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

Addresses

Community Reinvestment Act Impact on Housing Industry: Marc H. Morial, National Urban League, H5292 [6MY]

Demise of Saturn LLC: Senator Alexander, S10309 [8OC]

Joint Congressional Address: President Obama, S2419-S2423 [24FE], H2625-H2629 [24FE]

Joint Meeting of Congress: Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, H12201-H12204 [3NO]

———Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of Great Britain, H2928-H2931 [4MR]

Storms on the Horizon: Richard W. Fisher, E11-E13 [6JA]

Too Big Has Failed: Thomas Hoenig, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, MO, S3037-S3039 [12MR]

Trigger Will Not Prevent a Tax Hike on the American People: Senator Grassley, S8539 [30JY]

20th Anniversary of the Brady Plan: Nicholas F. Brady, H5551 [13MY]

Affidavits

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Southern District of New York, in re General Motors Corp., et al., Debtors: Frederick A. Henderson, General Motors Corp., H9259 [31JY]

Agreements

UAW sourcing, product and investment commitments with Chrysler LLC, H5463 [12MY]

Amendments

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1128 [30JA], S1277, S1278, S1279 [2FE], S1374, S1387, S1403, S1405, S1406, S1408, S1421, S1422, S1442, S1443, S1444, S1445, S1446, S1447, S1448, S1449, S1450, S1451, S1452, S1453, S1455, S1456, S1458, S1459, S1460, S1461, S1462, S1463, S1464, S1465, S1466, S1470, S1471 [3FE], S1482, S1484, S1485, S1486, S1491, S1494, S1498, S1499, S1500, S1501, S1518, S1520, S1528, S1530, S1536, S1537, S1538, S1554, S1555, S1556, S1557, S1558, S1559, S1560, S1561, S1562, S1563, S1564, S1565, S1574, S1575, S1576, S1577, S1578, S1579, S1580, S1582, S1583, S1584, S1585, S1586, S1587, S1588, S1589, S1590, S1591, S1592, S1593, S1594, S1595, S1596, S1597, S1598, S1599, S1600, S1601, S1609, S1610, S1611, S1612 [4FE], S1656, S1660, S1663, S1664, S1665, S1666, S1667, S1669, S1692, S1707, S1708, S1709, S1710, S1712, S1713, S1714, S1715, S1716, S1717, S1718, S1736, S1737, S1738, S1739, S1740, S1741, S1742, S1743, S1744, S1745, S1746, S1747, S1748, S1749, S1750, S1751, S1752, S1753, S1755, S1756, S1758, S1759, S1760, S1762, S1764, S1765, S1766, S1767, S1768, S1770, S1771 [5FE], S1808, S1817, S1819, S1822, S1826, S1827, S1829, S1833, S1835, S1850, S1856, S1867, S1868, S1870, S1871, S1872, S1875, S1876, S1877, S1878, S1879, S1880, S1881, S1882, S1883 [6FE], S1907 [7FE], S2029 [9FE], S2084 [10FE], H527 [26JA], H603 [27JA], H711, H713, H717, H720, H721, H723, H724, H731, H732 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 168), H1535 [13FE]

Automobile industry: ensure Federal investment is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (S. Res. 175), S7270, S7271 [8JY]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), H2836 [25FE], H2990, H3001, H3007, H3014, H3016, H3017 [5MR], H3424 [16MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4944, S4946, S4947, S4980, S4984, S4991, S4992, S4993 [30AP], S5027, S5028, S5029, S5030, S5041 [1MY], S5056 [4MY], S5092, S5094, S5100, S5101, S5109, S5111, S5116, S5117, S5118, S5164, S5166 [5MY], S5175 [6MY], H5763, H5764 [19MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), H4294, H4295, H4296, H4298, H4300, H4302, H4304, H4305, H4306 [1AP]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H345, H355, H357, H359, H361, H363 [15JA], H407, H408, H409, H411 [21JA]

Employment: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), H15432, H15443 [16DE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H15004 [16DE]

Government regulations: provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), H14650, H14680, H14682, H14709, H14710, H14712, H14714, H14716, H14718, H14721, H14723, H14726, H14734, H14736 [10DE], H14747, H14748, H14750, H14751, H14752, H14757, H14758, H14760, H14762, H14764, H14776 [11DE]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H7251 [24JN], H7672 [26JN]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10324 [8OC], S10583 [20OC], S10706 [22OC], S10740 [26OC], S10787 [27OC], S10862 [28OC], S10910, S10936, S10939, S10940 [29OC], S10994, S10996, S10999, S11000 [2NO], H12381 [5NO]

Analyses

Adult Education and Economic Growth Act (H.R. 3238), H8418 [21JY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Conference Report, H1538-H1553 [13FE]

Helping Families Save Their Homes Act (H.R. 1106), H3011-H3013 [5MR]

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H881 [3FE]

Conferees: H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2069 [10FE], H1103 [10FE]

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, S7574 [15JY], H8682 [23JY]

U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, S4524 [21AP], S11356 [10NO], S13202 [14DE], H14738 [10DE], H15473 [16DE]

Articles and editorials

AIG and ``Political Risk'', S3586 [23MR]

ALCOA Hopes New Power Contract Will Bring Smelting Restart, S4732 [27AP]

Americans' Net Worth Shrinks $1.33 Trillion in 1Q, H6665 [12JN]

Analysis—Stimulus Won't Jump-Start Economy, H1583 [13FE]

Are There Obamashares in Your Future?, S6876 [22JN]

As Foreclosures Surge . . ., H5084 [4MY]

Asian Nations Could Outpace U.S. in Developing Clean Energy, S8240 [29JY]

Audacity of Debt, S13299 [16DE]

Auto Dealers at Risk Turn to Washington, S6756 [18JN]

Banks Stepped Up When Chips, Economy Were Down, E1790 [15JY]

Barney Frank, Car Guy and Green Guy. So He Pressures GM, S6756 [18JN]

Beyond AIG—A Bill To Let Big Government Set Your Salary, H4267 [1AP]

Big Banks Take Your Money and Run, H11765 [26OC]

Break Up the Banks, H4756 [27AP]

Breaking Down Government Motors, S6757 [18JN]

Bredesen Faces Painful Choices as TN Begins Budget Triage, S11399 [17NO]

Cabinet Chiefs Play the Heavies, S9067 [7AU]

Cash for Clunkers a Lemon, S9066 [7AU]

CBO Predicts Lower GDP in a Decade, H1583 [13FE]

Climate Bill Gives Billions to Foreign Foliage, H7460 [26JN]

Commentary—Subsidizing Bad Decisions, H3326 [11MR]

Congress Doesn't Respect NAFTA, S3329, S3330 [18MR]

Credit Cards Are the Next Credit Crunch, H5006 [30AP]

Credit Suisse Overhauls Compensation, H11731 [23OC]

Deficit Leaps to $1.4 Trillion, S10513 [19OC]

Democrats Find Rallying Points on Health Reform, but Splinters Remain, S12902 [10DE]

Despite Pledges, Package Has Some Pork, H1582 [13FE]

Dishing Out Some Shock on Debt, S13616 [20DE]

Dodd's Wife a Former Director of Bermuda-Based IPC Holdings, an AIG Controlled Company, H3820 [24MR]

Economist Declares ``Train Wreck'', H7794 [8JY]

$800 Billion Mistake, S1994 [9FE]

End of the American Exception?, H3102 [9MR]

Fannie, Freddie To Suffer Under New Rule, H2857 [26FE]

Fannie Mae Eases Credit To Aid Mortgage Lending, H2860 [26FE]

FBI Probes 530 Corporate Fraud Cases, S2316 [13FE]

Firms to Which It Paid Taxpayer Money Tracking the Bailout—Foreign and U.S. Banks Were Given Billions Against Bad Debt, H3488 [17MR]

40-Year Wish List, S1113 [30JA]

Ga. Work Program Grows, Attracts Followers, H9770 [22SE]

Getting Real on Wind and Solar, S4731 [27AP]

Gimmicky Auto Bill Frames Serious Issue, S6758 [18JN]

HUD Chief Calls Aid on Mortgages a Failure, H362 [15JA]

If Ma Was In Charge, S4140 [1AP]

If We Buy American, No One Else Will, S1529 [4FE]

It's No Time To Stop This Train, E1197 [19MY]

Keiki Care Helps Hawaii's Economy, H972 [4FE]

Leadership and Panics, H417 [21JA]

Lending Drops at Big U.S. Banks—Top Beneficiaries of Federal Cash Saw Outstanding Loans Decline 1.4% Last Quarter, H509 [26JA]

Low-Interest Mortgages Are the Answer—Stop the Decline in Home Prices, Stop the Crisis, S1112 [30JA]

Members Take Auto Closings Personally, S6757 [18JN]

Mom, Apple Pie, and Hyundai? The Auto Industry Has Been a Bulwark of the American Middle Class. If Wall Street Warrants a Bailout, Why Not Detroit?, H4217-H4219 [31MR]

Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Goldman Said To Apply To Repay TARP, H5811 [20MY]

Naked Short Sales Hint Fraud in Bringing Down Lehman (Correct), S3537-S3539 [19MR]

New Financial Foundation, H7072 [19JN]

New Housing Tax Credit Prompts Rise in Buying, S1476 [4FE]

Newark at Night—It's Not a Surprise Anymore That the City Is Alive After Dark, E2151 [31JY]

News on State Budget Grim, S11398 [17NO]

Next Housing Bust, S5055 [4MY]

No Free Lunch—Schools Get Tough on Deadbeats, H4403 [2AP]

No Laughing Matter, S6413 [10JN], S9311 [14SE]

Obama, the Economy and Community Colleges, E2491 [8OC]

Obama Car in Your Future?, E869 [2AP]

Out of the Shadows, H7115 [23JN]

Oxley Hits Back at Ideologues, H4500 [2AP]

``Paygo'' Coverup, S6534 [11JN]

Poll Reveals Trauma of Joblessness in U.S., S13355 [17DE]

Private Sector Loans, Not Fannie or Freddie, Triggered Crisis, H4499 [2AP]

Private Talks for Public Stimulus; Obama Has Said He Wants Congress To Work in the Open. But He Isn't Troubled by the Recent Negotiations, H3818 [24MR]

Probe Yourselves, H5267 [6MY]

Real AIG Outrage, S3581 [19MR]

Red Ink Red Alert—A Congressional Report Should Give the President Pause, S3590 [23MR]

Return of Economic Nationalism, S2261 [13FE]

Rolling Up the TARP, S10836 [28OC]

Ruin Your Health With the Obama Stimulus Plan, H1137 [10FE]

Sarbox for Housing—How To Restrict Lending to the Poor for Years To Come, H2857 [26FE]

Senate Balks, S1785 [6FE]

Senate Bill Fails Small Business, S11868 [20NO]

Senators, Bring Sense to Stimulus, S1270 [2FE]

Senators Should Just Start Over in Fixing Fiscal Mess, S1507 [4FE]

Smokies Stimulus—Let the Good Work Begin, H8308 [17JY]

Spike in Fraud Investigations Taxing Law Enforcement Resources, Officials Testify, S2315 [13FE]

State May Release Prisoners To Cut Costs, S11399 [17NO]

States' Budget Gaps Are Another Test for Washington, S6626 [16JN]

States' Quarterly Tax Revenue Plunges 17%, S9945 [30SE]

States Turning to Last Resorts in Budget Crisis, S6904 [23JN]

``Striving for No'' in Climate Talks, H11762 [26OC]

Striving for No—Saudi Arabia in the Climate Change Regime, H11763 [26OC]

Talking Business—Only a Hint of Roosevelt in Financial Overhaul, H7073 [19JN]

TARP—Frank's Bill Underscores Weaknesses of This Bailout Program, H416 [21JA]

Taxpayers' Bill Leaps by Trillions, S1112 [30JA]

Teens Awash in Credit Card Debt, S3552 [19MR]

There Is a Silver Lining, S9311 [14SE]

Trying To Rein in ``Too Big To Fail'' Institutions, H11764 [26OC]

U.S. Deficit Biggest Since 1945, H11485 [20OC]

U.S. Is Finding Its Role in Business Hard To Unwind, S9306 [14SE]

UK Bank Governor Calls for Lenders' Break-Up, H11733 [23OC]

Wanted—Personal Economic Trainers—Apply at Capitol, S1790 [6FE]

Wanted—Small Government, H2917 [3MR]

Washington Gone Wild, S3586 [23MR]

What I Learned as a Car Czar, S7160 [7JY]

What Part of 'Stimulus' Don't They Get?, H2605 [24FE]

Where'd the Bailout Money Go? Shhhh, It's a Secret, S580 [15JA]

White House Staff Botched It, H3819 [24MR]

Whole Foods to Food Banks, H10529 [7OC]

Why Permanent Tax Cuts Are the Best Stimulus, S1391 [3FE]

Why ``Stimulus'' Will Mean Inflation, S1785 [6FE]

Worst of Friends—OPEC and G77 in the Climate Regime, H11763 [26OC]

Years To Come, H84 [8JA]

Bills and resolutions

Africa: acknowledge significant strategic, political, economic, and humanitarian importance (see H. Con. Res. 128), H5712 [18MY]

Airports: provide for apportionment of funds based on passenger boardings to prevent additional harm to airports already harmed by the financial crisis (see S. 1202), S6255 [8JN] (see H.R. 3159), H7946 [9JY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: appropriate unobligated balances of funds to the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2942), H7022 [18JN]

———clarify the low-income housing tax credits that are eligible for the low-income housing grant election (see S. 1326), S6938 [23JN] (see H.R. 2995), H7144 [23JN]

———extend program for economic recovery payments (see H.R. 3691), H10455 [1OC]

———limit distribution of funds to political consultants or for campaign-related work (see H.R. 4365), H15500 [16DE]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds (see S. 1318), S6888 [22JN]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (see S. 1064), S5555 [18MY] (see H.R. 2182), H4999 [29AP]

———rescind a portion of stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 3504), H9278 [31JY]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (see H.R. 2842), H6618 [11JN]

———rescind stimulus funds rejected by State and local governments and return them to the Treasury for debt reduction (see S. 1323), S6938 [23JN]

———rescind unobligated appropriations and repeal certain provisions (see H.R. 3140), H7945 [9JY]

Appropriations: establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and establish a waste, fraud, and abuse hotline for such funds (see H.R. 1472), H3400 [12MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (see S. 336), S894 [27JA] (see H.R. 1, 679), H525 [26JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (see H. Res. 88), H525 [26JA] (see H. Res. 92), H600 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 168), H1517 [12FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 158), H1246 [11FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for job creation, school repair and modernization, and tax reduction (see H.R. 861), H1042 [4FE]

———require funding to help recipients of economic stimulus funds to defray the costs of data collection requirements initiated by provision of such funds (see H.R. 1911), H4520 [2AP]

Armed Forces: guarantee a pay increase for members that exceeds the Employment Cost Index (see H.R. 1592), H3641 [18MR]

Automobile industry: ensure Federal investment is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (see S. Res. 175), S6364 [9JN]

Aviation: recognize contributions of general aviation industry (see H. Res. 508), H6265 [4JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see S. 61), S41 [6JA] (see H.R. 200), H35 [6JA] (see H.R. 225), H68 [7JA]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish (see S. 2853), S12804 [9DE]

Budget: cap discretionary spending, eliminate wasteful and duplicative agencies, reform entitlement programs, and reform the congressional earmark process (see H.R. 311), H88 [8JA]

———limit Federal spending to a certain percentage of the gross domestic product (see S. 897), S4721 [24AP] (see H.R. 2169), H4998 [29AP]

———reform Federal procedures, impose spending and deficit limits, and provide a sustainable fiscal future (see H.R. 3964), H12140 [29OC]

———require that concurrent resolutions limit the growth of Federal spending to the mean of annual percentage growth of wages and gross domestic product (see H.R. 1648), H3704 [19MR]

———require the CBO and the Committee on Taxation (Joint) to use both dynamic and static economic modeling in budgetary estimates of proposed changes in Federal revenue law (see S. 154), S43 [6JA]

Business and industry: develop an industrial policy to meet the needs of a stronger economy and national security (see H. Res. 444), H5666 [14MY]

———establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts (see H.R. 826), H921 [3FE]

———establish congressional review of Presidential decisions on ITC recommendations for relief for businesses jeopardized by a surge of Chinese imports (see H.R. 471), H194 [13JA]

———increase corporate responsibility (see S. 2813), S11883 [20NO]

———require institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program or FRS assistance to have employee bonus plans approved in advance of payments (see H.R. 1652), H3705 [19MR]

Buy American Act: increase requirement for American-made content and tighten waiver provisions (see S. 2890), S13319 [16DE] (see H.R. 4351), H15499 [16DE]

CERCLA: authorize appropriations for brownfields site assessment and cleanup (see H.R. 4188), H13466 [2DE]

Civilian Conservation Corps: reestablish (see H.R. 4318), H14981 [15DE]

Coastal zones: authorize acquisition of coastal and estuarine areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit the environment and economies of such areas (see H.R. 368), H159 [9JA]

Commission on Financial Crisis Accountability: establish (see H.R. 768), H778 [28JA]

Commission on Measures of Household Economic Security: establish (see S. 2875), S13032 [11DE]

Commission on Reforming Entitlement Spending: establish (see H.R. 4249), H14445 [9DE]

Commission on the Foreclosure and Mortgage Lending Crisis: establish (see H.R. 1285), H2925 [3MR]

Committee on Long-Term Financial Security (Joint, Select): establish (see H.J. Res. 27), H2925 [3MR]

Committee on the Investigation of the Economic Crisis (Senate, Select): establish (see S. Res. 62), S2691 [3MR]

Committees of the House: establish a select committee to make a thorough and complete investigation of the causes of the current financial crisis and other matters (see H. Res. 345), H4582 [21AP]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets (see H.R. 977), H1246 [11FE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities (see S. 447), S2322 [13FE]

Congress: prohibit passage of further massive spending initiatives for bailout purposes (see H. Res. 199), H2874 [26FE]

Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness: establish (see H.R. 2111), H4838 [27AP]

Constitutional amendments: right to full employment and balanced growth (see H.J. Res. 35), H2925 [3MR]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish (see H.R. 3126), H7836 [8JY]

Corporations: improve efficiency of complying with internal auditing control requirements in order to maintain U.S. capital market global competitiveness (see H.R. 1797), H4129 [30MR]

Credit: declare national residential mortgage foreclosure emergency and encourage States to enact a temporary moratorium on foreclosures (see H. Res. 181), H2602 [23FE] (see H. Res. 186), H2632 [24FE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (see H.R. 1106), H2601 [23FE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), consideration (see H. Res. 190), H2833 [25FE] (see H. Res. 205), H2978 [4MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (see S. 895, 896), S4721 [24AP]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), consideration—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 450), H5711 [18MY]

———protect and enhance consumer and business access to credit and urge credit issuers not to cut credit lines or raise interest rates (see H. Res. 553), H6972 [17JN]

Crime: enhance investigation and prosecution of mortgage fraud and financial institution fraud (see H.R. 1748), H4062 [26MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: index for inflation the rate for payments under the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) Program (see S. 1331), S6938 [23JN] (see H.R. 3166), H7946 [9JY]

Dept. of Commerce: adapt lessons of foreign aid to underdeveloped economies to provision of Federal economic development assistance to remote Native American communities (see S. 980), S5128 [5MY] (see H.R. 2507), H5792 [19MY]

———establish a Jobs Creation Coordinator (see S. 824), S4311 [2AP]

———establish Office of Regional Economic Adjustment (see S. 480), S2473 [25FE]

———establish regulatory system and research program for sustainable offshore aquaculture in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone (see H.R. 4363), H15500 [16DE]

———reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (see S. 695), S3784 [25MR] (see H.R. 4393), H15501 [16DE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish Gulf Coast Civic Works Commission (see H.R. 2269), H5306 [6MY]

———reauthorize customs facilitation and trade enforcement functions and programs (see S. 1631), S8993 [6AU]

———transmit copy of intelligence assessment titled, ``Rightwing Extremism—Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment'' (see H. Res. 404), H5307 [6MY]

Dept. of HUD: authorize appropriations for Rural Housing and Economic Development Program (see H.R. 3210), H8099 [14JY]

———establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation in metropolitan areas and establish Metro Area Green Institute (see H.R. 330), H89 [8JA]

———improve the Hope for Homeowners Program (see H.R. 787), H875 [2FE]

———increase limitation on amount of Community Development Block Grant Program assistance that may be used to provide public services (see H.R. 2532), H5891 [20MY]

———make temporary mortgage assistance loans to save homes of unemployed homeowners who are delinquent on their mortgage payments (see H.R. 3066), H7703 [26JN]

———reauthorize Community Development Block Grant Program (see H.R. 1270), H2924 [3MR]

———replace the Hope for Homeowners Program with a new program (see H.R. 1331), H3053 [5MR]

Dept. of Justice: limit or recover excessive compensation paid or payable by entities that have received Federal financial assistance (see H.R. 1575), H3526 [17MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish the New Economy Grant Program (see H.R. 4290), H14826 [11DE]

———make grants to States, local governments, and Indian tribes to create employment opportunities for unemployed and underemployed residents in distressed communities (see H.R. 4268), H14742 [10DE]

———provide effective career training and technical education programs, address barriers resulting from family responsibilities, and encourage entrance into nontraditional occupations (see H.R. 2074), H4732 [23AP]

———strengthen and expand short-time compensation programs that allow for work sharing to provide employers with an alternative to layoffs (see S. 1646), S9078 [7AU] (see H.R. 4135), H13352 [19NO]

Dept. of State: require report on business and investment climates in foreign countries (see H.R. 1202), H2835 [25FE]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize drought assistance for projects and activities that will help alleviate unemployment and diminished agricultural production in California (see H.R. 4225), H13627 (see H.R. 4225), H14371 [8DE]

———authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy (see S. 503), S2592 [27FE]

———establish an environmentally sound oil and gas leasing program for exploration, development, and production of resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska (see H.R. 49), H29 [6JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for relief of homeowners and neighborhoods (see H.R. 3068), H7703 [26JN]

———allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to local governments suffering significant losses due to highly-rated investments in failed financial institutions (see S. 116), S42 [6JA]

———anniversary of Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (see H. Res. 967), H14827 [11DE]

———clarify treatment of dividends paid on shares of preferred stock issued by financial institutions which received financial assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3020), H7249 [24JN]

———condition receipt of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance on repayment of any bonuses received during the past 5 years by the ten highest wage earners of an institution (see H.R. 1656), H3705 [19MR]

———create a program to guarantee loans made to manufacturing companies in order to promote increased domestic lending to the U.S. manufacturing industry (see H.R. 2936), H7021 [18JN]

———delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients (see S. 1280), S6720 [17JN] (see S. 1723), S9930 [29SE] (see H.R. 3594), H9729 [17SE]

———develop a strategy and timeline for repayment of assistance received by financial institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 2832), H6617 [11JN]

———direct repaid Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to the FDIC to reduce premium increases for certain smaller institutions (see H.R. 4254), H14445 [9DE]

———direct unused Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to Making Home Affordable Program (see H.R. 1764), H4063 [26MR]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S.J. Res. 5), S337 [13JA] (see H.J. Res. 3), H36 [6JA] (see H.J. Res. 19), H382 [15JA]

———enhance disclosures regarding use of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 928), S4891 [29AP]

———ensure that recipients of assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program repay such assistance only if they would remain well-capitalized (see H.R. 2907), H6903 [16JN]

———establish a market for municipal securities and cooperate with the FRS in establishment of municipal securities funding facilities services (see H.R. 1669), H3748 [23MR]

———establish a revolving loan fund program for certain businesses to facilitate increased lending (see H.R. 4340), H15499 [16DE]

———establish executive compensation and corporate governance requirements for institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 851), H1041 [4FE]

———establish Temporary Economic Recovery Adjustment Panel to recoup excessive deferred executive compensation from Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (see S. 431), S2229 [12FE]

———expand authority and responsibilities of the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 400), S2027 [9FE]

———express that any interest or dividends repaid through the Troubled Asset Relief Program should be used solely for debt reduction (see H. Res. 639), H8025 [13JY]

———extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (see H.R. 3597), H9729 [17SE] (see H.R. 3810), H11383 [14OC]

———extend oversight and accountability of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to private entities, impose conditions on recipients, protect taxpayers, and investigate financial crisis (see S. 195), S256 [9JA]

———guarantee certain new preferred stock investments made by public pensions acting in collective fashion in order to secure non-Federal capital for the U.S. banking system (see H.R. 710), H601 [27JA]

———halt purchase of luxury jet by Citigroup Inc., and require Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients to assist homeowners and small business and limit executive compensation and perks (see H. Res. 94), H602 [27JA]

———impose limitations on certain expenditures by participants in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 463), S2423 [24FE]

———impose transfer tax on certain securities exchanges in order to recoup the net cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 1068), H1604 [13FE]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 383), S1542 [4FE] (see H.R. 1341), H3054 [5MR]

———issue Re-Build America Bonds to finance essential infrastructure projects (see H.R. 852), H1041 [4FE]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see S. 360), S1124 [30JA] (see H.R. 857), H1041 [4FE]

———limit excessive and luxury expenses by Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (see H.R. 979), H1246 [11FE]

———limit Federal emergency economic assistance payments to certain recipients (see S. 680), S3657 [24MR]

———permit immediate repayment of direct capital investments received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 2009), H4580 [21AP]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (see S. 1198), S6255 [8JN]

———prohibit any person which sells or otherwise disposes of any asset through a public-private investment program from acquiring any other asset from or through such programs (see H.R. 1893), H4519 [2AP]

———prohibit automobile manufacturers receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance from opening a new foreign subsidiary or expanding their current foreign subsidiaries (see H.R. 2633, 2634), H6012 [21MY]

———prohibit receipt of common stock or certain other voting stock under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 1180), H2834 [25FE]

———prohibit recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve corporate governance (see S. 133), S42 [6JA] (see H.R. 1095), H1606 [13FE]

———prohibit Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from funding Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) (see S. 1710), S9840 [24SE] (see H.R. 3696), H10455 [1OC]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (see H.R. 1664), H3748 [23MR]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), consideration (see H. Res. 306), H4249 [31MR]

———provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 910), S4806 [28AP] (see H.R. 1242), H2886 [2MR]

———provide more detailed repayment procedures for assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 2118), H4839 [27AP]

———provide repayment procedures for certain assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 2745), H6305 [8JN]

———provide subpoena authority to the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 836), S4445 [20AP]

———provide Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for a voluntary employees' beneficiary association for former Delphi Corp., employees (see S. 1663), S9295 [11SE] (see H.R. 3455), H9276 [31JY]

———pursue every legal means to stay or recoup certain incentive bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and require approval of such payments (see H.R. 1577), H3640 [18MR]

———reallocate a portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program to increase certain lending (see S. 2855), S12804 [9DE]

———recoup bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and prevent Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from making excessive compensation (see H. Con. Res. 76), H3705 [19MR]

———redeploy Troubled Asset Relief Program funds into a Community Credit Renewal Fund to stimulate community bank lending (see S. 1822), S10635 [21OC]

———reduce national debt and eliminate the current slush fund at the Dept. by directing that proceeds from the Troubled Asset Relief Program go toward a reduction in the statutory debt limit (see S. 1642), S8993 [6AU]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (see H.R. 384), H159 [9JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), consideration (see H. Res. 53), H194 [13JA] (see H. Res. 62), H323 [14JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program by establishing the Family Foreclosure Rescue Corp., and purchase and insure home mortgage loans (see H.R. 472), H194 [13JA]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see S. 2787), S11430 [17NO] (see H.R. 4110), H13265 [18NO] (see H.R. 4170, 4171), H13465 [2DE]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program and returm all unobligated funds to reduce the deficit (see H.R. 4157), H13353 [19NO]

———repeal effective date on limiting bonuses to executives of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (see H.R. 1582), H3640 [18MR] (see H.R. 1673), H3748 [23MR]

———require a corresponding reduction in the authorization to purchase each time a repayment is made for assistance received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3428), H9206 [30JY]

———require a public database of executive compensation of institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 807), H920 [3FE]

———require all unobligated Troubled Asset Relief Program funds be used to create jobs for U.S. citizens (see H. Res. 950), H13628 (see H. Res. 950), H14371 [8DE]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (see S. 862), S4573 (see S. 869), S4574 [22AP] (see S. 1243), S6542 [11JN] (see S. 1683), S9554 [17SE] (see H.R. 2063), H4731 [23AP] (see H.R. 2119), H4839 [27AP] (see H. Res. 714), H9280 [31JY]

———require certain stock option warrants to be sold at public auction upon repayment of the associated assistance provided under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 3232), H8301 [16JY]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (see S. 64), S41 [6JA]

———require financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to report increases in new lending that are attributable to such assistance (see H.R. 387), H159 [9JA]

———require institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to limit annual percentage rate of interest on consumer credit card accounts (see H.R. 1610), H3703 [19MR]

———require institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to report certain corporate data (see H.R. 846), H1041 [4FE]

———require Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to include the effect of the program on small businesses in oversight, audits, and reports (see H.R. 3179), H8008 [10JY]

———require that Board Compensation Committees required for financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to include representation of lowest paid employees (see H.R. 1714), H4026 [25MR]

———rescind unobligated Troubled Asset Relief Program funds and require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving assistance be used for debt reduction (see H.R. 3140), H7945 [9JY]

———restrict use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for domestic purposes (see H.R. 1761), H4062 [26MR]

———restrict which assets banks can write off as loss under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 421), H161 [9JA]

———terminate authority under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (see H.R. 4342), H15499 [16DE]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (see H. Res. 251), H3526 [17MR]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (H. Res. 251), consideration (see H. Res. 359), H4733 [23AP]

———use amounts made available under the Troubled Asset Relief Program for relief for homeowners and affordable rental housing (see H.R. 3766), H11165 [8OC]

———use amounts repaid to the Troubled Asset Relief Program for relief to displaced and low-wage workers (see H.R. 4357), H15499 [16DE]

Dept. of Transportation: make capital grants for certain freight rail economic development projects (see H.R. 2530), H5891 [20MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish Veterans Economic Opportunity Administration (see H.R. 3719), H10518 [6OC]

———improve laws relative to small business concerns and employment assistance (see H.R. 4220), H13627 (see H.R. 4220), H14370 [8DE]

Domestic policy: improve lives of middle class families and provide them with greater opportunity to achieve the American dream (see S. 2), S39 [6JA]

———protect homeowners and consumers by reducing foreclosures, ensuring availability of credit for homeowners, businesses, and consumers, and reforming the financial regulatory system (see S. 3), S39 [6JA]

Ecology and environment: promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure (see S. 224), S337 [13JA]

Economic Development Administration: provide funding for the establishment of business incubators in economically-distressed, high-unemployment areas (see S. 1662), S9264 [10SE]

———reauthorize (see S. 430), S2229 [12FE] (see S. 2778), S11382 [16NO]

Education: establish a program to provide tuition assistance to individuals who have lost their jobs as a result of the economic downturn (see S. 809), S4310 [2AP]

———increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (see S. 1468), S7639 [16JY] (see H.R. 3238), H8302 [16JY]

———provide grants to promote financial and economic literacy (see S. 638), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1645), H3704 [19MR]

———recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (see H. Res. 374), H4915 [28AP]

Emergency Commission To End the Trade Deficit: establish (see H.R. 1875), H4518 [2AP]

Employment: authorize a capitalization of self-sustainable social services grant program to provide workforce development opportunities and training to people with barriers to employment (see H.R. 4299), H14826 [11DE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 976), H15498 [16DE]

———reform and strengthen the workforce investment system (see H.R. 4271), H14743 [10DE]

FDIC: establish a systematic mortgage modification program (see S. 73), S41 [6JA] (see H.R. 37), H29 [6JA]

———limit authority to engage in activities relating to systemic risk without a congressional declaration of a financial emergency (see H.R. 2657), H6074 [2JN]

———require appropriate Federal banking agencies to prescribe capital standards for certain special purpose entities (see H.R. 2660), H6074 [2JN]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from enforcing rules that result in a specified economic impact until the requirements of those rules are enacted into law by Congress (see H.R. 3396), H9055 [29JY]

Federal aid programs: improve assistance for areas affected by long-term economic deterioration and severe economic dislocation relative to the manufacturing industry sector and expand the national emergency grants program (see S. 341), S994 [28JA]

Federal Board of Certification: establish to enhance the transparency, credibility, and stability of financial markets (see S. 1592), S8992 [6AU]

Federal Credit Union Act: anniversary (see H. Res. 556), H6972 [17JN]

Federal employees: provide for livable wages for Federal workers and workers hired under Federal contracts (see H.R. 1334), H3053 [5MR]

Financial institutions: address the concept of ``Too Big To Fail'' through improved regulation and breaking up large banks in order to prevent future Government bailouts (see S. 2746), S11205 [5NO] (see H.R. 4142), H13353 [19NO]

———advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see S. 2919), S13698 [21DE] (see H.R. 3380), H9055 [29JY]

———create a financial stability council to oversee the financial regulatory activities of the Government (see S. 664), S3609 [23MR] (see H.R. 1754), H4062 [26MR]

———exempt well-managed community-based depository institutions from certain capitalization, debt, and accounting requirements to ensure access to credit by small businesses and family farms (see H. Res. 943), H13520 [3DE]

———implement system requiring each financial institution to report its financial condition to the public (see H.R. 2727), H6264 [4JN]

———monitor and oversee stability of the financial system, strengthen supervision for large, interconnected financial firms to prevent failure, and minimize impact of failing institutions (see H.R. 3996), H12287 [3NO]

———promote bank liquidity and lending through deposit insurance, the HOPE for Homeowners Program, and other enhancements (see H.R. 703), H601 [27JA]

———provide greater access to credit for the underbanked, the unbanked, and consumers with low credit scores through the establishment of bridging bank depository institutions (see H.R. 3171), H8008 [10JY]

———require chief executive officers of certain institutions receiving assistance under certain Federal programs to submit financial disclosures (see H.R. 3436), H9275 [31JY]

———restore certain provisions of law to separate investment banking from commercial banking (see H.R. 4375, 4377), H15500 [16DE]

Financial Markets Commission: establish (see S. 298), S786 [22JA] (see H.R. 2253), H5168 [5MY]

Food: encourage national fresh food financing initiative to increase access to healthy foods in underserved low-income communities while improving health and stimulating economic development (see H. Res. 975), H14982 [15DE]

Foreign countries: take action against certain judgment evading foreign states and state-owned corporations of such states (see H.R. 2493), H5791 [19MY]

Foreign trade: recognize importance of trade to the U.S. economy and the importance of passing free trade agreements with Colombia, the Republic of Korea, and Panama (see H. Res. 987), H15502 [16DE]

———renew and extend provisions relative to the identification of trade enforcement priorities (see S. 1982), S10851 [28OC]

Free Enterprise Education Week: designate (see H. Res. 325), H4524 [2AP]

FRS: abolish Board of Governors and repeal Federal Reserve Act (see H.R. 833), H921 [3FE]

———provide that certain Regulation Z amendments to prohibit unfair, abusive, or deceptive home mortgage lending practices and restrict other mortgage practices shall take effect (see H.R. 514), H324 [14JA]

———reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see S. 604), S3113 [16MR] (see H.R. 1207), H2872 [26FE]

———require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities (see S. 513), S2691 [3MR] (see H.R. 1348), H3054 [5MR]

GAO: enhance oversight authority relative to Troubled Asset Relief Program expenditures (see S. 340), S994 [28JA] (see S. 521), S2691 [3MR] (see H.R. 1650), H3705 [19MR]

Government: prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies (see S. 1242), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 2904), H6903 [16JN]

———require the Recovery.gov website to be updated and modified to facilitate timely distribution of economic stimulus funds (see S. 800), S4310 [2AP]

Government regulations: provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (see H.R. 4173), H13465 [2DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), consideration (see H. Res. 956), H13627 (see H. Res. 956), H14370 [8DE] (see H. Res. 964), H14742 [10DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, understand insurance issues, and regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), consideration—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 962), H14445 [9DE]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S. (see H.R. 3310), H8707 [23JY]

Health: ensure access to affordable and quality health care without exacerbating the Federal budget or contributing to market inflation while providing greater choices for consumers (see H. Res. 621), H7946 [9JY]

House of Representatives: prohibit increase in amount established for Members' official allowances during a period of high unemployment and public debt (see H.R. 3189), H8024 [13JY]

Housing: mitigate mortgage foreclosures, facilitate and include fairness in housing recovery, and combat mortgage fraud (see H.R. 1295), H2978 [4MR]

Immigration: permanently authorize EB-5 regional center program (see H.R. 4259), H14742 [10DE]

———strengthen the economy and provide for more effective border and employment enforcement (see S. 9), S40 [6JA]

Income: provide economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits (see H.R. 746), H777 [28JA]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (see S. 439), S2322 [13FE] (see H.R. 1607), H3702 [19MR]

Insurance: extend maximum continuation coverage period for individuals involuntarily terminated and eligibility period and maximum assistance period for premium assistance under COBRA (see H.R. 3930), H11790 [26OC]

———regulate federally chartered or licensed insurers, agencies, and producers to ensure their stability and financial integrity and to protect policyholders and consumers (see H.R. 1880), H4519 [2AP]

Interagency Cooperation Commission: establish (see H.R. 2207), H5061 [30AP]

International Renewable Energy Agency: encourage U.S. membership (see H. Res. 177), H1607 [13FE]

Investments: help rebuild retirement, college, and personal savings (see H.R. 2021), H4685 [22AP]

Medicaid: provide for an automatic increase in the Federal matching rate during periods of national economic downturn to help States cope with increases in costs (see S. 1377), S7070 [25JN]

Members of Congress: reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (see H.R. 4336), H15498 [16DE]

Minimum wage: postpone increase (see H.R. 3309), H8707 [23JY]

———provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining levels for employers required to pay a minimum wage at a rate higher than the current Federal rate (see H.R. 77), H30 [6JA]

———provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 3041), H7445 [25JN]

Money: define a value for the dollar to stimulate the economy and provide for a sound U.S. dollar (see H.R. 835), H921 [3FE]

Motor vehicles: encourage President to recognize importance of automobile dealerships to communities and encourge remedies for franchises eliminated during recent car manufacturer bankruptcies (see H. Con. Res. 174), H9279 [31JY]

———recognize contributions of dealerships and provide closed dealerships an opportunity to obtain a franchise when manufacturers seek partners to open future dealerships (see H. Res. 713), H9280 [31JY]

———report on dealership closings in connection with General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC bankruptcies and suspend withdrawal liability to multiemployer plans in connection with such closings (see H.R. 2793), H6537 [10JN]

———require manufacturers that the Government has an ownership interest in or that has an outstanding Government loan to purchase liability insurance (see H.R. 3088), H7704 [26JN]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see S. 1304), S6804 [18JN] (see H.R. 2743, 2750), H6305 [8JN] (see H.R. 2796), H6537 [10JN]

Museum of Ideas Commission: establish (see H.R. 202), H35 [6JA]

National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment: establish (see H.R. 4219), H13627 (see H.R. 4219), H14370 [8DE]

National Commission To Study Employment and Economic Insecurity: establish (see H.R. 2078), H4732 [23AP]

National Consumer Protection Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 179), H2602 [23FE]

National Infrastructure Development Bank: establish (see H.R. 2521), H5891 [20MY]

National objectives: expand broadband communications, renewable energy and energy independence, and health insurance assistance for the unemployed, improve health information technology, and reform Medicaid (see H.R. 629), H484 [22JA]

———modernize infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in need (see S. 1), S39 [6JA]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (see S. 1240), S6542 [11JN]

———remove barriers to prosperity (see H. Res. 332), H4524 [2AP]

———require a portion of an economic recovery package be directed to revenue measures, unemployment, and health (see S. 350), S1057 [29JA] (see H.R. 598), H386 [16JA]

———restore fiscal discipline and begin to address long-term fiscal challenges (see S. 10), S40 [6JA]

National School Lunch Act: expand eligibility for free school meals to certain families in areas with greater than fair market rent (see S. 1499), S7869 [22JY]

National TEA Party Day: designate (see S. Res. 98), S4311 [2AP]

Oceans: adopt national policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean acidification, and study its impacts and effects on marine ecosystems and coastal economies (see H. Res. 989), H15502 [16DE]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (see S. 705), S3785 [25MR]

Pensions: allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets (see H.R. 3936), H11867 [27OC]

Petroleum: make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (see S. 204), S308 [12JA]

———reduce price of gasoline through offshore drilling, increased construction and investment in refineries, Federal fuel tax suspension, and free trade promotion (see H.R. 2631), H6012 [21MY]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (see S. 1733), S9982 [30SE] (see H.R. 2454), H5671 [15MY] (see H.R. 2998), H7144 [23JN]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), consideration (see H. Res. 587), H7444 [25JN]

———enhance U.S. energy security, reduce dependence on imported oil, improve energy efficiency of the transportation sector, and reduce emissions through expansion of grid supported transportation (see H.R. 2234), H5096 [4MY]

———establish a program to regulate the entry of fossil carbon into commerce, promote clean energy jobs and economic growth, and avoid dangerous climate interference (see S. 2877), S13033 [11DE]

———establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (see S. 570), S3025 [11MR] (see H.R. 1431), H3337 [11MR]

———improve economy and security of the U.S. by reducing dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming (see S. 5), S39 [6JA]

———increase energy independence and job creation through safe energy production, alternative and renewable energy development, and conservation promotion for a cleaner environment (see H.R. 2846), H6742 [12JN]

———increase supply of American made energy, reduce energy costs and dependence on foreign oil, tap into domestic energy sources, and reduce the Federal deficit (see H.R. 3505), H9278 [31JY]

———preserve and enhance oil and natural gas marginal well production (see S. 286), S719 [21JA] (see H.R. 611), H441 [21JA]

———promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce development (see S. 1462), S7639 [16JY]

———promote renewable energy (see S. 826), S4311 [2AP]

———provide a comprehensive energy package to secure our economic future through increased energy innovation, conservation, and production (see H.R. 2300), H5397 [7MY] (see H.R. 2828), H6617 [11JN]

———provide for domestic energy production and jobs and pursue alternatives in renewable energy (see H.R. 2250), H5168 [5MY]

———reduce dependence on foreign oil (see H.R. 2326), H5398 [7MY]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions from uncapped domestic sources through partnerships between manufacturing and agricultural industries to invest in projects to capture and store carbon (see S. 2729), S11118 [4NO]

———require the President to designate certain geographical areas as national renewable energy zones (see S. 539), S2828 [5MR]

Presidential Commission To Study the Culture and Glorification of Violence in America: establish (see H.R. 2924), H6972 [17JN]

Public Works and Economic Development Act: eliminate cost-sharing requirements for certain grants to communities suffering economic injury due to defense-related funding reductions (see H.R. 4294), H14826 [11DE]

———maximize efficiency in administering governmental functions (see H.R. 4293), H14826 [11DE]

Renewable energy: ensure that short- and long-term investment decisions critical to economic stimulus and job creation in clean energy are supported by Federal programs and reliable tax incentives (see S. 320), S826 [26JA]

———extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, especially solar energy (see S. 2899), S13382 [17DE]

Roads and highways: improve economic opportunity and development in rural States through highway investment (see S. 308), S787 [22JA]

Rural areas: provide infrastructure, nutrition, and housing assistance (see S. 323), S826 [26JA]

SBA: establish a temporary program to assist small business concerns by decreasing interest payments for certain loans (see H.R. 2281), H5306 [6MY]

———improve certain loan programs (see S. 2918), S13698 [21DE]

Science: provide grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology activities (see S. 583), S3073 [12MR]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (see S. 1056), S5502 [14MY] (see H.R. 1557), H3526 [17MR]

Securities: regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (see H.R. 3795), H11297 [13OC]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 2429), H5665 [14MY]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 2365), H5484 [12MY]

———establish regional consumer price indices to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 1371), H3055 [5MR]

———promote labor force participation of older Americans to increase retirement security, reduce shortage of experienced workers, maintain economic growth, and improve nation's fiscal outlook (see S. 281), S652 [16JA] (see S. 502), S2592 [27FE]

———provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1685), S9554 [17SE]

———provide relief payments to Social Security recipients and railroad retirees (see H.R. 3677), H10407 [30SE]

Small business: provide for improved long-term financing of small business concerns by certified development companies (see H.R. 3739), H11110 [7OC]

———take steps to stop the small business credit crunch (see S. 1615), S8993 [6AU]

Small Business Act: amend relative to awarding contract opportunities to qualified HUBZone small business concerns (see H.R. 3729), H10519 [6OC]

Social Investment and Economic Development Fund for the Americas: establish (see S. 1593), S8992 [6AU] (see H.R. 4368), H15500 [16DE]

Social Security: apply a consistent premium for all Medicare beneficiaries in a budget neutral manner, provide economic recovery payments to recipients, and assess need for a consumer price index for elderly consumers (see S. 2926), S13883 [23DE]

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 3536), H9341 [8SE] (see H.R. 3672), H10069 [29SE]

———provide a cost-of-living benefits increase (see H.R. 3572), H9549 [15SE]

———provide an emergency cost-of-living benefits increase (see H.R. 3557), H9490 [14SE]

———provide for progressive indexing and longevity indexing of old-age insurance benefits for newly retired and aged surviving spouses (see S. 426), S2229 [12FE]

States: authorize transfer or consolidation of funds made available under certain transportation, education, and job training programs after certain periods of slow economic growth (see H.R. 737), H777 [28JA]

Taiwan: tribute to accession to World Trade Organization Government Procurement Agreement (see H. Res. 887), H12288 [3NO]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of a residence (see H.R. 101), H31 [6JA]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases (see S. 333), S894 [27JA] (see H.R. 159), H34 [6JA]

———allow individuals and businesses a temporary credit against income tax for the purchase of certain vehicles (see H.R. 550), H379 [15JA]

———create a refundable work-sharing credit that stimulates demand in the private sector labor market and provides employers with an alternative to layoffs (see H.R. 4179), H13466 [2DE]

———eliminate temporary increase in unemployment tax (see H.R. 3941), H11868 [27OC] (see H.R. 4074), H13001 [16NO]

———enhance incentives for renewable energy development in high job-loss zones in metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas (see H.R. 3834), H11457 [15OC]

———exclude from gross income the gain from the sale or exchange of certain residences acquired before a certain date (see H.R. 755), H778 [28JA]

———extend and expand the homebuyer tax credit (see H.R. 3779), H11166 [8OC]

———extend and modify the homebuyer tax credit (see H.R. 1344), H3054 [5MR] (see H.R. 1453), H3338 [11MR] (see H.R. 2606), H6011 [21MY]

———extend and modify the special allowance for certain acquired property and temporarily increase the limitation for expensing certain business assets (see S. 294), S719 [21JA]

———extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit for certain disaster areas (see S. 1761), S10217 [7OC] (see H.R. 3929), H11790 [26OC]

———extend the making work pay credit (see H.R. 3118), H7740 [7JY]

———extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (see H.R. 2725), H6264 [4JN]

———impose a tax on bonuses paid by Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients (see H.R. 4412), H15508 [23DE]

———impose a tax on certain compensation received from certain companies receiving Federal bailout funds (see H.R. 1801), H4129 [30MR]

———impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (see S. 2927), S13883 [23DE] (see H.R. 4191), H13519 [3DE]

———impose a tax on over-the-counter derivatives transactions (see H.R. 3153), H7946 [9JY]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit amount of compensation that employees may defer from taxation (see S. 651), S3550 [19MR]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance (see H.R. 1572), H3526 [17MR]

———increase alternative tax liability limitation for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 3301), H8585 [22JY]

———prevent pending tax increases and provide additional tax reductions to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 301), H88 [8JA]

———prohibit additional taxes on firearms and ammunition during current economic hardship (see H. Con. Res. 173), H9206 [30JY]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (see S. 1230), S6452 [10JN] (see H.R. 214), H36 [6JA] (see H.R. 1245), H2886 [2MR] (see H.R. 3760), H11165 [8OC] (see H.R. 3825), H11457 [15OC]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain energy production and distribution facilities (see H.R. 1812), H4249 [31MR]

———provide additional relief for small businesses (see S. 1381), S7070 [25JN]

———provide adjustments in individual income tax rates to reflect regional differences in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 1943), H4522 [2AP]

———provide consumer rebates for purchases of certain new passenger motor vehicles (see H.R. 1808), H4249 [31MR]

———provide for an inflation adjustment of base amounts used to determine amount of Social Security benefits included in gross income (see H.R. 541), H325 [14JA]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 470), H194 [13JA]

———provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 1763), H4063 [26MR]

———reassess property values used to determine property taxes for primary residences on a more frequent basis and encourage local governments to provide relief to those whose home values have declined (see H. Con. Res. 88), H4129 [30MR]

———reduce Social Security payroll taxes and reduce reliance of the U.S. economy on carbon-based energy sources (see H.R. 2380), H5580 [13MY]

———repeal certain tax breaks and invest those monies in programs to assist the working poor and alleviate poverty (see H. Con. Res. 23), H382 [15JA]

———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. 1703), H4025 [25MR]

———stimulate business investment (see S. 304), S786 [22JA]

———suspend penalty on underpayments of Federal income tax for unemployed individuals (see H.R. 2168), H4998 [29AP]

———treatment of bonds issued to finance renewable energy resource facilities, conservation and efficiency facilities, and other specified greenhouse gas emission technologies (see H.R. 3525), H9279 [31JY]

———waive penalty on distributions from certain retirement plans during periods of high unemployment (see H.R. 3390), H9055 [29JY]

Taxpayer March on Washington: tribute to participants (see H. Res. 870), H11790 [26OC]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: ensure any greenhouse gas emissions agreement would not harm the U.S. economy, require international inspections, or permit inequitable compliance (see H. Res. 945), H13520 [3DE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 1647), S9078 [7AU] (see S. 1699), S9733 [23SE] (see S. 2831), S12322 [3DE] (see H.R. 3548), H9441 [10SE] (see H.R. 3756), H11110 [7OC]

———provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits (see H.R. 291), H88 [8JA] (see H.R. 4183), H13466 [2DE]

———recognize rates have reached a level of a national crisis (see H. Res. 946), H13520 [3DE]

———temporarily extend certain unemployment benefits and make available further additional emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3404), H9205 [30JY]

Wildlife: prevent introduction and establishment of nonnative invasive wildlife species that negatively impact the economy, environment, or human or animal health (see H.R. 669), H525 [26JA]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (see S. 1740), S10061 [1OC] (see H.R. 739), H777 [28JA]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 846), S4513 [21AP] (see H.R. 2000), H4580 [21AP]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1906 [7FE], S2024 [9FE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10910 [29OC], S10984 [2NO], S11080 [4NO]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), motion to proceed, S10653 [21OC], S10771 [27OC]

Commentaries

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Committee on Education and Labor (House) Republican Members, H637 [28JA]

———Committee on Financial Services (House) Republican Members, H638 [28JA]

Conference reports

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1), H1307-H1516 [12FE]

Declarations

Orlando tea party: Central Florida residents, E1764 [14JY]

Tax Day Tea Party: Ocala, FL, citizens, H4844 [28AP]

Excerpts

Letters from world leaders opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1529 [4FE]

Explanations

Unemployment Compensation Extension Act (H.R. 3548): First-Time Homebuyer Credit Extension and Modification, S11197-S11201 [5NO]

Factsheets

American Clean Energy and Security Act (H.R. 2454), H7632 [26JN]

What 9.8 Percent Unemployment Means by the Numbers: GOP.gov (Internet site), H10537 [7OC]

Interviews

Amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences: Senator Durbin with American Banker (publication), H2992, H3005 [5MR]

Letters

Amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences: several organizations, S4936 [30AP]

American Clean Energy and Security Act: Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H7620 [26JN]

———Representative Conyers, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H7619 [26JN]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H7619, H7620 [26JN]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H7620 [26JN]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H7619, H7620 [26JN]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Alan Reuther, UAW, S2209 [12FE]

———Douglas W. Elmendorf, CBO, S1515-S1517 [4FE], S2180, S2181 [12FE]

———John Engler, National Association of Manufacturers, H622 [28JA]

———John J. Castellani, Business Roundtable (organization), H623 [28JA]

———Peter R. Orszag, OMB, S1394 [3FE]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S2023 [9FE]

———Representative Rangel, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H1585 [13FE]

———Representative Waxman, Committee on Energy and Commerce (House), H1584 [13FE]

California drought effect on economy and need for transportation infrastructure projects funding: Representative Costa, H13600 [8DE]

Colleges and universities infrastructure repair and renovation projects funding: Molly Corbett Broad, American Council on Education, S1777 [6FE]

Community Reinvestment Act impact on housing industry: Ben Bernanke, FRS, H5145 [5MY], H5293 [6MY]

Concerns over the economic recession: William R. Davis, S10314 [8OC]

Congressional Black Caucus priorities relative to jobs package: Representatives Barbara Lee and Cleaver, Congressional Black Caucus, H14856 [14DE]

Effect of imposing $10 fee on foreign visitors to the U.S.: several foreign diplomats, S9158 [9SE]

Encourage equitable distribution of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to community-based, minority-owned banks as well as national banks: Michael A. Grant, National Bankers Association, E621 [10MR]

———Orson Aguilar and Bob Gnaizda, Greenlining Institute, E620 [10MR]

End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act: Douglas G. Baird, H4281 [1AP]

———Kenneth N. Klee, H4281 [1AP]

———Laurence H. Tribe, H4277-H4279 [1AP]

———Michael J. Gerhardt, H4279 [1AP]

Evaluation of President Obama's economic policies: Emmaline P. Henn, H7999 [10JY]

Exempt certain publicly traded companies from establishing internal financial operations controls and obtaining an outside audit to validate soundness: Benjamin J. McKay III, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, H14725 [10DE]

———Clarke D. Camper, NYSE Euronext (company), H14725 [10DE]

———James C. Greenwood, Biotechnology Industry Organization, H14725 [10DE]

———John Berlau, Competitive Enterprise Institute, H14726 [10DE]

———Stephen Verdier, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), H14725 [10DE]

Exempt from compensation standards community banks receiving less than a certain amount of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance: Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bank Association, H4299 [1AP]

Extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code: Senators Baucus and Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S13743 [22DE]

Extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing tax credit for certain disaster areas: Senators Landrieu, Vitter, Wicker, and Cochran, S13872 [23DE]

FDIC foreclosure prevention mortgage modification program: Sheila C. Bair, FDIC, S1811 [6FE]

Helping Families Save Their Homes Act: B. Dan Berger, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, H5761 [19MY]

———Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), H5761 [19MY]

———Charles McMillan, National Association of REALTORS, H2854 [26FE], H5762 [19MY]

———Dan Mica, Credit Union National Association, S5005 [1MY], H5761 [19MY]

———David P. Sloan, AARP, H2855 [26FE]

———Floyd E. Stoner, American Bankers Association, S5007 [1MY], H5761 [19MY]

———Frank Keating, American Council of Life Insurers, H2854 [26FE]

———Fred R. Becker, Jr., National Association of Federal Credit Unions, S5006 [1MY]

———John H. Dalton and Steve Bartlett, Financial Services Roundtable (organization), S5006 [1MY]

———several consumer organizations, S5006 [1MY]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, H2855 [26FE]

Impact of proposed Medicare funding cuts and buy-in option on States: Janice K. Brewer, Governor of Arizona, S13153 [14DE]

Implement the worldwide interest allocation for purposes of the foreign tax credit: Thomas K. Jarrett, Deere & Co., S11098 [4NO]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S12866-S12868 [10DE]

Prohibit assistance to any auto manufacturer which terminates agreements with a dealership without giving at least 60 days notice: James E. Press, Chrysler LLC, S5797 [21MY]

———Senator Rockefeller, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate), S5780 [21MY]

Promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure: Congressional Black Caucus, H4765 [27AP]

Rebuttal to report on economic stimulus projects relative to characterization of Talking Water Gardens wastewater treatment and water reuse project: Sharon Konopa, Mayor of Albany, OR, E3044 [17DE]

Require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction: Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury, S7178 [7JY]

Require notice to consumers when a mortgage loan has been sold, transferred, or assigned to a third party: several consumer organizations, S5174 [6MY]

Require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid: Edward Kleinbard, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S1478 [4FE]

Restore economic rights of automobile dealers: Jane Denney, H8344 [17JY]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: Representative Wolf, E103 [15JA]

Small Business Tax Relief Act: Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S7577 [15JY]

TARP Reform and Accountability Act: Lawrence H. Summers, H274 [14JA]

Tax relief for small businesses: Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S4867 [29AP]

Transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding: Americans for Transportation Mobility (organization), S1381 [3FE]

———Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, S1381 [3FE]

Troubled Asset Relief Program: Lawrence H. Summers, S570 [15JA], S13077 [12DE]

———Senator Levin, S578 [15JA]

———several organizations, S579, S586 [15JA]

Troubled Asset Relief Program accountability: Representative Sessions, H5810 [20MY]

———several Representatives, H5810 [20MY]

Troubled Asset Relief Program extension: several Representatives, H14484 [10DE]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Representative Frank, Committee on Financial Services (House), H14441 [9DE]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H14440 [9DE]

———several organizations, H14719, H14720 [10DE]

Lists

Agricultural groups opposing H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act, H7627 [26JN]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) bailout beneficiaries, S3581 [19MR]

Companies and organizations opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1529 [4FE]

Companies in California eliminating jobs, S1892 [7FE]

Economists who believe Government spending does not improve economic performance, S2291 [13FE], E745 [24MR]

Four worst things about H.R. 200, Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act, H3014 [5MR]

GAO audit authority covering FRS Board of Governors emergency actions involving Troubled Asset Relief Program, S5181 [6MY]

Non-stimulus provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1777 [6FE]

Organizations supporting comparative effectiveness research provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1571 [13FE]

Organizations supporting H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act, H7684 [26JN]

Questionable stimulative provisions in conference report to H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2260 [13FE]

Quotes from reports and news sources opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1529 [4FE]

Quotes from world leaders opposed to Buy American Act provisions of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S1529 [4FE]

State-by-State impact of Durbin amendment to S. 896, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, on bankruptcy law modification for certain mortgages, S4923 [30AP]

Supporters of H.R. 1242, Dept. of the Treasury Troubled Asset Relief Program additional monitoring and accountability, H13406 [2DE]

Top lenders responsible for subprime loans, H5278 [6MY]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2010: President Obama, S2556 [26FE], S5280 [7MY], S5327 [11MY], H2864 [26FE], H5373 [7MY], H5410 [12MY]

Economic Report: President Bush, S650-S652 [16JA], H383-H385 [16JA]

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Report: President Bush, S304 [12JA], H170 [13JA]

Motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1382, S1400, S1420 [3FE], S1524, S1525, S1526, S1527, S1528 [4FE], S1659, S1662, S1664 [5FE], S1853, S1856 [6FE], S2069 [10FE], H746 [28JA], H1090, H1096 [10FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1586 [13FE]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), H3021 [5MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S5179, S5182 [6MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H413, H415 [21JA]

Employment: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), H15443 [16DE]

Government regulations: provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), H14800 [11DE]

Obama, President: Joint Congressional Address, H2629 [24FE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10653 [21OC], S10910 [29OC]

Press releases

Credit Suisse Announces Its Compensation Structure for 2009 and 2010, H11732 [23OC]

State Fiscal Situation—The Lost Decade: National Governors Association, S11399 [17NO]

Proposals

Amend H. Res. 669, consideration of H.R. 3288, Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies appropriations, to include Representative Tiahrt's amendment on signage for a project using stimulus funds, H8592 [23JY]

Quotations

Budget deficit: Bob Packwood, S2092 [11FE]

———Trent Lott, S2092 [11FE]

Remarks in House

Afghanistan: promote empowerment of Afghan citizens in economic development decisions, H8066 [14JY]

Agriculture: impact of tariffs, H9557 [16SE]

Allegheny National Forest: call for Forest Service to honor agreement relative to harvest of timber, oil, and natural gas, H8475, H8476 [21JY]

American Clean Energy and Security Act: impact on job creation, H13510 [3DE]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H3415, H3417, H3418, H3423 [16MR], H3446, H3447, H3448, H3449, H3472, H3473, H3475, H3477, H3478, H3505, H3506, H3519 [17MR], H3530, H3532, H3536, H3608, H3610, H3614-H3618, H3620, H3624 [18MR], H3656-H3664, H3687, H3691-H3697 [19MR], H3710-H3712, H3721 [23MR], H3792, H3793, H3812-H3820 [24MR], H4049-H4051 [26MR], H5088 [4MY], H5988 [21MY], H6146 [3JN], H6676-H6678 [12JN], H8032 [14JY], H9256, H9257 [31JY], H11433 [15OC], H11464 [20OC]

———business practices that precipitated Government bailout, H3689 [19MR], H4066 [30MR], H4512 [2AP]

———merits of going into receivership rather than receiving Government bailout funds, H3627-H3629 [18MR]

———use of Government bailout funds to make payments to French banks, H3530 [18MR]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: appropriate unobligated balances of funds to the Highway Trust Fund (H.R. 2942), H9019 [29JY]

———impact of stimulus funding, H10001 [29SE], H10436 [1OC], H11270 [13OC], H11586 [22OC], H11716 [23OC]

———impact of stimulus funding on economy, H8802 [24JY], H8876, H8883, H8884, H8890, H8891, H8893 [28JY], H9043 [29JY]

———impact of stimulus funding on job creation, H8307 [17JY], H8413, H8422, H8423, H8424, H8425, H8426, H8427, H8428, H8429, H8430, H8431, H8432, H8433, H8434, H8435, H8436, H8437, H8439, H8443, H8444, H8445, H8471 [21JY], H8497 [22JY], H8615, H8616 [23JY], H8885, H8886, H8887, H8888, H8890, H8896, H8898, H8899 [28JY], H8965, H9038 [29JY], H9061 [30JY], H9248 [31JY], H9498 [15SE], H9978 [25SE], H10129 [30SE], H10436 [1OC], H10462, H10488 [6OC], H11084 [7OC], H11303, H11305 [14OC], H11728, H11729, H11730 [23OC], H11799, H11802, H11811 [27OC], H12462, H12467 [6NO], H13011, H13013 [17NO], H13088 [18NO], H13323 [19NO], H13389, H13391, H13447-H13453 [2DE], H13496-H13498, H13504-H13511, H13512 [3DE], H13523 [7DE], H14378 [9DE], H14884, H14885, H14961, H14966, H14972 [15DE]

———impact of stimulus funding on job creation relative to surface transportation, H8888 [28JY]

———impact of stimulus funding on Nevada economy, H8949 [28JY]

———implementation in Maine, H9555 [16SE]

———prohibit funding for certain Economic Development Administration, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, and NIST programs, H6942, H6943 [17JN]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds, H9809 [23SE], H11520 [21OC]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (H.R. 2182), H5722, H5723, H5768 [19MY], E1261 [21MY]

———require conference report to be available in an electronic form for at least 48 hours prior to approval, H1096-H1102 [10FE], H1253, H1257-H1260 [12FE], H1524, H1525, H1534, H1536, H1538 [13FE], H2817 [25FE]

———rescind all stimulus funds that remain unobligated (H.R. 2842), H6594 [11JN]

Appropriations: eliminate discretionary spending from supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H720 [28JA]

———eliminate unnecessary spending on projects that neither create jobs nor provide economic stimulus, H3059 [6MR]

———establish reporting requirements for Troubled Asset Relief Program or American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds and establish a waste, fraud, and abuse hotline for such funds (H.R. 1472), H3341 [12MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), H495, H496, H507, H508, H510, H512, H517 [26JA], H530, H531, H532, H556-H583, H594-H599 [27JA], H605, H606, H620-H750, H758, H770 [28JA], H878, H880, H881, H882, H885-H893, H897, H901, H908, H912, H914 [3FE], H926, H927, H928, H999, H1000, H1001, H1009, H1012, H1013 [4FE], H1048, H1049, H1051, H1065 [9FE], H1085, H1086, H1087, H1088, H1089, H1090, H1134, H1136, H1138, H1144-H1154 [10FE], H1161, H1162, H1163, H1164, H1177-H1179, H1185-H1187, H1190, H1192-H1195, H1197, H1198, H1202, H1205, H1214-H1232 [11FE], E172, E174, E175 [2FE], E196, E204, E207, E214 [4FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1251, H1252, H1253, H1254, H1255-H1260, H1267, H1278, H1279, H1283-H1289, H1293-H1302 [12FE], H1523, H1524, H1536-H1590, H1592-H1600 [13FE], H1610, H1625, H1642-H1647 [23FE], H2605, H2607 [24FE], H2633, H2634, H2635, H2815-H2819, H2823, H2824 [25FE], H2839, H2864, H2867 [26FE], H2889, H2890, H2902, H2912 [3MR], H2932, H2964-H2968 [4MR], H2984, H3050 [5MR], H3059, H3072 [6MR], H3099 [9MR], H3107, H3111 [10MR], H3340, H3379 [12MR], H3448 [17MR], H3733 [23MR], H3751, H3806, H3812-H3820 [24MR], H4049-H4051 [26MR], H4984 [29AP], H6160 [4JN], H6317, H6319 [9JN], H6417 [10JN], H7709, H7735 [7JY], H7746 [8JY], H7995, H7996 [10JY], H8033, H8035, H8088, H8089 [14JY], H8163 [15JY], H8191 [16JY], H8309 [17JY], H8429 [21JY], H8590 [23JY], H8880, H8894, H8901 [28JY], H8964, H8965 [29JY], H9253-H9257, H9262, H9265 [31JY], H9498, H9499 [15SE], H11176 [13OC], H11303 [14OC], H12180 [2NO], E261 [12FE], E291 [13FE], E293, E295, E297 [23FE], E311, E313, E317 [24FE], E529 [3MR], E735 [23MR], E783 [26MR], E874 [2AP]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 88), H535-H543, H581 [27JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H607-H619 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 168), H1524-H1536 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), corrections in engrossment, H749 [28JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), motion to go to conference, H1090-H1096 [10FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H1096-H1102 [10FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), motion to recommit, H747 [28JA]

———require recipients of stimulus funds to disclose use of money, H615 [28JA]

Automobile industry: authorize financial assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers, H278, H285 [14JA], E6 [6JA]

———business practices that precipitated Government bailout, H5770 [19MY]

———Government bailout, H3696, H3697 [19MR], H4066, H4103, H4118-H4120 [30MR], H4136, H4137, H4217 [31MR], H4755 [27AP], H5091 [4MY], H5638 [14MY], H5691 [18MY], H5807, H5865 [20MY], H5988, H5993 [21MY], H6147-H6153 [3JN], H6678-H6683 [12JN], H7735 [7JY], H7998 [10JY], H9253 [31JY], H9484, H9485 [14SE], H11984 [28OC], H14819 [11DE]

Aviation: address needs of and promote aviation industry through responsible policy, H8685 [23JY]

———recognize contributions of general aviation industry (H. Res. 508), H8926-H8928 [28JY], H9037 [29JY], E2060 [29JY], E2170, E2175 [31JY]

Brandon, FL: anniversary of Brandon Metro Chamber of Commerce, E164 [28JA]

Budget: allocation of funds, H2866, H2867 [26FE], H2911, H2918-H2922 [3MR], H3325-H3329 [11MR], H3379, H3380 [12MR], H3531, H3533 [18MR], H3757, H3760 [24MR]

———deficit, H73, H77, H83 [8JA], H170 [13JA], H514 [26JA], H562 [27JA], H607, H764-H770 [28JA], H878, H880, H915-H918 [3FE], H926, H1022 [4FE], H1048, H1062-H1067, H1068 [9FE], H1089 [10FE], H1283-H1289 [12FE], H1596 [13FE], H1610, H1637 [23FE], H2610, H2611 [24FE], H2819, H2823 [25FE], H2889, H2916, H2917 [3MR], H2970-H2977 [4MR], H3048 [5MR], H3074, H3075 [6MR], H3097 [9MR], H3133-H3139 [10MR], H3324 [11MR], H3340, H3381 [12MR], H3426-H3433 [16MR], H3516-H3520 [17MR], H3620 [18MR], H3732-H3737 [23MR], H3755, H3759, H3762, H3784-H3787, H3789, H3792-H3798, H3825-H3828 [24MR], H3838, H3839, H3840, H4014, H4015, H4023, H4024 [25MR], H4083 [30MR], H4219-H4226 [31MR], H4254, H4255, H4256, H4258, H4260, H4273, H4274, H4375-H4377, H4387, H4389-H4393 [1AP], H4409, H4428, H4455, H4459, H4488, H4490, H4493 [2AP], H4553 [21AP], H4590, H4673 [22AP], H4739 [27AP], H4845, H4892, H4894-H4897 [28AP], H4918, H4973-H4980, H4989 [29AP], H5501, H5519 [13MY], H5691 [18MY], H5719 [19MY], H5895 [21MY], H6132 [3JN], H6248 [4JN], H6311, H6316, H6318 [9JN], H6419 [10JN], H6595 [11JN], H6815, H6890 [16JN], H6912, H6913-H6915, H6958, H6968, H6969 [17JN], H7029 [19JN], H7089, H7133 [23JN], H7150 [24JN], H7727 [7JY], H7793 [8JY], H7954 [10JY], H8028, H8034, H8035, H8050, H8056, H8065 [14JY], H8112, H8157, H8158 [15JY], H8188, H8248 [16JY], H8305, H8313, H8319 [17JY], H8366, H8403 [20JY], H8423, H8424, H8441 [21JY], H8498, H8499, H8579, H8580 [22JY], H8647, H8690 [23JY], H8716 [24JY], H8896, H8905 [28JY], H9465 [14SE], H9790 [22SE], H9919 [24SE], H10002, H10059 [29SE], H10075 [30SE], H10421 [1OC], H11301 [14OC], H11484, H11487 [20OC], H11590, H11699, H11700 [22OC], H11734 [23OC], H11763, H11770, H11772, H11787 [26OC], H11800, H11813 [27OC], H12048, H12064, H12121 [29OC], H12260, H12273, H12281 [3NO], H12295 [4NO], H13127, H13133 [18NO], H13307 [19NO], H13453, H13454 [2DE], H13497 [3DE], H13555 [8DE], H14378 [9DE], H14476 [10DE], H14746, H14811 [11DE], H14846, H14847 [14DE], H14883, H14885, H14954, H14961, H14963, H14968 [15DE], H14986, H15474 [16DE], E11 [6JA], E2370 [25SE], E2433 [1OC], E2500 [8OC], E2661 [29OC], E2730 [5NO], E2747 [6NO], E2768 [16NO], E2788 [17NO], E2799 [18NO], E2826 [19NO], E2856 [1DE], E2871 [2DE], E2889 [3DE], E2913 [8DE], E2932 [10DE], E2980, E2982 [11DE], E2991 [14DE], E3008 [15DE]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, H531 [27JA], H1062-H1067 [9FE], H2605 [24FE], H2819-H2821, H2823 [25FE], H3531 [18MR], H8308, H8310, H8312 [17JY]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, H73 [8JA], H14492 [10DE]

Business and industry: clarify requirement relative to publicly traded companies establishing internal financial operations controls and obtaining an outside audit to validate soundness, H14723-H14726 [10DE]

———develop an industrial policy to meet the needs of a stronger economy and national security, H6126 [3JN]

———develop an industrial policy to meet the needs of a stronger economy and national security (H. Res. 444), H5690 [18MY]

———encourage public-private partnerships to create jobs, H1222-H1227 [11FE]

———establish a grant program to support cluster-based economic development efforts (H.R. 826), E181 [3FE]

———impact of buying locally produced products, E2806 [18NO]

———impact of free enterprise economic system, H5568-H5572 [13MY], H9990-H9993 [25SE], H11776 [26OC]

———importance of accountability between employers and employees, H4231 [31MR]

———limit compensation for executives at companies that receive Federal bailout funds, H155 [9JA]

———require companies receiving Federal bailout funds to disclose executive compensation, H334 [15JA]

California: economic effects of drought, H3837 [25MR], H9286 [8SE], H9903 [24SE], H13600 [8DE]

———fiscal crisis, H5720 [19MY], H6596 [11JN]

———impact of economic downturn on the lives of constituents, H2837 [26FE]

Caribbean nations: economic and social conditions outlook, E400 [25FE]

Chrysler LLC: impact of bankruptcy filing and pending merger with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., H5047 [30AP], H5086-H5091 [4MY], H5463-H5466 [12MY]

———proposed merger with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., H4066 [30MR], H4136 [31MR]

Citigroup Inc.: condemn practice of using Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to name Citi Field (baseball park) in Queens, NY, and provide offices to former company executives, H1609 [23FE]

Climate: global warming, H6406-H6412 [9JN], H7133-H7141 [23JN], H7840 [9JY]

Clinton, William J.: evaluation of economic policies, H1064 [9FE], H2820 [25FE]

Coal: economic impact of decreased coal production, H10436 [1OC]

Coastal zones: authorize acquisition of coastal and estuarine areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit the environment and economies of such areas, H3983 [25MR]

Colleges and universities: prioritize areas with high unemployment rates when awarding grants for community college reform, H9632 [16SE]

———reform and strengthen community colleges to promote college completion, H8500 [22JY]

———remove prohibition on modernization and construction funding for community colleges that received funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H9635, H9636 [16SE]

———require funds saved from student loan reform be available for the reduction of the Federal deficit, H9688, H9689 [17SE]

Committees of the House: establish a select committee to make a thorough and complete investigation of the causes of the current financial crisis and other matters (H. Res. 345), H4553 [21AP], H5687 [18MY]

Commodity Exchange Act: bring greater transparency and accountability to commodity markets, H14705-H14709 [10DE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, H6978 [18JN]

Community Reinvestment Act: impact, H1033 [4FE], H4498-H4511 [2AP], H5144 [5MY], H5286-H5293 [6MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, H14886 [15DE]

———evaluation of economic policies, H9413 [10SE]

———goals of the 111th Congress, H4, H5 [6JA], H167 [13JA], H2634 [25FE]

———prohibit passage of further massive spending initiatives for bailout purposes (H. Res. 199), H5491 [13MY]

Congressional Black Caucus: budget priorities, H3092-H3096 [9MR]

Congressional Commission on Financial Accountability and Preparedness: establish (H.R. 2111), H5267 [6MY], H5550 [13MY], H5687 [18MY]

Congressional Progressive Caucus: national objectives priority assignments, H433-H440 [21JA], H5640-H5647 [14MY]

Connecticut: impact of economic downturn on the lives of constituents, H11483 [20OC]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish, E2966, E2982 [11DE]

———establish (H.R. 3126), H8391 [20JY], H8590 [23JY], H8712 [24JY]

———limit power if unemployment rate remains at high level, H14491 [10DE]

———permit Federal functional regulator to delegate authority to conduct examinations and enforce consumer protection provisions for financial institutions above a certain asset threshold, H14678 [10DE]

———prohibit mandating disclosures be made in any language other than English, H14491 [10DE]

Consumer Financial Protection Council: establish, H14771-H14776 [11DE]

Council of Economic Advisers: prohibit funding, H8234, H8235 [16JY]

Credit: allow debtor receiving mortgage foreclosure notice to meet pre-filing credit counseling requirement within 30 days after bankruptcy filing, H3016, H3017 [5MR]

———allow lenders to recapture the principal lost in mortgage modification in a bankruptcy proceeding if the homeowner sells the property for a profit, H2990, H3014, H3015 [5MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, H14755-H14757 [11DE], E2445 [6OC], E2513 [13OC], E3019 [17DE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), H2809 [25FE], H2839, H2848-H2863 [26FE], H2889, H2912 [3MR], H2932, H2933, H2951-H2953, H2970 [4MR], H2997-H3024, H3041, H3044-H3047, H3051 [5MR], H3058, H3075, H3076 [6MR], H3340 [12MR], H3419-H3426 [16MR], H3442 [17MR], H5085 [4MY], H5105, H5142 [5MY], E559, E562, E569, E576, E577, E578, E579, E580 [5MR], E582, E584 [6MR], E610, E623-E625 [10MR], E673 [16MR], E692 [17MR], E734 [23MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), consideration (H. Res. 190), H2839-H2848 [26FE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), consideration (H. Res. 205), H2986-H2995 [5MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), motion to recommit, H3021, H3023 [5MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), H5740-H5765, H5768 [19MY], E1210 [20MY], E1257 [21MY], E1307 [4JN]

———prevent provision of mortgage foreclosure assistance if borrowers misrepresented or lied about their income when applying for the mortgage or lenders failed to follow proper underwriting standards, H3021-H3023 [5MR], H3058 [6MR]

———require bankruptcy courts to use FHA appraisal guidelines, deny relief to individuals who can afford to repay mortgages without judicial mortgage modification, and extend negotiation period, H3004-H3011 [5MR]

Dallas, TX: use of economic stimulus funds to promote health care, infrastructure rehabilitation, and education projects, H4528 [21AP]

Democratic Party: evaluation of economic policies, H8312 [17JY], H10491 [6OC]

———national agenda, H750, H760, H761 [28JA], H2970-H2976 [4MR], H3039-H3045 [5MR], H4488 [2AP], H4722 [23AP], H5100, H5159 [5MY], H5718 [19MY], H6128 [3JN], H6682 [12JN], H7153 [24JN], H7841 [9JY], H8011, H8012, H8013 [13JY], H8092 [14JY], H8103, H8106 [15JY], H8756 [24JY], H8893 [28JY], H10536 [7OC], H11433 [15OC], H11584 [22OC], H11771, H11782 [26OC], H11817 [27OC], H12070 [29OC], H13516 [3DE], H14449 [10DE], H14885, H14954 [15DE], E1863 [21JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: school lunch program funding, H4402 [2AP]

Dept. of Commerce: International Trade Administration funding, H6896, H6897 [16JN]

Dept. of Defense: grant authority to financially support development and construction of public infrastructure in communities impacted by the expansion and growth of military installations, H7245 [24JN]

Dept. of Education: reserve a certain portion of school modernization funds for grants to local educational agencies serving areas that are economically distressed or recovering from a natural disaster, H5516, H5517 [13MY], E1181 [18MY]

Dept. of Energy: denial of loan guarantee for American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, OH, H8887, H8902 [28JY], H9049-H9051 [29JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: prohibit implementation of Inherently Safer Technologies (IST) standards for protection of chemical facilities where such regulations would result in job losses under certain economic conditions, H12533 [6NO]

Dept. of HUD: assessment of success of programs implemented to assist homeowners with mortgages and foreclosure avoidance, H13118 [18NO]

———eliminate certain borrowers from participating in the Hope for Homeowners Program, H2840 [26FE]

———establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation in metropolitan areas and establish Metro Area Green Institute, H7460 [26JN]

———establish grant programs to encourage energy-efficient economic development and green job training and creation in metropolitan areas and establish Metro Area Green Institute (H.R. 330), H4764 [27AP], E1393 [12JN]

———give priority consideration in grant funding to mortgage counseling agencies serving areas with high foreclosure rates, H5763 [19MY]

———Hope for Homeowners Program funding, H3425 [16MR]

———Hope for Homeowners Program participation levels and impediments, H2842 [26FE]

———improve the Hope for Homeowners Program, H5762 [19MY]

———require lenders to notify all mortgagors who qualify for the Hope for Homeowners Program, H2991, H3017, H3018 [5MR]

Dept. of Justice: limit or recover excessive compensation paid or payable by entities that have received Federal financial assistance (H.R. 1575), H3616 [18MR], H4275-H4283 [1AP]

Dept. of Labor: establish the New Economy Grant Program (H.R. 4290), H14883 [15DE]

———Women Apprenticeship in Nontraditional Occupations grants funding, H570 [27JA]

Dept. of State: report on effects of Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative with emphasis on border security and economic impact, H6504, H6505 [10JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: broaden the oversight powers of the Troubled Asset Relief Program Inspector General, H409-H411 [21JA]

———clarify that compensation is money paid, property transferred, or services rendered whether payable before, during, or after employment relative to Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, H4306-H4309 [1AP]

———clarify use of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance funds for business meetings, events, and incentive travel, H4289 [1AP]

———dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding to provide low-interest loans to unemployed homeowners facing foreclosure, H14677 [10DE]

———develop a strategy and timeline for repayment of assistance received by financial institutions under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H8210 [16JY]

———develop a timetable for repayment of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H415-H418 [21JA]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (H.J. Res. 3), H369 [15JA], H447-H468, H475, H476 [22JA], H596 [27JA], H3710 [23MR], E127 [22JA], E133 [23JA], E136 [26JA], E155 [27JA], E174 [2FE]

———distribution of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H4000 [25MR]

———encourage equitable distribution of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to community-based, minority-owned banks as well as national banks, E620 [10MR]

———ensure companies will not be subject to compensation standards as a result of doing business with Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, H4304 [1AP]

———establish a market for municipal securities and cooperate with the FRS in establishment of municipal securities funding facilities services (H.R. 1669), E738 [23MR]

———establish an online database to enable citizens to monitor the usage and distribution of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H353 [15JA]

———establishment of the Public-Private Investment Program to provide assistance to minority and women-owned businesses, H3787 [24MR]

———exempt from compensation standards community banks receiving less than a certain amount of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance, H4299, H4300 [1AP]

———exempt from proposed compensation standards institutions that received Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance prior to enactment of such standards, H4300-H4302 [1AP]

———exempt Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from compensation standards once a repayment agreement has been reached, H4303, H4304 [1AP]

———extend certain economic recovery payments that benefit senior citizens (H.R. 3810), H11357 [14OC]

———facilitate the auction of assets owned by financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to determine the value and expedite the sale of such assets, H359, H360 [15JA]

———halt purchase of luxury jet by Citigroup Inc., and require Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients to assist homeowners and small business and limit executive compensation and perks, H605, H606 [28JA]

———impose transfer tax on certain securities exchanges in order to recoup the net cost of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H1047 [9FE]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 383), H3847-H3851 [25MR]

———increase and strengthen FDIC oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H301 [14JA]

———increase and strengthen oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H1087 [10FE]

———issue Re-Build America Bonds to finance essential infrastructure projects (H.R. 852), H1252 [12FE]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H881 [3FE], H928, H1014 [4FE], H1084 [10FE], H3753 [24MR]

———permit immediate repayment of direct capital investments received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 2009), H4553 [21AP]

———permit use of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, H284 [14JA]

———prevent fraud under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program, H5410 [12MY]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), H4231 [31MR], H4257, H4287-H4310 [1AP], H4511 [2AP], E742 [23MR]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), consideration (H. Res. 306), H4262-H4268 [1AP]

———prohibit use of any leftover or repaid Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for any purpose other than deficit reduction, H13555 [8DE], E2972 [11DE]

———proposal to form public-private partnerships to purchase certain assets in order to promote economic recovery, H3711 [23MR], H3791 [24MR]

———provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 1242), H13405-H13408 [2DE]

———provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, H4305, H4306 [1AP]

———pursue every legal means to stay or recoup certain incentive bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and require approval of such payments (H.R. 1577), H3538-H3541 [18MR], H3645, H3652, H3677 [19MR], E735 [23MR]

———recoup bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and prevent Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from making excessive compensation (H. Con. Res. 76), H3665-H3673 [19MR]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H1047 [9FE]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program, H3319 [11MR], H3378 [12MR], H5809-H5812 [20MY]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H155 [9JA], H168 [13JA], H203, H282-H299, H301, H302 [14JA], H327, H328, H335-H367, H369-H372 [15JA], H393, H394, H407-H419, H425 [21JA], H449, H451, H453, H454, H456, H466, H471, H472 [22JA], H3423 [16MR], H8927 [28JY], E112, E114, E115, E117, E119 [21JA], E122, E129 [22JA], E135, E140 [26JA], E171, E174 [2FE], E735 [23MR]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), consideration (H. Res. 53), H273-H281 [14JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), consideration (H. Res. 62), H329-H335 [15JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), corrections in engrossment, H419 [21JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), motion to recommit, H414, H415-H418 [21JA]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program by establishing the Family Foreclosure Rescue Corp. and purchase and insure home mortgage loans (H.R. 472), H276 [14JA]

———repayment of funds received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H5407 [12MY]

———repeal authority to delegate an observer to attend meetings of the boards of directors of institutions assisted by the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H357-H359 [15JA]

———repeal authority to extend the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 4170), E3057 [17DE]

———repeal effective date on limiting bonuses to executives of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1673), H4293 [1AP]

———repeal Troubled Asset Relief Program and apply remainder of funds to deficit reduction, H14492 [10DE], H14801-H14804 [11DE]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction, H8207 [16JY], H14881 [15DE]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (H.R. 2119), H6910 [17JN]

———require any Troubled Asset Relief Program assisted institution to make periodic reports on use of the assistance and make the reports available on the Internet, H408, H409 [21JA]

———require certain stock option warrants to be sold at public auction upon repayment of the associated assistance provided under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 3232), E1824 [16JY]

———require collection and analysis of data on what recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds are receiving and where such funds are going, H203 [14JA]

———require financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to impose a foreclosure moratorium until new loan modifications are implemented, H356, H357 [15JA]

———require financial institutions receiving assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program to use such funds to lend money and engage in mortgage workouts, H53, H57 [7JA], H144 [9JA], H188-H191 [13JA], H508 [26JA]

———require immediate collection of information from Troubled Asset Relief Program fund recipients and conduct analysis on use of the assistance, H411-H413 [21JA]

———require Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program to include the effect of the program on small businesses in oversight, audits, and reports (H.R. 3179), H9527-H9529 [15SE]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid, H3812 [24MR]

———restrict which assets banks can write off as loss under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (H.R. 421), H298 [14JA]

———suspend funding of the Troubled Asset Relief Program until the Congressional Oversight Panel has accounted for funding already expended, H301 [14JA]

———terminate the Troubled Asset Relief Program, H14749, H14750 [11DE]

———transmit copies of documents on break-up of, negotiations on additional assistance, and payment of executive bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG) (H. Res. 251), H3479 [17MR], H3540 [18MR], H3656, H3694-H3696 [19MR], H3819 [24MR], H5460-H5463, H5466 [12MY], H6147 [3JN], H6676 [12JN], H9256, H9257 [31JY]

———Troubled Asset Relief Program extension, H14494 [10DE]

———use of Troubled Asset Relief Program funding intended to bailout financial institutions for mergers and acquisitions, H510 [26JA], H531 [27JA]

———validity of analysis of financial status of banks as rationale for receipt of Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, H10463 [6OC]

Dept. of Transportation: make capital grants for certain alternative fuel transit buses, H8617 [23JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve laws relative to small business concerns and employment assistance (H.R. 4220), H15469 [16DE], E2904 [8DE]

Diseases: public misconceptions about H1N1 influenza virus, H10073 [30SE]

Domestic policy: develop manufacturing sector, H9902 [24SE]

———develop U.S. manufacturing policy, H3132 [10MR]

———Federal Government control versus free enterprise, H9646-H9653 [16SE], H12278-H12285 [3NO], H13126 [18NO]

———suspend capital gains tax, schedule Government-sponsored enterprises for privatization, repeal Full Employment Act, and suspend mark-to-market accounting requirements, H3516, H3520 [17MR]

Ecology and environment: creation and retention of green jobs in the U.S., H8480 [21JY]

———economic effect of green business practices, E1537 [23JN]

———promote economic recovery through green jobs and infrastructure, H2892 [3MR], H3501 [17MR], H3821-H3825 [24MR], H3838 [25MR], H4588 [22AP], H4766-H4768 [27AP], H5299-H5304 [6MY], H13011 [17NO], H14829 [14DE], H14961-H14966 [15DE]

Education: increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (H.R. 3238), H8417, H8418 [21JY]

———recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being (H. Res. 374), H5683-H5685 [18MY], H5860 [20MY]

———reserve educational funds for areas affected by natural disasters, severe economic distress, or military base closures, H9634 [16SE], H9686, H9687 [17SE]

Electric power: rates, H9195 [30JY]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H13512 [3DE]

———importance of job creation, H354 [15JA], H559, H577, H578 [27JA], H1212, H1213 [11FE], H1251, H1253, H1254 [12FE], H3107 [10MR], H3758 [24MR], H4004, H4007, H4009-H4011 [25MR], H4222 [31MR], H4875 [28AP], H5462 [12MY], H6298-H6303 [8JN], H7397 [25JN], H7642 [26JN], H8011 [13JY], H8417, H8419, H8437, H8438, H8439 [21JY], H8802 [24JY], H8879 [28JY], H9261-H9263 [31JY], H10527 [7OC], H11808 [27OC], H13116, H13118 [18NO], H13358 [1DE], H13390, H13391, H13392, H13447-H13453, H13460-H13463 [2DE], H13469, H13470, H13471, H13472, H13501-H13512 [3DE], H13600, H13602 [8DE], H14378, H14379 [9DE], H14448 [10DE], H14747, H14806, H14811, H14817 [11DE], H14851-H14862 [14DE], H14887, H14961-H14966, H14970 [15DE], H14987 [16DE], E297 [23FE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14994-H15006 [16DE]

———making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), Senate amendment, H14984, H14985, H14989, H15418, H15431-H15473, H15479-H15485 [16DE]

EPA: national and State-level grant and loan programs to promote the reduction of diesel emissions funding, H7409 [25JN]

Executive Office of the President: convening of fiscal responsibility summit, H1610 [23FE]

Eximbank: anniversary, E257 [12FE]

FDIC: clarify application of discretionary authority to certain secured credit, H14679 [10DE]

———conduct risk-based assessments of financial companies as necessary to pay any shortfall in the Troubled Asset Relief Program that would add to the national debt, H14749, H14750 [11DE]

———establish a systematic mortgage modification program, H289 [14JA], H3420 [16MR]

———impact of special assessment on community banks, E677 [16MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit from enforcing rules that result in a specified economic impact until the requirements of those rules are enacted into law by Congress (H.R. 3396), E2080 [29JY]

Federal aid programs: solvency of Social Security and Medicare Programs, H5585 [14MY]

———Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, unemployment benefits, senior nutrition services, after-school meals, food bank assistance, and community service block grants funding, H513 [26JA]

Federal Credit Union Act: anniversary (H. Res. 556), H9357-H9359 [9SE], E2254 [14SE], E2265 [15SE]

Federal employees: provide for livable wages for Federal workers and workers hired under Federal contracts (H.R. 1334), E580 [5MR]

———terminate additional paid parental leave for Federal employees if the deficit in any fiscal year exceeds a certain level, H6238 [4JN]

Financial institutions: awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H6665 [12JN]

———clarify definition of ``major swap participant'' in order to protect end users who do not pose a systemic risk, H14713, H14714 [10DE]

———clarify financing for Systemic Dissolution Fund comes exclusively from financial industry assets, H14760, H14761 [11DE]

———establish safe and sound credit system that promotes responsible savings and lending practices, H7115 [23JN]

———exempt nondepository captive finance companies from standards set for depository insititutions, H14431 [9DE]

———Government bailout, H53, H55-H63 [7JA], H76-H81 [8JA], H144, H155 [9JA], H188-H191 [13JA], H508, H510, H514 [26JA], H879 [3FE], H1014, H1032, H1034 [4FE], H1068 [9FE], H1148 [10FE], H2838 [26FE], H4107 [30MR], H4755, H4760 [27AP], H4844 [28AP], H5276-H5278 [6MY], H6055 [2JN], H7735 [7JY], H9470 [14SE], H10043 [29SE], H13457 [2DE], H14951 [15DE]

———Government bailout recipients requesting visas for foreign workers, H1001 [4FE]

———grant CFTC and SEC authority to set a margin or collateral requirement for swaps and security-based swaps involving end users, H14715, H14716 [10DE]

———handling of foreclosure crisis, H5562 [13MY], H12266-H12271 [3NO]

———limit financial institutions and major swap participants to certain ownership percentage in derivatives clearing organizations, H14711, H14712 [10DE]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, H3486-H3491 [17MR], H3615-H3620 [18MR], H3711 [23MR], H3790 [24MR], H4003, H4019, H4020 [25MR], H4231, H4232 [31MR], H4498 [2AP], H4980-H4987 [29AP], H7072 [19JN], H8071 [14JY], H10526 [7OC], H11433 [15OC], H11559 [21OC], H11731 [23OC], H11764 [26OC], H13469 [3DE], H15474 [16DE]

———require mortgage lenders participating in Making Home Affordable Program to report monthly to the Dept. of the Treasury, H14722, H14723 [10DE]

———require OTS and the Comptroller of the Currency to issue mortgage modification data collection and reporting requirements for banks under regulation, H354 [15JA]

———require swap dealers and major participants to execute their standardized swaps on exchanges or swap execution platforms, H14493 [10DE]

———systemic risk regulation, H13116 [18NO], H14491 [10DE], E2976 [11DE]

Financial Markets Commission: establish (H.R. 2253), E1094 [7MY]

Financial Services Oversight Council: ensure that non-voting members are not excluded from meetings or discussions, H14737 [10DE]

Florida: tribute to residents protesting wasteful Government spending, H4844 [28AP]

Foreign policy: impact of foreign interventionism, H1277 [12FE]

Foreign trade: economic impact of tariff increase on tires from China, H9499 [15SE]

———impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, H1639 [23FE], H2811 [25FE], H4233 [31MR], H5044 [30AP], H5691 [18MY], H5770 [19MY], H8163-H8170 [15JY], H12126-H12132 [29OC], H13391 [2DE], H14848 [14DE]

———recognize importance of trade to the U.S. economy and the importance of passing free trade agreements with Colombia, the Republic of Korea, and Panama (H. Res. 987), E3058 [17DE]

———U.S. deficit, H1013 [4FE], H5450 [12MY], H8557 [22JY], H9309 [8SE]

Fort Bend, TX: tribute to increase in job creation, H11716 [23OC]

FRS: abolish Board of Governors and repeal Federal Reserve Act (H.R. 833), H2808 [25FE], E192 [3FE]

———determine that regulations for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan will not result in reduction in availability of credit to small businesses, H5039, H5040 [30AP]

———increase quality and public accessibility of research on effects of monetary policy on distribution of wealth and the proportion of newly created monetary resources directed into various sectors of the economy, H200 [14JA], H496 [26JA]

———policy of lending money to the Federal Government using monetized assets, H6018 [2JN]

———reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported, H14492 [10DE]

———reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (H.R. 1207), H3129 [10MR], H3647 [19MR], H8031 [14JY], H9172 [30JY], H9537 [15SE], H9788-H9790 [22SE], H10058 [29SE], H10501, H10502 [6OC], H11284 [13OC], H13376 [1DE], E502 [26FE]

———require disclosure of detailed information regarding the mortgage-backed securities purchase program, H363-H365 [15JA]

Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act: repeal, E2969 [11DE]

Galveston, TX: tribute to community banks for recovery loans made to residents after Hurricane Ike, E1790 [15JY]

General Motors Corp.: address impact of restructuring agreement on pension payments, H8197 [16JY]

———impact of bankruptcy on retirees health care, H8903 [28JY]

———impact of potential bankruptcy or reorganization on bondholders, retirees, and employees, H4066 [30MR]

———removal of Chief Executive Officer, Rick Wagoner, E869 [2AP]

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.: posting of quarterly profits, H11385 [15OC]

Government: impact of increased Government spending and growth, H8803-H8807 [24JY], H9812 [23SE], H9904 [24SE]

———Recovery.gov (Internet site) report on job creation in nonexistent congressional districts relative to fraud, waste, or abuse of economic stimulus funding, H13072, H13074, H13132, H13133 [18NO], H13269, H13271 [19NO], H13449 [2DE], H13505-H13508 [3DE]

———Recovery.gov website redesign funding, H8032 [14JY], H8104 [15JY]

———require Recovery.gov website to contain links and other information on how to access job information created at or by entities receiving funds for economic stimulus, H731, H732 [28JA]

Government regulations: provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), H13554, H13555, H13556 [8DE], H14377, H14379, H14418-H14442 [9DE], H14448, H14450, H14496, H14650-H14738, H14740 [10DE], H14747-H14804, H14808 [11DE], H14849, H14872, H14873 [14DE], H14884, H14887 [15DE], E2937, E2943 [10DE], E2966, E2969, E2970, E2971, E2972, E2973, E2974, E2975, E2976, E2977, E2979, E2980, E2982, E2983, E2984 [11DE], E2985, E2991, E2993, E2994 [14DE], E3004, E3008, E3013 [15DE], E3019, E3029, E3053 [17DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), consideration (H. Res. 956), H14408-H14417 [9DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), consideration (H. Res. 964), H14487-H14496 [10DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), motion to recommit, H14801-H14804 [11DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, enhance Federal understanding of insurance issues, and regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), unanimous-consent agreement, H14418 [9DE]

———provide financial regulatory reform, protect consumers and investors, understand insurance issues, and regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 4173), consideration—same-day consideration (H. Res. 962), H14480-H14487 [10DE]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., H12267-H12272 [3NO], H13010, H13012 [17NO]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S. (H.R. 3310), E1965-E1967 [24JY]

Greater Houston Partnership (organization): anniversary, E5 [6JA]

Health: impact of economic stimulus legislation on health care, H1136 [10FE], H1219 [11FE], H1592 [13FE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1289-H1295 [12FE], H7090 [23JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures impact on job creation, H8576, H8577, H8581 [22JY], H8886 [28JY]

History: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations, H7995 [10JY], E983 [27AP]

———comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H2915 [3MR], H3043 [5MR], H3323 [11MR], H3620 [18MR], H4264 [1AP], H4510 [2AP], H4759 [27AP], H4884 [28AP], H5467 [12MY], H5635 [14MY], H9261 [31JY], H11807 [27OC], E1197 [19MY]

———role of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and New Deal initiatives in recovery of U.S. economy during the Great Depression, H1035-H1037 [4FE]

Hobart, IN: tribute to Hobart Chamber of Commerce Business Award recipients, E165 [28JA]

House of Representatives: importance of bipartisanship, H3719 [23MR]

———legislative priorities, H5462, H5466 [12MY], H5990-H5993 [21MY], H6151-H6153 [3JN], H8323, H8325, H8326, H8344 [17JY], H9403 [10SE], H10129 [30SE], H11821 [27OC], H12173-H12176 [2NO]

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure, H1161 [11FE], H1625 [23FE], H2966 [4MR], H5084 [4MY], H5105 [5MY]

———aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure and address the subprime mortgage crisis, H302 [14JA], H3486-H3491 [17MR]

———create Economic Disaster Area designation to aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure, H4256 [1AP], E765 [25MR]

———eliminate additional funding for the HOPE for Homeowners loan program, H361-H363 [15JA]

———prevent foreclosure of home mortgages and stop mortgage fraud and predatory lending, H3419-H3426 [16MR]

———require notice to consumers when a mortgage loan has been sold, transferred, or assigned to a third party, H5347, H5349 [7MY]

Houston, TX: tribute to Federal jobs fair, H8848 [27JY]

Hudson Valley Community College: visit by President Obama, H9874 [23SE]

IMF: report comparing economic crises in Japan and Sweden, H1084 [10FE]

Immigration: enforce employment restrictions on unauthorized aliens, H10464 [6OC], H13271 [19NO]

———reform, H14442 [9DE]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to participate in E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, H1559 [13FE], H1610 [23FE], H3719 [23MR]

Income: provide economic recovery payments to recipients of Social Security, railroad retirement, and veterans disability benefits, H5635 [14MY]

Infrastructure: funding, H13503 [3DE]

Insurance: extend maximum continuation coverage period for individuals involuntarily terminated and eligibility period and maximum assistance period for premium assistance under COBRA (H.R. 3930), H13554 [8DE]

International Renewable Energy Agency: encourage U.S. membership (H. Res. 177), E280 [13FE]

Investments: help rebuild retirement, college, and personal savings (H.R. 2021), H4692 [23AP]

Iran: U.S. policy, H12548 [6NO]

Iraq: call for redeployment of troops and a shift in political and diplomatic strategy for stabilizing Iraq, H143 [9JA], H187 [13JA], H913 [3FE], H1135 [10FE], H2949 [4MR], H3128 [10MR], H5134 [5MY], H8406 [20JY]

Kingsport, TN: Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation Innovations in American Government Award recipient, E2259 [14SE]

Knoxville Utilities Board: tribute, H506 [26JA]

Las Vegas, NV: impact of erroneous statements about earmarks on local economy and tourism, H2950 [4MR]

———Mob Museum construction funding, H1048 [9FE]

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.: anniversary of bankruptcy filing, H9466 [14SE], H9496 [15SE]

Leno, Jay: tribute for doing a show for unemployed workers in Detroit, MI, H3339 [12MR]

Lexington, SC: anniversary of Michelin North America, Inc., plant, H13358 [1DE]

Medicaid: solvency, H13043, H13044 [17NO]

Medicare: reform sustainable growth rate payment system for physicians and provide deficit protection and fiscal responsibility, H13316 [19NO]

———solvency, H11443-H11446 [15OC], H12262 [3NO], H12982 [16NO], H13044 [17NO], H13131, H13132 [18NO]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, H7871 [9JY]

Minimum wage: level, H8712 [24JY]

Minnesota: tribute to small town community banks, E1127 [12MY]

Money: impact of depreciation of the U.S. dollar, H11983 [28OC]

Monroe County, FL: concerns of constituents, H11271 [13OC]

Morality and ethics: importance of accountability in government and society, H3139-H3142 [10MR], H3504-H3507 [17MR], H3789 [24MR], H5700-H5706 [18MY], H11279-H11285 [13OC], H13261, H13262 [18NO]

Motor vehicles: allow automobile rental industry to finance debt secured by car fleets as well as with unsecured commercial paper, H287 [14JA]

———allow third-party arbitration to terminate automobile dealership franchises with General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC, H14459 [10DE]

———exempt auto dealers from regulation by Consumer Financial Protection Agency, H14750, H14751 [11DE]

———impact of closure of dealerships on employment levels, H5674 [18MY], H5719 [19MY], H5807 [20MY], H6976 [18JN], H9904 [24SE]

———impact of partisanship on closure of dealerships, H6053 [2JN], H6243 [4JN], H6395, H6396, H6397 [9JN]

———impact of plant closings relative to restructuring plans of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, H6147-H6153 [3JN], H6243 [4JN], H9257-H9259 [31JY]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers, H6784 [15JN], H8193, H8195, H8207-H8209, H8215 [16JY], H8344 [17JY], H9259, H9260 [31JY], H10503 [6OC], H14475-H14479, H14738 [10DE], E1825 [16JY], E1829 [17JY], E1904 [23JY]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (H.R. 2743), H6314 [9JN], H6523 [10JN], H6594 [11JN], H8070 [14JY], H10056, H10057 [29SE], E1862 [21JY]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (H.R. 2796), E1862 [21JY]

NAFTA: impact on employment and the economy, H8167, H8168 [15JY]

———impact on job creation, illegal immigration, and trade deficit, H1013 [4FE]

———impact on U.S. trade deficit, H5450 [12MY]

National Commission on American Recovery and Reinvestment: establish (H.R. 4219), H14376 [9DE], H14747 [11DE]

National Commission To Study Employment and Economic Insecurity: establish (H.R. 2078), E957 [23AP]

National objectives: comparison of the economic recovery of the corporate and financial sectors with that of working class citizens, H11358, H11359 [14OC]

———economic recovery, H9556 [16SE], H10077 [30SE]

———impact of global financial crisis on national security, H3474 [17MR]

———priority assignments, H55-H60 [7JA], H170 [13JA], H424 [21JA], H880 [3FE], H2607 [24FE], H2819-H2826 [25FE], H3032, H3047-H3052 [5MR], H3133-H3139 [10MR], H3322-H3329 [11MR], H3426-H3433 [16MR], H3620-H3627 [18MR], H3758, H3760, H3815, H3817 [24MR], H4556, H4558 [21AP], H4694 [23AP], H5155-H5161 [5MY], H5466-H5472 [12MY], H5720, H5721, H5771 [19MY], H5895, H5897 [21MY], H6129 [3JN], H6254-H6259 [4JN], H6522 [10JN], H8441 [21JY], H9309 [8SE], H9720-H9722 [17SE], H12266-H12272 [3NO], H12349 [4NO], H14880 [15DE], E2433 [1OC]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, H40, H41, H42, H63 [7JA], H73, H74, H75, H76-H82 [8JA], H94, H145-H152, H156 [9JA], H165, H169, H185, H187 [13JA], H203, H303-H306 [14JA], H368 [15JA], H392, H425 [21JA], H445, H446, H470, H471 [22JA], H897 [3FE], H1017-H1030, H1032, H1034 [4FE], H1048 [9FE], H3039-H3045 [5MR], H3758 [24MR], H5466-H5472 [12MY], H5586 [14MY], H5885, H5886 [20MY], H7744 [8JY], H8056 [14JY], H8309 [17JY], H8437 [21JY]

Natural gas: encourage production, H6398 [9JN]

New London County, CT: Emergency Economic Stabilization Act grant money released to Willimantic Savings Institute to provide new jobs, H14882 [15DE]

Newark, NJ: economic development, E2151 [31JY]

News media: discourage rhetoric that encourages partisanship on national economic issues, H2948 [4MR]

NOAA: implementation of report entitled ``Biological Opinion and Conference Opinion on the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project'', E1723 [10JY]

———prohibit funding for implementation of report entitled ``Biological Opinion and Conference Opinion on the Long-Term Operations of the Central Valley Project and State Water Project'', H6945-H6948 [17JN], E1527 [23JN]

Nobel Prize: recognition of Elinor Ostrom for economic sciences, E2507 [13OC]

North Carolina: impact of economic downturn on the lives of constituents, H3339 [12MR]

Northern Border Regional Commission: funding, H8110 [15JY]

NSF: award grants to institutions of higher education to develop and offer education and training programs, H575 [27JA]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H11762 [26OC]

———evaluation of economic policies, H2866, H2867 [26FE], H2911, H2918-H2922 [3MR], H2964-H2970 [4MR], H2986 [5MR], H3070-H3076 [6MR], H3096-H3103 [9MR], H3325-H3329 [11MR], H3340, H3379-H3387 [12MR], H3441, H3443, H3445, H3520-H3524 [17MR], H3533 [18MR], H3675-H3677, H3689 [19MR], H3732-H3739 [23MR], H3752, H3754, H3755, H3784-H3786, H3789, H3790, H3814, H3825-H3828 [24MR], H3839, H3840, H3997 [25MR], H4030, H4031, H4049-H4054 [26MR], H4255, H4256 [1AP], H4490, H4513 [2AP], H4759-H4763 [27AP], H4970 [29AP], H5381 [7MY], H5690 [18MY], H5717, H5719 [19MY], H6292 [8JN], H6315, H6393-H6400 [9JN], H6544, H6599 [11JN], H6666 [12JN], H6820 [16JN], H6942, H6943 [17JN], H7920, H7922 [9JY], H7998 [10JY], H8193, H8194, H8294, H8297, H8299, H8300 [16JY], H8308, H8310 [17JY], H8374-H8376, H8394 [20JY], H8430, H8431, H8438, H8442, H8469, H8470, H8485 [21JY], H8582, H8583 [22JY], H9485 [14SE], H9500 [15SE], H9720-H9722 [17SE], H9947 [24SE], H9964 [25SE], H11562 [21OC], H11716 [23OC], H11776 [26OC], H11821, H11823 [27OC]

———Joint Congressional Address, E317 [24FE]

———proposal to reform U.S. financial regulatory system, H7115 [23JN], H8414 [21JY], H8589 [23JY], H8812 [27JY], H9496 [15SE]

Ohio: economic impact of ailing automobile industry, H6595 [11JN]

Oregon: rebuttal to report on economic stimulus projects relative to characterization of Talking Water Gardens wastewater treatment and water reuse project, E3044 [17DE]

———tribute to Central Lincoln People's Utility District, E2773 [16NO]

———tribute to contributions of Native Americans, E276 [13FE]

Pakistan: U.S. policy, E2564 [15OC]

Pennsylvania: call for Forest Service to honor agreement relative to harvest of timber, oil, and natural gas in Allegheny National Forest, H3690 [19MR]

———effects of economic stimulus, H5312 [7MY]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, H6682 [12JN]

———gasoline price levels, H5462 [12MY]

———reduce price of gasoline through offshore drilling, increased construction and investment in refineries, Federal fuel tax suspension, and free trade promotion (H.R. 2631), E1247 [21MY]

Populist Caucus: formation and agenda, H4227-H4233 [31MR]

Port Lavaca, TX: tribute to IBC Bank and HJM Elementary School Shark Town Micro Community, E2799 [18NO]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy, H5408 [12MY], H5490, H5491, H5492 [13MY], H5586 [14MY], H14449 [10DE]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), H5694 [18MY], H5721, H5768, H5769, H5772-H5779 [19MY], H5805, H5806, H5807, H5864, H5880-H5889 [20MY], H5895, H5897, H5898, H5982 [21MY], H6018, H6063, H6070 [2JN], H6080, H6081, H6085-H6090, H6126, H6132-H6138 [3JN], H6159 [4JN], H6270 [8JN], H6312-H6314, H6317, H6318, H6319, H6327, H6336-H6341, H6343, H6344, H6395, H6398-H6400 [9JN], H6419, H6421, H6519, H6529-H6536 [10JN], H6542, H6543, H6544, H6594, H6598-H6604 [11JN], H6621, H6622, H6623 [12JN], H6782, H6799-H6803 [15JN], H6816-H6819 [16JN], H6908 [17JN], H7026, H7074 [19JN], H7113, H7114, H7117-H7121, H7137 [23JN], H7150, H7151, H7152 [24JN], H7255, H7256, H7257, H7396 [25JN], H7450, H7451, H7471-H7686, H7689, H7691-H7701 [26JN], H7710, H7733-H7738 [7JY], H7745 [8JY], H7840, H7841 [9JY], H7949 [10JY], H8013, H8014 [13JY], H8027, H8035, H8050, H8059, H8060, H8069, H8070 [14JY], H8163 [15JY], H8287-H8297 [16JY], H8347 [17JY], H8360, H8366 [20JY], H8427, H8428, H8429, H8430, H8431, H8438, H8439, H8441, H8443, H8444, H8449, H8476-H8486 [21JY], H8687-H8693 [23JY], H8802 [24JY], H8886, H8891, H8892, H8894, H8901 [28JY], H8964, H9042 [29JY], H9190-H9197, H9199 [30JY], H9248, H9253, H9254, H9260 [31JY], H9652 [16SE], H9794 [22SE], H9876 [23SE], H10412 [1OC], H10525 [7OC], H11463, H11487-H11494, H11505-H11507 [20OC], H11762, H11772 [26OC], H12035 [28OC], H12348 [4NO], H13514 [3DE], H13555, H13617, H13618, H13620, H13624 [8DE], H14815-H14817 [11DE], H14955, H14970 [15DE], H15476, H15481 [16DE], E1324 [4JN], E1564 [24JN], E1574, E1599, E1631 [26JN], E1641, E1652, E1659 [7JY], E1717 [10JY], E1734, E1743 [13JY], E1847 [20JY], E2092 [31JY], E2923 [10DE]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), consideration (H. Res. 587), H7451-H7463 [26JN]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), permission to file report, H6243 [4JN]

———establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (H.R. 1431), H4491-H4498 [2AP]

———increase energy independence and job creation through safe energy production, alternative and renewable energy development, and conservation promotion for a cleaner environment (H.R. 2846), H7074 [19JN], H8088 [14JY], H8307, H8325 [17JY], H8366 [20JY], H8450 [21JY], H8690, H8692 [23JY], H9198 [30JY], H11602 [22OC]

———national energy policy, H299 [14JA], H1071-H1073 [9FE], H1135 [10FE], H1640 [23FE], H2911 [3MR], H3091 [9MR], H3444, H3448, H3473, H3477, H3500 [17MR], H3722 [23MR], H3821-H3825 [24MR], H4030 [26MR], H4105 [30MR], H4138 [31MR], H4380, H4381 [1AP], H4565-H4571 [21AP], H4723-H4728 [23AP], H4763-H4768 [27AP], H4847 [28AP], H4920, H4993-H4995 [29AP], H5083 [4MY], H5100, H5104, H5105, H5145-H5155 [5MY], H5172 [6MY], H5381, H5384-H5387 [7MY], H5448, H5452, H5455-H5460, H5462 [12MY], H5557-H5561, H5575-H5577 [13MY], H5779-H5783 [19MY], H6081 [3JN], H6312 [9JN], H6418, H6419 [10JN], H6682 [12JN], H6747 [15JN], H7449, H7695-H7701 [26JN], H8687 [23JY], H9197-H9199 [30JY], H9790, H9791, H9793-H9799 [22SE], H9874 [23SE], H11487-H11494, H11500-H11507 [20OC], H13455 [2DE], E941 [22AP]

———promote alternative and renewable fuels, domestic energy production, conservation, and efficiency, and increase energy independence, H4768 [27AP], H4920 [29AP], H5720 [19MY]

———provide a comprehensive energy package to secure our economic future through increased energy innovation, conservation, and production (H.R. 2300), H5384, H5385 [7MY], H5557, H5558 [13MY], H6068 [2JN], H6089, H6125, H6138 [3JN], H6328, H6336 [9JN]

———provide a comprehensive energy package to secure our economic future through increased energy innovation, conservation, and production (H.R. 2828), H6519 [10JN], H6542, H6543 [11JN]

———provide for domestic energy production and jobs and pursue alternatives in renewable energy (H.R. 2250), E1064 [5MY]

———regulate certain transactions involving energy commodities and strengthen enforcement authorities of FERC under Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act, H7658 [26JN]

President Obama: speeches to Wall Street and G-20 summit, H10077 [30SE]

Presidential Commission To Study the Culture and Glorification of Violence in America: establish (H.R. 2924), E1473 [17JN]

Public debt: debt held by foreigners, H77 [8JA], H560 [27JA], H1062 [9FE], H1202 [11FE], H1282 [12FE], H3071, H3072 [6MR], H3996 [25MR], H4137 [31MR], H6080 [3JN], H6248 [4JN], H8311 [17JY], H12538, H12539 [6NO], H13127 [18NO], E11 [6JA]

Public Policy Institute of California: invitation to Members of Congress to participate in a panel discussion on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1610 [23FE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H878 [3FE], H1068 [9FE], H1163, H1164 [11FE], H2609, H2612 [24FE], H2916-H2921 [3MR], H4133, H4136 [31MR], H4754 [27AP], H6254-H6261 [4JN], H6340 [9JN], H11563-H11567 [21OC], H12018 [28OC], H13276 [19NO], H13454 [2DE], E2698 [3NO]

SBA: funding, H8195 [16JY]

———modify criteria of operation for Capital Backstop Program, H12111 [29OC]

———prohibit funding for Pittsburgh, PA, Life Sciences Greenhouse, H8253, H8254 [16JY]

Schools: limit ability of schools that received economic stimulus funds from receiving certain additional funds, H9633, H9634 [16SE]

SEC: allow certain credit rating agencies to deregister as Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations, H14758 [11DE]

———delegate regulation of investment advisers to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, H14747, H14748 [11DE]

———funding, H8193 [16JY]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, H41, H60 [7JA], H83 [8JA], H166 [13JA], H372 [15JA], H495 [26JA], H877, H917 [3FE], H1083 [10FE], H1577 [13FE], H2606 [24FE], H2877 [2MR], H3069 [6MR], H4427 [2AP], H8429 [21JY], E102 [15JA]

———establish (H.R. 1557), H3756 [24MR], H7710 [7JY], H10075 [30SE], H11734 [23OC], E2643 [27OC]

Securities: address decline in stock market, H3068 [6MR]

———make Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization liable for gross negligence in determining credit ratings, E2985 [14DE]

———regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets (H.R. 3795), E2705 [4NO]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (H.R. 2365), H9917, H9918 [24SE], H11357 [14OC]

Sierra Pacific Industries: impact of Government regulations on closure of Quincy, CA, sawmill, H2892 [3MR]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, H8066 [14JY], H11520, H11522, H11523 [21OC], H11586, H11693-H11697 [22OC], H12475-H12477, H12485 [6NO], H12613, H12914, H12915 [7NO], H13042, H13043 [17NO], H13511 [3DE]

———improve access to credit, H3614 [18MR]

———provide for improved long-term financing of small business concerns by certified development companies, H12075 [29OC]

———provide support for small business concerns, H288, H289 [14JA], H880 [3FE], H1162 [11FE], H1252 [12FE], H3294 [11MR], H3377 [12MR], H3758, H3759 [24MR], H4243 [31MR], H5820 [20MY], H6256 [4JN], H8159 [15JY], H14846, H14855 [14DE]

———take steps to stop the small business credit crunch, H14449 [10DE]

Small Business Act: amend relative to awarding contract opportunities to qualified HUBZone small business concerns (H.R. 3729), E2453 [6OC]

Social Security: impact of benefit levels on living standards of senior citizens, H11370 [14OC]

———impact of lack of cost-of-living adjustment, H11483 [20OC], E2564 [15OC]

———increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 3672), H11373 [14OC]

———place a general eligibility ceiling of the poverty level on gross income for eligibility for benefits under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program, H932 [4FE]

Sonoma, CA: anniversary of Sonoma Valley Chamber of Commerce, E2699 [3NO], E3001, E3006 [15DE]

States: impact of economic stimulus on State budgets, H8032 [14JY]

———permit use of economic stimulus funds designated for neighborhood stabilization program to be used for foreclosure prevention, H1145 [10FE]

Tampa, FL: Tampa International Airport funding, H3839 [25MR]

Tariff: impact, H12127, H12128 [29OC]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of a residence, H537 [27JA]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of a residence (H.R. 101), H179-H181 [13JA], E25 [7JA]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases, H1564 [13FE]

———allow individuals and businesses a temporary credit against income tax for the purchase of certain vehicles (H.R. 550), E98 [15JA]

———extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (H.R. 2725), E2938 [10DE]

———extend work opportunity tax credit to the long-term unemployed, H11820 [27OC]

———impact of cuts, H496 [26JA], H750, H766 [28JA], H1068 [9FE], H1279 [12FE], H2610 [24FE], H2814, H2815 [25FE], H2913 [3MR], H3047, H3048 [5MR], H3128, H3133, H3137-H3139 [10MR], H3840 [25MR], H4221, H4223 [31MR], H11270 [13OC], H13451 [2DE]

———impose a tax on certain securities transactions to fund job creation and deficit reduction (H.R. 4191), E3005 [15DE]

———include loans for recreational vehicles when providing incentives to consumers and lenders for the purchase of a passenger vehicle, H292 [14JA]

———make permanent tax credits for energy research and development programs, H3532 [18MR]

———prevent pending tax increases and provide additional tax reductions to stimulate economic growth (H.R. 301), H81 [8JA], H187 [13JA]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, H1230 [11FE]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (H.R. 1245), H3723 [23MR], H6371 [9JN]

———provide consumer rebates for purchases of certain new passenger motor vehicles (H.R. 1808), H4139 [31MR]

———provide financing for automobile dealer floor plan loans, H292 [14JA]

———provide for economic stabilization, capital utilization, and enterprise reform (H.R. 7264), H3826 [24MR]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (H.R. 470), H304-H311 [14JA], H329 [15JA], H448 [22JA], H579, H598, H599 [27JA], H891 [3FE], H1193 [11FE], H2914, H2919 [3MR], H13269 [19NO]

———rates, H736-H743 [28JA], H1153 [10FE], H1229-H1231 [11FE], H2948 [4MR], H3047-H3049 [5MR], H3074 [6MR], H8011 [13JY], H8066 [14JY]

———reduce Social Security payroll taxes and reduce reliance of the U.S. economy on carbon-based energy sources, H5693 [18MY]

Taxpayer March on Washington: tribute to participants (H. Res. 870), H12048 [29OC]

TBC Corp.: tribute, H14747 [11DE]

Texas: constituent views on health care reform, H9468 [14SE]

Transportation: infrastructure funding, H496 [26JA], H1530, H1574, H1576 [13FE], H4925 [29AP], H8189 [16JY], H9262 [31JY], H11585 [22OC], H13008 [17NO], H13552, H13601 [8DE], H14852 [14DE], H15000 [16DE], E783, E784 [26MR]

———reduce time period for State and local governments to obligate highway, transit, rail, and aviation funds received from supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, H711, H712, H715 [28JA]

Travel and tourism: effect of travel on national and local economies, H3805-H3812 [24MR]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: impact of imposing a deadline on negotiation of greenhouse gas emissions agreement, H14885 [15DE]

———negotiation of greenhouse gas emissions agreement, H14815 [11DE], H14886 [15DE]

U.S. Chamber of Commerce: evaluation and impact of Obama administration business policies, H12049, H12050, H12122 [29OC]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H14805 [11DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), H9743, H9767-H9774 [22SE], H9903 [24SE], H11717 [23OC], H12215 [3NO], E2337, E2343, E2345 [23SE], E2359, E2368 [24SE], E2378 [25SE], E2395 [29SE], E2420 [1OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), Senate amendment, H12369, H12381-H12390 [5NO], H13271 [19NO], E2737, E2743, E2749 [6NO], E2756 [9NO]

———provide for certain temporary additional unemployment benefits, H1574 [13FE]

———provide for emergency unemployment compensation program, H512 [26JA], H560 [27JA]

———rates, H1025, H1026 [4FE], H1063 [9FE], H1254 [12FE], H6393-H6400 [9JN], H6820 [16JN], H7995, H7996 [10JY], H8028, H8033, H8035, H8069, H8088, H8089 [14JY], H8163 [15JY], H8191 [16JY], H8309 [17JY], H8394 [20JY], H8420, H8421, H8427, H8428, H8429, H8430, H8437, H8438, H8439, H8440, H8441, H8442, H8484-H8486 [21JY], H8754 [24JY], H8895, H8896, H8898, H8899, H8905, H8908, H8909 [28JY], H9017, H9021, H9042, H9049-H9051 [29JY], H9712 [17SE], H11807, H11821, H11823 [27OC], H13118, H13128 [18NO], H13449, H13450 [2DE], H13501-H13505, H13508 [3DE], H14448 [10DE], H14851-H14862 [14DE], H14882, H14956 [15DE], H15476 [16DE]

Urban areas: economic conditions of cities, H1063 [9FE]

Ventura County Economic Development Association: anniversary, E115 [21JA]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H12459 [6NO], H14448 [10DE]

Water: conduct a study examining the long-term ecomomic effects of water diversions on the San Joaquin Valley area of California, H4715, H4716 [23AP]

Water Research and Development Initiative: require agencies included in the interagency committee to work on improvement of understanding of water-intensive sectors of the economy and industrial needs for water, H4705 [23AP]

Wildlife: prevent introduction and establishment of nonnative invasive wildlife species that negatively impact the economy, environment, or human or animal health (H.R. 669), E142 [26JA]

Women: promote economic security and safety of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victims (H.R. 739), H912 [3FE]

Women's Fund of Miami-Dade County (organization): tribute to report entitled ``Portrait of Women's Economic Security in Greater Miami'', H8033 [14JY]

Woodbridge, VA: Greater Prince William Community Health Center funding, H5102 [5MY]

Youngstown, OH: inclusion on Entrepreneur (publication) Best Cities to Start a Business list, H8562 [22JY]

Remarks in Senate

Aguilar, Luis A.: commend remarks relative to U.S. financial regulatory system reform, S11340 [10NO]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3097, S3099-S3103, S3109 [16MR], S3123, S3126, S3129, S3132-S3134, S3141, S3144-S3148, S3150 [17MR], S3324, S3327, S3329, S3353, S3356, S3359-S3361 [18MR], S3381, S3385, S3515, S3579-S3581 [19MR]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding on Florida economy, S6160 [4JN]

———impact of stimulus funding on free enterprise economic system, S7993-S7997 [23JY]

———impact of stimulus funding on job creation, S8084 [24JY], S10984 [2NO]

———implementation, S3625 [24MR]

———prohibit the use of stimulus funds for signage indicating that a project is being carried out using those funds, S7475 [14JY], S9403-S9405, S9408, S9409 [16SE]

———provide enhanced State and local oversight of activities conducted pursuant to such Act (S. 1064), S5690 [20MY], S6678 [17JN]

Appropriations: divide total cost of supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus and issue tax rebate to all taxpayers with adjusted gross income under $250,000, S1779, S1828-S1831, S1855 [6FE]

———eliminate new Government spending programs from the supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1489, S1524 [4FE]

———eliminate unnecessary spending on projects that neither create jobs nor provide economic stimulus, S1407 [3FE], S1521 [4FE], S1666-S1669 [5FE], S1780, S1803, S1804, S1839 [6FE], S1903 [7FE], S2209 [12FE], S2282 [13FE]

———maintain existing spending levels, adjusted for inflation, by reducing duplicative or non-essential funding in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2663, S2671-S2674 [3MR]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1008, S1038 [29JA], S1108-S1115 [30JA], S1236-S1242, S1265-S1273 [2FE], S1371-S1428 [3FE], S1473-S1538 [4FE], S1615-S1676 [5FE], S1773-S1859 [6FE], S1885 [7FE], S1991-S2024, S2030-S2035 [9FE], S2037-S2072 [10FE], S2092-S2103, S2123, S2125-S2127, S2167 [11FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, S2170-S2173, S2176-S2209, S2247 [12FE], S2258-S2313 [13FE], S2354, S2382 [23FE], S2405, S2409, S2410 [24FE], S2522 [26FE], S2803 [5MR], S2859 [6MR], S3008 [11MR], S3329 [18MR], S3891, S3892 [26MR], S6627, S6628, S6634, S6635 [16JN], S6670 [17JN], S6753 [18JN]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), unanimous-consent agreement, S1232 [30JA], S1859 [6FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (S. 336), S822 [26JA], S881 [27JA], S989 [28JA]

———redirect economic stimulus funds not obligated within a certain period to infrastructure projects, S1382-S1384 [3FE], S1776 [6FE]

———reduce economic stimulus spending upon meeting certain economic growth goals, S1525 [4FE]

———require agencies receiving economic stimulus funding comply with any congressional requests for records, S1775 [6FE]

———use economic stimulus funds to hire veterans, at-risk youth, and low-income people for infrastructure projects, S1674 [5FE]

Automobile industry: ensure Federal investment is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency, S8222 [29JY]

———ensure Federal investment is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (S. Res. 175), S6882 [22JN]

———ensure Federal investment is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency (S. Res. 175), unanimous-consent request, S7228 [8JY]

———Government bailout, S4011, S4012 [31MR], S6429 [10JN], S6684-S6686 [17JN], S6754 [18JN], S6875, S6876 [22JN]

———prohibit use of taxpayer funds for bailout of automobile industry, S4280 [2AP]

———stability of domestic manufacturers, S3539-S3541 [19MR]

Bankruptcy: amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences, S4796-S4799 [28AP], S4881-S4883 [29AP], S4915-S4927, S4931-S4938 [30AP], S5176 [6MY], S8786-S8788 [5AU]

———amend laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (S. 61), S65 [6JA]

Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action: establish, S2927 [10MR], S4123-S4125, S4129, S4147 [1AP]

———establish (S. 2853), S12837, S12838, S12840, S12841 [10DE]

Brown, Gordon: address to joint meeting of Congress by British Prime Minister, S2734 [4MR]

Budget: adjust spending levels to compensate for spending in economic stimulus legislation, S4270 [2AP]

———allocation of funds, S2545-S2547 [26FE], S3092 [12MR]

———deficit, S184, S197 [8JA], S244 [9JA], S270 [11JA], S293-S297 [12JA], S1115 [30JA], S1384, S1385 [3FE], S1637, S1638 [5FE], S1778, S1836 [6FE], S2091 [11FE], S2180 [12FE], S2293 [13FE], S2405-S2407 [24FE], S2930 [10MR], S3009 [11MR], S3092 [12MR], S3108 [16MR], S3130 [17MR], S3344-S3347 [18MR], S3578 [19MR], S3584, S3589-S3592 [23MR], S3621 [24MR], S3740-S3742, S3756, S3773 [25MR], S3818-S3822, S3887-S3890 [26MR], S3952, S3954, S3958, S3969-S3971 [30MR], S4053, S4106-S4109 [31MR], S4151-S4153 [1AP], S4232, S4243 [2AP], S4643-S4645 [23AP], S4849-S4858, S4861, S4866, S4874 [29AP], S5250 [7MY], S5309-S5311 [11MY], S5412-S5415 [13MY], S5995-S5997, S6012-S6015 [3JN], S6334, S6340 [9JN], S6427 [10JN], S6534, S6535 [11JN], S6640-S6643 [16JN], S6703-S6705 [17JN], S7039 [25JN], S7177 [7JY], S7291, S7292 [9JY], S7448, S7449 [14JY], S7946 [23JY], S8538 [30JY], S9070, S9073 [7AU], S9310-S9313 [14SE], S9410 [16SE], S9711, S9718-S9720 [23SE], S9959-S9961, S9976 [30SE], S10140 [6OC], S10340 [13OC], S10388, S10412 [14OC], S10444, S10467-S10470 [15OC], S10507, S10511 [19OC], S10592, S10594 [21OC], S10660, S10676-S10678 [22OC], S10760 [27OC], S10801, S10802, S10810 [28OC], S10881, S10899, S10900, S10907 [29OC], S10973 [2NO], S11081, S11095 [4NO], S11153 [5NO], S11247 [6NO], S11424 [17NO], S11837, S11855, S11872 [20NO], S11912-S11918, S11950-S11952, S11955, S11958, S11960 [21NO], S11996 [30NO], S12033-S12036, S12060 [1DE], S12577-S12580 [7DE], S12862, S12879 [10DE], S13062-S13064 [11DE], S13076, S13083-S13086 [12DE], S13164 [14DE], S13299, S13300 [16DE], S13374 [17DE], S13417 [18DE], S13482, S13483-S13488 [19DE], S13827-S13829, S13838 [23DE]

———eliminate wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S4408 [20AP], S4648, S4656 [23AP], S13484-S13487 [19DE]

———limit Federal spending to a certain percentage of the gross domestic product (S. 897), S4722 [24AP], S7356 [10JY]

———limit Government spending to CBO projected rate of inflation, S4135 [1AP], S4253 [2AP]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S9302 [14SE], S11031 [3NO], S13358 [17DE]

Business and industry: require recipients of economic stimulus funds to report any bonuses paid to employees, S1388 [3FE]

Buy American Act: clarify that provisions will be applied consistent with international trade agreement obligations, S1528 [4FE], S2190 [12FE]

———compliance, S1038-S1040 [29JA], S1392 [3FE], S1494-S1496, S1528-S1530 [4FE], S2522 [26FE], S3329 [18MR]

———increase requirement for American-made content and tighten waiver provisions (S. 2890), S13322 [16DE]

CBO: report on the public debt, S196, S197 [8JA]

CERCLA: brownfields and neglected urban properties redeveloping funding, S1673 [5FE]

Chrysler LLC: impact of bankruptcy filing and pending merger with Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., S5172, S5176 [6MY]

Climate: develop policy to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, S4156 [1AP]

———provide a point of order against climate change legislation that could endanger jobs, S4268 [2AP]

Clinton, William J.: evaluation of economic policies, S2091, S2094 [11FE], S3740-S3742 [25MR]

Coastal zones: authorize acquisition of coastal and estuarine areas to improve conservation, enhance ecological values and functions, and benefit the environment and economies of such areas, S423, S424 [15JA]

Colleges and universities: allow certain religious activities on campuses receiving economic stimulus funds, S1650, S1661 [5FE]

———infrastructure repair and renovation projects funding, S1776 [6FE]

Commission on Measures of Household Economic Security: establish (S. 2875), S13035 [11DE]

Committee on Economic Recovery (Joint, Select): establish, S1269 [2FE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S11033 [3NO]

Committee on the Investigation of the Economic Crisis (Senate, Select): establish, S4545-S4554 [22AP]

———establish (S. Res. 62), S7531 [15JY]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): hearings on increased fraud enforcement in financial markets, S2315 [13FE]

Commodity Exchange Act: prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy and agricultural commodities (S. 447), S2336 [13FE]

———prevent excessive price speculation with respect to energy commodities, S6693 [17JN], S8235 [29JY], S9651 [22SE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, S2389 [24FE], S3035 [12MR], S3097 [16MR], S4845, S4883-S4885 [29AP], S5649, S5650 [20MY]

———goals of the 111th Congress, S7, S12-S14 [6JA], S401 [15JA], S730-S732 [21JA], S1115 [30JA], S1266 [2FE]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency: establish, S7246 [8JY]

Credit: prevent mortgage foreclosures, enhance mortgage credit availability, and amend bankruptcy laws relative to modification of certain mortgages on principal residences (H.R. 1106), S2859 [6MR], S3522-S3524 [19MR]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability, S13020 [11DE]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 895), S4723 [24AP], S4725 [27AP]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), S4723 [24AP], S4725, S4741-S4743 [27AP], S4881-S4883 [29AP], S4915-S4927, S4931-S4938, S4943-S4953 [30AP], S4999, S5002-S5008, S5011 [1MY], S5051-S5061 [4MY], S5088-S5120 [5MY], S5173-S5205 [6MY], S5266 [7MY]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), unanimous-consent agreement, S5581 [19MY]

———prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit availability (S. 896), unanimous-consent request, S4902 [29AP]

———require mortgage service companies to issue warnings to homeowners about mortgage foreclosure scams, S5182 [6MY]

———require mortgage servicers to consider options that better serve the interest of homeowners and investors prior to modifying certain mortgage loans, S5088-S5092 [5MY]

Davis-Bacon Act: waive prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects, S1393 [3FE]

Delaware: tribute to efforts to promote economic recovery through creation of green jobs and advancement of green technologies, S10956 [30OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: Farm Service Agency loan program funding, S1795, S1796 [6FE]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a Jobs Creation Coordinator (S. 824), S4385 [2AP]

———Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, S1650 [5FE]

———reduce matching requirement for Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program participants (S. 695), S3789 [25MR]

Dept. of Defense: provide assistance to communities affected by defense base closures, S1793 [6FE]

Dept. of Energy: Federal Energy Management Program funding, S1789 [6FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reauthorize customs facilitation and trade enforcement functions and programs (S. 1631), S9075 [7AU]

Dept. of HUD: allow communities receiving Community Development Block Grant Program disaster assistance allocations to use funding as a local and State match for other Federal funding available, S9402, S9421 [16SE], S9532 [17SE]

———HOPE for Homeowners loan program eligibility requirements, S5180 [6MY]

———permit use of Neighborhood Stabilization Program funds for foreclosure prevention, S5008 [1MY]

Dept. of Labor: establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to create a tuition assistance program for workforce recovery, S4052 [31MR]

———strengthen and expand short-time compensation programs that allow for work sharing to provide employers with an alternative to layoffs (S. 1646), S9080 [7AU], S10747 [27OC]

Dept. of the Interior: authorize exploration, leasing, development, and production of oil and gas in and from the western Coastal Plain of Alaska without surface occupancy (S. 503), S2592 [27FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: allocate Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to local governments suffering significant losses due to highly-rated investments in failed financial institutions (S. 116), S88 [6JA]

———collaborate with Dept. of HUD to develop program to address rising defaults and foreclosures in multifamily properties, S5060 [4MY], S5179 [6MY]

———dedicate portion of the Troubled Asset Relief Program funding for mortgage foreclosure mitigation activities, S1534, S1535 [4FE], S1812-S1816, S1852 [6FE]

———delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients, S6875 [22JN], S8218, S8219 [29JY]

———delegate management authority over troubled assets purchased under the Troubled Asset Relief Program and establish a trust to manage assets of certain assistance recipients (S. 1280), S6727 [17JN], S6867 [22JN]

———disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S.J. Res. 5), S322 [13JA], S559, S561-S563, S565-S589 [15JA], S643-S646 [16JA]

———distribution of funds under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4710 [24AP], S13076 [12DE]

———effects of economic bailout on bonds, S6640-S6643 [16JN]

———establish Temporary Economic Recovery Adjustment Panel to recoup excessive deferred executive compensation from Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (S. 431), S3144 [17MR]

———extend oversight and accountability of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to private entities, impose conditions on recipients, protect taxpayers, and investigate financial crisis (S. 195), S242 [9JA], S3515 [19MR]

———impose limitations on certain expenditures by participants in the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 463), S2429 [24FE]

———improve authority of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 383), S1613 [4FE]

———increase and strengthen FRS Board of Governors oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4249, S4250 [2AP]

———increase oversight for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions, S3102 [16MR], S4527 [22AP]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds, S1118 [30JA], S1531 [4FE], S1652, S1660, S1661 [5FE], S10711 [26OC]

———limit compensation to officers and directors of entities receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (S. 360), S1127 [30JA]

———limit Federal emergency economic assistance payments to certain recipients (S. 680), S3671 [24MR]

———permit immediate repayment of direct capital investments received under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4527 [22AP]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers, S5900 [1JN], S6152 [4JN], S6875 [22JN], S8181-S8183 [28JY], S8223-S8225 [29JY]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (S. 1198), S6240 [8JN], S6418 [10JN], S6755 [18JN], S7159 [7JY], S7348 [10JY]

———prohibit additional Troubled Asset Relief Program funds to General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC and distribute federally-owned shares of such companies' stock to taxpayers (S. 1198), unanimous-consent request, S7229 [8JY]

———prohibit assistance to any auto manufacturer which terminates agreements with a dealership without giving at least 60 days notice, S5680, S5689 [20MY], S5768, S5780, S5781, S5788, S5793, S5794, S5797, S5798 [21MY], S6684 [17JN]

———prohibit recipients of Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance from using such funds for lobbying or political contributions, and improve corporate governance (S. 133), S114 [6JA], S803 [26JA]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), S4599 [22AP], S4603 [23AP]

———prohibit use of any leftover or repaid Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for any purpose other than deficit reduction, S12649 [8DE]

———proposal to form public-private partnerships to purchase certain assets in order to promote economic recovery, S3622 [24MR]

———provide for additional monitoring and accountability of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 910), S9527 [17SE]

———provide for expenditure of remaining Troubled Asset Relief Program funds for the benefit of consumers, S4254-S4256 [2AP]

———provide oversight for Public-Private Investment Program, S5115 [5MY]

———provide subpoena authority to the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (S. 836), S4449 [20AP]

———redeploy Troubled Asset Relief Program funds into a Community Credit Renewal Fund to stimulate community bank lending (S. 1822), S10642 [21OC]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program, S1636 [5FE]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), S366 [14JA]

———remove requirement to liquidate warrants if Troubled Asset Relief Program funds are returned by financial institutions, S5114, S5115 [5MY], S5173 [6MY]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction, S4606, S4607 [23AP], S4951-S4953 [30AP], S6334 [9JN], S6703 [17JN], S7177, S7178 [7JY], S10824, S10836 [28OC]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used for debt reduction (S. 1243), S6550 [11JN], S7356 [10JY]

———require any amounts repaid by financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance be used to reduce the reauthorization level of the program, S5094-S5097 [5MY]

———require congressional approval for certain expenditures for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions (S. 64), S250 [9JA], S280 [12JA], S568 [15JA]

———require financial institutions receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance to increase lending levels above levels in place prior to receiving assistance, S1792 [6FE]

———require Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients to repay excessive bonuses paid to employees and pay an excise tax on amounts not repaid, S1478, S1479 [4FE], S1835, S1855 [6FE], S2193 [12FE]

———return Troubled Asset Relief Program funds not set aside for purchasing toxic assets to the Treasury for debt reduction, S4154 [1AP], S4255, S4256 [2AP]

———sunset the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S10824, S10836 [28OC]

———terminate the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S8956, S8958, S8959, S8963 [6AU], S10982 [2NO]

———use of funds repaid by financial institutions who received assistance under the Troubled Asset Relief Program, S11981 [30NO]

District of Columbia: U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue meeting, S8124 [27JY]

Domestic policy: develop U.S. manufacturing policy, S9125 [8SE], S9319 [14SE]

———impact of economic conditions on the middle class, S11030 [3NO]

———improve lives of middle class families and provide them with greater opportunity to achieve the American dream (S. 2), S44 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

———national objectives priority assignments, S10314 [8OC]

———protect homeowners and consumers by reducing foreclosures, ensuring availability of credit for homeowners, businesses, and consumers, and reforming the financial regulatory system, S11981 [30NO]

———protect homeowners and consumers by reducing foreclosures, ensuring availability of credit for homeowners, businesses, and consumers, and reforming the financial regulatory system (S. 3), S44 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

Economic Development Administration: funding, S11285 [9NO]

———reauthorize (S. 430), S2243 [12FE]

———reauthorize (S. 2778), S11389 [16NO]

Economy: systemic risk regulation, S6635-S6637 [16JN]

Education: address rising college costs by offering a 3-year college degree option and free community college tuition to qualified students, S2648 [2MR]

———increase access to adult education to provide for economic growth (S. 1468), S7644 [16JY]

———maintain competitive student loan program by providing comprehensive choice of loan products and services, S4646, S4647, S4656 [23AP]

———provide grants to promote financial and economic literacy (S. 638), S3552, S3553 [19MR], S5346 [12MY]

Employment: importance of job creation, S1509, S1510 [4FE], S1673 [5FE], S2051, S2063 [10FE], S10828-S10830 [28OC], S10948 [30OC], S11083-S11085, S11095 [4NO], S11251 [6NO], S11877 [20NO], S13284 [16DE], S13356 [17DE]

EPA: Clean Water State Revolving Funds program funding, S1799 [6FE]

FDIC: establish a systematic mortgage modification program (S. 73), S72 [6JA]

———expand authority to identify troubled banks and remove toxic assets through conservatorship, protect banks' depositors, and remove certain executives from failing institutions, S2657 [3MR], S2871 [6MR], S3036 [12MR], S3132 [17MR]

———foreclosure prevention mortgage modification program funding through reductions in undesignated State funding in supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus, S1810-S1816, S1831, S1851, S1852 [6FE]

Federal aid programs: establish a task force to recommend comprehensive legislation addressing expected shortfalls in certain entitlement programs, S5398 [13MY]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to report on the amount of funds received, projects on which funds were spent, and the number of jobs created and retained by such projects, S1388 [3FE], S1660 [5FE], S2190 [12FE]

Federal Board of Certification: establish to enhance the transparency, credibility, and stability of financial markets (S. 1592), S9002 [6AU]

FHA: provide that the primary and foundational responsibility is to safeguard and preserve its own solvency, S4947 [30AP], S5054, S5055, S5057-S5059 [4MY]

Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission: appointment of members, S7531, S7532 [15JY]

Financial institutions: address the concept of ``Too Big To Fail'' through improved regulation and breaking up large banks in order to prevent future Government bailouts (S. 2746), S11241 [6NO], S11329 [10NO]

———advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (S. 2919), S13872 [23DE]

———awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S3352 [18MR], S11251 [6NO]

———create a financial stability council to oversee the financial regulatory activities of the Government (S. 664), S3611-S3613 [23MR], S6682 [17JN]

———Government bailout, S239-S244, S250-S252 [9JA], S293 [12JA], S320, S329 [13JA], S366 [14JA], S2578 [27FE], S2904 [9MR], S3060 [12MR], S5312 [11MY], S6429 [10JN], S7531-S7533 [15JY], S10835-S10837 [28OC]

———handling of foreclosure crisis and impact on the economy, S9174 [9SE]

———provide oversight for Public-Private Investment Program, S5099, S5100, S5101, S5109 [5MY]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S240-S244 [9JA], S329-S331 [13JA], S2578-S2581 [27FE], S3003-S3005 [11MR], S3109 [16MR], S3966-S3969 [30MR], S4542 [22AP], S5582-S5588 [19MY], S9314-S9317 [14SE], S9527 [17SE], S9650 [22SE], S9721-S9723 [23SE], S9898 [29SE], S10470 [15OC]

———systemic risk regulation, S6635-S6637 [16JN]

Financial Markets Commission: establish, S4543, S4545, S4547-S4552 [22AP]

———establish (S. 298), S3358 [18MR], S9256 [10SE]

Florida: impact of travel and tourism on local economy, S8118 [27JY]

Foreign trade: impact of trade agreements on employment and the economy, S3061 [12MR], S3754 [25MR], S4627 [23AP], S4743-S4745 [27AP], S7679 [20JY]

———U.S. deficit, S3337 [18MR], S3754 [25MR], S4743-S4745 [27AP], S11095 [4NO]

Forests: provide regional equity in forestry programs, S1794 [6FE]

———timber manufacturing industry aid funding, S1800 [6FE]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported, S7124, S7125 [6JY]

———require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities, S4047 [31MR], S4245, S4250 [2AP], S4870 [29AP], S10750 [27OC]

———require Board of Governors to publish information on financial assistance provided to various entities (S. 513), S9651 [22SE], S11032 [3NO]

FTC: clarify rulemaking authority over home mortgage loans issued by federally regulated financial institutions, S2816, S2817 [5MR], S5093, S5094 [5MY]

GAO: compile reports from each Federal agency that receives economic stimulus funds, S1269 [2FE]

———enhance oversight authority relative to Troubled Asset Relief Program expenditures (S. 340), S990 [28JA]

———enhance oversight authority relative to Troubled Asset Relief Program expenditures (S. 521), S2762 [4MR]

———grant authority to audit FRS Board of Governors activities involving Troubled Asset Relief Program, S5118, S5119 [5MY], S5181, S5182 [6MY]

Geithner, Timothy F.: impact of actions as Federal Reserve Bank of New York president on suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury, S813-S818 [26JA]

General Motors Corp.: bankruptcy ruling allowing the nullification of contract with Stillwater Mining Co., in favor of contracts with Russian and South African suppliers, S7968 [23JY]

———decision to leave Spring Hill, TN, plant idle, S5900 [1JN]

———decision to open production plants in China, S5484 [14MY]

Government: prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies, S6875 [22JN]

———prohibit from holding ownership interests in private companies (S. 1242), S6533, S6549 [11JN], S7287 [9JY]

———require the Recovery.gov website to be updated and modified to facilitate timely distribution of economic stimulus funds (S. 800), S4349 [2AP]

Government regulations: reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., S11031 [3NO], S11094 [4NO], S11149-S11151 [5NO], S11484 [18NO]

Health: impact of economic stimulus legislation on health care, S2197, S2199 [12FE]

History: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S2100-S2102 [11FE], S2407 [24FE], S3514 [19MR], S3941 [30MR], S4471 [21AP], S13419 [18DE]

Housing: aid families and neighborhoods facing home foreclosure, S2651 [3MR], S3765-S3767 [25MR]

———require notice to consumers when a mortgage loan has been sold, transferred, or assigned to a third party, S5098, S5099 [5MY], S5173, S5174 [6MY]

Immigration: permanently authorize EB-5 regional center program, S7230 [8JY], S10546 [20OC]

———require recipients of economic stimulus funds to participate in E-verify program for employment eligibility verification, S2012 [9FE], S2177-S2180 [12FE], S2270, S2300 [13FE], S2581 [27FE], S5901 [1JN]

———strengthen the economy and provide for more effective border and employment enforcement (S. 9), S46 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

Indian Development Finance Corp.: establish (S. 439), S2326 [13FE]

Infrastructure: transportation, water, and sewer system projects funding, S1374-S1376, S1379-S1384, S1386, S1387, S1394 [3FE]

Investments: provide new infrastructure funding through Federal bonding to empower States and local governments to complete significant infrastructure projects, S7552 [15JY]

———role of strong initial public offering (IPO) market in sustained economic recovery, S13284 [16DE]

Iran: political reform, S11090 [4NO]

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: tribute to ``Arts in Crisis'' program, S8128 [27JY]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: impose economic sanctions against and prohibit diplomatic recognition, S6155 [4JN]

Kyl, Senator: allegations of threats by Obama administration to withhold stimulus funding due to criticism of stimulus program, S9068 [7AU]

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.: anniversary of bankruptcy filing, S9301, S9314 [14SE]

Medicaid: physician reimbursement rate, S11835, S11836, S11837 [20NO]

———provide for an automatic increase in the Federal matching rate during periods of national economic downturn to help States cope with increases in costs (S. 1377), S7089 [25JN]

Medicare: impact of proposed funding cuts and buy-in option on States, S12862 [10DE], S13122 [12DE], S13152 [14DE]

———solvency, S5472 [14MY], S10004 [1OC], S11312 [10NO], S11847, S11855 [20NO], S11944, S11950, S11951 [21NO], S12480, S12484 [5DE], S12693 [8DE], S12791 [9DE]

Merkel, Angela: address to joint meeting of Congress by German Chancellor, S11008 [3NO]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: funding, S3066 [12MR]

Morality and ethics: importance of accountability in government and society, S710 [21JA]

Motor vehicles: allow third-party arbitration to determine reinstatement of automobile dealership franchises with General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, S13128, S13130 [13DE]

———impact of plant closings relative to restructuring plans of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, S6495 [11JN]

———prioritize preservation of U.S. jobs in restructuring plans of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, S5255 [7MY]

———restore economic rights of automobile dealers (S. 1304), S8030 [23JY], S13128 [13DE]

———subsidize for certain moderate-income consumers the purchase of new motor vehicles assembled in the U.S., S1533 [4FE], S1661 [5FE]

Mulloy, Patrick A.: nomination to U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, unanimous-consent agreement, S11377 [16NO]

National objectives: invest in innovation and education to improve the competitiveness of the U.S. in the global economy, S11172 [5NO]

———modernize infrastructure, enhance energy independence, expand educational opportunities, improve affordable health care, provide tax relief, and protect those in need (S. 1), S44 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

———priority assignments, S685 [21JA], S3047 [12MR], S4406 [20AP], S4837 [29AP], S9650 [22SE], S10953-S10955 [30OC], S11094-S11097 [4NO]

———provide stimulus for economic recovery, S154-S156 [7JA], S184-S187, S189, S196, S202 [8JA], S250 [9JA], S264 [11JA], S293-S299 [12JA], S320, S328 [13JA], S353 [14JA], S737-S739 [22JA], S887-S889 [27JA], S7177 [7JY]

———require a portion of an economic recovery package be directed to revenue measures, unemployment, and health (S. 350), star print, S1232 [30JA]

———restore fiscal discipline and begin to address long-term fiscal challenges (S. 10), S46 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

National Park Service: trail construction, rehabilitation and maintenance funding, S1799 [6FE]

Native Americans: application and impact of economic stimulus, S1242 [2FE]

Natural gas: role in a clean energy economy, S9076 [7AU]

Newspapers: impact of replacing paper editions with online editions, S3135 [17MR]

NIH: biomedical research funding through reductions in Dept. of Education State Fiscal Stabilization Fund funding, S1403-S1406 [3FE]

Obama, President: characterization of remarks relative to financial services companies use of economic stimulus funds to pay for trips to Las Vegas, NV, S2100, S2123 [11FE]

———evaluation of administration, S5365-S5367 [12MY], S5477 [14MY], S7677-S7682 [20JY], S10661 [22OC]

———evaluation of economic policies, S2405 [24FE], S2545-S2547 [26FE], S2991-S2995, S3011-S3014 [11MR], S3041 [12MR], S3126-S3131, S3135, S3154-S3156 [17MR], S3344-S3347 [18MR], S3632-S3634 [24MR], S3818-S3822 [26MR], S4470, S4488-S4490 [21AP], S4770-S4772 [28AP], S4832-S4836, S4883-S4885 [29AP], S5412-S5415 [13MY], S6012-S6015 [3JN], S6754 [18JN], S7155 [7JY], S7355-S7357 [10JY], S9256 [10SE], S10561-S10564 [20OC], S11332 [10NO]

———proposal to reform U.S. financial regulatory system, S6682, S6692-S6695, S6700 [17JN]

OPIC: reauthorize programs (S. 705), S3794 [25MR]

Pennsylvania: infrastructure projects funding, S887-S889 [27JA]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: provide a temporary waiver of recovery of certain pension overpayments to participants or beneficiaries, S1840 [6FE]

Pensions: allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets, S10771 [27OC]

Petroleum: economic impact of increasing oil prices, S28 [6JA], S163 [7JA], S205 [8JA], S301 [12JA], S335 [13JA], S383 [14JA], S594 [15JA], S716 [21JA], S783 [22JA], S823 [26JA], S890 [27JA], S1053 [29JA], S1122 [30JA], S1274 [2FE], S1429 [3FE], S1539 [4FE], S1861 [6FE], S2024 [9FE], S2073 [10FE], S2138 [11FE], S2226 [12FE], S2316 [13FE], S2417 [24FE], S2468 [25FE], S2555 [26FE], S2588 [27FE], S2621 [2MR], S2688 [3MR], S2762 [4MR], S2825 [5MR], S2864 [6MR], S2906 [9MR], S2961 [10MR], S3020 [11MR], S3070 [12MR], S3111 [16MR], S3158 [17MR], S3365 [18MR], S3545 [19MR], S3606 [23MR], S3651 [24MR], S3779 [25MR], S3892 [26MR], S3983 [30MR], S4056 [31MR], S4166 [1AP], S4304 [2AP], S4438 [20AP], S4507 [21AP], S4567 [22AP], S4664 [23AP], S4718 [24AP], S4749 [27AP], S4801 [28AP], S4886 [29AP], S4957 [30AP], S5011 [1MY], S5062 [4MY], S5120 [5MY], S5226 [6MY], S5276 [7MY], S5325 [11MY], S5408, S5431 [13MY]

———make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal (S. 204), S300, S311 [12JA]

Power resources: create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy, S9076 [7AU]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (H.R. 2454), S6429 [10JN], S6486 [11JN], S7041-S7046 [25JN], S7150 [6JY], S7153, S7169 [7JY], S7287, S7298 [9JY], S7348-S7352 [10JY], S7405-S7407 [13JY], S7446, S7449 [14JY], S7539 [15JY], S7600-S7603, S7613 [16JY], S7667, S7678, S7681 [20JY], S8084 [24JY], S8117 [27JY], S8629 [31JY], S8656 [3AU], S9117, S9118 [8SE], S9357-S9360 [15SE], S9496 [17SE], S9648 [22SE], S10142 [6OC]

———create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy (S. 1733), S10458 [15OC], S10720 [26OC], S10763-S10765 [27OC], S10880, S10885-S10887 [29OC], S10955 [30OC], S11096 [4NO], S11202 [5NO], S11319 [10NO], S11402 [17NO], S11459-S11465 [18NO], S12799 [9DE]

———establish a program to regulate the entry of fossil carbon into commerce, promote clean energy jobs and economic growth, and avoid dangerous climate interference (S. 2877), S13036-S13038 [11DE]

———establish and implement oil and gas leasing programs for the Outer Continental Shelf and the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and streamline regulation of other energy projects (S. 570), S3034 [11MR], S3036, S3069 [12MR], S6138-S6140 [4JN]

———improve economy and security of the U.S. by reducing dependence on foreign and unsustainable energy sources and the risks of global warming (S. 5), S45 [6JA], S153 [7JA]

———national energy policy, S3136 [17MR], S3516-S3518 [19MR], S4528 [22AP], S4730, S4731 [27AP], S5009-S5011 [1MY], S5170 [6MY], S5465 [14MY], S5768 [21MY], S5891 [1JN], S6693 [17JN], S7446-S7448 [14JY], S8107 [27JY], S8238-S8242 [29JY], S9117 [8SE], S9339, S9357-S9360 [15SE], S9706-S9710 [23SE], S9864-S9866 [25SE], S10085 [5OC], S10464 [15OC], S10885-S10887 [29OC]

———promote clean energy technology development, enhanced energy efficiency, improved energy security, and energy innovation and workforce development (S. 1462), S7600-S7603, S7613-S7618 [16JY], S9336-S9338 [15SE], S10399-S10401 [14OC], S11085 [4NO], S13359 [17DE]

———promote renewable energy, S10087 [5OC]

———recognize the contribution of the domestic ethanol and biodiesel industries in the creation of green jobs, S3601 [23MR]

———reduce greenhouse gas emissions from uncapped domestic sources through partnerships between manufacturing and agricultural industries to invest in projects to capture and store carbon (S. 2729), S11202 [5NO]

———require the President to designate certain geographical areas as national renewable energy zones (S. 539), S2838 [5MR], S5321 [11MY]

Public debt: debt held by foreigners, S1836 [6FE]

———provide a point of order against consideration of legislation that exceeds limit on public debt, S4033-S4037 [31MR], S4145 [1AP]

———require publication of certain facts on the national debt in IRS instructions, Federal websites, and new legislation, S5351-S5353 [12MY], S5423, S5424 [13MY]

———sale of Treasury bills for debt reduction, S9074 [7AU]

Public lands: management agencies funding, S1781 [6FE]

Real estate: lower interest rates on 30-year fixed mortgages for creditworthy borrowers to refinance current loans or make new home purchases, S1373 [3FE], S1474-S1478, S1509 [4FE], S1648, S1654, S1657, S1662 [5FE], S2185 [12FE], S2409, S2410 [24FE]

Reinsch, William A.: nomination to U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, unanimous-consent agreement, S11377 [16NO]

Renewable energy: extend, expand, and improve tax incentives and grant programs for renewable energy, especially solar energy (S. 2899), S13386 [17DE]

———promote, S4730, S4731 [27AP]

Republican Party: national agenda, S4832 [29AP], S7348-S7352 [10JY]

Rural areas: home health agencies funding, S1800 [6FE]

SBA: encourage participation of small business concerns in Federal loan programs, S1795 [6FE], S2032-S2034 [9FE]

———ensure that contracts initiated with economic stimulus assistance follow existing Federal procurement laws, S2299 [13FE]

———improve certain loan programs (S. 2918), S13699 [21DE]

———reform and improve the HUBZone program for small business concerns, S4164 [1AP]

———require Federal agencies receiving economic stimulus assistance to allocate a portion to the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program, S1794 [6FE]

———surety bond guarantee program improvement, S1484, S1485, S1523 [4FE], S2032 [9FE]

Schapiro, Mary L.: commend remarks relative to U.S. financial regulatory system reform, S11340 [10NO]

Science: provide grants and loan guarantees for the development and construction of science parks to promote the clustering of innovation through high technology activities (S. 583), S3077 [12MR]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, S3094-S3096 [12MR], S4129 [1AP]

———establish (S. 1056), S6412-S6415 [10JN], S9312 [14SE], S10617 [21OC]

Securities: regulate over-the-counter derivatives markets, S11484 [18NO]

Senate: importance of bipartisanship, S12541 [6DE], S12792 [9DE], S12856, S12857, S12901-S12904 [10DE], S13093, S13094 [12DE], S13714, S13716, S13717 [22DE]

Senior citizens: provide emergency relief to Social Security recipients, railroad retirees, SSI beneficiaries, and certain veterans in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (S. 1685), S9354 [15SE], S10406 [14OC], S10473 [15OC]

Small business: economic impact of increased tax rates, S11312, S11333 [10NO], S11845, S11866, S11868 [20NO], S12601 [7DE], S12762, S12783, S12796 [9DE], S12865 [10DE], S12994 [11DE], S13148, S13158, S13175, S13176 [14DE], S13241 [15DE], S13771, S13773 [22DE], S13814 [23DE]

———ensure that regulations for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan will not result in reduction in availability of credit to small businesses, S5463 [14MY]

———expand opportunities to attract foreign tourists, S6709 [17JN]

———take steps to stop the small business credit crunch (S. 1615), S9015 [6AU]

Social Security: provide for progressive indexing and longevity indexing of old-age insurance benefits for newly retired and aged surviving spouses (S. 426), S2237-S2239 [12FE]

———solvency of Social Security and Medicare Programs, S5412-S5415 [13MY]

States: impact of economic stimulus on State budgets, S7292 [9JY]

———permit use of economic stimulus funds designated for neighborhood stabilization program to be used for foreclosure prevention, S1647 [5FE]

Subprime mortgage lending: impact, S3967 [30MR]

Taxation: allow deduction for dividends received from controlled foreign corporations, S1408-S1420 [3FE]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases, S1390, S1398, S1399, S1400 [3FE], S2041 [10FE], S2279, S2298, S2309, S2310 [13FE]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to extend certain tax cuts for small businesses, S4228-S4230 [1AP], S4261 [2AP]

———establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide a credit for certain home purchases, S4046 [31MR], S4129 [1AP], S4844 [29AP]

———extend and modify the special allowance for certain acquired property and temporarily increase the limitation for expensing certain business assets (S. 294), S723 [21JA]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S13743, S13744 [22DE]

———extend placed-in-service date requirement for low-income housing credit for certain disaster areas, S13872 [23DE]

———impact of cuts, S3103 [16MR], S4233 [2AP]

———implement the worldwide interest allocation for purposes of the foreign tax credit, S11097 [4NO]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit amount of compensation that employees may defer from taxation (S. 651), S3563, S3578 [19MR], S3583, S3586 [23MR]

———prohibit earmarked tax benefits for movie production companies, S1387, S1390, S1399, S1400 [3FE]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases, S1474-S1478, S1481-S1484, S1509, S1523 [4FE], S1672 [5FE], S2185, S2186, S2199, S2200 [12FE], S2279, S2284, S2298 [13FE], S2409, S2410 [24FE], S8957-S8960, S8963 [6AU]

———provide a credit for certain home purchases (S. 1230), S10337 [13OC]

———provide a point of order against consideration of legislation that increases taxes for middle-income individuals, S4655 [23AP]

———provide a point of order against consideration of legislation that increases taxes for middle-income individuals, including taxes derived from global warming pollution emissions cap and trade program, S4115-S4117, S4146 [1AP]

———provide a point of order against legislation that increases income tax rates on small businesses, S4120, S4147, S4150 [1AP], S4639, S4640, S4651, S4655 [23AP]

———provide a point of order against legislation that increases taxes during certain periods of high unemployment, S4264 [2AP]

———provide additional relief for small businesses (S. 1381), S7091-S7094 [25JN], S7577 [15JY]

———provide relief for small businesses, S4867 [29AP]

———provide relief to improve competitiveness of U.S. corporations and small businesses and eliminate incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, S3965, S3966 [30MR], S11096 [4NO]

———rates, S7453 [14JY], S7575-S7577 [15JY]

———reduce income tax rate for individuals in the lowest tax bracket, S1500, S1527 [4FE]

———stimulate business investment (S. 304), S790 [22JA]

———temporarily increase limitation on the capital loss deductions for individuals, S1827, S1855 [6FE]

Travel and tourism: effect of imposing $10 fee on foreign visitors to the U.S., S9154-S9158, S9160-S9162 [9SE]

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: negotiation of greenhouse gas emissions agreement, S12799 [9DE]

Unemployment: direct unused portion of stimulus funds to extend emergency unemployment compensation, S10822 [28OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S9065 [7AU], S9969 [30SE], S13355, S13356, S13373 [17DE], S13426 [18DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), S10092 [5OC], S10286, S10287, S10290, S10327 [8OC], S10333 [13OC], S10417, S10418 [14OC], S10457, S10460 [15OC], S10534-S10538, S10564 [20OC], S10616, S10630 [21OC], S10836 [28OC], S10909-S10911 [29OC], S10945 [30OC], S10966-S10968, S10979-S10985 [2NO], S11009, S11015, S11016-S11026, S11028-S11034, S11044 [3NO], S11063, S11075-S11078, S11080, S11082, S11091, S11092, S11097, S11103 [4NO], S11197-S11201 [5NO]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), motion to proceed, S10653 [21OC], S10662 [22OC], S10717 [26OC], S10747-S10749, S10759, S10762, S10765, S10767-S10772 [27OC], S10793, S10794, S10807-S10809, S10811-S10818, S10822-S10826, S10828-S10830, S10832, S10837-S10839, S10843 [28OC], S10878-S10880 [29OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), unanimous-consent agreement, S10709 [22OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), unanimous-consent request, S10284 [8OC], S10355 [13OC], S10712, S10713 [26OC], S10891-S10893 [29OC]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 1647), S9081 [7AU]

———rates, S1773, S1775, S1779 [6FE], S8084 [24JY], S9065 [7AU], S9174 [9SE], S10948 [30OC], S11250-S11252 [6NO]

Veterans: expand eligibility for the employment tax credit for unemployed veterans, S1666 [5FE], S1804 [6FE]

Volcanoes: assess impact of Mount Redoubt eruption and improve volcano monitoring system, S3952-S3954 [30MR]

Workforce Investment Act: formula grants funding, S1796-S1798 [6FE]

Youngstown, OH: inclusion on Entrepreneur (publication) Best Cities to Start a Business list, S7772 [21JY]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (S. 846), S7408 [13JY], S10380 [13OC]

Reports

Stimulus Legislation Must Include Budget Reforms To Address Long-Term Challenges: Alison Acosta Fraser, Heritage Foundation, H166 [13JA]

Reports filed

American Clean Energy and Security Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 2454) (H. Rept. 111-137), H6305 [8JN]

American Clean Energy Leadership Act: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (S. 1462) (S. Rept. 111-48), S7639 [16JY]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 111-16), H1517 [12FE]

———Committee on Appropriations (House) (H.R. 679) (H. Rept. 111-4), H525 [26JA]

———Committee on Appropriations (Senate) (S. 336) (S. Rept. 111-3), S893 [27JA]

———Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 350), S1057 [29JA]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 168) (H. Rept. 111-17), H1517 [12FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 111-6), H525 [26JA]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 92) (H. Rept. 111-9), H600 [27JA]

Consideration of H.R. 384, TARP Reform and Accountability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 53) (H. Rept. 111-2), H194 [13JA]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 62) (H. Rept. 111-3), H323 [14JA]

Consideration of H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 190) (H. Rept. 111-21), H2833 [25FE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 205) (H. Rept. 111-23), H2978 [4MR]

Consideration of H.R. 1664, Prohibit Certain Compensation for Troubled Asset Relief Program Assistance Recipients: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 306) (H. Rept. 111-71), H4249 [31MR]

Consideration of H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 587) (H. Rept. 111-185), H7444 [25JN]

Consideration of H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 956) (H. Rept. 111-365), H13627, H14370 [8DE]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 964) (H. Rept. 111-370), H14742 [10DE]

Consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 2847, Jobs for Main Street Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 976) (H. Rept. 111-380), H15498 [16DE]

Consumer Financial Protection Agency Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 3126) (H. Rept. 111-367), H14445 [9DE]

Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 977) (H. Rept. 111-385), H15508 [23DE]

End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1575) (H. Rept. 111-50), H3833 [24MR]

Energy and Commerce Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (House) (H.R. 629) (H. Rept. 111-7), H525 [26JA]

Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs (Senate) (S. 1064) (S. Rept. 111-56), S7868 [22JY]

———Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2182) (H. Rept. 111-115), H5711 [18MY]

Fight Fraud Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1748) (H. Rept. 111-95), H5095 [4MY]

Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 200) (H. Rept. 111-19), H2631 [24FE]

Hope for Homeowners Program Improvement: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 787) (H. Rept. 111-12), H1156 [10FE]

Joint Economic Report: Committee on Economics (Joint) (H. Rept. 111-388), H15508 [23DE]

———Committee on Economics (Joint) (S. Rept. 111-1), S256 [9JA]

OPIC Programs Reauthorization: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. 705) (S. Rept. 111-107), S13251 [15DE]

Prohibit Unreasonable and Excessive Compensation and Compensation Not Based on Performance Standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program Assistance Recipients: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1664) (H. Rept. 111-64), H4128 [30MR]

Require a Portion of an Economic Recovery Package Be Directed to Revenue Measures, Unemployment, and Health: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 598) (H. Rept. 111-8), H600 [27JA], H777 [28JA]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 158) (H. Rept. 111-15), H1246 [11FE]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 962) (H. Rept. 111-369), H14445 [9DE]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of S. 896, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 450) (H. Rept. 111-113), H5711 [18MY]

Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (S. 383) (H. Rept. 111-41), H3702 [19MR]

Transmit Intelligence Assessment Titled ``Rightwing Extremism—Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment'': Committee on Homeland Security (House) (H. Res. 404) (H. Rept. 111-134), H6262 [4JN]

Transmittal of Documents on Break-Up of, Additional Assistance, and Payment of Executive Bonuses to American International Group, Inc. (AIG): Committee on Financial Services (House) (H. Res. 251) (H. Rept. 111-84), H4731 [23AP]

Rulings of the Chair

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), S1659 [5FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), conference report, H1525 [13FE]

———making supplemental appropriations for economic stimulus (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 92), H607 [28JA]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), H4301 [1AP]

———prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients (H.R. 1664), consideration (H. Res. 306), H4263 [1AP]

———reform the Troubled Asset Relief Program and ensure accountability under such Program (H.R. 384), H414 [21JA]

Employment: making appropriations for jobs creation and retention (H.R. 2847), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 976), H14995 [16DE]

Statements

Immigrants and the Economy: Fiscal Policy Institute, H14442 [9DE]

Laying the Foundation for National Prosperity—The Imperative of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap: Center for Community Economic Development, H3787-H3789 [24MR]

Regulation of U.S. Financial Markets: Gary Gensler, S5585 [19MY]

12 American Solutions for Jobs & Prosperity: American Solutions (organization), H2914 [3MR]

Studies

Macroeconomic Effects of Reducing the Effective Tax Rate on Repatriated Foreign Subsidiary Earnings in a Credit- and Liquidity-Constrained Environment: Allen Sinai (excerpt), S1410 [3FE]

Using What We Have To Stimulate the Economy—The Benefits of Temporary Tax Relief for U.S. Corporations To Repatriate Profits Earned by Foreign Subsidiaries: Robert J. Shapiro and Aparna Mathur (excerpt), S1410 [3FE]

Summaries

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1): Comparative Effectiveness Research Provisions, H1570 [13FE]

Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act (S. 539), S2845 [5MR]

Economic Case for Health Care Reform: Council of Economic Advisers, S7183 [7JY]

House Votes on Conference Report of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H3649 [19MR]

Jobs for Main Street Act (H.R. 2847), H15462-H15465 [16DE]

Prevent Excessive Speculation Act (S. 447), S2340 [13FE]

Tables

California economic stimulus funding allocation, S6627 [16JN]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) appropriations allocation revisions to S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the Federal budget for 2009-2014, S11033 [3NO]

Community Development Block Grant Program allocations, S9403 [16SE]

Employment effects of repatriated funds, S1419 [3FE]

Estimated cost of extending certain provisions in H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2181 [12FE]

Estimated macroeconomic impacts of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S2182 [12FE]

Expenditure levels by Troubled Asset Relief Program programs, H5277 [6MY]

Infrastructure spending and job creation by State, S1375 [3FE]

Public debt held by foreigners, H1203 [11FE]

Total funds subject to Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) oversight, H5277 [6MY]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 76, recoup bonus payments made by American International Group, Inc. (AIG) to employees and prevent Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients from making excessive compensation, H3665 [19MR]

H. Res. 53, consideration of H.R. 384, TARP Reform and Accountability Act, H273 [14JA]

H. Res. 62, consideration of H.R. 384, TARP Reform and Accountability Act, H329 [15JA]

H. Res. 88, consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H536 [27JA]

H. Res. 92, consideration of H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H607 [28JA]

H. Res. 168, consideration of conference report on H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H1524 [13FE]

H. Res. 190, consideration of H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, H2839 [26FE]

H. Res. 205, consideration of H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, H2986 [5MR]

H. Res. 306, consideration of H.R. 1664, prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, H4262 [1AP]

H. Res. 374, recognize roles and contributions of teachers to building and enhancing civic, cultural, and economic well being, H5684 [18MY]

H. Res. 508, recognize contributions of general aviation industry, H8926 [28JY]

H. Res. 556, Federal Credit Union Act anniversary, H9357 [9SE]

H. Res. 587, consideration of H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act, H7451 [26JN]

H. Res. 956, consideration of H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H14408 [9DE]

H. Res. 962, same-day consideration of consideration of H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H14481 [10DE]

H. Res. 964, consideration of H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H14487 [10DE]

H. Res. 976, consideration of H.R. 3326, Dept. of Defense appropriations, H.R. 2847, Jobs for Main Street Act, H.J. Res. 64, continuing appropriations, and H.R. 4314, financing of Government operations, H14994 [16DE]

H.J. Res. 3, disapprove expenditures exceeding certain amounts for the Troubled Asset Relief Program intended to bailout financial institutions, H447 [22JA]

H.R. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, H642-H711 [28JA]

H.R. 384, TARP Reform and Accountability Act, H335-H343 [15JA]

H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, H2997-H3001 [5MR]

H.R. 1242, Dept. of the Treasury Troubled Asset Relief Program additional monitoring and accountability, H13405 [2DE]

H.R. 1575, End Government Reimbursement of Excessive Executive Disbursements (End GREED) Act, H4275 [1AP]

H.R. 1664, prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, H4294 [1AP]

H.R. 2182, Enhanced Oversight of State and Local Economic Recovery Act, H5722 [19MY]

H.R. 2998, American Clean Energy and Security Act, H7471-H7619 [26JN]

H.R. 3179, SIG TARP Small Business Awareness Act, H9528 [15SE]

H.R. 3548, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H9767 [22SE]

H.R. 3548, Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act, S11099-S11103 [4NO], H12381-H12384 [5NO]

H.R. 4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, H14496-H14650 [10DE]

S. 1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, S44 [6JA]

S. 2, Middle Class Opportunity Act, S44 [6JA]

S. 3, Homeowner Protection and Wall Street Accountability Act, S44 [6JA]

S. 5, Cleaner, Greener, and Smarter Act, S45 [6JA]

S. 9, Stronger Economy, Stronger Borders Act, S46 [6JA]

S. 10, Fiscal Responsibility Act, S46 [6JA]

S. 61, Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act, S66 [6JA]

S. 73, Systematic Foreclosure Prevention and Mortgage Modification Act, S73 [6JA]

S. 204, No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act, S311 [12JA]

S. 383, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Act, S1613 [4FE], H3847 [25MR]

S. 430, Economic Development Administration reauthorization, S2243 [12FE]

S. 439, Indian Development Finance Corporation Act, S2326-S2329 [13FE]

S. 447, Prevent Excessive Speculation Act, S2337-S2340 [13FE]

S. 503, No Surface Occupancy Western Arctic Coastal Plain Domestic Energy Security Act, S2593-S2595 [27FE]

S. 539, Clean Renewable Energy and Economic Development Act, S2839-S2845 [5MR]

S. 836, provide subpoena authority to the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Dept. of the Treasury Troubled Asset Relief Program, S4449 [20AP]

S. 846, award Congressional Gold Medal to Muhammad Yunus, S4520 [21AP], S10381 [13OC]

S. 896, Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, S5185-S5205 [6MY], S5744-S5764 [20MY], H5740-H5760 [19MY]

S. 1280, TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act, S6727 [17JN]

S. 1377, provide for an automatic increase in the Federal matching rate for Medicaid during periods of national economic downturn to help States cope with increases in costs, S7090 [25JN]

S. 1381, Small Business Tax Relief Act, S7094 [25JN]

S. 1468, Adult Education and Economic Growth Act, S7645-S7650 [16JY]

S. 1592, Federal Board of Certification Act, S9003 [6AU]

S. 1615, Next Step for Main Street Credit Availability Act, S9015 [6AU]

S. 1646, Keep Americans Working Act, S9080 [7AU]

S. 1647, Assistance for Unemployed Workers Extension Act, S9082 [7AU]

S. 1699, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S9745 [23SE]

S. 1723, TARP Recipient Ownership Trust Act, S9932 [29SE]

S. 2831, Helping Unemployed Workers Act, S12325-S12327 [3DE]

S. Res. 62, Committee on the Investigation of the Economic Crisis (Senate, Select) establishment, S2716-S2718 [3MR]

S. Res. 98, National TEA Party Day, S4386 [2AP]

S. Res. 175, ensure Federal investment in the automobile industry is temporary and require a GAO study on time it may take General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC to return to solvency, S6386 [9JN]

Transcripts

Economic Stimulus Package: ``AC 360,'' CNN, H3819 [24MR]