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“House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) sent a letter today to the TARP Special Inspector General praising him for his work in providing greater transparency for the TARP Program. Franks letter…is in response to a letter from Inspector General Barofsky, where the IG stated, Specifically, we [Treasury Special Inspector General] will be sending …
January 22, 2009 – Proposed Funding for Education in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 January 16, 2009 – Health Insurance Continuation Coverage Under COBRA January 16, 2009 – Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies January 15, 2009 – Closing the Guantanamo Detention Center – Legal Issues: “This report provides an overview of major …
CRS Report – Economic Stimulus: Issues and Policies, January 23, 2009 “Recent policies have sought to contain damages spilling over from housing and financial markets to the broader economy, including monetary policy, which is the responsibility of the Federal Reserve, and fiscal policy, including a tax cut in February 2008 of $150 billion and two …
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: H.R. 1, the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” – Distribution of Highway Infrastructure Funds to Large Urbanized Areas with Populations Greater than 200,000 See also: Funding Tables for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 – data by state, provided for: Highways and State Bridges, Transit …
News release: Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) and former Subcommittee Chairman for Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, James R. Langevin (D-RI), released a Majority staff report entitled Getting Beyond Getting Ready for Pandemic Influenza. The report examines the Nations state of preparedness and response capabilities in the event of …
Washington Post site, a work in progess: WhoRunsGov.com offers a unique look at the world of Washington through its key players and personalities. Its your window into how deals get made and policy is shaped in the new Obama administration that is remaking the nations capital.”
News release includes detailed summary: “Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today unveiled an original Chairmans Mark of economic recovery provisions for inclusion in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, including $275 billion in tax cuts and investments that will create jobs in fields like green energy, highways, and health care, and …
News release, Congressman Dave Obey: ‘The economy is in a crisis not seen since the Great Depression. Credit is frozen, consumer purchasing power is in decline, in the last four months the country has lost 2 million jobs and we are expected to lose another 3 to 5 million in the next year. Conservative economist …
“After successful beta testing, GPO has integrated Authenticated Congressional Bills into the live Congressional Bills application on GPO Access at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/bills/index.html. Users of this application will notice digital signatures on bills from the 110th and 111th Congresses.”
“GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) provides public access to government information submitted by Congress and Federal agencies and preserved as technology changes. The migration of information from GPO Access into FDsys will be complete in mid-2009. The migration is occurring on a collection-by-collection basis. Collections currently available on FDsys are: Compilation of Presidential Documents (1993 …
News release: “Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the incoming Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committees Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, and the founder of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation, today praised a new report by the National Academies of Sciences entitled Medical Isotope Production Without Highly Enriched Uranium. The report concludes …
H.R. 2, Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, January 13, 2009. Cost estimate for the bill as transmitted to CBO by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on January 13, 2009. “The legislation would authorize the Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) through fiscal year 2013 and increase federal funding for the program …
