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15 Oct 2018, 2:58 am
ISS & CII Team Up Against Proxy Advisor Reform As noted in this Davis Polk blog by Ning Chiu, ISS & CII recently teamed up to create “Protect the Voice of Shareholders” in an effort to oppose H.R. 4015, the ‘Corporate Governance Reform and Transparency Act,’ that passed the House last October (but never got further than that). [read post]
26 Sep 2007, 3:24 pm
The House Ways and Means Committee -- where federal tax legislation typically starts -- unanimously approved the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 (H.R. [read post]
19 Nov 2010, 10:29 am
Bob Filner (D-CA) introduced a bill - thankfully having no co-sponsors - that would overturn the law of 48 states and the District of Columbia, including multiple decisions of the California Supreme Court (see here for details), and abolish the learned intermediary rule.This bill, H.R. 6421, ironically entitled the "Consumer Protection Act of 2010" (this guy belongs to the Newt Gringrich school of legislation naming) purports to do nothing else. [read post]
23 Apr 2009, 1:48 pm
[Ed. note: see follow up post here and new commentary on the Act here] As H.R. 1020 (”Arbitration Fairness Act of 2009″) blogged here moves through Congress, supporters of the bill prepare to hold a press conference in Washington D.C. on April 29, 2009 to lobby to end prospective arbitration in contracts between businesses and consumers, employees, homeowners, and franchise holders. [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 5:53 am
Hal Wegner and now Patently-O have pointed out that both S. 23 that has passed the Senate and H.R. 1249 now pending in the House include a significant error with respect to the grace period. [read post]
8 Jun 2010, 6:30 am
In its treatment of private funds, the Senate Bill tracks many of the themes contained in the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173, or the “House Bill”) that was passed by the U.S. [read post]
30 Jun 2015, 1:58 am
” The National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was introduced in the House as H.R. 6810 by Andrew Volstead (R–MN) in June, 1919 to remedy these omissions. [read post]
24 Jun 2011, 4:30 am
At approximately 5:50pm [Thursday] the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 1249, which is known as the America Invents Act, by a vote of 304-117. [read post]
19 Nov 2011, 1:59 am
The American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (S. 1176/H.R. 2966) would ban the export of American horses for slaughter and end this inhumane practice for good. [read post]
3 Nov 2011, 9:41 am
The spending bill (H.R. 2112) was approved by a vote of 69-30. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 9:45 am
The 2.2% increase was the result of the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 (H.R. 3962). [read post]
24 Feb 2010, 2:06 am
For information regarding subscribing to Gallerywatch services contact http://www.gallerywatch.com Subscription needed for online access: 02/23/2010 Report: Estimated Impact of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Employment and Economic Output From October 2009 Through December 2009 (PDF 626 KB)Prepared by the Congressional Budget Office02/23/2010 Report: Progress in Implementing the Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program Under the American… [read post]
12 Apr 2011, 7:53 pm
It appears that the most recent federal budget compromise (H.R. 1473, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011) would strip approximately $100 million from USPTO collected fees and divert that money to other federal programs. [read post]
15 Sep 2010, 4:01 pm
Missing from the public list of priorities is the $1.6 billion tax break for contingency fee litigation, legislation (S. 437 and H.R. 2519) that stalled in Congress. [read post]
19 Dec 2006, 5:04 am
Pelosi tried earlier this year to move H.R. 4682, the â € œHonest Leadership and Open Government Act of 2006,â € which is now cited by Public Citizenâ € ™s Web site as the vehicle it is helping the incoming speaker to craft for the new Congress. [read post]
30 Mar 2009, 3:35 am
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03/27/2009
Letter to Members of Congress From 10 Consumer Groups (PDF 16 KB)Letter Opposes Passage of the Payday Loan Reform Act (H.R. 1214)03/27/2009
Letter to President Barack Obama From Four House Energy and Commerce Democratic Leaders (PDF 32 KB)Letter Pledges to Work Together for Comprehensive Energy Legislation03/27/2009
Letter to… [read post]
8 Dec 2011, 5:45 am
I hope this represents not only a first step toward modernizing the Federal Employees' Compensation Act, but also a renewed effort to work together in pursuit of meaningful solutions that better serve both workers and taxpayers," House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) said of H.R. 2465. [read post]
18 May 2011, 8:53 pm
The Arbitration Fairness Act of 2011 (H.R. 1873, S. 987) has been reintroduced into Congress by Rep. [read post]
23 Oct 2007, 5:13 pm
H.R. 1680, the “Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2007”. [read post]
6 Jun 2011, 9:48 am
He is also opposed to egregious measures that would have terrible effects on the rights of Illinois medical malpractice victims, like the bill known as H.R. 5. [read post]
