ECONOMY related term(s) Credit; Domestic policy; Homeless; Income

Addresses

Economy and Education National Objectives: Senator Edwards, S9478-S9480 [22SE]

Social Inclusion, Education Health and Culture—Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges and Creating Networks: H. Patrick Swygert, Howard University, E950 [21MY]

Amendments

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize and improve (S. 1134), S10504, S10595 [6OC]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), H2570 [5MY]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), consideration (H. Res. 619), H2559 [5MY]

Analyses

Social Security COLA Protection Act (S. 2754), S8741 [22JY]

Appointments

Helping To Enhance the Livelihood of People (HELP) Around the Globe Commission, S2936 [22MR], S4777 [3MY], S8923 [7SE]

Articles and editorials

Altering of Worker Time Cards Spurs Growing Number of Suits, S3743 [6AP]

Boom Times Ahead? LLC Formations Soar, H1203 [17MR]

Bush Choice for Manufacturing Post in Question, S2595 [11MR]

Bush Supports Shift of Jobs Overseas, S777 [10FE], S2100 [3MR]

Bush Unlikely To Fulfill Vow on Deficit Budget Office Projects, H6736 [7SE]

Bush's Economy Is for the Elite Few, S8843 [7SE]

China's Workers—And Ours, E480 [30MR]

Chinese Workers Pay for Wal-Mart's Low Prices, E158 [10FE]

D.C. Gap in Wealth Growing—Uneducated Suffer Most, Study Shows, S8606 [22JY]

Disaster Lurks in April Jobs Numbers, H2899 [12MY]

Dividend Voodoo, S11465 [18NO]

Dodge as You Go, S3404 [31MR]

Exhausting Federal Compassion, S351 [2FE]

For Development, Draw on N.C.'s Arts, E1868 [11OC]

Gap in Wages Is Growing Again for U.S. Workers, S210 [23JA]

Gas Line Will Happen, but Alaska Must Negotiate, S2022 [3MR]

Get Ready for the Alternative Minimum Tax, H2562 [5MY]

Greenspan—Energy Prices Threaten U.S. Economy, H2403 [27AP]

``High Tech'' Narrated by Walter Cronkite, H616 [25FE]

High-Tech Jobs Are Going Abroad! But That's Okay, S2184 [4MR]

India Dimming?, H3496 [20MY]

Is Pork Barrel Spending Ready To Explode? Anatomy of an Earmark, S11726 [20NO]

Jobless; Benefits Are Running Out, S1556 [25FE]

Jobless Count Skips Millions, S1556 [25FE]

Lesson in India—Not Every Job Translates Overseas, S2084 [3MR]

Mr. President—Welcome to Beckley, E1417 [19JY]

My Economic Policy, S9255 [15SE]

New Trade Policies Betray the Poorest Partners, E1424 [20JY]

One Big Job Lies Ahead for Last Two Years, H120 [27JA]

Permanent Job Proves an Elusive Dream, S11239-S11241 [11OC]

Poll—Enthusiasm for Free Trade Fades; Dip Sharpest for $100K Set; Loss of Jobs Cited, H737 [2MR]

Presto—It's Deficit Magic, E869 [14MY]

Protectionism Happens To Be Congress's Job, S3188 [25MR], S3453 [31MR]

Snow Boasts Spring Has Sprung for U.S. Economy, H853 [4MR]

Specter Says Frist's Asbestos Plan Is `Counterproductive', S4112 [20AP]

Sweet and Sour Subsidies, E190 [24FE]

Trade and Labor Rights, E480 [30MR]

U.S. Deficit, Rates Could Hurt Globally, H2403 [27AP]

We're More Productive. Who Gets the Money?, S3744 [6AP], S4115 [20AP]

What Goes Around . . ., S2183 [4MR]

Whatever It Takes—City Is Down but Not Out Over Electrolux, H119 [27JA]

When Outsourcing Takes Your Job, Then It Will Matter, S8843 [7SE]

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: establish a grant program to support broadband-based economic development efforts (see H.R. 4699), H4927 (see H.R. 4699), H5070 [24JN]

———establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts (see S. 2581), S7434 [24JN] (see H.R. 4698), H4927 (see H.R. 4698), H5070 [24JN]

———establish grant program to support broadband-based economic development efforts (see S. 2582), S7434 [24JN]

———implement steps to secure the manufacturing economic base, protect jobs, and help grow the domestic manufacturing sector (see H.R. 4177), H2199 [20AP]

Buy American Act: amend to increase requirement for American-made content and to tighten waiver provisions (see H.R. 3741), H243 [28JA]

Clark County, NV: provide for proper development of Federal lands to best promote public welfare and economic development consistent with surrounding airport usage (see H.R. 4332), H2815 [11MY]

Commission on American Jobs: establish (see H.R. 3878), H752 [2MR]

Commission on the Future of the U.S. Economy: establish (see S. 2747), S8688 [22JY]

Community development: establish a National Enterprise Zone system to promote prosperity in economically depressed areas (see S. 2733), S8687 [22JY] (see H.R. 4901), H6700 [22JY]

Congressional Budget Act: amend to establish macroeconomic congressional budgets (see H.R. 3937), H1070 [11MR]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see S. 2290), S3919 [7AP]

Dept. of Commerce: delegate to the Under Sec. of Commerce for International Trade the functions relating to trade adjustment assistance for firms (see H.R. 3949), H1071 [11MR]

———establish position of Assistant Sec. of Commerce for Job Retention and Creation (see H.R. 4089), H1790 [31MR]

———rename as the Dept. of Trade and Commerce, transfer the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and consolidate and enhance statutory authority to protect jobs from unfair international competition (see S. 2235), S3180 [25MR]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to establish sustainability centers to develop and implement integrated environmental, economic, and social programs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 4664), H4893 [23JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: contract for a report on employment placement, retention, and advancement of recently separated servicemembers (see H.R. 4173), H2198 [20AP]

Employment: eliminate tax subsidies for outsourcing of jobs and provide assistance and improve the health care tax credit for certain displaced workers (see S. 2531), S6881 [16JN]

———extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see S. 2143), S1891 [27FE] (see S. 2157), S1999 [2MR] (see H.R. 3881), H830 [3MR] (see H.R. 3957), H1071 [11MR] (see H.R. 4090), H1790 [31MR]

———extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers and to certain communities (see H.R. 5030), H6898 [8SE]

———permit eligible workers who are rehired by the same employer to continue to receive trade adjustment assistance if unable to work because of a lock-out or labor dispute (see H.R. 4708), H4927 (see H.R. 4708), H5071 [24JN]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries (see S. 2090), S1286 [12FE] (see H.R. 4740), H5149 [25JN]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries for performance of Federal and State services contracts (see S. 2094), S1286 [12FE] (see S. 2148), S1933 [1MR] (see H.R. 3820), H574 [24FE]

Foreign policy: authorize programs that support economic and political development in the Middle East and Central Asia provide support for three new multilateral institutions (see S. 2305), S4024 [8AP]

———conduct an economic impact study on the dual gateway policy of Ireland before the U.S. takes any action that could lead to the discontinuation of the policy (see H.R. 4271), H2548 [4MY]

GAO: conduct audits, evaluations, and investigations of the Millennium Challenge Corp., establish the Millennium Challenge Advisory Council, and transfer the Millennium Challenge program to the Foreign Assistance Act (see H.R. 4558), H3963 [14JN]

House of Representatives: require the President to provide certain information on the National Energy Policy Development Group (see H. Res. 745), H6705 [22JY]

Housing: expand homeownership in States having high housing costs (see H.R. 4110), H2018 [1AP]

Inland Northwest Economic Adjustment Strategy: implement (see S. 2162), S2105 [3MR]

Iran: democracy efforts (see H. Res. 501), H100 [23JA]

Israel: support accession to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (see H. Res. 617), H2491 [30AP]

Medicaid: extend State fiscal relief (see S. 2671), S8229 [15JY] (see H.R. 4961), H6703 [22JY]

Members of Congress: reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (see S. 2041), S370 [2FE] (see H.R. 3736), H243 [28JA]

Millennium Challenge Act: extend authority to provide assistance to countries (see H.R. 4660), H4893 [23JN]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 2370), S4692 [29AP] (see H.R. 4256), H2491 [30AP] (see H.R. 5043), H6996 [9SE]

National Infrastructure Development Corp.: establish (see H.R. 3715), H88 [21JA]

Native Americans: facilitate economic growth and development and promote tribal sovereignty by encouraging individuals with higher education degrees to work within, or for, Indian Country (see H.R. 4948), H6703 [22JY]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding (see S. 2588), S7435 [24JN]

North American Investment Fund: negotiate creation to promote economic and infrastructure integration among Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. (see S. 2941), S10703 [7OC]

Northeast Regional Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 4739), H5149 [25JN]

Petroleum: challenge OPEC to increase oil production, direct the FTC to protect consumers from gasoline price gouging and unfair practices, and release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (see S. Res. 364), S5607 [18MY]

———enable increased gasoline supplies and otherwise ensure lower gasoline prices in the U.S. (see H.R. 4611), H4391 (see H.R. 4611), H4506 [17JN]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 2270), S3566 [1AP] (see H.R. 4106), H2018 [1AP]

Power resources: prohibit manipulation of electricity markets (see S. 2015), S108 [21JA]

Public works: State and local capital projects funding (see H.R. 4631), H4646 [21JN]

Science: facilitate development of science parks (see S. 2737), S8688 [22JY]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see S. 2930), S10703 [7OC]

———establish regional consumer price indices to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 4054), H1643 [29MR]

Small business: promote growth (see S. 2946), S10845 [8OC]

Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (see S. 2754), S8688 [22JY] (see H.R. 4910), H6701 [22JY]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: increase capacity to address sustained petroleum product price increases (see H.R. 5264), H8857 [7OC]

Taxation: allow employers a tax credit for increasing employment (see H.R. 4307), H2727 [6MY]

———expand work opportunity credit for small business jobs creation (see S. 2585), S7435 [24JN]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2482 [28AP]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), consideration (see H. Res. 619), H2547 [4MY]

———extend work opportunity tax credit relative to hiring of workers in rural areas (see H.R. 4945), H6703 [22JY]

———provide an economic stimulus to small business (see S. 2767), S8688 [22JY]

———repeal sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act and repeal scheduled reductions in tax benefits provided by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 3773), H392 [4FE]

———require a study on eliminating Federal taxes on individuals and corporations and replacing the Federal tax code with a transaction fee-based system (see H.R. 3759), H303 [3FE]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: extend applicability (see S. 2764), S8688 [22JY]

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission: adopt recommendations (see H. Con. Res. 498), H7574 [23SE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see S. 2006), S52 [20JA] (see H.R. 4684), H4926 (see H.R. 4684), H5070 [24JN]

Book reviews

Ronald Reagan—How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader, E1306-E1308 [7JY]

Cloture motions

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 2290), motion to proceed, S4144 [20AP], S4257 [22AP]

Cost Estimates

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act (S. 2290): CBO, S4134 [20AP], S4259 [22AP]

Excerpts

As Income Gap Widens, Uncertainty Spreads, S9402 [21SE]

Data Dearth in Offshore Outsourcing—Policymaking Requires Facts (white paper): Senator Lieberman, S12089-S12092 [20DE]

Explanations

Kerry-Edwards Economic Plan: Senators Kerry and Edwards, S9403 [21SE]

Factsheets

Evidence on Job Creation, Wages, and Health Insurance, H852 [4MR]

Letters

Dept. of Agriculture purchase of rice for Iraq from foreign countries: Senator Boxer, S2094 [3MR]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Anne M. Ferrazzi, W.D. Hilton, Jr., and Mark A. Peterson, Fuller-Austin Asbestos Settlement Trust, S4133 [20AP]

———Cathleen C. Amdor, S4202 [21AP]

———Jennifer L. Biggs, American Academy of Actuaries, S4079 [19AP]

Inclusion of undocumented or illegal aliens in certain labor statistics: Senator Alexander, S4737 [3MY]

Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding: James Haney, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce (organization), S2594 [11MR]

Millennium Challenge Corp. funding: Millennium Challenge Corp. Board of Directors, H5856 [15JY]

Minimum wage increase: several economists, S10557 [6OC]

Minimum wage level: Imo Harned, S3351 [30MR]

Proliferation of boutique fuels: John Eichberger, National Association of Convenience Stores, S3346 [30MR]

Lists

Changes to S. 1125, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S2175 [3MR]

Economists supporting minimum wage increase, S10557-S10560 [6OC]

Important dates concerning S. 1125, Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act, S3990 [8AP]

Memorandums

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act: Edward R. Becker, S2987 [23MR]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act (S. 2290): Edward R. Becker, S5454 [13MY]

Messages

Economic Report: President Bush, S719 [9FE], H401 [10FE]

Questions and answers

Jobs forecast: N. Gregory Mankiw, Council of Economic Advisers, H852 [4MR]

Remarks in House

AFL-CIO: filing of trade complaint relative to the effects of People's Republic of China human rights abuses on U.S. employment, E480 [30MR]

Agriculture: price supports for sugar, E190 [24FE]

Appropriations: require matching of funds spent for Iraq reconstruction efforts be spent for domestic priorities, H2243 [21AP], H3936 [14JN]

Armenia: security of Azerbaijan, H7716 [28SE]

Bronx, NY: tribute to Intermediate School 201 Econ Bowl team, E1170 [18JN]

Budget: allocation of funds, H227-H230 [28JA], H495-H503 [11FE]

———debt limit, H1765 [31MR], H2192 [20AP], H2250, H2251 [21AP]

———deficit, H102 [27JA], H129, H130, H230-H241 [28JA], H251, H279, H281, H296 [3FE], H314 [4FE], H416-H420, H422 [10FE], H487 [11FE], H519 [24FE], H687 [26FE], H710 [2MR], H898, H899, H900, H903 [9MR], H1001 [10MR], H1045-H1051 [11MR], H1078 [16MR], H1207 [17MR], H1354, H1363 [23MR], H1466 [24MR], H2133 [2AP], H2176-H2182 [20AP], H2205 [21AP], H2432, H2452 [28AP], H2716 [6MY], H3098 [18MY], H3234 [19MY], H3725 [3JN], H3876 [14JN], H4750, H4751 [22JN], H4768 [23JN], H4896, H4903, H4904 [24JN], H5404 [9JY], H5540 [13JY], H5952-H5962 [19JY], H5989 [20JY], H6446, H6447, H6540-H6544 [21JY], H6561 [22JY], H6736 [7SE], H6761, H6859-H6865 [8SE], H7195 [15SE], H7307-H7313 [21SE], H7421 [22SE], H8009-H8015 [4OC], E341 [11MR]

———evaluation of Bush administration proposals, H900 [9MR], H1057-H1063 [11MR], H1714 [30MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, H416 [10FE], H534, H540 [24FE], H598 [25FE], H756, H805 [3MR], H878, H880 [9MR], H1346 [23MR], H1715 [30MR], H2169 [20AP], H2227 [21AP], H2497, H2522-H2524 [4MY], H2553 [5MY], H2661 [6MY], H3021 [17MY], H3097, H3098, H3184 [18MY], H3232, H3235, H3361, H3365, H3377 [19MY], H3405, H3498, H3529 [20MY], H4177 [16JN], H4650, H4729 [22JN], H4769, H4770 [23JN], H4896, H4898 [24JN], H5132, H5133 [25JN], H5171 [6JY], H5326-H5328 [7JY], H5334, H5335 [8JY], H5466 [9JY], H5542, H5636-H5642 [13JY], H5658, H5659, H5660 [14JY], H5796 [15JY], H5950, H5955 [19JY], H5985, H5986, H5987, H5990, H6123, H6124 [20JY], H6560 [22JY], H6744-H6751 [7SE], H6761, H6875 [8SE], H6906 [9SE], H6999 [13SE], H7194 [15SE], H7300, H7301, H7302 [21SE], H7449, H7545, H7546 [23SE], H7823 [29SE], H8041 [5OC], H8173, H8174 [6OC], H8862 [8OC], H9053 [9OC], H9707, H9709 [16NO], H9894 [17NO], H10226-H10229 [20NO], E243 [26FE], E921 [19MY], E1771 [1OC]

———impact of economic policies on Texas, H4897 [24JN]

———State of the Union Message, H67-H74 [21JA]

Business and industry: implement steps to secure the manufacturing economic base, protect jobs, and help grow the domestic manufacturing sector, H2384 [27AP], H2520 [4MY], H2891-H2893 [12MY], H4142 [15JN]

———implement steps to secure the manufacturing economic base, protect jobs, and help grow the domestic manufacturing sector (H.R. 4177), E550 [20AP]

China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy, H3773-H3777 [3JN]

Congress: accomplishments of the 108th Congress, H4269 [16JN], H5991 [20JY]

———effects of various legislation on employment and the economy, H2995 [13MY]

Council of Economic Advisers: prohibit use of funds to produce the President's economic report that includes employment at a retail fast food restaurant in the definition of manufacturing employment, H7208 [15SE]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H10-H16 [20JA], H3593-H3599 [1JN], H5324 [7JY], H7331, H7332, H7335, H7418-H7425 [22SE], H7449, H7566 [23SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, H5918 [19JY]

———prohibit use of funding to pay for outsourcing of food stamp call center jobs to foreign countries, H5599, H5600 [13JY]

———renewable energy programs funding, H5513 [12JY], H5560-H5562 [13JY]

Dept. of Commerce: require independent study on effects of outsourcing of jobs to other countries, H5460, H5461 [9JY]

Dept. of Education: provide grants to establish sustainability centers to develop and implement integrated environmental, economic, and social programs at institutions of higher education (H.R. 4664), E1228 [24JN]

Dept. of Energy: renewable energy programs funding, H5106-H5108 [25JN]

———sale of surplus Government property to nonprofit organizations at below market value, H999 [10MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: impact of U.S. Visitor and Immigration Status Indicator Technology Program (U.S. VISIT), E248, E260 [26FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prevent use of retirement trust funds in order to circumvent the statutory debt limit, H7253, H7280-H7282 [21SE]

Dept. of Transportation: clarify certain Buy American Act provisions, H2025-H2027 [1AP]

Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, H2922, H2924 [13MY]

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize and improve (S. 1134), H8344-H8349 [6OC], E1857 [10OC], E1879 [11OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent, H519 [24FE]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, H4177 [16JN], H4650, H4729 [22JN], H4769, H4770 [23JN], H4896, H4898 [24JN], H5326-H5328 [7JY], H5658, H5659, H5660 [14JY], H5950 [19JY], H5985, H5986, H5987, H5990 [20JY], H6744-H6751 [7SE], H6875 [8SE], H9894 [17NO]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (H.R. 3881), H1630-H1636 [29MR]

———impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H398, H399, H401, H415, H416, H421 [10FE], H485, H494 [11FE], H533, H535, H544-H549 [24FE], H579, H599, H615-H621 [25FE], H683-H686 [26FE], H878, H880, H901 [9MR], H929, H995 [10MR], H1039, H1042 [11MR], H1096, H1099 [16MR], H1213-H1216 [17MR], H1234 [18MR], H1456, H1462, H1463 [24MR], H1541, H1573, H1574, H1575 [25MR], H1616, H1617, H1630-H1636 [29MR], H1716-H1718, H1723 [30MR], H2037, H2054-H2059 [1AP], H2169 [20AP], H2227 [21AP], H2338 [22AP], H2395, H2402 [27AP], H2466-H2471 [28AP], H2722-H2724 [6MY], H2777 [11MY], H2898 [12MY], H3723, H3724 [3JN], H3937, H3945-H3950 [14JN], H4393-H4403 [17JN], H5615 [13JY], H6107-H6111 [20JY], H6625 [22JY], H7754 [29SE], H8720, H8724 [7OC], E158 [10FE], E485 [30MR]

———importance of job creation, H66 [21JA], H423 [10FE], H543, H545, H546 [24FE], H579, H599, H615-H621 [25FE], H683-H686 [26FE], H846-H853 [4MR], H878, H901, H924 [9MR], H930, H995 [10MR], H1039, H1042, H1045-H1051 [11MR], H1096, H1099 [16MR], H1213-H1216 [17MR], H1279 [18MR], H1462, H1463 [24MR], H1761 [31MR], H2039, H2040, H2054-H2059 [1AP], H2140, H2141 [2AP], H2410, H2466-H2471 [28AP], H2721-H2724 [6MY], H2741 [11MY], H2891-H2893 [12MY], H2922, H2990 [13MY], H3364 [19MY], H3705-H3711 [2JN], H3724 [3JN], H7046 [13SE], H7839-H7842 [29SE]

———importance of job creation for young adults, H3184 [18MY]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries (H.R. 4740), E1275 [25JN]

———provide adjustment assistance for dislocated workers, H1581 [25MR]

FCC: economic impact of deregulating the deployment of broadband facilities, E30 [21JA]

FERC: prohibit use of funds to deny public requests for release of documents relative to manipulation of electricity markets in California and other Western States, H5093, H5095, H5096, H5111-H5116 [25JN]

Foreign policy: conduct an economic impact study on the dual gateway policy of Ireland before the U.S. takes any action that could lead to the discontinuation of the policy (H.R. 4271), E736 [4MY]

———impact of foreign interventionism, H3754 [3JN]

Foreign trade: impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H543-H550 [24FE], H1002-H1008 [10MR], H2228 [21AP], H3937 [14JN], H5785-H5788 [14JY], E1424 [20JY]

———U.S. deficit, H533, H545 [24FE], H684 [26FE], H929 [10MR], H2038 [1AP], H2401-H2404 [27AP], H2722 [6MY], H2884, H2898 [12MY], H3937 [14JN], H7420 [22SE]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, H5540 [13JY]

Gravette, AR: Arkansas Dept. of Economic Development Arkansas Community of Excellence Award recipient, H7217 [15SE]

Hispanic Americans: impact of Bush administration economic policies, E1111 [14JN]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H6716 [7SE]

Housing: increase in housing homeownership, H6759 [8SE]

Immigration: impact of illegal immigration on employment, H550-H555 [24FE], H1779-H1783 [31MR], H2059-H2062 [1AP], H2144-H2149 [2AP], H3952-H3955 [14JN], E786, E792 [7MY], E1064 [8JN]

———impact of illegal immigration on health care facilities, E1101 [14JN]

India: elections, H3495 [20MY]

Inflation: impact on economic conditions, H5384 [8JY]

International economic relations: emphasize need for social inclusion in economic development, E949 [21MY]

Internet: impact of Internet commerce, H7079 [14SE]

Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: anniversary, H3938-H3945 [14JN], H4768 [23JN]

Kerry, Senator: budget and tax proposals, H2204 [21AP]

———characterization relative to tax plan, H8862 [8OC]

———support for Democratic Party presidential nominee, H2411 [28AP]

Millennium Challenge Act: extend authority to provide assistance to countries (H.R. 4660), H6518 [21JY]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, H5816, H5818, H5855-H5857 [15JY]

Minimum wage: level, H2143 [2AP]

———level (H.R. 4256), E716 [30AP], E1894 [11OC]

Mining and mineral resources: results of survey ranking countries for mineral investments, H1728 [30MR]

Morality and ethics: characterization of certain values as more important than others, H9700 [16NO], H10920 [6DE]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H731, H737 [2MR], H6111 [20JY]

National objectives: priority assignments, H7, H8, H16, H17 [20JA], H119 [27JA], H130, H230-H241 [28JA], H296 [3FE], H503-H508 [11FE], H543-H550 [24FE], H615-H621 [25FE], H671 [26FE], H731 [2MR], H804 [3MR], H846-H853 [4MR], H877, H880, H897, H899, H905, H907-H913 [9MR], H1045-H1051 [11MR], H1100 [16MR], H1583-H1585 [25MR], H2039 [1AP], H2134, H2139-H2144 [2AP], H2168, H2169, H2182-H2188 [20AP], H2227 [21AP], H2452 [28AP], H2632-H2636 [5MY], H3096, H3097, H3098, H3170 [18MY], H3600 [1JN], H3609, H3610, H3711-H3717 [2JN], H3750 [3JN], H3935, H3945-H3952 [14JN], H4292, H4294 [17JN], H4573-H4577 [18JN], H4617, H4620, H4622, H4635-H4638 [21JN], H4886-H4890 [23JN], H4896 [24JN], H5140-H5146 [25JN], H5187-H5192 [6JY], H5199, H5202, H5203, H5326-H5328 [7JY], H5464, H5466 [9JY], H5540, H5545 [13JY], H6446 [21JY], H6717, H6740, H6744-H6751 [7SE], H6760, H6762 [8SE], H6905 [9SE], H7035 [13SE], H7309 [21SE], H7418, H7420 [22SE], H7839-H7842 [29SE], H9748 [17NO], H10003 [19NO], E921 [19MY]

Native Americans: facilitate economic growth and development and promote tribal sovereignty by encouraging individuals with higher education degrees to work within, or for, Indian Country (H.R. 4948), E1473 [22JY]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H5226, H5262, H5263 [7JY], H5440-H5449 [9JY], E485 [30MR]

North Carolina: importance of the arts in community economic development and revitalization, E1868 [11OC]

Northeast Regional Development Commission: establish (H.R. 4739), E1279 [25JN]

Ohio: economic impact of Bush administration policies, H6106-H6111 [20JY]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H4504 [17JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H5259 [7JY]

———FTC investigation of gasoline price levels, H4178 [16JN]

———gasoline price levels, H1718 [30MR], H2038 [1AP], H2138 [2AP], H2402 [27AP], H2662 [6MY], H2898 [12MY], H3181, H3184 [18MY], H3233, H3234 [19MY], H3523 [20MY], H3608, H3609 [2JN], H4148 [15JN], H4177, H4178 [16JN], H6106, H6107 [20JY], E911 [19MY], E943 [21MY]

———gasoline tax, H1329 [23MR]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (H.R. 4106), E508 [2AP]

Power resources: economic impact of increasing natural gas prices, H4293 [17JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil and natural gas prices, H1723-H1728 [30MR], H1794 [1AP], H2140 [2AP]

———impact of a national energy policy on job creation, H1723, H1728 [30MR]

———national energy policy, H1586 [25MR], H2140-H2143 [2AP], H2741 [11MY], H3544 [1JN], H3697 [2JN], H3935 [14JN], H3968, H4141 [15JN], H4176, H4178, H4269-H4272 [16JN], H4293 [17JN], H9717 [16NO], E1173 [18JN]

Republican Party: fiscal management, E2108 [20NO]

———national agenda, H252 [3FE], H1063 [11MR], H3020 [17MY], H4269 [16JN], H5785-H5788 [14JY], H7041, H7045 [13SE], H7079 [14SE], H7247 [21SE], H7450 [23SE], H9966 [18NO], E927 [20MY]

Richland County, IL: tribute for pursuing international businesses, H2817 [12MY]

Russia: condition continued participation in the Group of 8 nations upon voluntary acceptance and adherence to the norms and standards of democracy (H. Con. Res. 336), H5912 [19JY]

Small business: reduce unnecessary regulations, H1374 [24MR]

Social classes: disparities in distribution of wealth and income, H682-H687 [26FE], H2720-H2724 [6MY], H2885 [12MY], H3690 [2JN]

Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (H.R. 4910), H6689 [22JY]

Strategic Petroleum Reserve: increase capacity to address sustained petroleum product price increases (H.R. 5264), E1852 [10OC]

Tax Relief, Simplification, and Equity Act: extend certain expiring tax benefits, H6101-H6104 [20JY]

Taxation: allow a bonus deduction for depreciable business assets, E1506 [22JY]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation, H2430, H2431, H2434, H2435 [28AP], H2934, H2935 [13MY]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), H2494, H2499 [4MY], H2561-H2585 [5MY], E868 [14MY]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), consideration (H. Res. 619), H2555-H2561 [5MY]

———impact of tax cuts on employment levels, H2133 [2AP]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, H3166, H3167, H3182, H3183 [18MY], H3240 [19MY], H3444 [20MY], H3938-H3945 [14JN]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H880 [9MR], H1203 [17MR]

———rates, H1040 [11MR], H1345 [23MR]

———reform Internal Revenue Code, H9966 [18NO], E1389, E1390 [15JY]

———repeal sunset of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act and repeal scheduled reductions in tax benefits provided by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3773), E725 [4MY]

———require a study on eliminating Federal taxes on individuals and corporations and replacing the Federal tax code with a transaction fee-based system (H.R. 3759), H256 [3FE]

Technology: maintain information technology research and development funding and adhere to technology-neutral policies supporting market-based innovation and commercialization, E1345 [9JY]

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: study the water needs of the Klamath River Basin relative to how much, and when, water is needed, H4242 [16JN], H4456, H4457 [17JN]

Unemployment: level, H7 [20JA], H130 [28JA], H877, H880, H896 [9MR], H1100 [16MR], H1233 [18MR], H1617 [29MR], H2040 [1AP], H2410 [28AP], H3180, H3181, H3183, H3184 [18MY], E315 [8MR]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H5 [20JA], H348-H358, H359-H361, H371 [4FE], H2410 [28AP], E66 [28JA], E126 [6FE], E161 [10FE]

World Bank Group: funding, H5816 [15JY]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: evaluation of Bush administration, S8141-S8145 [15JY], S9996 [30SE]

Alaska: construction of a natural gas pipeline to the U.S. mainland, S2021 [3MR]

Budget: debt limit, S2675 [11MR]

———deficit, S231, S237-S239 [26JA], S341, S363-S365 [2FE], S581-S584 [4FE], S646, S647 [5FE], S959, S961, S962 [11FE], S1206, S1223 [12FE], S1873-S1877 [27FE], S2264-S2269, S2274-S2277 [8MR], S2380-S2384, S2410, S2462-S2464 [9MR], S2617, S2693, S2697 [11MR], S3397-S3407 [31MR], S4342 [26AP], S4790 [4MY], S6392, S6393 [3JN], S7148-S7152 [22JN], S8828 [7SE], S9483-S9487 [22SE], S10771 [8OC]

———evaluation of Bush administration proposals, S2407-S2410 [9MR]

———reduce level of tax cuts and apply savings to promote job creation, discourage outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries, and provide adjustment assistance for dislocated workers, S2592-S2606, S2640, S2687 [11MR]

Bush, President: evaluation of administration, S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3391, S3442 [31MR], S3736-S3738 [6AP], S5176-S5179 [11MY], S5563-S5566 [18MY], S5735 [19MY], S6058-S6060 [21MY], S6826-S6828 [16JN], S8495-S8498 [21JY], S8624, S8643 [22JY], S8983 [9SE], S9120 [13SE], S9252-S9257 [15SE], S9404, S9406 [21SE], S10213-S10215 [1OC], S10389 [5OC], S10769-S10777, S10795, S10803, S10810 [8OC], S11239, S11241, S11244, S11245, S11281 [11OC], S11399-S11418 [17NO]

Business and industry: relocation to foreign countries, S11356 [16NO]

CBO: analysis of budget estimates, S8929 [8SE]

Commission on the Future of the National Technology and Industrial Base: ensure representation of small business concerns involved in Dept. of Defense and other Federal contracting, S6435 [3JN], S6494 [7JN]

———study current and future shortages of critical technologies and raw materials and make recommendations to address these shortages, S6779, S6789 [15JN]

Commission on the Future of the U.S. Economy: establish (S. 2747), S8731 [22JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 108th Congress, S7881 [9JY], S8091 [14JY], S11336 [16NO], S11442 [18NO], S11794 [20NO]

Courts: provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure, S2412 [9MR], S9398 [21SE]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 1125), S1881 [27FE], S2173-S2176 [3MR], S2208, S2209 [4MR], S2987 [23MR], S3628 [5AP], S3989-S3991 [8AP]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 2290), S3921-S3924, S3950 [7AP], S3965-S3967, S3989-S3991, S4002-S4005, S4008, S4011, S4059, S4060 [8AP], S4078-S4088 [19AP], S5072 [10MY], S5172 [11MY], S5453 [13MY], S8643 [22JY]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 2290), motion to proceed, S4103-S4114, S4122-S4146, S4166-S4169 [20AP], S4184-S4192, S4200-S4204, S4206-S4208, S4212-S4218, S4233 [21AP], S4238-S4241, S4247-S4260, S4286, S4287 [22AP]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (S. 2290), unanimous-consent request, S4103 [20AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S3527 [1AP], S8600 [22JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program funding, S10820 [8OC]

Dept. of Commerce: rename as the Dept. of Trade and Commerce, transfer the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, and consolidate and enhance statutory authority to protect jobs from unfair international competition (S. 2235), S3186 [25MR]

Dept. of Homeland Security: clarify the prohibition on contracting with foreign incorporated entities, S9120 [13SE]

———report to Congress on goods purchased that were manufactured outside the U.S., S9119 [13SE]

Dept. of HUD: provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition, S4821 [4MY]

Dept. of Labor: GAO report on trade adjustment assistance reform implementation, S10429 [5OC]

———provide temporary mortgage assistance to workers displaced due to international competition, S3091 [24MR]

———release of report on the state of unemployment in the U.S., S10795 [8OC]

Dept. of the Interior: cooperate with Mexican border States to conduct a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, and modeling program for priority transboundary aquifers (S. 1957), S9340 [15SE]

Economic Development Administration: reauthorize and improve (S. 1134), S10422 [5OC], S10504-S10512 [6OC]

Economic Policy Institute: report on wage and salary income for U.S. workers, S626 [5FE]

Economy: evaluation of Bush administration, S5735 [19MY]

Employment: eliminate tax subsidies for outsourcing of jobs, S10410 [5OC], S11029 [10OC]

———eliminate tax subsidies for outsourcing of jobs and provide assistance and improve the health care tax credit for certain displaced workers (S. 2531), S6894 [16JN]

———extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers, S4679 [29AP], S4753-S4760 [3MY], S4812-S4821 [4MY]

———extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (S. 2143), S1892 [27FE]

———extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (S. 2157), S2003 [2MR], S3758-S3760 [6AP]

———impact of the insourcing of jobs from foreign companies on the economy, S4006, S4008 [8AP]

———impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, S762, S769, S777 [10FE], S958-S962, S968, S982-S985, S1007, S1008 [11FE], S1196, S1197 [12FE], S1439, S1441, S1443-S1446 [23FE], S1554, S1557 [25FE], S2023, S2066-S2068, S2070, S2071 [3MR], S2181-S2186 [4MR], S2281, S2283 [8MR], S2409 [9MR], S2833, S2840-S2844 [22MR], S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3266 [29MR], S3442 [31MR], S3520, S3526, S3527, S3549 [1AP], S4678 [29AP], S6076-S6078 [21MY], S7726-S7729 [7JY], S8624 [22JY], S8979 [9SE], S9658-S9661 [24SE], S10410 [5OC], S10944 [9OC], S11029, S11030 [10OC], S11454-S11456 [18NO], S11794 [20NO], S12089 [20DE]

———importance of job creation, S675, S677 [6FE], S705, S709, S710 [9FE], S957-S964 [11FE], S1439, S1440, S1441 [23FE], S1554-S1556, S1559 [25FE], S2066-S2068 [3MR], S2270, S2271 [8MR], S2378-S2384, S2424-S2429, S2462-S2464 [9MR], S2467 [10MR], S2833, S2840-S2844 [22MR], S3052-S3055, S3068 [24MR], S3205-S3207 [26MR], S3323 [30MR], S3429-S3431, S3442 [31MR], S3521, S3555 [1AP], S3601-S3603 [2AP], S3627 [5AP], S3873, S3875, S3907-S3909 [7AP], S4006, S4008 [8AP], S4117, S4118 [20AP], S5033 [7MY], S5178 [11MY], S5739 [19MY], S8271 [16JY], S9272, S9273 [15SE], S10472 [6OC], S10795 [8OC], S11239, S11241, S11244, S11245, S11250, S11272-S11274 [11OC]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries, S2467 [10MR]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries for performance of Federal and State services contracts, S2083-S2101, S2171-S2173 [3MR], S2188-S2210, S2216 [4MR]

———protect employees from outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries (S. 2090), S1275 [12FE]

Eximbank: anniversary, S1277 [12FE]

Foreign policy: authorize programs that support economic and political development in the Middle East and Central Asia provide support for three new multilateral institutions (S. 2305), S4027-S4030 [8AP]

Foreign trade: congressional process for approval and implementation of trade agreements, S7819-S7821 [8JY]

———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, S699-S701 [9FE], S2092 [3MR], S3549 [1AP], S11870 [7DE]

———selection process for free trade agreements, S786 [10FE]

———U.S. deficit, S2281 [8MR], S7726-S7729 [7JY], S9658-S9661 [24SE], S11454-S11456 [18NO], S11870 [7DE]

GAO: report on impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, S2774 [12MR]

Honolulu, HI: tribute to Iolani School student participants in the National Economics Challenge, S8675 [22JY]

Income: pay disparity between economic classes, S8606 [22JY]

Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act: delay implementation of certain provisions until it can be certified that they will not result in a net loss of U.S. jobs or harm the economy, S2192-S2205 [4MR]

Legislative program, S206 [23JA]

Medicaid: extend State fiscal relief (S. 2671), S8233, S8234 [15JY]

Minimum wage: level, S101, S102 [21JA], S211 [23JA], S1440, S1441 [23FE], S1539 [25FE], S3265, S3266, S3268, S3269 [29MR], S3336-S3345, S3349-S3352 [30MR], S3407-S3420, S3428, S3433, S3437, S3447 [31MR], S3529-S3538, S3548 [1AP], S3765 [6AP], S7698, S7700, S7705 [7JY], S8271 [16JY], S9401-S9404 [21SE], S10557 [6OC], S10943 [9OC], S11793 [20NO]

———level (S. 2370), S4699, S4722 [29AP], S4727 [3MY]

National objectives: priority assignments, S16 [20JA], S80-S83 [21JA], S227 [26JA], S351 [2FE], S675, S677 [6FE], S762 [10FE], S959-S964 [11FE], S1438-S1441 [23FE], S2066-S2068 [3MR], S2186 [4MR], S2286-S2290 [8MR], S2389-S2392, S2396-S2398, S2399-S2403 [9MR], S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3555 [1AP], S3619-S3622 [2AP], S3730-S3732 [5AP], S3742-S3745, S3778-S3780 [6AP], S3873, S3875 [7AP], S4116-S4118 [20AP], S4782-S4784 [4MY], S5033 [7MY], S5176-S5179 [11MY], S5735, S5739, S5743 [19MY], S6387, S6388, S6390-S6394 [3JN], S6476-S6478 [4JN], S6689 [14JN], S6825, S6826-S6828 [16JN], S7530 [6JY], S7691-S7697 [7JY], S7776-S7778 [8JY], S8433 [20JY], S8613 [22JY], S8825-S8827, S8842 [7SE], S8931 [8SE], S9059-S9061 [10SE], S9271-S9273 [15SE], S9401-S9404 [21SE], S9480-S9486 [22SE], S10416 [5OC], S10472 [6OC], S10770-S10774, S10800 [8OC], S10955 [9OC], S11246-S11249, S11250, S11272-S11274 [11OC]

New Jersey Alliance for Action: anniversary, S10432 [5OC]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, S2593 [11MR], S7280, S7281 [23JN]

Petroleum: challenge OPEC to increase oil production, direct the FTC to protect consumers from gasoline price gouging and unfair practices, and release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (S. Res. 364), S5612 [18MY], S6265 [1JN]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, S2846 [22MR], S3254, S3276-S3278 [29MR], S3345 [30MR], S4178-S4181 [21AP], S4385, S4386, S4387 [27AP]

———gasoline price levels, S3356-S3358 [30MR], S3420-S3424, S3435, S3444-S3446, S3515 [31MR], S3524, S3554 [1AP], S4143 [20AP], S4178-S4181 [21AP], S4385, S4386, S4387 [27AP], S4853, S4855, S4857 [5MY], S5058, S5063 [10MY], S5461-S5463 [13MY], S5560-S5562 [18MY], S5736-S5739, S5769, S5770 [19MY], S5896 [20MY], S6060, S6252 [21MY], S6267 [1JN], S6952 [17JN], S8143 [15JY], S9663-S9665 [24SE]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (S. 2270), S3569, S3570 [1AP], S8143 [15JY]

Political campaigns: comparison of Vice President Cheney and Senator Edwards relative to war on terror and economy, S10473, S10474-S10476 [6OC]

Power resources: economic impact of increasing oil and natural gas prices, S3600 [2AP], S3871-S3873 [7AP]

———national energy policy, S3076-S3081 [24MR], S3278 [29MR], S3335, S3345, S3356-S3358 [30MR], S3420-S3424, S3435-S3437, S3515 [31MR], S3527 [1AP], S4143 [20AP], S4182 [21AP], S4853, S4855, S4857 [5MY], S4939 [6MY], S5054 [10MY], S5560-S5562 [18MY], S5738, S5769, S5770 [19MY], S5896, S5897 [20MY], S6260 [1JN], S8412 [19JY]

———prohibit manipulation of electricity markets, S6302 [2JN]

———prohibit manipulation of electricity markets (S. 2015), S118-S121 [21JA], S173 [22JA], S6877 [16JN]

Public utilities: provide rebates in the form of rate adjustments to consumers whose rates are regulated, S4822 [4MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S3288 [29MR]

Social classes: disparities in distribution of wealth and income, S5385 [13MY]

Social Security: protect cost-of-living adjustments (S. 2754), S8739-S8743 [22JY]

Taxation: extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), S5021 [6MY], S5047 [7MY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 1896), S689 [6FE]

———impact of tax cuts on employment levels, S3907-S3909, S3912-S3914 [7AP]

———new markets tax credit and economic substance doctrine, S5205 [11MY]

———provide an economic stimulus to small business (S. 2767), S8755-S8757 [22JY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery, S2281-S2285 [8MR]

———rates, S2285-S2291 [8MR], S2396-S2398, S2399-S2403, S2424-S2429 [9MR], S2692 [11MR], S11465-S11468 [18NO]

———replace manufacturers' deduction based on domestic production with manufacturing employers' credit based on payroll taxes, S4793 [4MY], S4874-S4883, S4885 [5MY]

Technology: research funding relative to high-wage job creation, S985-S990 [11FE], S1572 [25FE]

Terrorism Risk Insurance Act: extend applicability (S. 2764), S8752-S8754 [22JY]

Transportation: reform border and corridor programs to alleviate NAFTA-related congestion (S. 1099), S348-S350 [2FE]

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission: annual report, S6792 [15JN], S8660 [22JY]

Unemployment: inclusion of undocumented or illegal aliens in certain labor statistics, S4736 [3MY]

———level, S211 [23JA], S272-S274 [27JA], S3052-S3055 [24MR], S3205-S3207 [26MR], S3392 [31MR], S3601-S3603, S3619-S3622 [2AP], S3873 [7AP], S10955 [9OC], S11245 [11OC]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, S15 [20JA], S227, S230 [26JA], S351, S352 [2FE], S626 [5FE], S971-S974, S1007 [11FE], S1441 [23FE], S1539-S1543, S1554-S1556 [25FE], S1641-S1649, S1655 [26FE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 2006), S60 [20JA], S123 [21JA], S689 [6FE]

———provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (S. 2006), unanimous-consent request, S100, S101 [21JA]

Workforce Investment Act: reauthorize (S. 1627), S3627 [5AP], S8091 [14JY], S8931 [8SE]

Reports

CBO Figures Indicate Lower Revenues, Not Higher Spending, Account for the Large Deficit: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H240 [28JA]

Recommendations to Congress on the People's Republic of China: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, S6792-S6795 [15JN]

Wage and Salary Income Yet To Share in Growth: Economic Policy Institute, S626 [5FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of H.R. 4227, Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 619) (H. Rept. 108-477), H2547 [4MY]

Economic Development Administration Reauthorization and Improvement: Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate) (S. 1134) (S. Rept. 108-382), S10261 [1OC]

Joint Economic Report: Committee on Economics (Joint) (S. Rept. 108-416), S11495 [18NO]

No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2270), S4300 [22AP]

Require the President To Provide Certain Information to the House of Representatives on the National Energy Policy Development Group: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H. Res. 745) (H. Rept. 108-697), H7574 [23SE]

U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1957) (S. Rept. 108-297), S7749 [7JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to New Hampshire credit unions and New Hampshire Credit Union League: Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp., E264 [1MR]

Statements

Basic Assumptions and Principles for an Alternative Budget: Congressional Black Caucus and Congressional Progressive Caucus, H241 [28JA]

Impact of Bush Administration Policies on African Americans: Several African Americans, E243 [26FE]

It's Time for a Raise—Hundreds of Economists Support a Minimum Wage Increase: several economists, E1894 [11OC]

Summaries

Commission on the Future of the U.S. Economy Act (S. 2747), S8732 [22JY]

Corporate Reinvestment of Profits: Eileen Appelbaum, Rutgers University, S4749 [3MY]

Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution (FAIR) Act (S. 2290): Changes From S. 1125, S4107-S4111 [20AP]

Offshore Outsourcing and America's Competitive Edge—Losing Out in the High Technology R&D and Services Sectors: Senator Lieberman, S6078 [21MY]

Tables

Completed investigations of oil industry pricing, S3421 [31MR]

Cumulative extension of unemployment benefits program (1974-2002), S1646 [26FE]

Democratic floor amendments offered to the 2005 Federal budget resolution, S3405 [31MR]

Floor amendments offered to the 2005 Federal budget resolution, S3407 [31MR]

Total highway/transit investment increases and new jobs created under Davis of Tennessee motion to recommit H.R. 3550, Transportation Equity Act—A Legacy for Users, H1825 [1AP], H2119 [2AP]

Testimonies

FRS Monetary Policy Report: Alan Greenspan, FRS, and Representative Maloney, Committee on Financial Services (House), H852 [4MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 619, consideration of H.R. 4227, Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act, H2555 [5MY]

H.R. 4227, Middle-Class Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act, H2561 [5MY]

H.R. 4660, Millennium Challenge Act authority to provide assistance to countries extension, H6518 [21JY]

S. 1134, Economic Development Administration reauthorization and improvement, S10504-S10510 [6OC], H8344-H8348 [6OC]

S. 1957, U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act, S9340-S9342 [15SE]

S. 2157, Trade Adjustment Assistance Equity for Service Workers Act, S2004 [2MR]

S. 2235, Domestic Workforce Protection Act, S3186-S3188 [25MR]

S. 2270, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act, S3569 [1AP]

S. 2305, Greater Middle East and Central Asia Development Act, S4027 [8AP]

S. 2531, Keeping American Jobs at Home Act, S6895-S6898 [16JN]

S. 2747, Commission on the Future of the U.S. Economy Act, S8732-S8734 [22JY]

S. 2754, Social Security COLA Protection Act, S8740 [22JY]

S. Res. 364, challenge OPEC to increase oil production, direct the FTC to protect consumers from gasoline price gouging and unfair practices, and release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, S5612 [18MY]

Transcripts

Overwhelmed America: CNN, S210 [23JA]