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		<title>Payment to New York City and Washington DC</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2010/02/01/payment-york-city-washington-dc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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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>Tax Benefits for Cash Contributions</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2010/01/26/tax-benefits-cash-contributions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<title>Corporate Propaganda Sunshine Act</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2010/01/25/corporate-propaganda-sunshine-act/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2010/01/25/corporate-propaganda-sunshine-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[corporate propaganda]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This bill states the following, &#8220;Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission shall&#8230; require that issuers include in the reports required&#8230; any expenditure or series of expenditures of the issuer totaling $1,000 or more made for the purpose of influencing public opinion on any [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[no pay raise]]></category>

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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>Wall Street Bonus Tax Act</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2010/01/19/wall-street-bonus-tax-act/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2010/01/19/wall-street-bonus-tax-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This bill states, &#8220;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.&#8221; Also, the Administrator of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>United States Employee Ownership Bank Act</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2010/01/05/united-states-employee-ownership-bank-act/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2010/01/05/united-states-employee-ownership-bank-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secretary of the Treasury will establish the United States Employee Bank for the purpose of fostering &#8220;increased employee ownership of United States companies and greater employee participation in company decision making throughout the United States.&#8221; This bank will be authorized to provide loans to to purchase a company through an employee stock ownership.
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		<title>Free Competition in Currency Act</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2009/12/18/free-competition-currency-act/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2009/12/18/free-competition-currency-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[currency act]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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		<title>TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2009/09/22/tarp-recipient-ownership-trust-act/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2009/09/22/tarp-recipient-ownership-trust-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TARP]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Federal Reserve Transparency Act</title>
		<link>http://houseofbills.com/2009/09/18/federal-reserve-transparency-act/</link>
		<comments>http://houseofbills.com/2009/09/18/federal-reserve-transparency-act/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>B</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[audit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal reserve]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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.
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