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News release: “The Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice, and the Department of Education have issued their annual report to Congress pursuant to the College Scholarship Fraud Prevention Act, describing their continued efforts to combat scholarship and financial aid fraud. Each year, millions of students seek help in financing their college education, and some …
News release: “House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) unveiled today a newly expanded service from the Majority Leaders Office that provides the latest internal information about what is happening on the House Floor: Beginning today, all House Democratic staff will have access to regular updates on whats happening on the House Floor through the …
America Speaks Out: “This site was developed as part of an official effort to increase the dialogue between Americans and their Congress. Here, Americans are provided a new platform to share their priorities and ideas for a national policy agenda. As House Republicans, we are committed to our principles of limited, more accountable government; economic …
Follow up to postings on the Gulf Coast oil spill see H.R.5503 – Securing Protections for the Injured from Limitations on Liability Act. Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] (introduced 6/10/2010) Cosponsors (26). Latest Major Action: 7/1/2010. Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed …
Follow up to Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, House of Representatives, 111th Congress, 2nd Session, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – House Report 111-517, dated June 29, 2010, ordered to be printed. Related postings on financial system
From Solicitor General to Supreme Court Nominee: Responsibilities, History, and the Nomination of Elena Kagan, by Susan Navarro Smelcer, Analyst on the Federal Judiciary. Kenneth R. Thomas, Legislative Attorney, June 23, 2010 “On May 10, 2010, President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. If confirmed, Elena Kagan would …
Follow up to postings on Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the “CBO and the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) estimate that enacting H.R. 4173 would increase revenues by $17.1 billion over the 2011-2015 period and by $26.9 billion over the 2011-2020 period and increase direct spending by $14.9 billion and $26.9 billion, …
House Financial Services Committee press release: “Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – Create a Sound Economic Foundation to Grow Jobs, Protect Consumers,Rein in Wall Street, End Too Big to Fail, Prevent Another Financial Crisis: “Americans have faced the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Millions have lost their jobs, businesses have …
May it Please the Senate: An Empirical Analysis of the Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings of Supreme Court Nominees, 1939-2009, Lori A. Ringhand, University of Georgia School of Law and Paul M. Collins Jr., University of North Texas, June 25, 2010. UGA Legal Studies Research Paper No. 10-12 “This paper examines the questions asked and answers …
Legislating Consumer Privacy Online & Off: Last month, Congressmen Rick Boucher and Cliff Stearns, respectively Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, released a discussion draft of legislation “to assure the privacy of information about individuals both on the Internet and offline.” This is the most significant movement …
The Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 – This webpage links to facts sheets, summaries, comparisons and other relevant documents on this controversial legislation. Myth v. Reality The Facts About S. 3480, Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010 United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Senator …
News release: “House Financial Services Chairman Frank, on behalf of the House conferees, released the House offer on the titles listed below. The issues will be subject to debate when the House-Senate Conference Committee convenes in room SD-106, Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow. Title VI of base text: Improvements to Regulation of …
