United States Employee Ownership Bank Act

January 5th, 2010 by B

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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.

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Business Meals Reduction

January 4th, 2010 by B

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This bill will repeal the 50 percent deduction of business meals and entertainment tax and allow companies to deduct 80 percent of their taxes on business meals and entertainment. S. 2905 was referred to the Senate Committee on Finance.

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Charitable Deduction for Wild Game Meat

December 31st, 2009 by B

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This bill states the following, “In the case of a charitable contribution by an individual of qualified wild game meat, the amount of such contribution otherwise taken into account under this section shall be increased by the amount of the qualified processing fees paid with respect to such contribution. H.R. 4388 was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

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Compassionate Care for Servicewomen Act

December 30th, 2009 by B

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This bill will require the military to carry emergency contraceptive drugs. H.R. 4386 was referred to the Committee on Armed Services.

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Gun Trafficking Prevention Act

December 28th, 2009 by B

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It will be unlawful to ship, receive, transport, or transfer 2 or more firearms. This will be punishable by a one year prison sentence. The BATF will hire 500 additional Industry Operations Investigators and 1000 additional Special Agents for addressing the trafficking of firearms. From 2011 to 2014, an amount of $875,269,311 will be given to hire 500 Industry Operations Investigators and 1000 Special Agents. H.R. 4298 was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Merry Christmas

December 25th, 2009 by B

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Merry Christmas to you and your family.

Pharmaceutical Deductions

December 23rd, 2009 by B

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This bill will deny pharmaceutical companies from deducting expense relating to the direct consumer advertising, in any media, of prescription pharmaceuticals. Organizations which promote children’s physical activities will have the option to claim a deduction. S. 2873 was referred to the Senate Committee on Finance.

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Iranian Digital Empowerment Act

December 22nd, 2009 by B

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Software and related services that allow Iranian citizens to circumvent online censorship and monitoring efforts of Iran, and related services that enable personal communication by the Iranian people will be exported to Iran. H.R. 4301 was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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Free Competition in Currency Act

December 18th, 2009 by B

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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.

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Health Care Bill – Email the Senate

December 17th, 2009 by B

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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 in one email. Remember, you voted them into power, now tell them what to do.

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