February 1st, 2010 by B
Photographer: Simon Davison
The Secretary of State will pay for the parking fines and penalties of foreign governments who received said fines or penalties in New York City or Washington DC. H.R. 4457 was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
January 29th, 2010 by B
Photographer: aschaeffer
This bill states the following: “Until the Comptroller General submits the report required… 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 House of Representatives.” H.R. 4447 was referred to the Committee on House Administration.
January 26th, 2010 by B
Photographer: M_Eriksson
An individual who made a cash contribution to the relief effort in Haiti after January 11, 2010 and before February 16, 2010 will be able to claim the contribution as if given on December 31, 2010. S. 2931 was referred to the Senate Committee on Finance.
January 25th, 2010 by B
Photographer: macoggins
This bill states the following, “Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall… require that issuers include in the reports required… any expenditure or series of expenditures of the issuer totaling $1,000 or more made for the purpose of influencing public opinion on any matter other than the promotion of the issuer’s products or services. Such disclosures shall include the date, amount, and purpose of the expenditure and identify (by name, address, and phone number) the person to whom it was made.” H.R. 4432 was referred to the Committee on Financial Services.
January 21st, 2010 by B
Photographer: Valentin Mosichev
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.
January 19th, 2010 by B
Photographer: Omar Bárcena
This bill states, “In the case of any payment of compensation during 2010 in the nature of a bonus by a TARP recipient to any employee or former employee of such recipient, there is hereby imposed a tax equal to 50 percent of so much of such compensation as exceeds $50,000.” Also, the Administrator of Small Business Administration will be given power to create loans for small businesses. H.R. 4412 was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Small Business.
January 5th, 2010 by B
Photographer: Zachary Korb
The Secretary of the Treasury will establish the United States Employee Bank for the purpose of fostering “increased employee ownership of United States companies and greater employee participation in company decision making throughout the United States.” This bank will be authorized to provide loans to to purchase a company through an employee stock ownership.
S. 2914 was referred to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
December 18th, 2009 by B
Photographer: PPDIGITAL
Under this bill, legal tender, as applied to US currency, will be repealed. Also any coin, medal, token, or gold, silver, platinum, palladium, or rhodium bullion will have no tax applied when purchasing. H.R. 4248 was referred to the Committee on Financial Services, the Committee on Ways and Means, and the Committee on the Judiciary.
September 22nd, 2009 by B
Author: Leticia Wilson
The Secretary of the Treasury may give management authority to a private entity under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, commonly known as the US financial bailout. The Secretary of the Treasury will create an LLC with all the voting, nonvoting, and common equity of the recipients of the Troubled Asset Relief Program. The President will then appoint three independent trustees for the purposes of management. These trustees will be employed, not elected, they will serve at the will of the President, and will each be paid $162,900. H.R. 3594 was referred to the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Rules.
September 18th, 2009 by B
Author: Allen Stoner
Before the end of 2010, an audit of the Federal Reserve banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System will be completed. The audit will be available to any members of Congress who request it. H.R. 1207 will be voted upon by the House of Representatives.
