legislation
Health care reform bill introduced in the House
The Chairmen of the three House of Representatives committees with jurisdiction over health policy introduced a huge health care reform bill today – and that’s the easy part. Those committees, Education & Labor, Energy & Commerce, and Ways & Means, will begin marking up the legislation this week, and will undoubtedly go through many changes before, or [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )What’s your state doing with its stimulus funding?
All but four states (NS, SD, MS, SC) have their recovery websites up and running, with varying amounts of detail provided. Most provide news updates, and some level of information about jobs and projects being funded, information about how to apply for project funding, and general contact information. Link to any of the state sites [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Lily Ledbetter Bill is Law
No surprise – the Lily Ledbetter fair pay act passed both houses of congress and was signed into law. The clock keeps ticking a whole lot longer for unfair pay practice complaints now. –nks
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Wage Discrimination Bill Passes the Senate
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009 (S.181) passed the Senate on January 22nd and is expected to be considered in the House of Representatives this week. The House had passed its own version on Jan. 9th (H.R. 11; same title).
The bills were introduced after a 2007 Supreme Court case (Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber [...]
Cost of Government Financial Interventions Past and Present
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) Has just released a report titled “The Cost of Government Financial Interventions, Past and Present” (RS22956, September 23rd), highlighting ten interventions by the federal government since 1971. Needless to say, the CRC can’t predict how the recent “interventions” will turnout for the goverment – and the taxpayers. Thier initial conclusion?
“Depending [...]
The Bailout
I’ve been avoiding this, but how can you offer a blog on “goverment information of possible interest to business and industry” without mentioning it? The Wall Street bailout? News is breaking fast – here are some recent headlines:
From CQPolitics.com, 9/29/2008 , Bailout’s Next Phase: Wait and See
From CQPolitics.com, 9/29/2008, Slowing Down the Bailout
From The New Mexico [...]
Auto Industry Loan to Hitch Ride on Year-End Funding Bill?
Funding for low-interest government loans for automakers will likely be attached to a year-end stopgap spending measure, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., said Wednesday.
The domestic auto industry is lobbying congressional leaders to jumpstart a $25 billion loan program authorized in last year’s energy law before the end of the month by appropriating the [...]
S.3362 SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2008
SBIR: Small Business Innovation Research
STTR: Small Business Technology Transfer
The US Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Technology administers the SBIR and STTR programs, which were established to provide small high-tech businesses with access to the federal government’s R&D funding opportunities. More detail can be found at http://www.sbir.gov/index.html Even so, according to the Senate Committee on [...]
Can bi-partisan rank-and-filers push through an energy policy bill?
The Democrats and the Republicans in Congress butted one another to a standstill on energy policy, and left DC for the August break without agreeing on an Energy bill – despite some claims for weeks that it was one of the most important things needed for us, the public.
However two bi-partisan groups of rank-and-file members [...]
Medicare bill clears Senate – and Kennedy returns
With the unexpected appearance of Senator Ted Kennedy, back in the Senate for the first time in six weeks, the Medicare bill passed the Senate on Wednesday by a vote of 69-30, enough of a margin to override the President’s threatened veto.
The bill replaces a 10.6 percent cut to Medicare’s physician pay rates, which was supposed to have [...]
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