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Gas Prices and the Strategic Reserve

In January 2007, President Bush announced a plan to double the size of the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), "the largest stockpile of government-owned emergency crude oil in the world." The Reserve currently stores about 700 million barrels. The Department of Energy is adding 70,000 barrels of crude oil a d... Read More

Key Votes

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-- Vote No. 226 voted on 04/29/2008. Chamber: H.

The House passed S. 2739, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, to implement further the Act approving th...
-- Vote No. 199 voted on 04/16/2008. Chamber: H.

The House passed H.R. 2634, to provide for greater responsibility in lending and expanded cancellation of debts owed to the United States and the international financial institutions by low-income ...
-- Vote No. 189 voted on 04/15/2008. Chamber: H.

Rejected the Herger motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report the same back promptly with an amendment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 210 yeas to 210 nay...
-- Vote No. 185 voted on 04/14/2008. Chamber: H.

H.R. 3548, amended, to enhance citizen access to Government information and services by establishing plain language as the standard style for Government documents issued to the public, by a 2/3 yea...
-- Vote No. 166 voted on 04/09/2008. Chamber: H.

H. Res. 1077, to call on the Government of the People's Republic of China to end its crackdown in Tibet and enter into a substantive dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama to find a negotiated s...
-- Vote No. 145 voted on 03/14/2008. Chamber: H.

The House agreed to the Senate amendment with an amendment, made in order by the rule and printed in H. Rept. 110-549, to H.R. 3773, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 to es...
-- Vote No. 41 voted on 03/06/2008. Chamber: S.

By 79 yeas and 13 nays (Vote No. 41), Senate passed H.R. 4040 , to establish consume...
-- Vote No. 41 voted on 03/06/2008. Chamber: S.

By 79 yeas and 13 nays (Vote No. 41), Senate passed H.R. 4040, to establish consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to reauthorize and modernize ...
-- Vote No. 107 voted on 03/06/2008. Chamber: H.

Agreed to table the appeal of the ruling of the chair on a point of order sustained against the Daniel E. Lungren motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Education and Labor with instructio...

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Legislation

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-- H.R.5818 created on 05/08/2008

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...

-- H.R.4088 created on 05/06/2008

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.

-- H.R.5784 created on 05/05/2008

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

-- H.R.670 created on 04/24/2008

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...

-- H.R.5719 created on 04/21/2008

 Two major provisions of this bill aim to:

--end the private collection of federal taxes

--protect taxpayers from identity theft and tax fraud.

-- H.R.2902 created on 04/15/2008

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...

-- H.R.2751 created on 04/11/2008

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) ...

-- H.R.5715 created on 04/11/2008

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

-- H.RES.1077 created on 04/09/2008

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...

-- S.269 created on 04/07/2008

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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-- H.R.5501 created on 04/01/2008

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.

-- S.AMDT.4347 created on 03/14/2008

To establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2009.

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