monitoring, operations research, and impact evaluation research of U.S. HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria programs, including mother-to-child HIV transmission.

To establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2009.