Commentary: Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
Follow up to previous postings on H.R. 4173, David Reilly, Bloomberg News columnist, commentary. Related postings on financial system
Category «Congress»
Congressional Candidates Raised $1.42 Billion in 2007-2008
News release includes links to PDF and Excel documents: “House and Senate candidates seeking office in 2007-2008 reported over $1.42 billion in receipts, according to campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. The 2,382 candidates who participated in primary and general election campaigns for the U.S. Congress spent a total of $1.38 billion …
EIA – Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 2008
Performance Profiles of Major Energy Producers 2008 (Performance Profiles 2008), “a legislatively mandated annual report to the U.S. Congress, was released on December 18, 2009. Performance Profiles 2008 presents a comprehensive financial review and analysis of the domestic and worldwide operations of the major U.S.-based energy-producing companies. The report examines the majors’ operations primarily on …
Senate Health Care Bill
Senate Health Care Bill – The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in the Senate on December 24, 2009. [Note – 2409 pages, PDF] Related postings on health care reform
CRS Report on Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)
News release: “House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released a report prepared by the Congressional Research Service on several issues concerning the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN). The report was requested by Chairman Conyers and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank on September 22, 2009 and is linked here: CRS …
Side by Side Comparison of House and the Senate Health Care Proposals
New York Times – Comparing the House and the Senate Health Care Proposals: “Senate Democrats said Saturday that they had clinched an agreement on a sweeping legislation to overhaul the nations health care system. The House passed its own version in November. The proposals are broadly similar but differ on some major issues, such as …
MAPLight.org – Money and Politics: Illuminating the Connections
“MAPLight.org, a groundbreaking public database, illuminates the connection between campaign donations and legislative votes in unprecedented ways. Elected officials collect large sums of money to run their campaigns, and they often pay back campaign contributors with special access and favorable laws.”
Federal Digital System Adds Public Papers of U.S. Presidents, CFR, Precendents of the House of Representatives
“GPO is pleased to announce the release of the following collections into the Federal Digital System (FDsys)”: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States (1991 to 2005) Code of Federal Regulations (2007 to 2009) Precedents of the United States House of Representatives (as part of the GPO Federal Publications collection)
Report: Evasions of Campaign Finance Laws, and a Model Law to Block Them
Loopholes, Tricks and End Runs: Evasions of Campaign Finance Laws, and a Model Law to Block Them, by Molly Milligan – Center for Governmental Studies “This report is the result of over one year of focused research on the many ways that politicians raise money through non-campaign entities. The Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) initiated …
CBO Letter and Cost Estimate: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
Correction Regarding the Longer-Term Effects of the Manager’s Amendment to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, December 20, 2009. Letter to the Honorable Harry Reid. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Incorporating the Manager’s Amendment. Cost estimate for the amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 3590, incorporating the effects of changes …
CBO: Federal Estate and Gift Taxes
Federal Estate and Gift Taxes, Economic and Budget Issue Brief, December 18, 2009. “The scheduled repeal of the estate tax in 2010, followed by a reversion to a $1 million effective exemption amount thereafter, has raised interest in modifying the estate tax. Proposals include making permanent the repeal of the estate tax; maintaining the current …
CBO Cost Estimate for Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
S. 1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, December 16, 2009. Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works on November 5, 2009. “In total, those changes would reduce budget deficits (or increase future surpluses) by about $21 billion over the 2010-2019 period. (All estimated …
