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		<title>STAY PUT Act</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2010/01/29/stay-put-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[control Congressional spending on travel]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This bill states the following: &#8220;Until the Comptroller General submits the report required&#8230; no appropriated funds, including official funds of the House of Representatives or funds available under any Federal law, rule, or regulation, may be used to pay for official travel outside of the United States by any Member, officer, or employee of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congressional Pay Raise Elimination Act</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2010/01/21/congressional-pay-raise-elimination-act/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2010/01/21/congressional-pay-raise-elimination-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Under this bill, the United States Congress will not receive the standard annual pay raise for 2011. H.R. 4423  was referred to the Committee on House Administration and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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		<title>Health Care Bill &#8211; Email the Senate</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2009/12/17/health-care-bill-email-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2009/12/17/health-care-bill-email-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Health Care Reform Bill (also known as H.R. 3962 Affordable Health Care for America Act) is a controversial piece of legislation. Soon all members of the Senate will be voting on this bill. Whether you are for this reform or against it, now is the time to act. Let all the representatives hear you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Control America&#8217;s Purse-strings to Deliver a Better Tomorrow Act</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2009/12/16/control-americas-pursestrings-deliver-tomorrow-act/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2009/12/16/control-americas-pursestrings-deliver-tomorrow-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:11:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[national debt issue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A bill, joint resolution, or amendment concerning an increase of the national debt will not be considered in the House of Representatives or Senate unless a two-thirds majority of the voting Members is secured. H.R. 4262 was referred to the Committee on Rules and the Committee on the Budget
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		<title>Display the Flag of the United States of America</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2009/12/11/display-flag-united-states-america/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2009/12/11/display-flag-united-states-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Colonel Van Barfoot is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. He was ordered to remove a flagpole from his lawn after flying the Flag of the United States of America, and possible legal actions may occur due to his refusal. This bill would allow any recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America’s Affordable Health Choices Act – Part 8</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2009/08/27/americas-affordable-health-choices-act-part-8/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2009/08/27/americas-affordable-health-choices-act-part-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 16:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tax on Individuals (Title IV, Sec. 441):
A tax will be imposed on the modified adjusted gross income of a taxpayer for the following income: between $350,001 and $500,000 is an increase of one percent, between $500,001 and $1 million is an increase of 1.5 percent, and over $1 million is an increase of 5.4 percent. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America’s Affordable Health Choices Act – Part 7</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2009/08/25/americas-affordable-health-choices-act-part-7/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2009/08/25/americas-affordable-health-choices-act-part-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 12:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employer Regulations (Title III, Sec. 806):
An employer who provides health coverage participation but fails to meet the requirements will be fined $100 each day until the requirement is fulfilled. 
Employers who Chose to not Provide Government Health Coverage (Title IV, Sec. 412):
An excise tax of up to 8 percent of the wages paid to employees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America’s Affordable Health Choices Act – Part 6</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2009/08/24/americas-affordable-health-choices-act-part-6/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2009/08/24/americas-affordable-health-choices-act-part-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Subsidies (Title II, Sec. 241):
Under this bill, the third year of government health care will allow individuals below the 400 percent poverty level and who are not eligible for Medicare, to received government subsidies to partake in the premium plan health insurance. 
Employer Responsibility (Title III, Part 1, Sec. 311 &#038; 312):
An employer is to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Disclosure of the Terms of Home Mortgages</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2009/08/12/public-disclosure-terms-home-mortgages/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2009/08/12/public-disclosure-terms-home-mortgages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The bill reads as follows, &#8220;To require full and complete public disclosure of the terms of home mortgages held by Members of Congress.&#8221; S. 1632 was referred to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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		<title>Provide Greater Transparency on Earmark Requests</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2009/08/10/provide-greater-transparency-earmark-requests/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2009/08/10/provide-greater-transparency-earmark-requests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A member of the House of Representatives who requests an earmark will be required to post the following on their website within 24 hours of the request: the requested amount, name &#038; address of the receiver, an explanation of the earmark, a statement regarding conflict of interest, and whether the receiver is a for-profit or [...]]]></description>
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