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1 Jul 2010, 7:10 am by admin
The House approved landmark legislation (H.R. 4173) June 30 that would overhaul U.S. financial services regulation with new controls on large and interconnected financial firms, tougher capital and operating standards for banks, and a new consumer protection bureau with broad powers to regulate financial products… Read this entire article for free, activate your free 15 day trial access to Banking Report now. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 9:59 pm by Patent Docs
By Donald Zuhn -- Last week, Representative Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) (at right) introduced three bills in the House related to the labeling of food containing genetically engineered material, the cultivation and handling of genetically engineered crops, and the establishment of a set of farmer rights regarding genetically engineered animals, plants, and seeds: • The "Genetically Engineered Food Right to Know Act" (H.R. 5577) would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act,… [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 2:10 pm by Deborah Vagins, Legislative Counsel
Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) introduced the "Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act," H.R. 5628. [read post]
30 Jun 2010, 9:45 am by Michael Markarian
The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection this morning passed H.R. 2480, the Truth in Fur Labeling Act, to close a loophole in the federal fur labeling law that currently allows many fur-trimmed garments to be sold without disclosing that animal fur is used. [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 11:02 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The provisions of H.R. 3962 delay a scheduled 21.3% cut to Medicare physician payments until [...] [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 10:29 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  For instance,  the Taxpayer Responsibility, Accountability and Consistency Act of 2009 H.R.3408/ S.2882 would target perceived worker misclassification employment and income tax withholding and reporting abuses by amending the Internal Revenue Code to: Require reporting to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of payments of $600 or more made to corporations; Define criteria and rules relating to the treatment of workers as employees or independent contractors; Increase… [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 8:00 am by PJ Blount
Blount with the blog faculty H.R. 5614: To impose certain requirements on the expenditure of funds by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the Constellation program was introduced on June 28, 2010 by Rep. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 1:54 pm by PJ Blount
Blount with the blog faculty H.R. 5587: To establish a United States Commission on Planetary Defense, and for other purposes was introduced on June 24, 2010 by Rep. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 1:45 pm by PJ Blount
Blount with the blog faculty H.R. 5591: To designate the facility of the Federal Aviation Administration located at Spokane International Airport in Spokane, Washington, as the “Ray Daves Air Traffic Control Tower” was introduced on June 24, 2010 by Rep. [read post]
28 Jun 2010, 9:45 am by Darrell Armer
  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]
28 Jun 2010, 2:36 am
Late last week, the House and Senate drafters of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 4173) came to final compromise on the language creating the first ever office in the federal government that is focused on the insurance industry called the Federal Insurance Office (the "FIO"), housed in the United States Department of the Treasury. [read post]
27 Jun 2010, 9:41 pm by A
House of Representatives.The House Judiciary Committee approved the narrowly-crafted H.R. 5566, which gives law enforcement the tools needed to crack down on people who traffic videos that show such heinous acts as the intentional crushing, burning, drowning, suffocating, and impaling of puppies, kittens, and other animals.Read more about the measure - which comes in response to a Supreme Court decision that overturned an earlier law - by clicking here. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 2:27 pm by Michael Markarian
The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday unanimously passed H.R. 5566, bipartisan legislation by Reps. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 12:24 pm by Kenneth Anderson
To be sure, the question regarding the impact on the SEC and the DOJ will evaporate in the event that Section 7216 of H.R. 4173 becomes law. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 12:03 pm by Carter Wood
Dan Lungren (R-CA) pointed out, the House has spent 10 hours debating the names of U.S. post offices, but the debate on H.R. 5175 itself was limited to a single hour. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 9:20 am by Juliette Rousselot
A few months ago, over 20,000 of you asked your Representatives to co-sponsor H.R. 4128. [read post]
25 Jun 2010, 8:38 am by Sheldon Toplitt
-Ala.) this week introduced SPEECH--Securing the Protection of our Enduring Established Constitutional Heritage--a bill designed to protect journalists and authors from foreign defamation claims.The bill, which the Judiciary Committee is expected to address at their business meeting next Thursday, may be offered as a substitute amendment to the companion House measure, H.R. 2765, passed last year by the House of Representatives. [read post]