INCOME related term(s) Economy; Pensions; Securities

Amendments

Armed Forces: lift restrictions on certain benefits for military technicians and repeal prohibition against overtime pay for National Guard technicians (H.R. 3336), S1268 [8MR]

Bankruptcy: make technical corrections to U.S. Code provisions (H.R. 6198), S8144, S8205 [19NO], H8535 [16DE]

Death on the High Seas Act: allow families of those killed on the high seas to receive fair compensation for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses (S. 3463), S8684 [9DE]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S967 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2228, S2246 [13AP], S2266, S2276, S2281, S2302, S2309, S2316 [14AP], S2351, S2391 [15AP], H2615 [15AP]

Secret Service: transfer statutory entitlements to pay and hours of work for current members from District of Columbia Code to U.S. Code (S. 1510), S7523 [27SE], H4886 [28JN], H7381 [29SE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (H.R. 5275), S6535 [29JY]

Taxation: create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), S7517, S7521 [27SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S847, S860, S887, S888, S890, S891, S892, S893, S894 [1MR], S955, S956, S958, S959, S969 [2MR], S973, S986, S992, S996, S997, S1002, S1003, S1004, S1005, S1033, S1034, S1061, S1090, S1091, S1092, S1093, S1094, S1095, S1097, S1098, S1102, S1103, S1104, S1105, S1106, S1107, S1108, S1111 [3MR], S1160, S1161, S1162, S1164, S1187, S1188, S1189, S1190, S1191, S1192, S1193, S1201, S1202, S1205 [4MR], S1222, S1223, S1224, S1233, S1240 [5MR], S1265, S1266, S1267, S1268, S1269, S1270, S1271 [8MR], S1277, S1285, S1289, S1290, S1291, S1316, S1317 [9MR], S4625 [7JN], S4642, S4644, S4648, S4660, S4696, S4697, S4698, S4699, S4700, S4701, S4702, S4704 [8JN], S4728, S4729, S4735, S4736, S4738, S4739, S4754, S4755, S4756, S4757, S4758, S4759, S4761, S4763 [9JN], S4859, S4860, S4863, S4864 [10JN], S4877, S4888, S4890, S4891 [14JN], S4920, S4943, S4944, S4945, S4946, S4947, S4948, S4949 [15JN], S4970, S4996, S4997, S5037, S5038, S5041 [16JN], S5063, S5077, S5115, S5137 [17JN], S5211 [21JN], S5310, S5311, S5324, S5365 [23JN], S5448, S5449 [24JN], S5525, S5627, S5628 [29JN], S6033, S6034, S6035 [20JY], S6088 [21JY], H4101, H4130 [28MY], H5938 [22JY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1403), H4097 [28MY]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1369, S1401, S1402, S1403, S1406, S1407 [10MR], S1429, S1434, S1448, S1470, S1471, S1472, S1473, S1474, S1475, S1476, S1477, S1478 [11MR], S1530, S1531, S1532 [15MR], S1582, S1598, S1604, S1605, S1606, S1625, S1626, S1627, S1628, S1629, S1630 [16MR], S1644, S1674, S1675, S1676 [17MR], S1754 [18MR], S1799, S1805, S1806, S1807, S1808, S1809, S1815 [22MR], S6498, S6499, S6529, S6535 [29JY], S6572, S6573, S6586, S6587, S6592 [2AU], S6654 [3AU], H2332, H2366 [25MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1606), H6597 [10AU]

———modify certain rules applicable to regulated investment companies (H.R. 4337), S8646 [8DE], H8412 [15DE]

———reduce taxpayer burdens and enhance taxpayer protections (H.R. 4994), S8644, S8646 [8DE], H8267 [9DE]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), S803 [25FE]

Appointments

Social Security Advisory Board, H7364 [29SE]

Articles and editorials

All or Nothing = Nothing, H8501 [15DE]

And Now for Students, Big Lender, S1927 [24MR]

Bill Takes on Disturbing Pay Gap—But Offers Flawed Remedies, S7926 [17NO]

Cap Gains Taxation—Less Means More, S7329 [22SE]

Congress Must Renew Bush's Tax Breaks, E1872 [29SE]

Credit Check, H2591 [15AP]

Economic Recovery 2010, H528 [3FE]

Employers on Strike, S4600 [7JN]

Essential Fix, S10248 [15DE]

Extend Go Zone to 2012, S10248 [15DE]

Factory Defies Sweatshop Label, but Can It Thrive?, E1418-E1420 [26JY]

Fair Pay Isn't Always Equal Pay, S7927 [17NO]

Federal Freeze Play, H8821 [21DE]

Financial Panel Issues a Subpoena to Goldman Sachs, H4575 [16JN]

Four Things That Could Help Companies Start Hiring Again, S6848 [5AU]

Goldman Sachs' Revolving Door, H3195-H3197 [5MY]

GOP Has No Problem Extending Tax Cuts for the Rich, H5569 [14JY]

Hoyer—White House Should Look To Redirect Stimulus Money, H5932 [22JY]

Kagan's First Case Could Involve a Question of Her Own—And Her Colleagues'—Pay, E833 [12MY]

Loan Aid Leaves Some Worse Off—One in Four in Government's Mortgage Program Is Dropped; Tales of Exhausted Savings, H3728 [24MY]

Maine Miracle, H2590 [15AP]

New Democratic Claim About Job Creation, H5316 [1JY]

Number of Businesses Growing in Area Towns—Officials—Younger People Moving In, H2295 [24MR]

Paycheck Fairness?, S7926 [17NO]

Paycheck Fairness Act—A Flawed Approach to Job Bias, S7927 [17NO]

Send Jobs Overseas Act, S7458 [27SE]

SigmaBleyzer—Texas Leading Economic Recovery, H4093 [28MY]

`Stimulus' for Unemployment, H904 [25FE]

Study—Derivatives Rules Would Cost Banks Billions, S3626 [12MY]

Subprime Consumers Hit at Goldman, H4575 [16JN]

Tax Cuts Clearly Explained, H8529 [16DE]

Tax the Windfall Banking Bonuses, S989 [3MR]

`Temporary' Tax Code Puts Nation in a Lasting Bind, S9009 [14DE]

U.S. Consumers Rage Against Goldman Unit, H4574 [16JN]

Wake Up, America, E974 [28MY]

Wall Street Whitewash, E2205 [18DE]

Who Will Fight for the Unemployed?, S5639 [30JN]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: protect farmers and ranchers that may be harmed economically by genetically engineered seeds, plants, or animals and ensure fairness in dealings with certain biotech companies (see H.R. 5579), H4779 [23JN]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for equitable allotment of lands to Alaskan Natives who are veterans (see H.R. 5402), H3869 [26MY]

America Saves Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1082), H647 [22FE]

Armed Forces: allow transfer of amounts from qualified tuition program to the Thrift Savings Plan by eligible members of the uniformed services or Ready Reserve (see H.R. 4857), H1517 [16MR]

———authorize space-available travel on military aircraft for a member or former member of a Reserve component eligible for retired pay but for age and for accompanying dependents (see H.R. 5404), H3869 [26MY]

———eliminate required reduction in the amount of combat-related special compensation for certain individuals whose disability is attributable to an injury for which the members were awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 4912), H2215 [22MR]

———ensure those killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX, are treated in the same manner as those killed or wounded in combat zones, terrorist attacks, or in a contingency operation (see H.R. 4791), H1220 [9MR]

———exclude bonus payments paid by State or local governments in determining eligibility for benefits or assistance under Federal, State, or local programs financed with Federal funds (see H.R. 6230), H7154 (see H.R. 6230), H7211 [28SE]

———expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of retired pay and veterans' disability compensation to all members retired for disability regardless of disability rating percentage (see H.R. 4525), H386 [26JA]

———extend time period for submission of retroactive stop-loss special pay claims (see S. 3889, 3890), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 5449), H4022 (see H.R. 5449), H4084 [27MY]

———increase rate for hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, hazardous duty pay, family separation allowance, and other special and incentive pays (see H.R. 4440), H138 [13JA]

———pay a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (see H.R. 6371), H7393 [29SE]

———pay additional death gratuity on behalf of members killed in action equal to all Social Security taxes paid by the member and taxes paid on self-employment income (see H.R. 5921), H6402 (see H.R. 5921), H6454 [29JY]

———provide for nonreduction in pay for Federal Government employees that are Coast Guard and National Guard reserve members and participating in homeland defense missions (see H.R. 6314), H7391 [29SE]

———provide pay increase for members of uniformed services (see H.R. 4427), H40 [12JA]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see S. 3033), S742 [24FE] (see H.R. 4677), H832 [24FE]

———make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see S. 3219), S2377 [15AP] (see H.R. 5043), H2640 [15AP]

———make technical corrections to U.S. Code provisions (see H.R. 6198), H6988 [23SE]

Budget: require that the concurrent resolution for fiscal year 2012 include a benchmark plan to eliminate the deficit by fiscal year 2020 and that subsequent resolutions adhere to that plan (see H.R. 4931), H2318 [24MR]

Bureau of the Census: publish improved annual measures of family income to more accurately determine extent of poverty and anti-poverty effectiveness of means-tested benefit and tax programs (see H.R. 5891), H6282 [28JY]

Business and industry: allow employers to pay H-2A workers the Federal minimum wage or prevailing wage in a case where the employer pays either wage to U.S. citizens similarly employed (see H.R. 4835), H1396 [12MR]

———give shareholders a vote on executive pay, hold executives accountable for failure or fraud, and structure executive pay to encourage the long-term viability of companies (see S. 3049), S823 [26FE]

———require employers to keep records on non-employees who perform labor or services for remuneration and provide a special penalty for employers who misclassify employees (see S. 3254), S2587 [22AP] (see H.R. 5107), H2842 [22AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 3772), S7034 [13SE]

Civil Service Reform and Government Reorganization Commission: establish (see H.R. 4625), H609 [9FE]

Congress: require any local currencies used for Members and employees for official foreign travel be paid for using congressional funds and enhance disclosure on official congressional foreign travel (see H.R. 5957), H6404 (see H.R. 5957), H6456 [29JY]

Death on the High Seas Act: allow families of those killed on the high seas to receive fair compensation for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses (see S. 3463), S4658 [8JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: require use of 95 percent of the national average nonmetropolitan median income to determine eligibility of communities in low-income States for certain rural development funding (see S. 3745), S6884 [5AU]

Dept. of Education: allow a State to opt out of K-12 educational grant programs and the requirements of those programs and provide a tax credit to taxpayers in such a State (see H.R. 5340), H3657 [19MY]

Dept. of Labor: establish an Office of Worker's Compensation Programs in Anchorage, AK (see H.R. 5316), H3483 [13MY]

———establish wage theft prevention and community partnership grant program (see H.R. 6268), H7389 [29SE]

———suspend the statute of limitations for certain rights of action under the Fair Labor Standards Act during investigations (see S. 3877), S7787 [29SE]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling (see S. 3541), S5489 [28JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see S. 3875), S7787 [29SE]

———ensure that beneficiaries of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance receive financial counseling and disclosure information regarding life insurance payments (see S. 3718), S6883 [5AU] (see H.R. 5993), H6568 [30JY]

———establish a transition program for new veterans, improve disability claims system, reform pensions and medal programs, and modify adjudication of mental incompetence (see H.R. 6132), H6762 [15SE]

———exclude amounts received for service-related disabilities from consideration as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (see S. 3246), S2587 [22AP]

———exclude monetary benefits paid to veterans by States and municipalities from consideration as income for pension benefits (see S. 3118), S1618 [16MR]

———exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans' pensions (see S. 3352), S3643 [12MY] (see H.R. 4541), H422 [27JA]

———extend time period in which an individual may transfer entitlement of Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance benefits to dependents (see H.R. 6336), H7392 [29SE]

———improve efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans (see H.R. 5928), H6403 (see H.R. 5928), H6454 [29JY]

———improve processing of claims for disability compensation (see S. 3517), S5268 [22JN]

———increase and provide for an annual adjustment of the amounts of assistance payable for veterans' funeral and burial expenses (see H.R. 6054), H6570 [30JY]

———modify provision of certain benefits, memorial certificate eligibility, loan guarantee matters, real property covenants and liens, and adjudication of mental incompetence (see S. 3765), S7033 [13SE]

———repeal prohibition on collective bargaining on matters regarding compensation of employees other than rates of basic pay (see S. 3486), S4938 [15JN] (see H.R. 5543), H4597 [16JN]

———require fiduciaries of individuals receiving benefits to grant the release of such individuals' financial records (see S. 3499), S4989 [16JN]

———take into account each child a veteran has when determining the veteran's financial status when receiving hospital care or medical services (see H.R. 4465), H193 [19JA]

———treat certain misfiled documents that express disagreement with Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions as timely motions for reconsideration of such decisions (see S. 3348), S3643 [12MY]

Depts. of the Treasury and HUD: implement cost savings (see H.R. 5782), H5817 [20JY]

District of Columbia: authorize improvements in the operation of government (see H.R. 5103), H2798 [21AP]

Domestic policy: fully offset extension of emergency unemployment compensation, enhanced Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage reimbursements, and summer youth jobs programs (see S. 3551), S5699 [30JN]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (see S. 3153), S1873 [23MR] (see S. 3173), S2115 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (see S. 3420, 3421), S4212 [25MY] (see H.R. 4691), H931 [25FE] (see H.R. 4851), H1517 [16MR] (see H.R. 5453), H4213 [28MY]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), same-day consideration of rule and consideration under suspension of the rules (see H. Res. 1248), H2578 [14AP]

Economy: reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (see H.R. 4529), H421 [27JA]

Employment: promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 4830), H1358 [11MR]

———provide for treatment and temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (see S. 3753), S6884 [5AU]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend certain exemptions for direct care workers and improve systems for collection and reporting of data on the direct care workforce (see S. 3696), S6651 [3AU] (see H.R. 5902), H6282 [28JY]

Federal aid programs: increase benefits for one month in 2010 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 4429), H138 [13JA]

———increase benefits for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities for one month in 2011 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 5987), H6567 [30JY] (see H.R. 6294), H7391 [29SE]

———provide a one-time payment to certain beneficiaries to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment in 2011 (see H.R. 6413), H7499 [16NO]

Federal employees: deny Federal retirement benefits to an individual convicted of a felony which occurred in connection with Government employment or service (see H.R. 4531), H422 [27JA]

———index deferred annuities and provide survivor annuities to spouses of former employees entitled to a deferred annuity who died after leaving the Government before establishing a claim (see H.R. 4979), H2458 [25MR]

———provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 2-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed (see H.R. 4786), H1219 [9MR]

———provide premium pay for employees whose official duties require the use of one or more languages besides English (see H.R. 4832), H1358 [11MR]

———reduce pay for Members of Congress, require Federal civilian employees to take a period of unpaid leave, and reduce appropriations for legislative branch salaries and expenses (see H.R. 6134), H6762 [15SE]

———temporarily freeze pay of civilian employees (see H.R. 5382), H3822 [25MY]

Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Program: provide lump-sum payments to recipients unless the insured or beneficiary elects otherwise (see H.R. 6175), H6879 [22SE]

Federal firefighters: provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay (see S. 3365), S3716 [13MY]

Financial institutions: offer services to protect seniors from affinity scams (see H.R. 6305), H7391 [29SE]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 485), S2377 [15AP]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1257), H2641 [15AP]

Firefighters: implement updated pay and personnel policies to improve recruitment and retention of qualified Federal wildland firefighters to reduce reliance on non-Federal wildfire resources (see H.R. 4488), H325 [21JA]

Government: reduce number of employees in Federal departments and agencies, freeze Federal employee compensation, and reduce funding to the White House and Congress (see S. 3999), S8348 [1DE]

Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit compensation for any officer or employee of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac to exceed that provided to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (see H.R. 4483), H265 [20JA]

———provide on-budget status to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (see H.R. 4653), H754 [23FE]

———suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and compensate such executives in accordance with executive branch senior employees pay rates (see H.R. 4476), H265 [20JA]

Hydroelectric power: extend certain Federal benefits and income tax provisions to energy generated by hydropower resources (see S. 3571), S5786 [13JY]

Investments: increase funding for individual development accounts through funds received by eliminating the domestic production tax deduction for coal and other hard mineral fossil fuels (see H.R. 6067), H6570 [30JY]

IRS: require disclosure of names of individuals who are granted amnesty from criminal prosecution (see H.R. 5076), H2695 [20AP]

Law enforcement officers: provide public safety officer disability benefits to officers disabled before the enactment of the Federal public safety officer disability benefits law (see H.R. 4704), H932 [25FE]

———waive annuity buyback requirement under the Federal Employees Retirement Service for officers involuntary called or retained on active duty (see H.R. 6319), H7391 [29SE]

Lawyers and attorneys: permanently extend certain attorney and qualified non-attorney representatives fee withholding procedures under Social Security (see H.R. 4532), H422 [27JA]

Medicare: permit physicians and suppliers a new election to become participating physicians and suppliers if physician fee schedule rates are extended (see H.R. 5290), H3440 [12MY]

———prevent the catastrophic loss of wage index reclassification (see H.R. 6512), H8286 [9DE]

———provide a transition period for reductions in relative value units for certain newly bundled services to allow physicians time to adjust to new payment rates (see H.R. 6459), H7757 [30NO]

———repeal the unearned income contribution provision in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (see H.R. 6385), H7394 [29SE]

Members of Congress: disclose delinquent tax liability, require an ethics inquiry, and garnish wages of a Member with Federal tax liability (see S. 3791), S7134 [15SE] (see H.R. 6145), H6803 [16SE]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 3074), S1169 [4MR] (see S. 3198), S2295 [14AP] (see S. 3244), S2587 [22AP] (see H.R. 4423), H40 [12JA] (see H.R. 5146), H2935 [27AP]

———freeze pay of Members and appropriations for certain congressional offices until sufficient improvements in national unemployment rate (see S. 3071), S1168 [4MR]

———freeze pay of Members and fully offset the cost of the extension of unemployment benefits (see S. 3158), S1874 [23MR]

———prevent automatic salary adjustments until the Federal budget deficit is eliminated (see S. 3143), S1750 [18MR]

———prohibit payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members (see H.R. 6526), H8520 [15DE]

———provide for rates of pay to be adjusted as a function of changes in Government spending (see H.R. 4681), H833 [24FE]

———reduce pay, eliminate automatic salary adjustments, and establish a limit on the amount which may be appropriated for House Members' Representational Allowances (see H.R. 4761), H1168 [4MR]

———reduce pay and dedicate annual savings to a reduction of the national debt (see H.R. 4762), H1168 [4MR]

———reduce pay and limit amount appropriated for allowances and expenses of any House or Senate office (see H.R. 5927), H6403 (see H.R. 5927), H6454 [29JY]

———reduce rates of basic pay (see H.R. 4720), H1026 [2MR]

National security: require all young persons to perform military or civilian service, allow induction to uniformed services during wartime, and make permanent favorable tax treatment of combat pay (see H.R. 5741), H5674 [15JY]

Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance (Non-Foreign AREA) Act: correct application to employees paid saved or retained rates (see S. 3066), S1018 [3MR]

Pensions: allow Federal employees and Armed Forces members to contribute to the Thrift Savings Plan any payment received for accumulated and accrued annual or vacation leave (see H.R. 4865), H1595 [17MR]

———allow multiemployer plans to amortize losses from certain fraudulent investment schemes over a certain period (see S. 3006), S536 [9FE] (see H.R. 4608), H601 [4FE]

Petroleum: provide equitable means for ensuring that damages for physical and economic injuries caused by oil spills are efficiently secured (see H.R. 5676), H5501 [1JY]

———recover damages for physical and economic injuries, adverse environmental effects, and oil spill clean up, improve safety of offshore drilling vessels and pipelines, and require adequate response plans (see H.R. 5629), H4974 (see H.R. 5629), H5203 [29JN]

Postal Service: ensure reasonable and sustainable workloads and schedules for supervisory and management employees and clarify laws on consultation and changes or terminations in certain proposals (see S. 3145), S1777 [19MR] (see H.R. 4895), H1817 [20MR] (see H.R. 5004), H2503 [13AP]

———make postal inspectors eligible for availability pay for criminal investigators (see H.R. 5368), H3744 [24MY]

Public debt: establish a fee on transactions which would eliminate the national debt and provide an income tax credit to offset the impact of the fee (see H.R. 4646), H753 [23FE]

Railroad Retirement Act: provide that a current connection is not lost by an individual who is misled or misinformed by the Railroad Retirement Board (see H.R. 6422), H7548 [17NO]

Railroad Retirement Day: designate (see S. Res. 606), S6736 [4AU]

———support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1463), H4677 [22JN]

San Bruno, CA: exclude from gross income compensation provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Co., for victims of natural gas explosion and treat as nontaxable gains from conversion of affected property (see H.R. 6428), H7613 [18NO]

Secret Service: allow employees to transition to coverage under the District of Columbia Police and Fire Fighter Retirement and Disability System (see H.R. 6065), H6570 [30JY]

Securities Investor Protection Act: provide insurance coverage for certain indirect investors caught in Ponzi schemes (see H.R. 5032), H2639 [15AP]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see H.R. 5275), H3310 [11MY] (see H.R. 5305), H3482 [13MY]

———improve employability (see S. 4012), S8599 [7DE]

———support efforts to guarantee financial security, quality and affordable health care, protection from abuse and scams, and safe and livable communities with adequate housing and transportation (see S. Res. 553), S4939 [15JN] (see H. Res. 1342), H3273 [6MY]

Social Security: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 302), H5985 [22JY]

———apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (see S. 2962), S340 [28JA]

———ensure foster children are able to use program and SSI benefits to address their needs and improve their lives (see H.R. 6192), H6988 [23SE]

———establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Funds (see H.R. 4939), H2456 [25MR]

———improve old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, provide cash relief for years when annual cost-of-living increases do not take effect, and provide benefit protection (see H.R. 5834), H5984 [22JY]

———increase maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit (see H.R. 6388), H7394 [29SE]

———increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (see S. 2949), S197 [25JA]

———oppose legislation raising the retirement age (see H. Res. 1670), H7154 (see H. Res. 1670), H7212 [28SE]

———oppose privatizing, raising retirement age, or other similar benefit cuts (see S. Res. 664), S7789 [29SE]

———prevent low-income public servants from falling into poverty by modifying the Government Pension Offset to protect their widows and spousal benefits (see H.R. 6442), H7614 [18NO]

———provide for treatment of permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to certain benefits (see H.R. 6569), H8941 [21DE]

———reject severe changes and make common-sense adjustments to strengthen and preserve program (see H. Res. 1077), H606 [5FE]

———require private insurers to certify that a claim is legitimate when forcing a policyholder to apply for disability benefits (see H.R. 6066), H6570 [30JY]

SSI: modify certain requirements for countable resources and income (see H.R. 4937), H2318 [24MR]

States: provide for general revenue sharing (see H.R. 6300), H7391 [29SE]

Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act: provide for use of excess funds to provide certain United Mine Workers of America pension benefits (see H.R. 5479), H4246 [8JN]

Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (see S. 2931, 2936), S51 [20JA] (see H.R. 4462, 4467, 4468), H193 [19JA]

———adjust personal exemptions for high cost-of-living areas (see H.R. 6345), H7392 [29SE]

———allow a credit against income tax for qualified equity investments in certain small businesses (see H.R. 5864), H6042 [26JY]

———allow a credit against tax for certain fruit and vegetable farmers (see H.R. 6164), H6879 [22SE]

———allow a credit for individuals age 18 through 30 for certain retirement contributions (see H.R. 5031), H2639 [15AP]

———allow a deduction for certain small business income (see H.R. 6168), H6879 [22SE]

———allow a deduction for interest paid on indebtedness incurred in connection with the purchase of a new automobile or light truck (see H.R. 4897), H1890 (see H.R. 4897), H2173 [21MR]

———allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance and a credit for individuals who care for those with long-term care needs (see H.R. 6234), H7154 (see H.R. 6234), H7211 [28SE]

———allow a deduction for tutoring expenses for elementary and secondary school students (see H.R. 5261), H3310 [11MY]

———allow a refundable credit for tuition expenses incurred for each qualifying child of the taxpayer in attending public or private elementary or secondary school (see H.R. 5060), H2640 [15AP]

———allow a tax credit for charitable contributions (see H.R. 4702), H932 [25FE]

———allow a tax credit for qualified tuition and related expenses (see H.R. 5286), H3440 [12MY]

———allow a temporary deduction of interest on unsecured credit card debt (see H.R. 4562), H470 [2FE]

———allow above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses and certification expenses of individuals becoming science, technology, engineering, or math teachers (see S. 3445), S4529 [27MY]

———allow an exemption from tax for individuals with gross income of not more than $50,000 (see H.R. 6082), H6626 [10AU]

———allow an income tax credit for equity investments in high technology small businesses (see H.R. 4769), H1168 [4MR]

———allow an individual to designate $3 on their income tax return to be used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 5497), H4330 [9JN]

———allow an individual to designate a percentage of their income tax liability be used to reduce the public debt and require spending reductions equal to amounts so designated (see S. 3496), S4989 [16JN] (see H.R. 5536), H4596 [16JN]

———allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see S. 3989), S8298 [30NO]

———allow credits for establishment of franchises with veterans (see S. 3818), S7352 [22SE]

———allow expensing of certain real property (see S. 3083), S1229 [5MR]

———allow first-time homebuyer credit for purchase of principal residence to replace a principal residence damaged or destroyed in a federally declared disaster (see H.R. 5398), H3823 [25MY]

———allow individuals a credit against income tax for noise abatement property installed in residences impacted by train and airplane noise (see H.R. 6364), H7393 [29SE]

———allow loans from certain retirement plans for the payment of certain small business expenses (see H.R. 5978), H6405 (see H.R. 5978), H6456 [29JY]

———allow retail businesses a tax credit against income for a portion of the cost of recycling plastic carry-out bags and other types of plastic (see H.R. 5695), H5502 [1JY]

———allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see S. 3556), S5699 [30JN] (see H.R. 4859), H1518 [16MR]

———assist in recovery and development of the Virgin Islands by reducing tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans' assets (see H.R. 4679), H833 [24FE]

———clarify treatment of emergency service volunteers as independent contractors (see H.R. 5537), H4596 [16JN]

———clarify types of energy conservation subsidies provided by public utilities eligible for income exclusion (see S. 3634), S6200 [22JY] (see H.R. 5839), H5984 [22JY]

———close foreign tax loopholes (see H.R. 5793), H5818 [20JY]

———consolidate education tax benefits into one credit against income tax for higher education expenses (see H.R. 6033), H6569 [30JY]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 87), H3870 [26MY]

———create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (see S. 3816), S7267 [21SE]

———decrease top marginal corporate rate and prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income (see H.R. 5857), H6042 [26JY]

———deny a deduction for image advertising expenses for any trade or business whose gross receipts exceed a certain amount (see H.R. 4518), H386 [26JA]

———disallow deductions for the payment of punitive damages (see H.R. 5994), H6568 [30JY]

———eliminate any time limitation for granting equitable innocent spouse relief (see H.R. 6089), H6626 [10AU]

———encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements of employer-established individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 4742), H1103 [3MR]

———establish a Small Business Startup Savings Account (see S. 2985), S481 [4FE]

———exclude from gross income amounts received for services by a student at a work college (see H.R. 5244), H3272 [6MY]

———exclude from gross income compensation provided by BP P.L.C., for victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident (see H.R. 5598), H4871 [24JN]

———exclude from gross income contributions to the capital of a partnership (see H.R. 4839), H1396 [12MR]

———exclude from gross income discharge of indebtedness incurred from long-term care expenses (see H.R. 6357), H7393 [29SE]

———exclude from gross income distributions from individual retirement plans during periods of unemployment in 2009, 2010, and 2011 (see H.R. 6457), H7644 [29NO]

———exclude from gross income remediation payments for hazardous drywall (see H.R. 4697), H932 [25FE]

———exclude from personal holding company income dividends from foreign affiliates which are reinvested in the U.S. (see H.R. 5473), H4214 [28MY]

———exclude income attributable to certain empowerment zone real property from gross income (see H.R. 6041), H6569 [30JY]

———exempt certain farmland from the estate tax (see S. 3664), S6397 [28JY] (see H.R. 5475), H4214 [28MY]

———exempt gain from sale of certain C corporation stock from capital gains rate increase (see H.R. 6323), H7392 [29SE]

———exempt survivor benefit annuity plan payments from the individual alternative minimum tax (see S. 3334), S3473 [10MY] (see H.R. 5529), H4505 [15JN]

———exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (see H.R. 4873), H1595 [17MR]

———expand and extend the first-time homebuyer credit (see H.R. 5168), H3013 [28AP] (see H.R. 5188), H3077 [29AP] (see H.R. 5623), H4973 (see H.R. 5623), H5202 [29JN]

———expand availability of saver's credit and make credit refundable (see S. 3090), S1311 [9MR]

———expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (see S. 3760), S6884 [5AU] (see H.R. 6099), H6627 [10AU]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 3430), S4442 [26MY]

———express that the value-added tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery (see H. Res. 1245), H2504 [13AP] (see H. Res. 1346), H3310 [11MY]

———express that the value-added tax is a massive tax increase that will result in hardships for families and job-creating small business and will further push back America's economic recovery (see H. Res. 1317), H3078 [29AP]

———extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 3136), S1750 [18MR]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 3793), S7175 [16SE] (see S. 3976), S8128 [19NO] (see S. 3985), S8244 [29NO]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration of Senate amendment (see H. Res. 1403), H3869 [26MY] (see H. Res. 1550), H5983 [22JY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration of Senate amendment—same-day consideration (see H. Res. 1392), H3822 [25MY] (see H. Res. 1537), H5817 [20JY]

———extend certain renewable fuel and energy tax incentives and deny deduction for income attributable to domestic oil production or primary products (see H.R. 5435), H4021 (see H.R. 5435), H4083 [27MY]

———extend certain tax benefits relating to certain disasters (see H.R. 5273), H3310 [11MY]

———extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers and allow such deduction with respect to home school expenses (see H.R. 6287), H7390 [29SE]

———extend exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires (see S. 3623), S6078 [21JY] (see H.R. 6105), H6627 [10AU]

———extend exemption from employer Social Security taxes relative to previously unemployed individuals and credit for the retention of such individuals for a certain period (see H.R. 6152), H6803 [16SE]

———extend first-time homebuyer tax credit (see H.R. 6504), H8264 [8DE]

———extend the first-time homebuyer credit (see H.R. 5183), H3077 [29AP]

———extend waiver of minimum distribution rules applicable to certain retirement plans (see H.R. 4421), H40 [12JA]

———facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see S. 3865), S7786 [29SE]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 1212), H2317 [24MR] (see H. Res. 1606), H6578 [9AU]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain financial and other businesses (see H.R. 4414), H39 [12JA]

———impose a tax on bonuses paid by Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients (see S. 3007), S569 [11FE] (see H.R. 4426), H40 [12JA]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit deduction allowable for such bonuses (see S. 2994), S481 [4FE]

———increase additional standard deduction for individuals age 65 and older (see H.R. 5956), H6404 (see H.R. 5956), H6456 [29JY]

———increase alternative minimum tax exemption amount and index such amount for inflation (see H.R. 5077), H2695 [20AP]

———increase deductions for start-up expenditures and small business meal and entertainment expenses, provide a standard deduction for business use of a home, and extend bonus depreciation (see H.R. 4637), H647 [22FE]

———limit certain executive compensation paid by systemically significant financial institutions (see S. 3149), S1812 [22MR]

———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief (see H.R. 6467), H7854 [1DE]

———make certain tax relief permanent and permanently repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 6522), H8519 [15DE] (see H.R. 6538), H8598 [16DE]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see S. 3232), S2477 [20AP] (see H.R. 4764), H1168 [4MR]

———make permanent the deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 6322), H7392 [29SE]

———make permanent the reduced individual income tax rate on dividends (see H.R. 6330), H7392 [29SE]

———modify certain rules applicable to regulated investment companies (see S. 3948), S7968 [17NO]

———modify timing rules for determining gross income relative to certain construction contracts (see H.R. 6097), H6627 [10AU]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see S. 3773), S7034 [13SE] (see S. 3975), S8063 [18NO] (see H.R. 6415), H7548 [17NO]

———permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 3510), S5112 [17JN]

———permanently extend the deductibility of mortgage insurance premiums (see S. 3692), S6651 [3AU]

———permit disclosure of certain tax return information for purposes of missing or exploited children investigations (see S. 4056), S11037 [22DE]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 334), H8520 [15DE]

———prevent pending tax increases (see H.R. 4746), H1103 [3MR]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (see H.R. 5660), H5500 [1JY]

———provide a 15-year recovery period for nonresidential real property in rural areas (see H.R. 5314), H3483 [13MY]

———provide a credit for investment in new or expanding small businesses (see H.R. 5691), H5502 [1JY]

———provide a credit for taxpayers with long-term care needs (see H.R. 5491), H4330 [9JN]

———provide a credit to individuals who enter into agreements to protect the habitats of endangered and threatened species (see S. 3146), S1812 [22MR]

———provide a limited exclusion from gross income for the discharge of indebtedness of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H470 [2FE]

———provide a maximum rate on gain from the sale or exchange of depreciable real property by individuals (see H.R. 5263), H3310 [11MY]

———provide a partial exclusion from gross income of gain from the sale of non-principal residences (see H.R. 4930), H2318 [24MR]

———provide a permanent exclusion of all gain on certain small business stock (see H.R. 4663), H754 [23FE]

———provide a refundable credit against income tax to assist individuals with high residential energy costs (see H.R. 4706), H932 [25FE]

———provide a refundable credit for small business job growth (see S. 2967), S340 [28JA]

———provide a religious exception to the requirement that certain tax preparers file returns on magnetic media (see H.R. 4981), H2458 [25MR]

———provide a temporary payroll increase tax credit for certain employers (see S. 2955), S251 [26JA]

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit (see H.R. 5693), H5502 [1JY]

———provide an additional allowance for the deduction of qualified residence interest for a principal residence and waive recapture of first-time homebuyer credit for home purchases made in 2008 (see H.R. 5239), H3272 [6MY]

———provide an election for unmarried, nonitemizing individuals to have returns prepared by the Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 5050), H2640 [15AP]

———provide an elective payment for specified energy property (see H.R. 4599), H601 [4FE]

———provide an exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires and a credit for retaining employees (see H.R. 4777), H1168 [4MR]

———provide an exemption from employer Social Security taxes relative to previously unemployed individuals and a credit for the retention of such individuals for a certain period (see S. 2983), S481 [4FE] (see H.R. 4633), H646 [22FE]

———provide benefits to individuals who have been wrongfully incarcerated (see S. 3892), S7787 [29SE] (see H.R. 4743), H1103 [3MR]

———provide deductions for costs incurred to remediate hazardous drywall in principal residences and for living costs due to vacating such residence, and credits for moving expenses (see H.R. 4881), H1656 [18MR]

———provide for a permanent exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 5600), H4871 [24JN]

———provide for depreciation of certain roof systems (see H.R. 5396), H3823 [25MY]

———provide for distributions from retirement plans for losses due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident (see H.R. 5602), H4871 [24JN]

———provide for tax preferred savings accounts for individuals under age 26 (see H.R. 6321), H7392 [29SE]

———provide permanent zero percent capital gains rate for individuals and corporations (see H.R. 6358), H7393 [29SE]

———provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see S. 3319), S3164 [5MY]

———provide relief for small businesses (see H.R. 4841), H1396 [12MR]

———provide relief to certain married couples ineligible for first-time homebuyer credit (see H.R. 4701), H932 [25FE]

———provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (see H.R. 5058), H2640 [15AP]

———provide tax benefits for certain areas affected by discharge of oil due to Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and sinking in Gulf of Mexico (see H.R. 5699), H5502 [1JY]

———provide tax relief for persons affected by discharge of oil due to Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and sinking in Gulf of Mexico (see S. 3934), S7788 [29SE]

———provide taxpayer protection and assistance relative to tax preparation (see S. 3215), S2377 [15AP] (see H.R. 5047), H2640 [15AP]

———provide that treatment of tenant-stockholders in cooperative housing corporations also apply to stockholders of corporations that only own land on which residences are located (see H.R. 5437), H4021 (see H.R. 5437), H4083 [27MY]

———provide unemployment benefits during summer vacation for nonprofessional school employees (see H.R. 5080), H2695 [20AP]

———reduce budget deficit and the burden on law-abiding taxpayers through stricter enforcement against deliquent taxpayers (see S. 3795), S7175 [16SE]

———reduce taxpayer burdens and enhance taxpayer protections (see H.R. 4994), H2502 [13AP]

———reduce the employer portion of payroll taxes in the case of employers who expand payroll (see H.R. 4680), H833 [24FE]

———reduce the maximum corporate income tax rate and offset the revenue cost by repealing certain corporate tax benefits (see H.R. 5962), H6404 (see H.R. 5962), H6456 [29JY]

———reduce the maximum corporate rate of tax (see H.R. 4781), H1168 [4MR]

———reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes (see S. 3533), S5439 [24JN] (see H.R. 5764), H5675 [15JY]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (see H.R. 5644), H5302 [30JN]

———repeal limitation on health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 5215), H3201 [5MY]

———repeal limits on the deduction of interest on education loans (see H.R. 4574), H471 [2FE]

———repeal taxes on income and improve income security of senior citizens (see H.R. 5725), H5546 [13JY]

———repeal withholding of income taxes (see H.R. 5959), H6404 (see H.R. 5959), H6456 [29JY]

———require certain tax-exempt entities, including business leagues and chambers of commerce, disclose sources and amounts of contributions (see H.R. 4605), H601 [4FE]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the first-time homebuyer tax credit (see H.R. 4760), H1168 [4MR]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 4528), H421 [27JA]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code and make tax system fairer and more fiscally responsible (see S. 3018), S698 [23FE]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period (see H.R. 4718), H1026 [2MR]

———temporarily reduce payroll taxes of employees and employers (see S. 2957), S251 [26JA]

———terminate advance payment of the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 5885), H6163 [27JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see S. 3047), S796 [25FE]

———treat carsharing and ridesharing reimbursement arrangements as qualified transportation fringe benefits (see H.R. 5129), H2842 [22AP]

———treat certain employee-funded pensions the same as qualified trusts for purposes of unrelated debt-financed income derived from real property and increase limit on elective deferrals to such pensions (see H.R. 6056), H6570 [30JY]

———treat distributions of debt securities in a tax free spin-off transaction in the same manner as distributions of cash or other property (see H.R. 4486), H325 [21JA]

———waive penalty on early distributions from individual retirement plans for small business investments (see H.R. 5318), H3486 [14MY]

Unemployment: extend emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 4707), H932 [25FE]

———modify threshold rates that must be met by a State in order to establish eligibility for fourth-tier emergency unemployment compensation (see H.R. 6340), H7392 [29SE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 3520), S5268 [22JN] (see S. 3981), S8244 [29NO] (see H.R. 5618), H4905 [28JN] (see H.R. 5647), H5302 [30JN] (see H.R. 6091), H6626 [10AU] (see H.R. 6419), H7548 [17NO] (see H.R. 6556), H8785 [17DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation and extend exemption from employer Social Security taxes for previously unemployed individuals and credit for retention of such individuals (see S. 3706), S6736 [4AU]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 5618), consideration (see H. Res. 1495), H5302 [30JN]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation without adding to the budget deficit (see S. 3990), S8298 [30NO]

———provide for temporary alternative State ``on'' and ``off'' indicators under unemployment compensation program (see H.R. 6088), H6626 [10AU]

Veterans: codify increases in the rates of pensions for disabled veterans and surviving spouses and children (see H.R. 5642), H5302 [30JN]

———improve process by which an individual files jointly for Social Security and dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 3370), S3716 [13MY]

———increase rate of pension for disabled veterans married to each other and both of whom require regular aid and attendance (see S. 3367), S3716 [13MY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 3107), S1458 [11MR] (see H.R. 4667), H754 [23FE]

———provide cost-of-living adjustments in disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for certain survivors (see S. 3359), S3716 [13MY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: repeal enhanced compensation structure reporting requirement (see H.R. 5998), H6568 [30JY]

Cloture motions

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3772), motion to proceed, S7730 [29SE], S7928 [17NO]

Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), motion to proceed, S2091 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2288 [14AP], S2364 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2099 [25MR], S2200 [12AP]

Taxation: create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), motion to proceed, S7438 [24SE], S7584 [28SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1225 [5MR], S1292 [9MR], S1339 [10MR]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S4878 [14JN], S4975 [16JN], S5096 [17JN], S5310 [23JN]-S5419 [24JN], S5525 [29JN], S5679 [30JN], S6011 [20JY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8627 [8DE]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), House amendment, S6498 [29JY], S6572 [2AU], S6684 [4AU]

E-mails

New York State Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Watch program: Aly Waddy, S382 [1FE]

———Jeff Eichler, S382 [1FE]

———Lorelei Boylan, New York State Dept. of Labor, S382 [1FE]

———Terri Gerstein, New York State Dept. of Labor, S382 [1FE]

Factsheets

Actions for Improving the Alliance Account Program: Dept. of Veterans Affairs, H7024 [28SE]

Letters

Additional emergency unemployment compensation, S899 [2MR]

———Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute, S8283 [30NO]

———Senator Boxer, S917 [2MR]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds: Senator Grassley, Committee on Finance (Senate), S1869 [23MR]

Bonuses paid by Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients: Andrew M. Cuomo, New York Attorney General, S1148 [4MR]

Continuing Extension Act: Senator Coburn, S2192 [12AP]

Deposit Restricted Qualified Tuition Programs Act: Camden R. Fine, Independent Community Bankers of America (organization), H2653 [20AP]

———Clint Zweifel, Office of Missouri State Treasurer, H2653 [20AP]

———Floyd E. Stoner, American Bankers Association, H2653 [20AP]

———Jerry Sage, Missouri Bankers Association, H2652 [20AP]

———Max Cook, Missouri Bankers Association, H2652 [20AP]

Federal student loan program: Ashley Bianchi, Rhodes College, S1927 [24MR]

———Christina D. West, Vanderbilt University, S1925 [24MR]

———Janet Bonney-Baker, Baptist College of Health Sciences, S1926 [24MR]

———M. Joanna Hayes Dickens, Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia, S1927 [24MR]

———Marian Malone Huffman, Tennessee Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, S1926 [24MR]

———Sandra Rockett, Dyersburg State Community College, S1926 [24MR]

Gulf Opportunity Zone low-income housing tax credit extension: Timothy F. Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury and Shaun Donovan, Sec. of HUD, S920 [2MR], S10248 [15DE]

Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act: Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Committee on Homeland Security (House), H4938 [29JN]

———Representative Levin, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H4939 [29JN]

Investigation of fraudulent activities of Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.: several Representatives, H3002 [28AP]

Middle Class Tax Relief Act: Jay Timmons, National Association of Manufacturers, H7883 [2DE]

———several business organizations, H7884 [2DE]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform recommendations: several Senators, S8540 [6DE]

New York State Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Watch program: Terri Gerstein, New York State Dept. of Labor, S380 [1FE]

Permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts: several taxpayers, S8533 [4DE]

Permanently extend estate tax relief: Landi McFarland, S7464 [27SE]

Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act: Paul S. Stevens, Investment Company Institute, H7070 [28SE]

Restoring American Financial Stability Act: Vicki Cox Golder, National Association of Realtors, S3500, S3519 [11MY]

S corporation self-employment payroll tax increase: Alan R. Einhorn, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, S5241 [22JN]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: Representative Wolf, E974 [28MY]

Securing America's Veterans Insurance Needs and Goals (SAVINGS) Act: Gerald T. Manar, VFW, H7026 [28SE]

———Jimmie L. Foster, American Legion, H7022, H7026 [28SE]

———Martha M. Didamo, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., H7022, H7025, H7026 [28SE]

———Mary Scott, National Military Family Association, H7022, H7026 [28SE]

Social Security Disability Applicants' Access to Professional Representation Act: Consortium for Citizens With Disabilities, H483 [3FE]

———Nancy G. Shor, National Organization of Social Security Claimants' Representatives, H484, H485 [3FE]

———Scot E. Whitaker, National Association of Disability Representatives, H484 [3FE]

Tax Hike Prevention Act: several Senators, S8327 [1DE], H7877 [2DE]

Temporary Extension Act: Senator Boxer, Committee on Environment and Public Works (Senate), S917 [2MR]

U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Modernization Act: Representative Skelton, Committee on Armed Services (House), H4892 [28JN]

———Representative Towns, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House), H4892 [28JN]

Unemployment rates: Leo Hindery, Smart Globalization Initiative, S8465 [3DE]

Lists

Businesses and organizations opposing H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, H4173 [28MY]

Organizations opposing S. 3772, Paycheck Fairness Act, S7926 [17NO]

Messages

Alternative Pay Plan for Locality Pay Increases for Civilian Federal Employees: President Obama, S8295 [30NO], H7742 [30NO]

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2011: President Obama, S390 [1FE], H445-H447 [2FE]

Economic Report: President Obama, H621-H623 [22FE]

Motions

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3772), S7730 [29SE]

Domestic policy: provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), S2091, S2094 [25MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S933 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2099 [25MR], S2269, S2282 [14AP], S2345, S2346 [15AP], H2616 [15AP]

Taxation: create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), S7438 [24SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S998, S1007, S1009, S1010, S1011 [3MR], S1151, S1152 [4MR], S1286 [9MR], S4630 [8JN], S4733, S4735, S4738 [9JN], S4958, S4972 [16JN], S5064, S5084 [17JN], S5305, S5306 [23JN], S5525 [29JN], S6035 [20JY], S6062, S6063 [21JY], H4130 [28MY], H5939 [22JY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), S8552 [6DE]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1602, S1603 [16MR], S1715, S1716, S1722 [18MR], S6498 [29JY], S6572 [2AU], S6682, S6739 [4AU], H2366 [25MR], H6609 [10AU]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 5618), H5327, H5328 [1JY]

Notices

Senate Financial Disclosure Reports, S3429 [7MY]

Outlines

Addressing small business needs to create jobs, S1640 [17MR]

Press releases

Congressional Black Caucus Alternative to the President's Compromise: Congressional Black Caucus, H8566 [16DE]

Labor Department Initiative Empowers Ordinary People To Join the Fight Against Wage Theft: New York State Dept. of Labor, S379 [1FE]

Republicans Should Stop Blocking Tax Extenders: Senator Reid, S608 [22FE]

Tax Extenders Act Creates New Jobs, Growth, Innovation, and Opportunity for Every American: Speaker Pelosi, S608 [22FE]

Proclamations

Financial Literacy Month: President Obama, H2657 [20AP]

Proposals

Additional emergency unemployment compensation without adding to the budget deficit, S8316 [1DE]

Questionnaires

New York State Dept. of Labor Wage and Hour Watch program application, S381 [1FE]

Remarks in House

AARP: support for national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1603 [18MR]

———support for national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures relative to tax treatment of executive compensation, H21 [12JA]

African Americans: impact of unemployment and importance of job creation, H1423-H1430 [15MR]

Agriculture: reform subsidy programs, H2702 [21AP]

Amazon.com, Inc.: plans to open distribution center in Cayce, SC, H8266 [9DE]

America Saves Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1082), H1069-H1071 [3MR], E319 [5MR]

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H557 [4FE]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of making work pay tax credit on income tax refunds, H2483 [13AP]

———impact of stimulus funding, H1443 [16MR], H2649 [20AP], H2780, H2781 [21AP], H2837 [22AP], H2889 [27AP], H3518-H3524 [18MY], H4410 [14JN], H4491-H4494 [15JN], H5573, H5574, H5604 [14JY], H5799-H5801, H5806 [20JY], H6268 [28JY], H6579 [10AU], H6737, H6742 [15SE], H7529 [17NO], E568 [15AP]

———impact of stimulus funding on tax rates, H3805 [25MY]

———impact of the extension and modification of the first-time homebuyer credit on income tax refunds, H2485, H2486 [13AP]

———impact on additional COBRA unemployment health insurance coverage, H2484 [13AP]

———impact on college education expenses, H2484 [13AP]

———impact on renewable energy production tax credit, H2484, H2485 [13AP]

Arizona: economic impact of illegal immigration on employment and wages, E1466 [29JY]

———encourage job creation through the Copper Basin Jobs Project and the Four Forest Restoration Initiative, H608 [9FE]

Armed Forces: ensure those killed and wounded at Fort Hood, TX, are treated in the same manner as those killed or wounded in combat zones, terrorist attacks, or in a contingency operation (H.R. 4088), H458, H459 [2FE], H1416-H1419 [15MR]

———establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001, E1680 [16SE]

———increase rate for hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, hazardous duty pay, family separation allowance, and other special and incentive pays, H3985 [27MY]

———increase rate for hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, hazardous duty pay, family separation allowance, and other special and incentive pays (H.R. 4440), H1447 [16MR]

———provide for nonreduction in pay for Federal Government employees that are Coast Guard and National Guard reserve members and participating in homeland defense missions (H.R. 6314), E1869 [29SE]

———require payment of monthly special pay to members whose active duty service is extended by a stop-loss order or similar mechanism, H7367 [29SE]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (H.R. 5043), E570 [15AP]

———make technical corrections to U.S. Code provisions (H.R. 6198), H7158-H7161 [28SE], E1730 [23SE], E1973 [18NO]

———make technical corrections to U.S. Code provisions (H.R. 6198), Senate amendment, H8535 [16DE]

Boron, CA: lock out of International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 30 members by Rio Tinto (company), H2445 [25MR]

Bureau of the Census: impact of census jobs on total job creation levels, H4096 [28MY]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, H2275, H2278 [24MR], H3748 [25MY], H5573 [14JY]

Bush, President: evaluation of economic policies, H393 [27JA]

Business and industry: eliminate tax incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, H4091, H4092 [28MY]

———provide shareholders with an advisory vote on executive compensation and prevent perverse incentives in the compensation practices of financial institutions, H3257 [6MY]

Chicago, IL: tribute to campaign to encourage businesses to employ individuals with disabilities, E167 [4FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 12), H2648 [20AP], E633 [22AP]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 182), H2768 [21AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, H8946 [22DE]

Continental Structural Plastics, LLC.: Sarepta, LA, plant recipient of Manufacturing Extension Partnership of Louisiana (organization) Platinum Award for Continued Excellence, E1522 [30JY], E1548 [10AU]

Courts: strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (H.R. 610), H2555 [14AP]

Democratic Party: national agenda, H4663-H4669 [22JN]

Dept. of Labor: advertising campaign offering assistance to illegal immigrants facing wage disparities, H4776 [23JN]

———tribute to ``We Can Help'' campaign, E1390 [21JY]

Dept. of the Interior: collection of royalties for deepwater drilling, H6540 [30JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: economic effects of Troubled Asset Relief Program, H8036 [7DE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (H.R. 3787), H7019 [28SE], E1807 [29SE]

———ensure that beneficiaries of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance receive financial counseling and disclosure information regarding life insurance payments (H.R. 5993), H7020-H7027 [28SE], E1822 [29SE]

———establish a transition program for new veterans, improve disability claims system, reform pensions and medal programs, and modify adjudication of mental incompetence (H.R. 6132), H7013-H7017 [28SE], E1780, E1861 [29SE]

———exclude amounts received for service-related disabilities from consideration as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (H.R. 3553), H2654-H2656 [20AP], H3828 [26MY]

———exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans' pensions (H.R. 4541), E105 [27JA]

Disabled: Dept. of Labor rule allowing subminimum wage for people with disabilities, H6689 [15SE]

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), H901-H906 [25FE], H938 [26FE], H1227 [10MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), H1548-H1553 [17MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), same-day consideration of rule and consideration under suspension of the rules (H. Res. 1248), H2585-H2593 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), Senate amendment, H2615-H2620 [15AP], E582 [20AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), Senate amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, H2615 [15AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (H.R. 213), H7857 [2DE]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H175 [19JA], H197 [20JA], H303-H305 [21JA], H362 [26JA], H595 [4FE], H1012, H1018 [2MR], H2449 [25MR], H3518-H3523 [18MY], H3676-H3679 [20MY], H3757, H3802, H3805-H3807 [25MY], H3851-H3853 [26MY], H4249, H4250 [9JN], H4440, H4491, H4493, H4494, H4496 [15JN], H4603, H4605, H4607 [17JN], H4750 [23JN], H5224, H5225, H5294 [30JN], H5308 [1JY], H5528, H5532-H5534 [13JY], H5551, H5597, H5599, H5600 [14JY], H5706-H5709 [19JY], H5802-H5811 [20JY], H5887-H5889 [21JY], H6049, H6050, H6051, H6147-H6153 [27JY], H6263, H6269 [28JY], H6650 [14SE], H6736, H6742 [15SE], H6773 [16SE]

———extension of tax cuts for upper-income households, H7650, H7651 [30NO], H8079-H8085 [7DE], H8092, H8247, H8249 [8DE], H8266 [9DE], H8523, H8527, H8528, H8559, H8564, H8565, H8568, H8569, H8571, H8572, H8574, H8577, H8581, H8584 [16DE]

———Government bailout of financial institutions, H376 [26JA], H638 [22FE], H2632 [15AP], H3130 [5MY], H3263 [6MY], H3535 [18MY], H4078 [27MY], H4237, H4238 [8JN], H4412 [14JN], H4497 [15JN], H4670 [22JN], H5244 [30JN]

———impact of failure to extend Bush administration tax cuts, H3637 [19MY], H3808 [25MY], H6165, H6167 [28JY], H6461 [30JY], H6630 [14SE], H6741, H6749-H6753 [15SE], H6792 [16SE], H6813 [22SE], H7199 [28SE], H7225, H7227 [29SE], H7403 [15NO], H7502, H7503, H7524, H7532 [17NO], H7552, H7580, H7590-H7594 [18NO], H7655, H7656 [30NO], H7761 [1DE], H8018-H8021 [2DE], H8250-H8252 [8DE], H8508-H8511 [15DE]

———impact of tax cuts, H111 [13JA], H539 [3FE], H2781, H2782 [21AP], H3444 [13MY], H3665 [20MY], H4326, H4327 [9JN], H4865 [24JN], H5910 [21JY], H5970 [22JY], H6138 [27JY], H7649, H7650, H7651, H7655 [30NO], H8015 [2DE]

———impact of U.S. corporations moving jobs and profits overseas, H1426 [15MR]

———importance of job creation, H47 [13JA], H270, H304, H305 [21JA], H351, H358, H366 [26JA], H539-H542 [3FE], H630 [22FE], H651, H652, H653, H654, H655, H656, H659, H660, H661, H662, H663, H664, H665, H666, H667, H732 [23FE], H760, H794 [24FE], H936, H954 [26FE], H1011-H1016 [2MR], H1176 [9MR], H1224 [10MR], H1327 [11MR], H1362, H1386 [12MR], H1719 [19MR], H2263, H2264, H2275 [24MR], H2326-H2330 [25MR], H2529 [14AP], H2782 [21AP], H2818-H2822 [22AP], H2887 [27AP], H3084 [4MY], H3132, H3188, H3189 [5MY], H3316, H3425-H3432 [12MY], H3460, H3461, H3468 [13MY], H3547, H3548, H3633-H3637 [19MY], H3730-H3733 [24MY], H3749, H3751, H3752, H3753, H3754, H3758, H3759, H3764 [25MY], H3842 [26MY], H4093, H4094, H4096 [28MY], H4237-H4240 [8JN], H4249, H4250, H4251, H4316, H4318 [9JN], H4372 [10JN], H4437, H4440, H4441, H4447, H4480, H4486, H4487, H4491-H4497 [15JN], H4510 [16JN], H4670 [22JN], H4681 [23JN], H4782, H4783 [24JN], H4911, H4912, H4950 [29JN], H5227, H5230, H5288, H5289 [30JN], H5315, H5316 [1JY], H5505, H5520 [13JY], H5591, H5592, H5596-H5610 [14JY], H5679 [19JY], H5723, H5724, H5726, H5727, H5728, H5729, H5730, H5799-H5804 [20JY], H5821, H5823, H5824, H5905-H5912 [21JY], H5953, H5964-H5974 [22JY], H5988, H6029-H6035 [26JY], H6048, H6049, H6152 [27JY], H6168 [28JY], H6321 [29JY], H6688 [15SE], H6771-H6773 [16SE], H7502, H7528-H7537 [17NO], H7839-H7845 [1DE], H8508 [15DE], H8523 [16DE], E257 [25FE], E261 [26FE], E1074, E1075 [10JN], E1513 [30JY]

———recovery from recession, H4439 [15JN]

———reform health care, Social Security, tax code for individuals and small businesses, and the budget process (H.R. 4529), H1915 [21MR], E950 [26MY], E1369 [20JY]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, H6027 [26JY], E2204 [18DE]

———restore Americans' net worth, H1173 [9MR]

Employment: disparity between Federal and private sector wages and benefits, H7557 [18NO]

———freeze pay of Members of Congress and civilian Federal employees, H4196, H4201, H4207 [28MY]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H2805 [22AP], E633 [22AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend certain exemptions for direct care workers and improve systems for collection and reporting of data on the direct care workforce (H.R. 5902), E1458 [28JY]

Families and domestic relations: support efforts of States to provide partial or full wage replacement for parents and other employees to spend time with a new infant or adopted child (H.R. 2339), E156 [4FE]

Federal aid programs: increase benefits for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities for one month in 2011 to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (H.R. 5987), H8093, H8094-H8101, H8244 [8DE], H8276 [9DE], E1530 [30JY], E2119 [14DE], E2140 [15DE], E2205 [18DE]

Federal employees: impact of pay freeze, H7651 [30NO]

———index deferred annuities and provide survivor annuities to spouses of former employees entitled to a deferred annuity who died after leaving the Government before establishing a claim (H.R. 4979), E481 [25MR]

———provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 2-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed, H1550 [17MR]

———provide authority to compensate Federal employees for the 2-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed (H.R. 4786), H1226-H1228 [10MR], H2618 [15AP]

———reduce pay for Members of Congress, require Federal civilian employees to take a period of unpaid leave, and reduce appropriations for legislative branch salaries and expenses (H.R. 6134), E1644 [15SE]

———reform early retirement rules, H5736 [20JY]

———temporarily freeze pay of civilian employees, H4445, H4486 [15JN]

———transition personnel in nonforeign areas eligible to receive cost-of-living allowance to locality pay, E986 [28MY]

Federal firefighters: provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay (H.R. 3243), H7038 [28SE], H7379 [29SE]

Financial institutions: awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, H335 [26JA], E7 [12JA]

———handling of foreclosure crisis, H244 [20JA], E1871 [29SE]

Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1257), H2656-H2659 [20AP], H2909 [27AP], E605 [21AP], E643 [26AP]

Florida: tribute to small businesses, H4619 [17JN]

Geithner, Sec. of the Treasury: impact of previous self-employment tax errors on suitability to be Sec. of the Treasury, H3305 [11MY], H3811 [25MY], H6037 [26JY]

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.: SEC investigation of alleged fraudulent activities relative to sale of financial product tied to subprime mortgages, H2647 [20AP], H2803, H2804, H2822 [22AP], H2880 [27AP], H2939, H2997-H3003 [28AP], H3104, H3105 [4MY], H3195 [5MY], H4573 [16JN]

Government-sponsored enterprises: prohibit compensation for any officer or employee of Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac to exceed that provided to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, H4283, H4284 [9JN]

———provide on-budget status to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (H.R. 4653), H4279, H4281-H4285 [9JN]

Hall, Representative John J.: personal accomplishments during tenure, E2255 [22DE]

Honda of America Manufacturing, Inc.: tribute to Marysville, OH, manufacturing plant, E1373 [20JY]

Investments: increase funding for individual development accounts through funds received by eliminating the domestic production tax deduction for coal and other hard mineral fossil fuels (H.R. 6067), E1508 [30JY]

Kansas: impact of economy on State budget and services, H2311 [24MR]

Knights Apparel (company): tribute to Dominican Republic factory production of goods without use of sweatshop labor, E1418 [26JY]

Lawyers and attorneys: permanently extend certain attorney and qualified non-attorney representatives fee withholding procedures under Social Security (H.R. 4532), H482-H486 [3FE], E103 [27JA], E252 [25FE]

Medicare: modify physician reimbursement policies to ensure a future physician workforce (H.R. 3693), H912 [25FE], H2831 [22AP], H3841 [26MY], H4837 [24JN]

———release of part D prescription drug benefit rebate checks, H4334, H4335, H4336 [10JN], H4438, H4439, H4442 [15JN]

———solvency, H1575, H1576 [17MR], H1857 [21MR], H2254 [23MR]

Members of Congress: eliminate automatic salary adjustments, H4490 [15JN]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (H.R. 4255), H477 [3FE]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (H.R. 5146), H2886, H2909-H2912 [27AP], H2940 [28AP], E720 [29AP]

———reduce pay, eliminate automatic salary adjustments, and establish a limit on the amount which may be appropriated for House Members' Representational Allowances (H.R. 4761), H1326 [11MR]

———reduce pay and dedicate annual savings to a reduction of the national debt (H.R. 4762), E309 [4MR]

———reduce pay following any fiscal year in which there is a Federal deficit (H.R. 4336), H2818 [22AP]

———reduce rates of basic pay (H.R. 4720), H973 [2MR], H2911 [27AP], H2940 [28AP], H5594 [14JY]

Minimum wage: adjust minimum wage schedule for American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, H7361-H7364 [29SE]

———impact of increase, H2276 [24MR]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: recommendations, H7455, H7485 [16NO]

National security: require all young persons to perform military or civilian service, allow induction to uniformed services during wartime, and make permanent favorable tax treatment of combat pay (H.R. 5741), H5665 [15JY]

Obama, President: evaluation of economic policies, H5550 [14JY], H5799-H5804 [20JY], H5942 [22JY], H5988, H5989 [26JY], H6812 [22SE]

———evaluation of remarks regarding Las Vegas, NV, H476 [3FE]

OMB: rescind certain unobligated stimulus funds to offset funding for additional emergency unemployment compensation, H5322-H5325, H5328 [1JY], H5932 [22JY]

Pensions: provide funding relief to multiemployer defined benefit plans, E1257 [30JN]

Petroleum: provide equitable means for ensuring that damages for physical and economic injuries caused by oil spills are efficiently secured (H.R. 5676), H5492 [1JY], H6508 [30JY]

———recover damages for physical and economic injuries, adverse environmental effects, and oil spill clean up, improve safety of offshore drilling vessels and pipelines, and require adequate response plans (H.R. 5629), H5664 [15JY], E1244 [30JN]

Postal Service: make postal inspectors eligible for availability pay for criminal investigators (H.R. 5368), E916 [24MY]

Poverty: awareness of growing numbers of people living in poverty, E2115 [13DE]

Railroad Retirement Day: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 1463), H5746-H5751 [20JY]

Rangel, Representative: investigate alleged House Rules and tax law violations relative to gift acceptance and financial disclosure, H3304 [11MY], H6035 [26JY], H6600-H6603 [10AU]

Republican Party: national agenda, H5735 [20JY]

Secret Service: transfer statutory entitlements to pay and hours of work for current members from District of Columbia Code to U.S. Code (S. 1510), H4886-H4893 [28JN], E1229 [29JN]

———transfer statutory entitlements to pay and hours of work for current members from District of Columbia Code to U.S. Code (S. 1510), Senate amendment, H7380 [29SE]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish (H.R. 1557), H247 [20JA], H358 [26JA], H596-H599 [4FE], E973 [28MY]

Senior citizens: address needs to improve quality of life, H5550 [14JY]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (H.R. 2365), H8101 [8DE]

———protect economic interests, H3844-H3849 [26MY]

———support efforts to guarantee financial security, quality and affordable health care, protection from abuse and scams, and safe and livable communities with adequate housing and transportation (H. Res. 1342), H3841 [26MY]

Small business: prohibit conversion of private employees working on military bases to public employees to encourage growth, H3884 [27MY]

———provide support for small business concerns, H2823 [22AP]

———tax rates, H6688 [15SE]

Social Security: anniversary, H5722, H5725, H5726, H5727, H5728, H5729, H5730, H5731, H5732, H5733, H5734, H5735, H5736, H5737, H5738, H5739, H5740, H5809 [20JY], H5823 [21JY], H5925, H5926 [22JY], H6047, H6048, H6050 [27JY], H6167, H6168 [28JY], H6462 [30JY], E1369 [20JY], E1389 [21JY], E1435 [27JY], E1459 [28JY], E1484 [29JY], E1558 [10AU]

———budget treatment of trust funds, H5535 [13JY]

———disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 1674), H6891-H6896 [23SE], E1830 [29SE]

———ensure foster children are able to use program and SSI benefits to address their needs and improve their lives (H.R. 6192), E1722 [23SE]

———funding, H5214-H5216 [30JN], H5925, H5926 [22JY], H8500 [15DE]

———increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (S. 2949), H348-H350 [26JA], E98, E103 [27JA]

———prevent low-income public servants from falling into poverty by modifying the Government Pension Offset to protect their widows and spousal benefits (H.R. 6442), E1984 [18NO]

———prevent unauthorized earnings from being credited toward certain pension benefits, improve provisions governing totalization agreements, and prevent unauthorized employment (H.R. 2028), H3815 [25MY]

———privatization proposals, H5308 [1JY], H5531 [13JY], H5725, H5726, H5728, H5729, H5730, H5731, H5732, H5733, H5734, H5735, H5736, H5737, H5738, H5739, H5740, H5747-H5750, H5809, H5812 [20JY], H5823 [21JY], H6047 [27JY], H6167, H6168 [28JY], H6462 [30JY], E1371 [20JY], E1389 [21JY], E1484 [29JY]

———provide for treatment of permanent partnerships between individuals of the same gender as marriage for purposes of determining entitlement to certain benefits (H.R. 6569), E2224 [21DE]

———require private insurers to certify that a claim is legitimate when forcing a policyholder to apply for disability benefits (H.R. 6066), E1533 [30JY]

Supreme Court: Federal judges appeal on elimination of cost-of-living increase, E833 [12MY]

Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (H.R. 4462), H211-H214, H235 [20JA], H532, H533, H535, H537 [3FE], E57, E60 [21JA], E87 [26JA], E143 [3FE]

———allow a tax credit for qualified tuition and related expenses, H6048 [27JY]

———allow an individual to designate $3 on their income tax return to be used to reduce the public debt (H.R. 5497), H4334 [10JN]

———allow deductions for interest payments on car loans and sales and excise taxes on certain motor vehicle purchases, H2487 [13AP]

———allow first-time homebuyer credit for purchase of principal residence to replace a principal residence damaged or destroyed in a federally declared disaster (H.R. 5398), E935 [25MY]

———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (H.R. 3580), H3072 [29AP], H3438 [12MY], H3640 [19MY], H6869 [22SE], H7028, H7031 [28SE], H8929 [21DE]

———clarify treatment of emergency service volunteers as independent contractors (H.R. 5537), E1118 [16JN]

———enhance information exchange between IRS and State prisons to prevent tax fraud by prison inmates, H4937 [29JN]

———ensure all citizens pay a minimum Federal income tax, H2464 [13AP]

———exclude from gross income compensation provided by BP P.L.C., for victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident (H.R. 5598), H5897 [21JY]

———exclude from gross income distributions from individual retirement plans during periods of unemployment in 2009, 2010, and 2011 (H.R. 6457), E2001 [29NO]

———exclude from personal holding company income dividends from foreign affiliates which are reinvested in the U.S. (H.R. 5473), E1029 [8JN]

———exclude income attributable to certain empowerment zone real property from gross income (H.R. 6041), E1512 [30JY]

———exempt disaster relief payments received in response to oil leak in Gulf of Mexico, H4749 [23JN]

———expand and extend the first-time homebuyer credit (H.R. 5623), H4936-H4939 [29JN]

———expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (H.R. 6099), E1567 [10AU]

———express that the value-added tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery, H3315 [12MY], H3546 [19MY], H7457 [16NO]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H6166 [28JY], H6288 [29JY], H7001, H7027, H7031 [28SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), H2649 [20AP], H3469 [13MY], H3634 [19MY], H3731 [24MY], H3754, H3757, H3759, H3761, H3762, H3763, H3791, H3795, H3804 [25MY], H3828, H3830, H3841 [26MY], H3874 [27MY], E281 [2MR], E750 [5MY], E939 [25MY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), Senate amendment, H4101, H4169-H4187, H4204, H4208 [28MY], H4784 [24JN], H4914, H4915, H4938 [29JN], H5208 [30JN], H5693, H5697-H5709 [19JY], H5723, H5732, H5733, H5734, H5735, H5737 [20JY], H5924, H5938-H5950, H5971 [22JY], H6033-H6034 [26JY], H6048 [27JY], E1047, E1048 [9JN], E1099 [15JN], E1424 [26JY], E1441 [27JY], E1577 [10AU]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1403), H4089-H4097 [28MY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 1550), H5926-H5938 [22JY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), consideration of Senate amendment—same-day consideration (H. Res. 1537), H5885-H5892 [21JY]

———extend certain tax benefits relating to certain disasters, H4184 [28MY]

———extend deduction for State and local sales taxes, H6166 [28JY]

———extend estate tax relief, H8037 [7DE], H8513-H8517 [15DE], H8523, H8554, H8555, H8560, H8562, H8573-H8577 [16DE]

———extend the making work pay credit (H.R. 3118), H7497 [16NO]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), H2270 [24MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), Senate amendments, H2332-H2413 [25MR], H6077 [27JY], H6580, H6581, H6582, H6583, H6604-H6625 [10AU]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1212), H2325-H2332 [25MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 1606), H6589-H6597 [10AU]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain financial and other businesses, H306 [21JA]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by certain financial and other businesses (H.R. 4414), H12, H16 [12JA], H44 [13JA]

———impose a tax on bonuses paid by Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients (H.R. 4426), H195, H196 [20JA], H363 [26JA], H558 [4FE], H1012 [2MR], H6287 [29JY]

———improve access to health care by allowing a deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals and expanding health savings accounts, H1464 [16MR]

———increase alternative minimum tax exemption amount and index such amount for inflation (H.R. 5077), H2805 [22AP]

———limit extent to which States may tax compensation earned by nonresident telecommuters (H.R. 2600), H5585 [14JY]

———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, H7759, H7760, H7761, H7762, H7763, H7850-H7852 [1DE], H7858, H7859-H7864, H7876-H7887 [2DE], H8079-H8085 [7DE], H8092, H8248-H8252, H8254, H8255 [8DE], H8266, H8280 [9DE], H8295 [14DE], H8356, H8357, H8358, H8359, H8508-H8517 [15DE], H8522, H8523, H8524, H8525-H8534, H8545-H8595 [16DE], H8600, H8777 [17DE], E2071 [7DE], E2098 [9DE], E2128 [14DE], E2178, E2186, E2189, E2190, E2195, E2200, E2202, E2206 [18DE], E2225, E2232 [21DE]

———modify certain rules applicable to regulated investment companies (H.R. 4337), H7064-H7070 [28SE]

———modify certain rules applicable to regulated investment companies (H.R. 4337), Senate amendment, H8412-H8418 [15DE]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), H301-H303 [21JA], E13 [12JA]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts, H6687, H6733, H6735 [15SE], H6765, H6766, H6797-H6800 [16SE], H6812 [22SE], H6968-H6972, H6981-H6985 [23SE], H7216, H7217, H7219 [29SE], H7457 [16NO], H7535-H7537 [17NO], H7839-H7845 [1DE], E1872 [29SE]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (S. 3773), H8021 [2DE]

———permanently extend estate tax relief, H4487, H4488 [15JN]

———prevent pending tax increases (H.R. 4746), H6596 [10AU], H7760 [1DE]

———provide a temporary payroll tax reduction, H8526, H8558, H8560-H8565, H8576 [16DE], H8777 [17DE]

———provide an elective payment for specified energy property (H.R. 4599), E165 [4FE]

———provide an exemption from employer Social Security taxes relative to previously unemployed individuals and a credit for the retention of such individuals for a certain period, H1118-H1120, H1144 [4MR], H1488 [16MR]

———provide individual and corporate income tax relief, reduce the employee share of payroll taxes, and rescind unobligated stimulus funds (H.R. 4100), H2888 [27AP], H5965, H5967 [22JY]

———provide permanent incentives for economic growth (H.R. 470), H655 [23FE]

———provide relief for small businesses (H.R. 1763), H4485, H4489 [15JN]

———provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (H.R. 5058), H3302 [11MY]

———provide taxpayer protection and assistance relative to tax preparation (H.R. 5047), E559 [15AP]

———provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system, H4488 [15JN]

———provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (H.R. 1040), H2629-H2631 [15AP]

———rates, H13 [12JA], H109 [13JA], H186 [19JA], H359 [26JA], H654, H740 [23FE], H2483-H2488 [13AP], H2508, H2509, H2510, H2511, H2512, H2556, H2557 [14AP], H2582, H2583, H2584, H2588-H2592, H2622-H2638 [15AP], H2649 [20AP], H2703, H2781-H2786 [21AP], H2820-H2822 [22AP], H2872-H2875 [26AP], H3131, H3191 [5MY], H3263 [6MY], H3461 [13MY], H4619 [17JN], H4654, H4656 [22JN], H4681 [23JN], H5606, H5608 [14JY], H5725 [20JY], H5824, H5908-H5912 [21JY], H5989 [26JY], H6047, H6049, H6050, H6153 [27JY], H6615, H6617 [10AU], H6688, H6689 [15SE], H6812, H6813 [22SE], H6884 [23SE], H7000 [28SE], H7216, H7218 [29SE], H7423 [15NO], H7497 [16NO], E561, E563 [15AP], E575 [16AP]

———reduce taxpayer burdens and enhance taxpayer protections (H.R. 4994), H2531-H2535 [14AP], E550, E551, E566 [15AP], E691 [28AP]

———reduce taxpayer burdens and enhance taxpayer protections (H.R. 4994), Senate amendments, H8267-H8274 [9DE], E2118 [13DE], E2133 [14DE]

———reduce the maximum corporate income tax rate and offset the revenue cost by repealing certain corporate tax benefits (H.R. 5962), H6461 [30JY], E1531 [30JY]

———reduce the maximum corporate rate of tax (H.R. 4781), E368 [12MR]

———reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5764), E1339 [15JY]

———repeal fossil fuel subsidies for large oil companies (H.R. 5644), E1252 [30JN]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H1444 [16MR], H2563 [14AP], H2872-H2875 [26AP], H3517 [18MY], H4654 [22JN]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the first-time homebuyer tax credit (H.R. 4760), E303 [4MR]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (H.R. 4528), E100 [27JA]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (H.R. 562), unanimous-consent agreement, H1376 [12MR]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, H2224, H2225 [23MR]

———retention of newly hired employee payroll tax exemption by companies working with professional employer organizations, H1917 [21MR]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code, H2857 [26AP]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code and make tax system fairer and more fiscally responsible, H2563 [14AP], H3423 [12MY]

———suspend employment and income taxes for a certain period, H5814 [20JY]

———suspend taxation of unemployment compensation for a certain period (H.R. 4718), H2651-H2654 [20AP]

———terminate advance payment of the earned income tax credit, H5960 [22JY]

———terminate advance payment of the earned income tax credit (H.R. 5885), H6292-H6296 [29JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 982), E571 [15AP]

———treat certain employee-funded pensions the same as qualified trusts for purposes of unrelated debt-financed income derived from real property and increase limit on elective deferrals to such pensions (H.R. 6056), E1522 [30JY]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H903, H904 [25FE], H938 [26FE], H1553 [17MR], H2616-H2619 [15AP], H3763 [25MY], H3875 [27MY], H4169 [28MY], H4403 [14JN], H4620 [17JN], H4915 [29JN], H5208 [30JN], H5693, H5697-H5709 [19JY], H5723, H5726, H5728, H5732, H5733, H5734, H5735, H5737, H5800, H5801 [20JY], H5885-H5892 [21JY], H5924, H5926-H5937, H5939, H5971 [22JY], H6033-H6034 [26JY], H7650 [30NO], H7761, H7762 [1DE], H8021 [2DE], H8356, H8357, H8358, H8359 [15DE], H8523 [16DE], E582 [20AP], E1424 [26JY], E1441 [27JY]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3548), H3523 [18MY]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 5618), H4921-H4925 [29JN], H5212, H5213 [30JN], H5321-H5330 [1JY], H5540-H5542 [13JY], H5549, H5551, H5552, H5553, H5598, H5599 [14JY], H5620 [15JY], E1244 [30JN]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 5618), consideration (H. Res. 1495), H5311-H5319 [1JY]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 5618), motion to recommit, H5328 [1JY]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 6419), H7551, H7552, H7553, H7569-H7575, H7588-H7592, H7594 [18NO], E1999 [29NO]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits, H4095 [28MY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4667), H2184 [22MR], E459 [23MR], E501 [25MR]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide for environmental cleanup and compensation of victims due to Agent Orange exposure, E1452 [28JY]

West Columbia, SC: tribute to opening of Home Depot USA Inc., Rapid Deployment Center, H1032 [3MR]

Remarks in Senate

American International Group, Inc. (AIG): awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S1868 [23MR]

———business practices that precipitated Government bailout, S296 [28JA]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding, S2278 [14AP], S5292-S5294 [23JN], S5838-S5840 [14JY], S7590-S7592 [28SE]

Bankruptcy: make privately issued student loans dischargeable (S. 3219), S2388 [15AP]

———make technical corrections to U.S. Code provisions (H.R. 6198), S8205 [19NO], S10508 [17DE]

Budget: finance additional unemployment insurance and other Federal programs through certain tax loophole closures, S2341, S2346 [15AP]

———rescind certain unspent Federal funds to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation and certain other Federal programs, S2275-S2278, S2281, S2287 [14AP], S2346 [15AP]

———rescind funds from certain Federal programs to pay for additional emergency unemployment compensation, S10249-S10251 [15DE]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S284 [28JA], S2143 [26MR], S8756-S8758 [10DE]

Business and industry: eliminate tax incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, S1352 [10MR], S7068-S7071 [14SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 182), S2470 [20AP]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3772), S7048 [13SE], S7052 [14SE]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 3772), motion to proceed, S7730 [29SE], S7879 [15NO], S7924-S7929 [17NO]

Congress: accomplishments of the 111th Congress, S11012, S11013, S11024-S11026 [22DE]

———legislative priorities, S4588 [7JN], S7871, S7873 [15NO], S8622 [8DE], S10422, S10476-S10479 [17DE]

Credit: empower States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions, S3075, S3076 [4MY], S3402 [7MY]

———prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions, S3083-S3085 [4MY]

Death on the High Seas Act: allow families of those killed in the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico to receive fair compensation for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses, S8683-S8685 [9DE]

———allow families of those killed on the high seas to receive fair compensation for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses, S6510 [29JY]

———allow families of those killed on the high seas to receive fair compensation for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses (S. 3463), S4659 [8JN], S8683-S8685 [9DE]

———allow families of those killed on the high seas to receive fair compensation for pecuniary and nonpecuniary losses (S. 3463), unanimous-consent request, S8683 [9DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: require use of 95 percent of the national average nonmetropolitan median income to determine eligibility of communities in low-income States for certain rural development funding (S. 3745), S6898 [5AU]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling (S. 3541), S5492 [28JN]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit unreasonable and excessive compensation and compensation not based on performance standards for Troubled Asset Relief Program assistance recipients, S1213 [5MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: ensure that beneficiaries of Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance receive financial counseling and disclosure information regarding life insurance payments (S. 3718), S6890 [5AU]

———exclude amounts received for service-related disabilities from consideration as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (H.R. 3553), S7556 [27SE]

———exclude amounts received for service-related disabilities from consideration as income under the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act (S. 3246), S2588 [22AP]

———improve processing of claims for disability compensation (S. 3517), S5270 [22JN]

———require fiduciaries of individuals receiving benefits to grant the release of such individuals' financial records (S. 3499), S4993 [16JN]

———treat certain misfiled documents that express disagreement with Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions as timely motions for reconsideration of such decisions (S. 3348), S3646 [12MY]

Domestic policy: fully offset extension of emergency unemployment compensation, enhanced Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage reimbursements, and summer youth jobs programs (S. 3551), S5700 [30JN]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), S1819, S1821 [23MR]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3153), motion to proceed, S2091-S2094 [25MR], S2145 [26MR]

———provide a fully offset temporary extension of certain programs so as not to increase the deficit (S. 3173), S2138, S2149-S2152 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs, S836-S838 [1MR], S2008 [24MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), S761, S776-S792, S816 [25FE], S818-S821, S824 [26FE], S825, S826, S852-S854 [1MR], S898-S904, S910-S921, S923, S926-S934 [2MR], S1211 [5MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), unanimous-consent agreement, S926 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4691), unanimous-consent request, S772, S773, S776, S778, S786, S792, S816 [25FE], S819, S820 [26FE], S826, S844 [1MR], S897, S898, S899 [2MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S1756 [18MR], S1759 [19MR], S2094-S2099 [25MR], S2226-S2230, S2233-S2235 [13AP], S2257, S2265-S2269, S2275-S2282, S2286, S2287 [14AP], S2341, S2351, S2363-S2367, S2396 [15AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), motion to proceed, S2099-S2106 [25MR], S2135-S2152 [26MR], S2187-S2189, S2191-S2195, S2197, S2199-S2202 [12AP], S2216, S2226 [13AP]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), unanimous-consent agreement, S2168 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), unanimous-consent request, S1759, S1760 [19MR], S2096, S2098, S2102 [25MR], S2138, S2144 [26MR]

———temporarily extend certain programs (S. 3421), S4394 [25MY], S4397 [26MY]

———temporarily extend certain programs (S. 3421), unanimous-consent request, S4870 [14JN], S5097 [17JN], S5164 [21JN]

Economy: comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S110 [21JA], S136 [22JA], S5256 [22JN], S5801 [14JY], S7079 [14SE], S7106 [15SE], S7406 [23SE], S7468 [27SE], S7881 [15NO]

———extension of tax cuts for upper-income households, S8703-S8708 [9DE], S8735, S8738-S8740, S8743, S8744, S8774-S8776, S8778-S8781 [10DE], S8840-S8844 [13DE], S8992, S9005, S9012 [14DE], S10252-S10255 [15DE]

———Government bailout of financial institutions, S5801 [14JY], S8740-S8742 [10DE]

———impact of economic conditions on Vermont citizens, S8771-S8774 [10DE]

———impact of failure to extend Bush administration tax cuts, S6461 [29JY], S7077 [14SE], S7106 [15SE], S7309-S7311, S7327, S7332-S7334, S7342 [22SE], S7410 [23SE], S7463, S7468, S7470-S7472 [27SE], S7876 [15NO], S8051 [18NO], S8273 [30NO], S8317 [1DE], S8358, S8363-S8365, S8380 [2DE]

———impact of tax cuts, S785 [25FE], S5806 [14JY], S6177-S6179 [22JY], S6233, S6236-S6238 [26JY], S7406 [23SE], S8314-S8316 [1DE], S8364, S8366, S8381, S8383-S8390 [2DE]

———importance of job creation, S112 [21JA], S137 [22JA], S222 [26JA], S363 [1FE], S413, S414, S429 [2FE], S846 [1MR], S1283 [9MR], S1435 [11MR], S2137 [26MR], S4599, S4600 [7JN], S5414-S5418 [24JN], S5721 [12JY], S5808, S5822 [14JY], S6132 [22JY], S6238 [26JY], S7017, S7018 [13SE], S7079 [14SE], S7103, S7123 [15SE], S7405, S7408 [23SE], S8340-S8342 [1DE], S8754-S8757 [10DE]

———national objectives priority assignments, S7232 [21SE]

———reform the financial regulatory system of the U.S., S11 [20JA]

———regulation of U.S. financial markets, S6850 [5AU]

Equal Pay Day: observance, S2470 [20AP]

ERISA: require a lifetime income disclosure (S. 2832), S7170 [16SE]

Europe: commend countries that passed laws for the restitution of, or compensation for, property illegally confiscated by Nazi or Communist regimes, and encourage other countries to pass such laws (S. Res. 153), S2370 [15AP]

Fair Labor Standards Act: amend certain exemptions for direct care workers and improve systems for collection and reporting of data on the direct care workforce (S. 3696), S6653 [3AU]

Federal employees: assess compensation comparisons with private sector employees, retirement eligibility, and investment in improving Federal workforce, S7113-S7115 [15SE]

———impose hiring freeze on non-security employees, S7440 [24SE]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (S. 1102), S2417 [19AP], S5312 [23JN]

———temporarily freeze pay of civilian employees, S5060-S5063 [17JN]

Federal Reserve Board: transmit to the Committee on Finance (Senate) copies of documents on American International Group, Inc. (AIG) business practices that precipitated Government bailout, S299 [28JA]

Financial institutions: awarding of bonuses to executives after receiving Government bailout funds, S8739 [10DE]

———handling of foreclosure crisis, S553 [11FE]

———prohibit certain payments to loan originators and require verification by lenders of the ability of consumers to repay loans, S3516-S3521 [11MY], S3572-S3574 [12MY], S4064 [20MY]

———reduce interest rates paid by student borrowers on education loans, S1924, S1928, S1929, S1947, S1996 [24MR]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (S. Res. 485), S2393, S2394 [15AP]

Foreign aid: women's empowerment funding, S1303 [9MR]

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.: SEC investigation of alleged fraudulent activities relative to sale of financial product tied to subprime mortgages, S2538 [22AP]

Helmets to Hardhats (organization): tribute, S7735 [29SE]

Hugo Boss Fashions Inc.: decision to not close Brooklyn, OH, manufacturing plant, S6016 [20JY]

Hydroelectric power: extend certain Federal benefits and income tax provisions to energy generated by hydropower resources (S. 3571), S5790 [13JY]

Job Opportunities Task Force (organization): anniversary, S7608 [28SE]

Labor unions: history of unionization and importance of collective bargaining, S7380 [23SE]

Lawyers and attorneys: permanently extend certain attorney and qualified non-attorney representatives fee withholding procedures under Social Security (H.R. 4532), S673 [22FE]

Medicare: part D prescription drug benefit funding, S784-S787 [25FE]

———reform hospital wage index classification system, S2012 [24MR]

Members of Congress: disclose delinquent tax liability, require an ethics inquiry, and garnish wages of a Member with Federal tax liability (S. 3791), S7136, S7141 [15SE], S7143 [16SE], S7672 [29SE]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (H.R. 5146), S2707 [27AP], S2768 [28AP]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (S. 3244), S2544 [22AP]

———freeze pay of Members and fully offset the cost of the extension of unemployment benefits (S. 3158), S1921 [23MR], S1923 [24MR]

———prevent automatic salary adjustments until the Federal budget deficit is eliminated (S. 3143), S1756 [18MR], S1759 [19MR]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: recommendations, S8453 [3DE], S8540-S8542 [6DE], S8628, S8630, S8634 [8DE], S8849 [13DE]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, S18-S21 [20JA], S170 [25JA]

———State of the Union Message, S359-S362 [29JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: condition implementation on Dept. of HHS certification that premiums will not increase higher than projected, S1852-S1855 [23MR], S1995 [24MR]

———ensure taxes on Medicare, wages and unearned income are indexed for inflation, S2074 [25MR]

———prohibit tax increase for individuals under certain income levels, S1838-S1841 [23MR], S1994 [24MR]

———prohibit tax on net investment income, S1959, S2000 [24MR]

———provide inflation adjustment for additional hospital insurance tax on high-income taxpayers, S2077 [25MR]

Pensions: reform funding rules, S1291 [9MR]

Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act: anniversary, S5664 [30JN]

Postal Service: ensure reasonable and sustainable workloads and schedules for supervisory and management employees and clarify laws on consultation and changes or terminations in certain proposals (S. 3145), S1778 [19MR]

SEC: set standards for independence of compensation consultants, S4037 [20MY]

Secret Service: transfer statutory entitlements to pay and hours of work for current members from District of Columbia Code to U.S. Code (S. 1510), S7557 [27SE]

Senior citizens: improve retirement security, S7170 [16SE]

———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, S925 [2MR], S978, S993-S995, S1009, S1010 [3MR], S1307 [9MR]

———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 using unobligated stimulus funds, S1006-S1009 [3MR]

Small business: help to create new jobs and drive economic recovery, S1639-S1643 [17MR]

———provide support for small business concerns, S2257 [14AP]

———tax rates, S6471 [29JY]

Smith, M. Patricia: suitability to be Dept. of Labor Solicitor relative to inconsistencies in testimony before Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) on New York Wage and Hour Watch program, S371, S375-S384 [1FE], S406-S409, S417 [2FE], S452-S454 [4FE]

Social Security: anniversary, S6861-S6863 [5AU]

———apply an earnings test in determining the amount of monthly insurance benefits for individuals entitled to disability benefits based on blindness (S. 2962), S343 [28JA]

———disregard, for purposes of eligibility for SSI and Medicaid, compensation for participation in clinical trials for rare diseases or conditions (S. 1674), S6979 [5AU]

———increase payments for temporary assistance to U.S. citizens returned from foreign countries and provide funding to avoid shortfalls in Medicare cost-sharing program (S. 2949), S202, S203 [25JA]

Supreme Court: decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., on restricting time limits on employees seeking redress for wage discrimination, S512, S513 [9FE], S5220, S5221 [22JN], S5730 [12JY], S5800 [14JY], S6616, S6622 [3AU]

Tax Extenders Act: strike emergency designation for provisions on additional unemployment compensation, COBRA continuation coverage, and Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage increase, S1007, S1008, S1011 [3MR]

Taxation: accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (H.R. 4462), S105 [21JA]

———accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (S. 2931), S26 [20JA], S166 [22JA]

———accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti (S. 2936), S560 [11FE]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance, S1853 [23MR]

———allow above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses and certification expenses of individuals becoming science, technology, engineering, or math teachers (S. 3445), S4545 [27MY]

———allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (S. 3989), S8299 [30NO]

———allow expensing of certain real property (S. 3083), S1230-S1233 [5MR], S5255 [22JN]

———create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), S7301 [21SE], S7303 [22SE], S7406 [23SE], S8335 [1DE]

———create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), motion to proceed, S7438 [24SE], S7455-S7459, S7461-S7470, S7473-S7483, S7486-S7498 [27SE], S7565, S7580-S7585 [28SE], S7701, S7702 [29SE]

———create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), motion to proceed—unanimous-consent request, S7480 [27SE]

———create American jobs and prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas (S. 3816), unanimous-consent request, S7438 [24SE]

———exempt certain farmland from the estate tax (S. 3664), S6440 [28JY], S8452 [3DE]

———expand and extend the first-time homebuyer credit, S8269 [30NO]

———expand and extend the first-time homebuyer credit (H.R. 5623), S5631 [29JN], S5638, S5651, S5679 [30JN]

———expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (S. 3760), S6904 [5AU]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (S. 3430), S4444 [26MY], S4615 [7JN]

———express that the value added tax is a massive tax increase that will cripple families on fixed income and only further push back America's economic recovery, S2351, S2364 [15AP]

———extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide estate tax relief, S8671-S8673 [9DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S677-S679 [23FE], S723 [24FE], S7384 [23SE], S7484 [27SE], S8270 [30NO]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S822 [26FE], S825, S836-S854 [1MR], S925 [2MR], S973, S974, S976-S1013 [3MR], S1126, S1138, S1141-S1156, S1158-S1164 [4MR], S1211-S1215, S1222-S1225, S1240 [5MR], S1246, S1253, S1257, S1271 [8MR], S1276-S1297, S1302, S1303, S1306, S1307 [9MR], S1327-S1332, S1336-S1340 [10MR], S1453 [11MR], S1496 [15MR], S1636 [17MR], S1736 [18MR], S4398, S4471 [26MY], S4488 [27MY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S4599, S4608-S4610 [7JN], S4630, S4637-S4650 [8JN], S4711-S4720, S4725-S4741 [9JN], S4836 [10JN], S4869-S4871, S4876-S4880 [14JN], S4897, S4903, S4911-S4916, S4918-S4928, S4931-S4933 [15JN], S4952, S4958-S4960, S4966-S4975, S5047-S5049 [16JN], S5051, S5052, S5054-S5065, S5069, S5076-S5078, S5081, S5099 [17JN], S5141-S5144 [18JN], S5163-S5165, S5177-S5179, S5194-S5196 [21JN], S5240, S5241, S5244-S5255, S5258-S5260 [22JN], S5286, S5288, S5290-S5292, S5295, S5306, S5310 [23JN], S5381-S5386, S5390-S5392, S5412-S5421, S5424-S5431 [24JN], S5459-S5461 [25JN], S5484-S5486 [28JN], S5506-S5508, S5510, S5524 [29JN], S5651, S5662-S5666, S5668, S5671-S5678 [30JN], S5735 [12JY], S5770 [13JY], S5977, S5983-S5985 [19JY], S6001-S6005, S6008-S6011, S6018-S6021, S6037 [20JY], S6039, S6042-S6051, S6053-S6067 [21JY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment—motion to refer, S5084 [17JN], S5300, S5305 [23JN]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), unanimous-consent agreement, S775 [25FE], S4959 [16JN], S5976 [15JY]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), unanimous-consent request, S1288 [9MR]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3793), S7183 [16SE], S7187 [20SE], S7390, S7391 [23SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3793), unanimous-consent request, S7383 [23SE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), S8251 [29NO], S8258 [30NO], S8363-S8365 [2DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), motion to proceed, S8552 [6DE], S8617, S8627, S8628 [8DE], S8739, S8744, S8746, S8752, S8778 [10DE]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 3985), unanimous-consent request, S8363 [2DE]

———extend deduction for State and local sales taxes, S692 [23FE]

———extend estate tax relief, S8761, S8776 [10DE], S8979 [14DE], S10245, S10247 [15DE]

———extend exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires (S. 3623), S8332-S8334 [1DE]

———extend expiring tax cuts, S6762-S6764, S6766 [5AU]

———extend Gulf Opportunity Zone low-income housing tax credit, S920 [2MR], S1003, S1004 [3MR], S10240, S10241, S10245, S10247-S10249 [15DE]

———extend the time for closing on a principal residence eligible for the first-time homebuyer credit, S4877 [14JN], S4970, S4971 [16JN], S5096, S5097 [17JN]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S726 [24FE], S1340-S1352 [10MR], S1427-S1432, S1434, S1443-S1450 [11MR], S1582-S1607 [16MR], S1644, S1647-S1649, S1652-S1660, S1664 [17MR], S1693-S1707, S1713-S1718, S1721-S1723, S1731-S1736 [18MR], S1760, S1763, S1764, S1772-S1775 [19MR], S1790-S1810 [22MR], S1868 [23MR], S5809 [14JY], S7736 [29SE]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), House amendment, S6498 [29JY], S6558, S6565-S6567, S6572, S6573 [2AU], S6605 [3AU], S6678, S6685 [4AU], S6760, S6762-S6767, S6872 [5AU]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), House amendment—unanimous-consent agreement, S6554 [30JY], S6642 [3AU]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), motion to commit, S6739 [4AU]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), unanimous-consent agreement, S1452 [11MR], S1683 [17MR]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), unanimous-consent request, S736 [24FE], S1446 [11MR]

———impose a tax on bonuses paid by Troubled Asset Relief Program recipients (S. 3007), S570 [11FE]

———impose an excise tax on bonuses paid to employees by businesses that receive Federal emergency economic assistance and limit deduction allowable for such bonuses, S989, S990 [3MR], S1147-S1149 [4MR], S1287 [9MR], S2994-S2997 [30AP], S3580 [12MY]

———limit certain executive compensation paid by systemically significant financial institutions, S2189 [12AP], S2409 [19AP]

———make certain middle class tax relief permanent, increase limits on small business expensing of certain depreciable assets, and extend alternative minimum tax relief, S8445-S8468, S8474 [3DE], S8513-S8535 [4DE], S8545, S8553 [6DE], S8596 [7DE], S8622, S8628-S8631, S8634 [8DE], S8669, S8701-S8708 [9DE], S8735-S8781 [10DE], S8838-S8847, S8849 [13DE], S8964-S8966, S8969-S8972, S8976-S8979, S8985, S8992-S8999, S9001-S9021, S9278 [14DE], S10237-S10241, S10244-S10256 [15DE], S10401-S10404 [16DE], S10423 [17DE]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes, S7484 [27SE], S7717, S7718 [29SE]

———make permanent the extension of capital gains and dividend rates, S5084 [17JN], S5300 [23JN]

———make permanent the extension of capital gains rates, S7329 [22SE]

———modify certain rules applicable to regulated investment companies (H.R. 4337), S7774 [29SE], S7871 [15NO], S8651 [8DE]

———modify the first-time homebuyers credit for Armed Forces members and certain other Federal employees (H.R. 3590), S7-S10, S12, S30, S36 [20JA], S211 [26JA], S457-S460 [4FE], S827-S836 [1MR]

———modify the penalties for failure to disclose certain reportable transactions and for submitting a bad check to the IRS, and modify certain rules relative to Federal vendors (S. 2917), S541 [9FE]

———offset costs of extending certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code by eliminating wasteful, inefficient, and duplicative spending, S5076, S5089-S5095 [17JN]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts, S7476, S7481 [27SE]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (S. 3773), S7004-S7007, S7048 [13SE], S7052, S7077 [14SE], S7106 [15SE], S7309 [22SE], S7678 [29SE], S7917 [17NO], S8009, S8020-S8023 [18NO], S8312-S8314, S8325-S8338 [1DE], S8475 [3DE]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (S. 3975), S8108 [18NO], S8111 [19NO]

———permanently extend estate tax relief, S4640 [8JN], S5047-S5049 [16JN], S5250 [22JN], S6062, S6066 [21JY], S6178 [22JY], S7463 [27SE]

———promote the earned income tax credit, S475 [4FE]

———provide a payroll tax holiday for employers moving jobs to the U.S. from overseas, S7463, S7469 [27SE]

———provide a refundable credit for small business job growth (S. 2967), S346 [28JA]

———provide a temporary payroll increase tax credit for certain employers (S. 2955), S254 [26JA]

———provide a temporary payroll tax reduction, S8736, S8745, S8762, S8777 [10DE]

———provide an exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires, S1575 [16MR]

———provide an exemption from employer Social Security taxes relative to previously unemployed individuals and a credit for the retention of such individuals for a certain period, S686 [23FE], S718 [24FE]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, S4640 [8JN], S4913 [15JN], S7104 [15SE]

———provide payroll tax relief for small businesses, S1643 [17MR]

———provide relief to improve competitiveness of U.S. corporations and small businesses and eliminate incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, S413 [2FE], S999-S1001 [3MR], S5069-S5071 [17JN]

———provide taxpayer protection and assistance relative to tax preparation (S. 3215), S2381 [15AP]

———rates, S25 [20JA], S2333, S2340, S2344, S2360, S2367 [15AP], S3323 [6MY], S4640 [8JN], S5085-S5089 [17JN], S5219 [22JN], S6147 [22JY], S6236-S6238 [26JY], S7117-S7119 [15SE], S7882 [15NO], S8330-S8338 [1DE]

———reduce corporate tax rates, S7489-S7492 [27SE]

———reduce taxpayer burdens and enhance taxpayer protections (H.R. 4994), S8631 [8DE]

———reduce taxpayer burdens and enhance taxpayer protections (H.R. 4994), unanimous-consent request, S5096, S5097 [17JN], S6851 [5AU], S7383-S7385 [23SE], S7484 [27SE]

———reinstate estate and generation-skipping taxes (S. 3533), S5761 [13JY], S5839 [14JY], S6007 [20JY], S6054 [21JY]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property, S5518, S5519 [29JN]

———remove cell phones from list of eligible depreciable property (S. 144), S5240 [22JN]

———repeal estate tax, S106 [21JA]

———repeal sunset on marriage penalty relief and make election to deduct State and local sales taxes permanent, S2010 [24MR]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, S5807 [14JY]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (S. 506), S1635 [17MR], S1745-S1747 [18MR]

———retain estate tax, S5244-S5246 [22JN]

———retain estate tax with an immediate exemption increase and repeal new carryover basis rules (H.R. 4154), S5 [20JA]

———retention of newly hired employee payroll tax exemption by companies working with professional employer organizations, S1501 [15MR]

———S corporation self-employment payroll tax increase, S5240, S5241 [22JN]

———simplify Internal Revenue Code and make tax system fairer and more fiscally responsible (S. 3018), S2360 [15AP], S6490, S6491 [29JY], S7882-S7884 [15NO]

———use funds saved from eliminating unnecessary and duplicate Federal programs to offset revenues lost from the extension of certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S984, S1011 [3MR]

———use unspent stimulus funds to offset revenues lost from the extension of certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S984, S1010 [3MR]

Unemployment: offset additional emergency unemployment compensation by rescinding unobligated stimulus funds and cutting certain other stimulus funds, S6061 [21JY]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S559 [11FE], S726, S736-S738 [24FE], S761, S776-S792, S816 [25FE], S818-S822 [26FE], S836-S838, S842-S847, S850-S853 [1MR], S901-S904, S912, S917, S923, S928, S932 [2MR], S1288 [9MR], S1336 [10MR], S2094, S2097, S2102 [25MR], S2136-S2138, S2140-S2152 [26MR], S2187-S2189, S2191-S2195, S2197, S2201 [12AP], S2216, S2226, S2227, S2234 [13AP], S2257, S2266, S2267, S2288 [14AP], S2343, S2363 [15AP], S4487 [27MY], S4566 [28MY], S4608-S4610 [7JN], S5099 [17JN], S5194-S5196 [21JN], S5219, S5246-S5255 [22JN], S5286, S5288, S5295 [23JN], S5384-S5386, S5416, S5424-S5431 [24JN], S5506-S5508 [29JN], S5639, S5640, S5662-S5664, S5668, S5671-S5678 [30JN], S5735 [12JY], S5770, S5773 [13JY], S5977, S5983-S5985 [19JY], S6001-S6005, S6008-S6011, S6018-S6021, S6037 [20JY], S6039, S6042-S6051, S6053 [21JY], S7732 [29SE], S7874 [15NO], S8448, S8454-S8457, S8461, S8464, S8465 [3DE], S8514-S8517, S8524, S8525, S8532 [4DE], S8545 [6DE], S8596 [7DE], S8737, S8747, S8763, S8778 [10DE], S8840, S8844 [13DE], S8970, S9005, S9013, S9019 [14DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, unanimous-consent request, S5096 [17JN]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation and extend exemption from employer Social Security taxes for previously unemployed individuals and credit for retention of such individuals (S. 3706), S7696-S7698 [29SE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 5618), S5796 [13JY], S5797, S5803-S5806, S5822 [14JY]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 3520), S5260-S5262 [22JN]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 3520), unanimous-consent request, S5249, S5260 [22JN]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 3981), S8270, S8282-S8288, S8289-S8291 [30NO], S8323-S8326, S8343 [1DE], S8372-S8377, S8382, S8386-S8388 [2DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 3981), unanimous-consent request, S8285 [30NO], S8315 [1DE], S8375, S8383 [2DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation without adding to the budget deficit, S8285-S8287 [30NO]

———provide emergency unemployment compensation and extend exemption from employer Social Security taxes for previously unemployed individuals and credit for their retention (S. 3706), unanimous-consent request, S7697, S7698 [29SE]

Veterans: increase rate of pension for disabled veterans married to each other and both of whom require regular aid and attendance (S. 3367), S3720 [13MY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 4667), S7364 [22SE]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 3107), S1460 [11MR], S7363, S7364 [22SE]

Vietnamese Conflict: provide for environmental cleanup and compensation of victims due to Agent Orange exposure, S7168 [16SE]

Reports

Federal Research Library—IRS Revenue Rulings: Tax Analysts (nonprofit organization), S5241 [22JN]

Income Inequality and the Great Recession (excerpt): Committee on Economics (Joint), S8753 [10DE]

Reports filed

Civil Service Retirement System Part-Time Service Computation Modification: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 469), S2208 [12AP]

Claims Processing Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3517) (S. Rept. 111-354), S8244 [29NO]

Coal Accountability and Retired Employee (CARE) Act: Committee on Natural Resources (House) (H.R. 5479) (H. Rept. 111-651), H7388 [29SE]

Consideration of H.R. 5618, Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1495) (H. Rept. 111-519), H5302 [30JN]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1403) (H. Rept. 111-497), H3869 [26MY]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 4213, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1550) (H. Rept. 111-556), H5983 [22JY]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 4853, Middle Class Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1745) (H. Rept. 111-671), H7854 [1DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 4853, Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1766) (H. Rept. 111-682), H8519 [15DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 1586, Education Jobs Fund Establishment and Medicaid Federal Medical Assistance Percentage Temporary Increase Extension: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1606) (H. Rept. 111-584), H6578 [9AU]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 1586, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1212) (H. Rept. 111-456), H2317 [24MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Deem of Certain Service in Reserve Components as Active Service for Purpose of Certain Administered Laws: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 3787) (H. Rept. 111-625), H7152, H7210 [28SE]

Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1102) (S. Rept. 111-376), S10513 [17DE]

———Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (House) (H.R. 2517) (H. Rept. 111-400), H332 [22JA]

Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act: Committee on Indian Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 3553) (S. Rept. 111-299), S7351 [22SE]

Modify Provision of Veterans' Benefits, Memorial Certificate Eligibility, Loan Guarantees, Real Property Covenants and Liens, and Adjudication of Mental Incompetence: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3765) (S. Rept. 111-282), S7033 [13SE]

Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance (Non-Foreign AREA) Act Application to Employees Paid Saved or Retained Rates Correction: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 3066), S4143 [24MY]

Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 5629) (H. Rept. 111-567), H6162 [27JY]

Repeal Prohibition on Collective Bargaining on Matters Regarding Compensation of Dept. of Veterans Affairs Employees Other Than Rates of Basic Pay: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3486) (S. Rept. 111-287), S7033 [13SE]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1392) (H. Rept. 111-494), H3822 [25MY]

Same-Day Consideration of Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. 4213, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1537) (H. Rept. 111-552), H5817 [20JY]

Same-Day Consideration of Rule and Consideration Under Suspension of the House Rules of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 1248) (H. Rept. 111-463), H2578 [14AP]

Securing America's Veterans Insurance Needs and Goals (SAVINGS) Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 5993) (H. Rept. 111-628), H7152, H7210 [28SE]

Support Goals and Ideals of Railroad Retirement Day: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Res. 1463) (H. Rept. 111-544), H5674 [15JY]

U.S. Secret Service Retirement Act: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1862) (S. Rept. 111-231), S6245 [26JY]

Veterans Benefits and Economic Welfare Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 6132) (H. Rept. 111-630), H7153, H7210 [28SE]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4667) (H. Rept. 111-452), H2215 [22MR]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3107) (S. Rept. 111-281), S6882 [5AU]

Resolutions of ratification

Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Family Maintenance, S7720 [29SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Domestic policy: temporarily extend certain programs (H.R. 4851), S2269 [14AP]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), S1009, S1010 [3MR], S1152 [4MR], S1286 [9MR]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4213), House amendment, S4735 [9JN]

———impose a higher rate of tax on bonuses paid by businesses receiving Troubled Asset Relief Program funds (H.R. 1586), S1604 [16MR], S1722 [18MR]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 5618), H5328 [1JY]

Statements

Additional Emergency Unemployment Compensation: Several Economists, S8283 [30NO]

Pay-as-You-Go Effects of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act: CBO, S2365 [15AP]

Summaries

Accomplishments of the 111th Congress, E2250 [22DE]

Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act (H.R. 6198), H7159-H7161 [28SE], E1973 [18NO]

Economic Impact of Recent Temporary Unemployment Insurance Extensions, S8382 [2DE]

Oil Spill Accountability and Environmental Protection Act (H.R. 5629): Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House), E1245 [30JN]

Tables

Budgetary effects of Baucus substitute amendment to H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act, S983 [3MR]

Estimated exhaustions of all unemployment compensation benefits (up to a maximum of 99 weeks) calendar year 2010, S5262 [22JN]

Estimated national job losses caused by passage of H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, H1918 [21MR]

Estimated revenue effects of revenue provisions in H.R. 4213, American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act, S1736-S1744 [18MR]

Exxon Mobil Corp., notes to consolidated financial statements relative to income, sales-based, and other taxes as reported to SEC, S4740 [9JN]

Federal lands construction halted by furlough of Dept. of Transportation inspectors due to Senator Bunning filibuster of H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act, S914 [2MR]

Illustrative impact of Federal highway funding reduction by State, S916 [2MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of Baucus substitute amendment to H.R. 4213, Tax Extenders Act, S982 [3MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 1586, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, S6765 [5AU]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, S6067 [21JY], H4179, H4211, H4212 [28MY]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4337, Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act, H7149, H7206 [28SE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act, H929 [25FE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act, S2365 [15AP], H1594 [17MR]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4994, Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act, S8631 [8DE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 4994, Taxpayer Assistance Act, H2577 [14AP]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5297, Small Business Jobs Act, S7150 [16SE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5618, Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act, H4972, H5201 [29JN], H5498 [1JY]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 5623, Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act, H4972, H5201 [29JN]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6132, Veterans Benefits and Economic Welfare Improvement Act, H7149, H7206 [28SE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 6419, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act, H7612 [18NO]

Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 1510, U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Modernization Act, H4904 [28JN]

Percentage of people below poverty level by Congressional district, H7807 [1DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 1082, support goals and ideals of America Saves Week, H1069 [3MR]

H. Res. 1212, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 1586, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act, H2325 [25MR]

H. Res. 1248, consideration of H.R. 4715, Clean Estuaries Act and same-day consideration of rule and consideration under suspension of the rules of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act, H2585 [15AP]

H. Res. 1257, support goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month, H2656 [20AP]

H. Res. 1403, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, H4089 [28MY]

H. Res. 1463, support goals and ideals of Railroad Retirement Day, H5746 [20JY]

H. Res. 1495, consideration of H.R. 5618, Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act and same-day consideration of resolutions allowing consideration of certain legislation, H5311 [1JY]

H. Res. 1537, same-day consideration of consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 4213, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, and consideration of motions to suspend House Rules and consider certain legislation, H5885 [21JY]

H. Res. 1550, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 4213, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H5926 [22JY]

H. Res. 1606, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 1586, Education Jobs Fund establishment and Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage temporary increase extension, H6590 [10AU]

H. Res. 1745, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 4853, Middle Class Tax Relief Act, H7859 [2DE]

H. Res. 1766, consideration of Senate amendment to H.R. 4853, Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act, H8524, H8545 [16DE]

H.R. 1586, Education Jobs Fund establishment and Medicaid Federal medical assistance percentage temporary increase extension, H6604-H6609 [10AU]

H.R. 3243, provide that any hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for purposes of determinations relating to overtime pay, H7038 [28SE]

H.R. 3553, Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act, H2654 [20AP]

H.R. 3787, deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs administered laws, H7019 [28SE]

H.R. 4213, American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act, S1533-S1562 [15MR]

H.R. 4213, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, H5938 [22JY]

H.R. 4337, Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act, H7064-H7069 [28SE]

H.R. 4462, accelerate income tax benefits for charitable cash contributions for relief of victims of the earthquake in Haiti, H211 [20JA]

H.R. 4532, Social Security Disability Applicants' Access to Professional Representation Act, H482 [3FE]

H.R. 4667, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H2184 [22MR]

H.R. 4691, Temporary Extension Act, H901-H903 [25FE]

H.R. 4718, Deposit Restricted Qualified Tuition Programs Act, H2651 [20AP]

H.R. 4786, authority to compensate Federal employees for the 2-day period in which authority to make expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund lapsed, H1226 [10MR]

H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension Act, S2365 [15AP], H1548 [17MR], H2615 [15AP]

H.R. 4853, Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act, H8585-H8593 [16DE]

H.R. 4994, Medicare and Medicaid Extenders Act, S8632-S8634 [8DE]

H.R. 4994, Taxpayer Assistance Act, H2531-H2533 [14AP]

H.R. 5146, eliminate automatic salary adjustments for Members of Congress, H2909 [27AP]

H.R. 5618, Restoration of Emergency Unemployment Compensation Act, H4921 [29JN], H5321 [1JY]

H.R. 5623, Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act, H4936 [29JN]

H.R. 5987, Seniors Protection Act, H8094-H8096 [8DE]

H.R. 5993, Securing America's Veterans Insurance Needs and Goals (SAVINGS) Act, H7020 [28SE]

H.R. 6132, Veterans Benefits and Economic Welfare Improvement Act, H7013-H7015 [28SE]

H.R. 6198, Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act, H7158 [28SE]

H.R. 6419, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Continuation Act, H7569 [18NO]

S. 1510, U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division Modernization Act, H4886, H4891 [28JN], H7381-H7383 [29SE]

S. 1674, Improving Access to Clinical Trials Act, S6979 [5AU], H6892 [23SE]

S. 2917, Small Business Penalty Fairness Act, S542 [9FE]

S. 2949, Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act, S203 [25JA], H348 [26JA]

S. 3033, Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act, S746-S749 [24FE]

S. 3107, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S1461 [11MR]

S. 3145, ensure reasonable and sustainable workloads and schedules for Postal Service supervisory and management employees and clarify laws on consultation and changes or terminations in certain proposals, S1778 [19MR]

S. 3215, Taxpayer Bill of Rights Act, S2382-S2387 [15AP]

S. 3219, Fairness for Struggling Students Act, S2388 [15AP]

S. 3244, eliminate automatic salary adjustments for Members of Congress, S2544 [22AP]

S. 3246, Indian Veterans Housing Opportunity Act, S2589 [22AP]

S. 3348, treat certain misfiled documents that express disagreement with Dept. of Veterans Affairs Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions as timely motions for reconsideration of such decisions, S3646 [12MY]

S. 3367, increase rate of pension for disabled veterans married to each other and both of whom require regular aid and attendance, S3720 [13MY]

S. 3420, Protecting Against Indebting Our Descendants Through Fully Offset Relief (PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act, S4221 [25MY]

S. 3421, Protecting Against Indebting Our Descendants Through Fully Offset Relief (PAID FOR) Temporary Extension Act, S4222 [25MY]

S. 3430, Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act, S4445 [26MY]

S. 3445, Tax Equity for School Teachers Act, S4546 [27MY]

S. 3463, Survivors Equality Act, S4660 [8JN]

S. 3499, Fiduciary Benefits Oversight Act, S4994 [16JN]

S. 3517, Claims Processing Improvement Act, S5270-S5275 [22JN]

S. 3541, prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling, S5493 [28JN]

S. 3571, Hydropower Renewable Energy Development Act, S5790 [13JY]

S. 3745, Rural Infrastructure Improvement Act, S6899 [5AU]

S. 3753, Preventing Unemployment Act, S6902-S6904 [5AU]

S. 3772, Paycheck Fairness Act, S7040-S7042 [13SE]

S. 3773, Tax Hike Prevention Act, S7042-S7044 [13SE]

S. 3816, Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act, S7278 [21SE]

S. Res. 485, Financial Literacy Month, S2389, S2393 [15AP]

S. Res. 553, support efforts to guarantee financial security, quality and affordable health care, protection from abuse and scams, and safe and livable communities with adequate housing and transportation for senior citizens, S4942 [15JN]

S. Res. 606, Railroad Retirement Day, S6739 [4AU]

S. Res. 664, oppose privatizing Social Security, raising retirement age, or other similar benefit cuts, S7835 [29SE]

Transcripts

Wall Street Bonuses: ``Bill Moyer's Journal,'' PBS, H306 [21JA]