INCOME related term(s) Economy; Pensions; Securities

Agenda

Emergency meeting on status of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House), H9955 [20DE]

Amendments

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), consideration (H. Res. 194), H2231 [1AP]

Budget: require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4456, S4457 [7JY], S4477, S4478, S4488, S4489 [11JY], S4529, S4530, S4531, S4532 [12JY], S4562 [13JY], S4866, S4871, S4881 [25JY], S4963 [27JY]

Courts: protect the safety of judges by extending authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports (H.R. 1059), S7777 [17NO], H9937 [19DE]

Economy: express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (H. Res. 502), H9958 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), S8749, S8752, S8776, S8780 [17DE], H8763, H8882 [13DE], H9960 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (H. Res. 491), H8757 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 502), H9958 [20DE]

Taxation: repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), S7159 [7NO], S7196, S7202 [8NO], S7303 [9NO], S7330, S7339, S7386 [10NO], H7644 [16NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), consideration (H. Res. 448), H7090 [26OC]

Analyses

Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (S. 1346), S4519-S4527 [12JY]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H9998 [20DE], H10025 [23DE]

Articles and editorials

Analysis of the Obama Jobs Plan, S6409 [12OC]

As Lenders Hold Homes in Foreclosure, Sales Are Hurt, H3923 [2JN]

As Middle Class Shrinks P&G Aims High and Low, S5673 [15SE]

As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Subsidies (excerpt), H3075 [5MY]

Bill To Tap Into Online Sales-Tax Revenue Makes Sense, S7438 [15NO]

Boeing Is Pro-Growth, Not Anti-Union, S3010 [17MY]

Chief Threat to American Competitiveness—Our Tax Code, S7237 [9NO]

Dreamliner Nightmare, S3009 [17MY]

Flight Risk for Boeing, S4145 [28JN]

Get Ready for a 70% Marginal Tax Rate, S4650 [19JY]

Get That Internet Tax Right, S7238 [9NO]

GOP Jobs Bill Slashes Benefits, Allows States To Drug-Test the Unemployed, H8356 [12DE]

GOP Takes Packaging Path, H8755 [13DE]

Healthcare—Stories From Illinois and Indiana, E26-E28 [6JA]

Healthcare—Stories From Maryland and Washington, DC, E25 [6JA]

Healthcare—Stories From Ohio, E29-E31 [6JA]

Healthcare—Stories From West Virginia and Pennsylvania, E22-E25 [6JA]

Internet Tax Is About Fairness, S7438 [15NO]

Jobless-Benefits Fraud Is on the Rise, S4376 [6JY]

Level Field for Retailers—Requiring Online and Catalogue Retailers To Collect Sales Taxes Could Help the State Reach Worthwhile Goals, S7437 [15NO]

Most Unemployed Americans Are No Longer Receiving Unemployment Benefits, H7720 [17NO]

Multinational Manufacturers—Moving Back to America, S3009 [17MY]

Obama Tunes Out, and Business Goes on Hiring Strike, S3484 [6JN]

ObamaCare's Incentive To Drop Insurance, S465 [2FE]

Online Sales Tax Bill Would Level Playing Field, S7437 [15NO]

Online Sales Tax Could Be a Boon, S7438 [15NO]

Online Sales Tax Path Is Clearing—After a Long Fight, States Are Winning, S7438 [15NO]

Only in Washington—White House Salaries Have Gone Both Up and Down, H4790 [8JY]

Patenting Tax Ideas, S1198-S1200 [3MR]

Republican Mocks White House Salaries, H4791 [8JY]

Republican Wreckage, H5702 [28JY]

States Tell Congress Online Tax Loophole Costly, S8448 [8DE]

Stealth Tax Hike—The Return of the Deduction Phase-Out Gambit, S4262 [30JN]

Tax the Rich? Good Luck With That, S2411 [13AP]

Those Who Own America Should Help Pay for Government, H2588 [12AP]

While AARP Waffles AMAC Proposes Change in Social Security, S3989 [22JN]

Who Benefits From Tax Expenditures?, S4471 [11JY]

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. 3555), H8124 [2DE]

AID: establish a health and education grant program related to autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 2700), H5780 [29JY]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: provide for equitable allotment of lands to Alaskan Natives who are veterans (see H.R. 3604), H8261 [7DE]

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see H.R. 1255), H2106 [30MR]

———deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), consideration (see H. Res. 194), H2213 [31MR]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see S. 721), S2087 [4AP] (see S. 724), S2130 [5AP] (see S. 774), S2348 [8AP] (see S. 855), S2507 [14AP] (see S. 1365), S4555 [13JY] (see H.R. 1297), H2214 [31MR] (see H.R. 1442), H2569 [8AP]

———appropriate funds to ensure prompt payment of death gratuity payments upon the death of members when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (see H.R. 1469), H2570 [8AP]

———delay presumption of death in connection with the kidnapping in Iraq or Afghanistan of a retired member to ensure continued payment of member's retired pay (see H.R. 3255), H7068 [25OC]

———eliminate requirement that certain former Reserve members be at least 60 years of age in order to be eligible to receive health care benefits (see H.R. 179), H40 [5JA]

———ensure basic housing allowances for National Guard members are not reduced when the members transition between active duty and full-time National Guard duty without a break in service (see H.R. 2733), H5883 [1AU]

———ensure that members continue to receive their pay and allowances despite a shutdown of the Federal Government and in the event that the U.S. debt reaches the statutory limit (see H.R. 1362), H2292 [4AP]

———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay (see H.R. 181), H40 [5JA]

———ensure that retired pay benefits promised a person when they join the Armed Forces are not reduced (see H.R. 3520), H7928 [29NO]

———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 S. 316), S642 [10FE] (see H.R. 625), H679 [10FE]

———ensure those killed and wounded in the attack at a recruiting station in Little Rock, AR, are treated in the same manner as those killed or wounded in combat zones (see S. 1899), S7702 [17NO] (see H.R. 2683), H5732 [28JY]

———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. 186), H40 [5JA]

———extend time period for submission of retroactive stop-loss special pay claims (see H.R. 573), H598 [9FE]

———increase rate for hostile fire pay, imminent danger pay, hazardous duty pay, family separation allowance, and other special and incentive pays (see H.R. 1110), H1904 [16MR]

———make appropriations to provide pay and allowances to members, including Reserve components, and death gratuities on behalf of deceased members and other eligible persons notwithstanding a Government shutdown (see H.R. 1494), H2603 [12AP]

———provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 493), H508 [26JA]

———retain members of Reserve components on active duty for a period following extended deployments in homeland defense missions to support reintegration into civilian life (see S. 1839), S7367 [10NO]

———revise eligibility for receipt of certain compensation, eliminate certain Survivor Benefit Plan reductions, and enhance active-duty Reserve members' ability to receive credit for such service (see H.R. 1979), H3644 (see H.R. 1979), H3682 [25MY]

———support donation of salaries to the Treasury by certain elected officials if Armed Forces members do not receive pay due to Government shutdown or the public debt limit being reached (see H. Con. Res. 56), H3756 [26MY]

Bankruptcy: extend exemption from application of means-test presumption of abuse for qualifying Armed Forces Reserve component and National Guard members called to active duty or homeland defense activities (see H.R. 2192), H4277 [15JN]

———make privately issued student loans dischargeable (see S. 1102), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 2028), H3755 [26MY]

Budget: curb wasteful spending by making certain year-end savings in salaries and expenses available for an additional fiscal year and use the remaining amounts for deficit reduction (see H.R. 3376), H7397 [4NO]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (see S. 1323), S4292 [30JN]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (see S. 1832), S7294 [9NO] (see H.R. 3179), H6919 [13OC]

———ensure that employees are not misclassified as non-employees (see S. 770), S2348 [8AP]

———repeal disclosure requirements that allow for comparison of executive compensation to that of other employees (see H.R. 1062), H1796 [14MR]

———require certain disclosures by employers who use electronic payroll cards to pay their employees (see H.R. 2125), H4035 [3JN]

———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 H.R. 3178), H6919 [13OC]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see S. 797), S2387 [12AP] (see H.R. 1519), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 788), S2387 [12AP] (see H.R. 1493), H2603 [12AP]

Collective bargaining: support rights of all workers and call for an end to the recent attacks on workers (see H. Res. 163), H1725 [10MR]

Congress: defund House and Senate Budget Committees and majority leadership offices if that House does not adopt a concurrent resolution on the budget (see H.R. 2372), H4574 [24JN]

———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. 882), H1524 [2MR]

Contracts: limit reimbursement for excessive compensation of Government contractors equal to the pay of Cabinet Secretaries (see H.R. 2980), H6271 [20SE]

———repeal wage rate requirements applicable to laborers and mechanics employed on Federal-aid highway and public transportation construction projects (see H.R. 1846), H3218 [11MY]

Courts: protect the safety of judges by extending authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports (see H.R. 1059), H1796 [14MR]

———repeal statutory requirement for Federal judges to receive cost-of-living increases and provide for automatic salary adjustments (see S. 569), S1600 [14MR]

———strengthen enforcement of spousal court-ordered property distributions (see H.R. 583), H598 [9FE]

Credit: adjust certain home loans and forgive certain student loans (see H. Res. 365), H5398 [22JY]

———empower States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions (see S. 1829), S7187 [8NO]

———prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (see H.R. 321), H353 [19JA]

Crime: increase penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting senior citizens (see H.R. 774), H1177 (see H.R. 774), H1196 [17FE]

Davis-Bacon Act: raise threshold dollar amount of contracts subject to the prevailing wage requirements (see H.R. 3135), H6672 [6OC]

———repeal wage rate requirements (see H.R. 745), H1039 (see H.R. 745), H1070 (see H.R. 746), H1039 (see H.R. 746), H1070 [16FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing advance appropriations for military, Reserve, and National Guard personnel accounts (see H.R. 1577), H2909 [15AP]

———clarify authority to provide for pay of the military under the Feed and Forage Act (see S. 777), S2348 [8AP]

———ensure equitable treatment of Armed Forces members and civilian employees killed or wounded in certain attacks outside combat zones (see H.R. 1019), H1724 [10MR] (see H.R. 1142), H1906 [16MR]

———increase accrual rate of retirement benefits for Pentagon Force Protection Agency officers (see S. 1543), S5499 [12SE]

———provide that civilian employees performing unsatisfactory work shall not be eligible for annual nationwide adjustments to pay schedules (see H.R. 1248), H2037 [29MR]

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. 3176), H6919 [13OC]

Dept. of HHS: issue regulations to make available a searchable Medicare claims and payment database (see S. 756), S2266 [7AP]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (see H.R. 3086), H6551 [4OC]

———reform the Federal employees workers compensation program (see S. 261), S482 [2FE]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling (see S. 338), S683 [14FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prevent expansion of U.S. bank reporting requirements relative to interest on deposits paid to nonresident aliens (see S. 1506), S5251 [2AU] (see H.R. 2568), H5125 [15JY]

———provide taxpayers a receipt for an income tax payment which itemizes the portion of the payment which is allocable to various Government spending categories (see S. 437), S1120 [2MR] (see H.R. 1527), H2665 [13AP]

———rescind authority to develop a return-free tax system (see H.R. 2528), H5085 [14JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assess skills of certain employees and managers of the Veterans Benefits Administration (see H.R. 2349), H4573 [24JN]

———deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (see S. 491), S1264 [4MR] (see H.R. 1025), H1724 [10MR]

———deem certain service in the organized military forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Scouts to have been active service for benefit purposes (see H.R. 210), H102 [6JA]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see H.R. 23), H33 [5JA]

———exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans' pensions (see S. 780), S2348 [8AP] (see H.R. 923), H1574 [3MR]

———improve appeals process and establish a commission to study judicial review of the determination of veterans' benefits (see H.R. 1484), H2603 [12AP]

———improve efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans (see H.R. 2053), H3756 [26MY]

———improve outreach programs (see H.R. 28), H33 [5JA]

———increase amount of Medal of Honor special pension (see H.R. 2318), H4526 [23JN]

———modify provision of certain surviving spouse benefits in the months of deaths of veterans and improve housing loan benefits (see S. 874), S2621 [3MY]

———provide authority for retroactive effective date for awards of disability compensation in connection with applications that are fully-developed at submittal (see S. 423), S1060 [1MR]

———reimburse certain volunteers who provide funeral honors details at the funerals of veterans (see H.R. 545), H550 [8FE] (see H.R. 811), H1250 (see H.R. 811), H1362 [18FE]

———repeal prohibition on collective bargaining on matters regarding compensation of employees other than rates of basic pay (see S. 572), S1600 [14MR] (see H.R. 807), H1250 (see H.R. 807), H1361 [18FE]

———repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see S. 260), S482 [2FE] (see H.R. 178), H40 [5JA]

Disasters: provide temporary tax relief for areas damaged by Southern severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding (see S. 1205), S3813 [15JN] (see H.R. 2321), H4526 [23JN]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of unemployment status (see H.R. 1113), H1905 [16MR]

District of Columbia: impose tax on income earned as a professional athlete by non-residents of the District (see H.R. 1998), H3645 (see H.R. 1998), H3682 [25MY]

———provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (see H.R. 266), H201 [12JA]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see S. 11), S122 [25JA]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 184), H40 [5JA]

Economy: express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H. Res. 501), H9945 [19DE]

———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (see H. Res. 502), H9945 [19DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (see H.R. 3630), H8322 [9DE] (see H.R. 3743), H10014 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (see H. Res. 491), H8727 [12DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (see H. Res. 502), H9945 [19DE]

———provide subsidized employment for unemployed, low-income adults, summer and year-round employment opportunities for low-income youth, and work-based training for unemployed adults and youth (see S. 1861), S7451 [15NO] (see H.R. 3425), H7626 [15NO]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (see S. 1549), S5536 [13SE] (see S. 1660), S6185 [5OC] (see H.R. 12), H6341 [21SE]

———provide temporary extension of payroll tax credit, unemployment benefits, and certain health and welfare programs and require Dept. of State to act on a Keystone XL Pipeline permit (see H.R. 3765), H10026 [23DE]

———restore growth, spur job creation, and build momentum toward economic recovery for border communities and the U.S. (see H.R. 3049), H6455 [23SE]

Employment: incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (see S. 1333), S4394 [6JY] (see H.R. 2421), H4671 [6JY]

———promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see H.R. 2315), H4526 [23JN]

ERISA: require a lifetime income disclosure (see S. 267), S543 [3FE] (see H.R. 677), H723 [11FE]

Executive Office of the President: define advisors often characterized as ``czars'' and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses (see H.R. 59), H34 [5JA]

FAA: use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to allow furloughed employees to return to work and provide retroactive pay for the period of their furlough (see S. 1433), S4960 [27JY] (see H.R. 2744), H5883 [1AU]

———use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to provide retroactive pay to employees who were furloughed (see H.R. 2814), H5901 [9AU]

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. 1273), S4076 [23JN] (see H.R. 2341), H4527 [23JN]

———establish a base minimum wage for tipped employees (see H.R. 631), H680 [10FE]

———modify provisions relative to exemption for computer systems analysts, computer programmers, software engineers, or other similarly skilled workers (see S. 1747), S6871 [20OC]

———preserve companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay (see H.R. 3066), H6456 [23SE]

Families and domestic relations: guarantee pay equity for women and family and medical leave, promote flexible work environments for working parents and caregivers, and improve child care (see S. 10), S122 [25JA]

———help middle class families succeed (see S. 2), S121 [25JA]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (see H.R. 1440), H2569 [8AP]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit deduction of labor organization dues from the pay of Federal employees (see S. 1143), S3497 [6JN] (see H.R. 2145), H4042 [7JN]

Federal aid programs: ensure seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and certain governmental retirees receive a one-time payment to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 2590), H5239 [19JY] (see H.R. 2711), H5780 [29JY]

———increase benefits for seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities for one month to compensate for the lack of cost-of-living adjustment in a calendar year (see H.R. 3758), H10015 [20DE]

Federal employees: ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (see H.R. 616), H679 [10FE]

———establish a precious metals investment option in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1201), H1984 [17MR]

———limit number of local wage areas within a General Schedule pay locality (see S. 1398), S4802 [21JY]

———making appropriations to ensure that Armed Forces members and civilian employees of the Dept. of Defense and the Coast Guard are paid during any period of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 1508), H2664 [13AP]

———prohibit coverage for annuity purposes for any individual hired after a certain date (see S. 644), S1827 [17MR]

———provide a corporate responsibility investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 2130), H4035 [3JN]

———provide certain benefits to domestic partners (see S. 1910), S7829 [18NO] (see H.R. 3485), H7890 [18NO]

———provide for pay parity for civilian employees serving at joint military installations (see H.R. 1688), H2998 [3MY]

———provide for the compensation of furloughed employees (see S. 776), S2348 [8AP] (see H.R. 1429), H2534 [7AP]

———reduce pay for Members of Congress, make Federal civilian employees subject to a period of mandatory unpaid leave, and reduce appropriations for salaries and expenses for offices of the legislative branch (see H.R. 270), H201 [12JA]

———reduce the size of the Federal workforce and Federal employee cost relating to pay, bonuses, and travel (see S. 1476), S5250 [2AU]

Federal Employees' Compensation Act: amend (see H.R. 2465), H4792 [8JY]

Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Prgram: provide lump-sum payments to recipients unless the insured or beneficiary elects otherwise (see H.R. 48), H34 [5JA]

Federal firefighters: provide for more accurate computation of retirement benefits (see H.R. 1068), H1796 [14MR]

———provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (see S. 531), S1502 [9MR] (see H.R. 987), H1665 [9MR]

Financial institutions: offer services to protect seniors from affinity scams (see H.R. 370), H394 [20JA]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see S. Res. 121), S2047 [31MR]

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission: receive and determine validity and amount of claims for loss of wages and other property of those plaintiffs in the case Bruce D. Abbott et al. v. Libya (see H.R. 3713), H9926 [16DE]

Government: prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt limit is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2496), H4944 [12JY]

———prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt limit is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces and civilian employees serving in combat zones (see H.R. 1551), H2854 [14AP]

———prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (see S. 1420), S4911 [26JY] (see H.R. 2651), H5579 [26JY]

———prioritize payment of pay and allowances to Armed Forces members and Federal law enforcement officers if the statutory debt limit is reached or there is a funding gap (see H.R. 2886), H6096 [12SE]

———prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (see S. 388), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 819), H1250 (see H.R. 819), H1362 [18FE] (see H.R. 1305), H2214 [31MR]

———provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment of certain Social Security, public debt, defense, veterans, and Medicare obligations (see H.R. 2534), H5085 [14JY]

———reduce pay for Members of Congress, the President, and the Vice President (see H.R. 1012), H1724 [10MR]

Government-sponsored enterprises: 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. 1221), H2036 [29MR]

Gulf of Mexico: allow damage payments from BP P.L.C., in connection with the Deepwater Horizon blowout and explosion, to be included in gross income ratably over a certain number of years (see H.R. 2821), H5919 [16AU] (see H.R. 2821), H5931 [30AU]

Health: conform income calculations for purposes of eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan and Medicaid to existing low-income assistance programs (see S. 1376), S4640 [18JY]

———ensure Social Security and railroad retirement benefits are taken into account in determining eligibility for Medicaid and the refundable credit for coverage under qualified health plans (see S. 1378), S4640 [18JY]

Health care facilities: treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (see S. 59), S123 [25JA]

House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (see H. Res. 8), H41 [5JA]

———reduce amount authorized for salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices (see H. Res. 22), H102 [6JA]

Housing: treat income changes due to welfare program requirements for section 8 subsidy recipients similarly to changes for families residing in public housing or tenant-based assistance recipients (see H.R. 201), H102 [6JA]

Hydroelectric power: extend certain Federal benefits and income tax provisions to energy generated by hydropower resources (see S. 631), S1827 [17MR]

Immigration: require the Dept. of State and SSA to help restore pensions earned in the former Soviet Union by immigrants now living in the U.S. (see H.R. 2494), H4851 [11JY]

IRS: make the Free File Program permanent (see S. 1796), S7127 [3NO] (see H.R. 2569), H5125 [15JY]

———require fees for services provided by the IRS be deposited in the Treasury as general receipts (see H.R. 2585), H5238 [19JY]

———simplify, modernize, and improve public notice of and access to tax lien information by establishing an electronic tax lien notice database (see S. 1390), S4721 [20JY]

Kenya: provide compensation to relatives of Foreign Service members and U.S. citizens who were killed as a result of the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya on August 7, 1998 (see S. 1493), S5250 [2AU] (see H.R. 2881), H6042 [9SE]

Labor unions: recognize importance in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for equitable wages, humane work conditions, improved benefits, and increased civic engagement by workers (see H. Res. 452), H7207 [1NO]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3387), H7397 [4NO]

———include fire police officers in the list of officers who are eligible for public safety officers' death benefits (see S. 1315), S4292 [30JN] (see H.R. 2034), H3755 [26MY]

———provide public safety officer disability benefits to officers disabled before the enactment of the Federal public safety officer disability benefits law (see H.R. 3367), H7397 [4NO]

———waive annuity buyback requirement under the Federal Employees Retirement Service for officers involuntary called or retained on active duty (see H.R. 630), H680 [10FE]

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act: improve compensation system (see S. 669), S1933 [29MR]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals near State borders to ensure they are treated in the same manner as nearby facilities in other States (see S. 1242), S3970 [21JN] (see H.R. 2249), H4363 [21JN]

———provide for annual mailing of statements of beneficiary part A contributions and benefits in coordination with annual mailing of Social Security account statements (see S. 1655), S6185 [5OC] (see H.R. 1252), H2106 [30MR]

———provide payment for anesthesia services by anesthesiologists in certain rural hospitals in the same manner as for services by anesthesiologist assistants and certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 1044), H1768 [11MR]

———provide payments for unscheduled physician telephone consultation services when such payments are cost and quality effective (see H.R. 92), H36 [5JA]

Members of Congress: allow to decline certain retirement benefits and contributions by the Federal Government (see H.R. 981), H1664 [9MR]

———deny retirement benefits if an individual is convicted of certain offenses (see S. 1261), S4024 [22JN] (see H.R. 2162), H4185 [14JN]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see S. 133), S125 (see S. 148), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 246), H135 [7JA] (see H.R. 343), H354 [19JA] (see H.R. 431), H469 [25JA]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments and require any legislation that would increase Members' pay be adopted by a recorded vote (see H.R. 187), H40 [5JA]

———freeze pay for a fiscal year unless the Government did not run a deficit in the previous fiscal year (see H.R. 994), H1722 [10MR]

———increase the number of years of service required to be vested in an annuity under the Federal Employees Retirement System (see H.R. 2652), H5579 [26JY]

———prevent automatic salary adjustments following a fiscal year in which there is a Federal budget deficit (see H.R. 124), H37 (see H.R. 172), H39 [5JA] (see H.R. 236), H135 [7JA]

———prevent payment if the public debt limit is reached and clarify pay would not be recouped retroactively (see H.R. 2653), H5579 [26JY]

———prohibit payment of death gratuities to the surviving heirs of deceased Members (see H.R. 3127), H6671 [6OC]

———prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution and regular appropriations bills have not been approved (see S. 1981), S8547 [13DE] (see H.R. 3643), H8879 [13DE]

———prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution has not been approved (see S. 1442), S5018 [28JY]

———provide for rates of pay to be adjusted as a function of changes in Government spending (see H.R. 3136), H6672 [6OC]

———reduce pay if a Federal budget deficit exists, increase retirement contributions, and prohibit securities and commodities trading based on certain nonpublic information (see H.R. 3565), H8186 [6DE]

———reduce rates of basic pay (see H.R. 204), H102 [6JA] (see H.R. 335), H353 [19JA]

———require disclosure of delinquent tax liability and require an ethics inquiry into, and the garnishment of the wages of, a Member with Federal tax liability (see H.R. 1866), H3278 [12MY]

———require passage of concurrent resolution to approve any increase in compensation (see H.R. 3673), H9430 [15DE]

———require salaries to be held in escrow if all regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (see H.R. 1454), H2569 [8AP]

———set the age at which Members are eligible for an annuity to the same age as the retirement age under the Social Security Act (see S. 742), S2187 [6AP] (see H.R. 2397), H4575 [24JN]

———terminate further retirement benefits for Members, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 2913), H6180 [14SE] (see H.R. 3480), H7890 [18NO]

Minimum wage: provide for a credit for certain health care benefits in determining levels for employers required to pay a minimum wage at a rate higher than the current Federal rate (see H.R. 42), H34 [5JA]

———provide for calculation based on the Federal poverty threshold for a family of 2, as determined by the Bureau of the Census (see H.R. 283), H201 [12JA]

National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families: establish (see H.R. 2506), H4945 [12JY]

National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: adopt recommended reforms to reduce spending and make the Federal Government more efficient (see S. 1936), S8148 [1DE]

National Commission on State Workers' Compensation Laws: establish (see H.R. 623), H679 [10FE]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of technicians and reduce retirement eligibility age for non-regular service (see S. 1893), S7702 [17NO] (see H.R. 1169), H1983 [17MR]

———provide that the basic housing allowance is not reduced when a member transitions between active duty and full-time National Guard duty without a break in active service (see S. 1579), S5773 [20SE]

National security: require all young persons to perform military or civilian service and allow induction to uniformed services during wartime (see H.R. 1152), H1982 [17MR]

National TEA Party Day: designate (see S. Res. 145), S2507 [14AP]

Patents: limit patentability of tax planning methods (see S. 139), S126 [25JA]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (see S. 998), S2929 [12MY] (see H.R. 1867), H3278 [12MY]

Pensions: provide Americans the opportunity to provide for their retirement through a S.A.F.E. account (see H.R. 2109), H4034 [3JN]

———provide for private-sector solutions to certain pension funding challenges (see H.R. 1969), H3409 [24MY]

———reduce administrative burdens and encourage retirement plan formation and retention (see H.R. 3561), H8135 [5DE]

Petroleum: combat international oil price fixing and allow individuals an income tax credit to offset high gasoline and diesel fuel prices (see H.R. 1347), H2291 [4AP]

Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (see S. 1010), S3052 [17MY] (see S. 1649), S6090 [4OC] (see S. 1688), S6461 [12OC] (see H.R. 1351), H2291 [4AP] (see H.R. 3174), H6853 [12OC]

———improve (see S. 353), S747 [15FE]

———increase the non-foreign area cost-of-living allowance for officers and employees whose duty station is within American Samoa (see H.R. 3282), H7165 [31OC]

———recalculate and restore retirement annuities, eliminate requirement to pre-fund health benefits fund, restrict facility closures, and create incentives to maintain levels of service (see S. 1853), S7368 [10NO] (see H.R. 3591), H8260 [7DE]

Power resources: repeal tax credits for ethanol blenders and repeal the tariff on imported ethanol (see H.R. 2307), H4526 [23JN]

Public debt: establish a fee on transactions to eliminate the national debt, provide a tax credit to offset the impact of the fee, and establish the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action (see H.R. 1125), H1905 [16MR]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits and military funding in the event that the debt limit is reached (see H.R. 728), H923 [15FE]

———prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached (see S. 259), S482 [2FE] (see H.R. 568), H598 [9FE]

———provide that the public debt limit shall not affect timely payment in full of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2581), H5150 [18JY]

Public lands: permit Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture to require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming activities on Federal lands (see S. 1136), S3428 [26MY]

Public safety officers: extend public safety officers' death benefits to fire police officers (see H.R. 1348), H2291 [4AP]

———include nonprofit and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (see S. 385), S870 [17FE] (see H.R. 1668), H2933 [2MY]

Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program: improve (see S. 1696), S6461 [12OC]

Public welfare programs: provide information and limits on total spending on means-tested welfare programs and provide additional work requirements (see S. 1904), S7702 [17NO]

———provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, provide additional work requirements, and provide overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs (see H.R. 1135), H1906 [16MR] (see H.R. 1167), H1983 [17MR]

Secret Service: allow employees to transition to coverage under the District of Columbia Police and Fire Fighter Retirement and Disability System (see S. 1515), S5339 [6SE] (see H.R. 2532), H5085 [14JY]

Securities Investor Protection Corp.: provide insurance coverage for certain indirect investors caught in Ponzi schemes (see H.R. 1987), H3644 (see H.R. 1987), H3682 [25MY]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (see S. 1876), S7612 [16NO] (see H.R. 456), H507 [26JA] (see H.R. 776), H1177 (see H.R. 776), H1196 [17FE] (see H.R. 1086), H1841 [15MR]

———establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits (see H.R. 798), H1250 (see H.R. 798), H1361 [18FE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1050), H1768 [11MR]

———increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (see S. 1933), S8148 [1DE] (see H.R. 3606), H8317 [8DE]

———preserve option for businesses to operate as they choose, including as flow-through entities, and oppose tax changes forcing such businesses to reorganize as C corporations (see S. Res. 88), S1219 [3MR]

———recognize small employer benefit arrangements as employers (see H.R. 3249), H7007 [24OC]

Social Security: adjust normal and early retirement ages for receipts of benefits, increase maximum age for delayed retirement credit, and provide for progressive price indexing of benefits (see S. 804), S2446 [13AP]

———allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 between 1982 and 1992 (see S. 118), S125 [25JA] (see H.R. 1001), H1723 [10MR]

———authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 160), H39 [5JA]

———credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service (see H.R. 2290), H4456 [22JN]

———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce (see H.R. 2292), H4456 [22JN]

———eliminate waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and requirement for reconsideration between benefit entitlement decision and hearing (see H.R. 70), H35 [5JA]

———ensure any reform prevents the reduction of benefits or an increase in retirement age (see H. Con. Res. 64), H4793 [8JY]

———ensure that trust fund receipts and disbursements are not included in a unified Federal budget and protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies not be diverted to private accounts (see H.R. 796), H1249 (see H.R. 796), H1361 [18FE]

———ensure timely payment of benefits in August, 2011 (see S. 1364), S4555 [13JY]

———establish a point of order against any effort to reduce benefits, raise the retirement age, or create private retirement accounts (see S. 582), S1676 [15MR] (see H.R. 1118), H1905 [16MR]

———establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Funds (see H.R. 1630), H2912 [15AP]

———establish a procedure to safeguard trust funds (see S. 123), S125 [25JA]

———establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and suspend investment of such funds until certain legislation is enacted (see H.R. 234), H134 [7JA]

———establish the Personal Social Security Savings Program (see H.R. 2889), H6097 [12SE]

———exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 787), H1177 (see H.R. 787), H1197 [17FE]

———extend eligibility period for SSI benefits for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see S. 1618), S5903 [22SE] (see S. 1721), S6600 [17OC] (see H.R. 3083), H6505 [3OC]

———extend solvency of the trust funds by increasing the normal and early retirement ages and modifying the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see S. 1213), S3891 [16JN]

———guarantee right to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 1052), H1768 [11MR]

———improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 239), H135 [7JA]

———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. 539), H550 [8FE]

———increase full retirement age and early retirement age (see H.R. 867), H1523 [2MR]

———increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 2294), H4456 [22JN]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (see H.R. 219), H134 [7JA]

———provide full benefits for disabled widows and widowers regardless of age (see H.R. 2293), H4456 [22JN]

———provide that wages and self-employment income earned by individuals who were illegally in the U.S. shall not be credited for coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see S. 95), S124 [25JA]

———remove limitations on the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving certain benefits (see H.R. 3348), H7330 [3NO]

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 2291), H4456 [22JN]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see S. 2010), S8733 [16DE] (see H.R. 1332), H2266 [1AP]

———repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see S. 113), S125 [25JA] (see H.R. 2797), H5895 [5AU]

———require Congress to approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect (see S. 181), S127 [25JA]

Social Security Investment Commission: establish (see H.R. 234), H134 [7JA]

SSA: allow access to Federal law enforcement databases to ensure Social Security representative payees are subject to criminal background checks (see S. 2026), S8734 [16DE]

SSI: authorize extension to Guam and the Virgin Islands (see H.R. 582), H598 [9FE]

———clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources (see S. 863), S2507 [14AP] (see H.R. 935), H1575 [3MR]

———extend rule relative to eligibility for benefits for certain aliens and victims of trafficking (see H.R. 2763), H5884 [1AU]

———modify certain requirements for countable resources and income (see H.R. 2103), H3985 [2JN]

Taxation: allow a credit against tax for certain fruit and vegetable farmers (see H.R. 317), H353 [19JA]

———allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (see H.R. 171), H39 [5JA]

———allow a deduction for contributions to tax-exempt Housing Equity Savings Accounts (see H.R. 3360), H7331 [3NO]

———allow a deduction for interest paid on indebtedness incurred in connection with the purchase of a new automobile or light truck (see H.R. 3756), H10015 [20DE]

———allow a refundable credit for the cost of passports and other enhanced identification documents required to comply with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (see H.R. 2178), H4186 [14JN]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 636), H680 [10FE]

———allow a refundable credit for volunteer members of volunteer firefighting and emergency medical service organizations (see S. 932), S2839 [10MY] (see H.R. 2488), H4850 [11JY]

———allow a tax credit for qualified tuition and related expenses (see H.R. 2624), H5398 [22JY]

———allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see S. 905), S2731 [5MY] (see H.R. 1479), H2603 [12AP]

———allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (see H.R. 1834), H3218 [11MY]

———allow an income tax credit for equity investments in high technology small businesses (see H.R. 133), H38 [5JA]

———allow an income tax credit for equity investments in small businesses (see S. 256), S481 [2FE]

———allow an increased work opportunity credit for recent veterans (see H.R. 1312), H2265 [1AP]

———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. 574), S1676 [15MR] (see H.R. 634), H680 [10FE]

———allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (see S. 755), S2266 [7AP] (see H.R. 1416), H2533 [7AP]

———allow an unlimited exclusion from transfer taxes for certain farmland and land of conservation value (see H.R. 1593), H2910 [15AP]

———allow certain Puerto Rico corporations to elect to be treated as domestic corporations (see H.R. 3020), H6413 [22SE]

———allow credits for establishment of franchises with veterans (see S. 1540), S5499 [12SE] (see H.R. 2888), H6096 [12SE]

———allow distributions from retirement accounts to start a business (see H.R. 2614), H5373 [21JY]

———allow employers a credit against income tax for hiring veterans (see H.R. 781), H1177 (see H.R. 781), H1196 [17FE]

———allow for annual elections to accelerate alternative minimum tax credits in lieu of bonus depreciation (see H.R. 3123), H6671 [6OC]

———allow Head Start teachers the same above-the-line deduction for supplies as is allowed to elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 161), H39 [5JA]

———allow individuals either a credit against income or a deduction for expenses paid or incurred by reason of a voluntary or mandatory evacuation (see H.R. 2080), H3868 (see H.R. 2080), H3909 [1JN]

———allow loans from certain retirement plans for the payment of certain small business expenses (see H.R. 1661), H2913 [15AP]

———allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 1576), H2909 [15AP]

———allow rollovers from other retirement plans into simple retirement accounts (see H.R. 661), H723 [11FE]

———allow seniors a one-time, tax-free retirement plan distribution to pay for essential repairs to a principal residence, medical expenses, or expenses attributable to a federally declared disaster (see H.R. 2385), H4574 [24JN]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (see S. 1006), S3052 [17MY] (see H.R. 1058), H1796 [14MR]

———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve for compensation paid during active military duty (see H.R. 1948), H3342 [23MY]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (see H.R. 956), H1619 [8MR]

———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see S. 557), S1547 [10MR] (see H.R. 2502), H4945 [12JY]

———allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans (see H.R. 136), H38 [5JA]

———allow taxpayers to designate income tax overpayments as contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 257), H135 [7JA]

———allow taxpayers to designate overpayments of tax as contributions to the homeless veterans assistance fund (see S. 1806), S7127 [3NO] (see H.R. 3352), H7330 [3NO]

———allow taxpayers to make contributions to the Federal Government on their income tax returns (see H.R. 1541), H2854 [14AP]

———allow temporarily a reduced rate of tax relative to repatriated foreign earnings (see H.R. 1036), H1768 [11MR] (see H.R. 3460), H7828 [17NO]

———allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (see S. 367), S791 [16FE] (see H.R. 743), H1039 (see H.R. 743), H1070 [16FE]

———amend extension of temporary employee payroll tax holiday to give individuals the choice of whether to participate (see H.R. 3551), H8124 [2DE]

———apply a 100 percent continuous levy to Medicare providers and certain Federal contractors with delinquent tax debt (see S. 478), S1219 [3MR]

———apply payroll taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of certain amounts (see S. 1558), S5624 [14SE] (see H.R. 797), H1250 (see H.R. 797), H1361 [18FE]

———assist in recovery and development of the Virgin Islands by reducing tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans' assets (see H.R. 2220), H4326 [16JN]

———clarify domestic production activities deduction rules relating to allowance deduction by U.S. contract manufacturers (see H.R. 2780), H5885 [1AU]

———clarify eligibility for the child tax credit (see S. 577), S1676 [15MR] (see H.R. 3444), H7713 [16NO]

———clarify tax treatment of church pension plans (see S. 143), S126 [25JA]

———clarify that bonus depreciation is not a cost allocated to a contract under the percentage of completion method for long-term contracts (see H.R. 3366), H7397 [4NO]

———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible (see H.R. 3720), H9926 [16DE]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see S. 1908), S7829 [18NO] (see H.R. 2466), H4792 [8JY]

———clarify treatment of certain retirement plan contributions picked up by governmental employers (see H.R. 2934), H6181 [14SE]

———clarify treatment of emergency service volunteers as independent contractors (see H.R. 2630), H5398 [22JY]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 24), H551 [8FE]

———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 16), H136 [7JA]

———constitutional amendment to abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and to prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (see H.J. Res. 50), H1842 [15MR]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (see S. 1917), S7908 [28NO] (see S. 1944), S8183 [5DE]

———disallow deductions for the payment of punitive damages (see S. 794), S2387 [12AP]

———eliminate any time limitation for granting equitable innocent spouse relief (see H.R. 1450), H2569 [8AP]

———eliminate certain tax benefits relating to abortion (see H.R. 1232), H2037 [29MR]

———eliminate certain tax expenditures and evaluate effectiveness of remaining tax expenditures (see H.R. 2495), H4851 [11JY]

———eliminate taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (see S. 1007), S3052 [17MY] (see H.R. 1961), H3408 [24MY]

———encourage purchase of residential property by providing an exclusion from tax on certain gains (see H.R. 1481), H2603 [12AP]

———encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements of employer-established individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1534), H2854 [14AP]

———encourage teachers to pursue teaching science, technology, engineering, and math subjects at elementary and secondary schools (see S. 1055), S3275 [24MY]

———establish a Small Business Savings Account (see S. 364), S791 [16FE]

———establish Religious Freedom Peace Tax Fund to receive payments of taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war, ensure that such revenue is used for non-military purposes, and improve revenue collection (see H.R. 1191), H1984 [17MR]

———exclude from gross income amounts distributed from tax-favored accounts during a period of unemployment (see H.R. 2262), H4364 [21JN]

———exclude from gross income amounts received for services by a student at a work-college (see H.R. 2478), H4793 [8JY]

———exclude from gross income amounts received on the sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (see H.R. 1271), H2106 [30MR]

———exclude from gross income certain interest amounts received by individuals (see H.R. 170), H39 [5JA]

———exclude from gross income compensation received by employees consisting of qualified distributions of employer stock (see H.R. 786), H1177 (see H.R. 786), H1197 [17FE]

———exclude from gross income gain from the conversion of property by reason of eminent domain (see H.R. 2327), H4527 [23JN]

———exclude from income amounts received from certain unlawful discrimination claims and allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards from such claims (see S. 1781), S7066 [2NO] (see H.R. 3195), H6920 [13OC]

———exempt the natural aging process in the determination of the production period for distilled spirits (see H.R. 1986), H3644 (see H.R. 1986), H3682 [25MY]

———expand and make permanent the standard deduction for real property taxes (see H.R. 1097), H1841 [15MR]

———expand Coverdell education savings accounts to allow home schooling expenses (see S. 93), S124 [25JA] (see H.R. 1767), H3108 [5MY]

———expand Coverdell education savings accounts to allow home schooling expenses, adjust contributions for inflation, and make expansion of such accounts permanent (see S. 141), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 1768), H3108 [5MY]

———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. 1557), S5624 [14SE]

———expand the incentives for the rehabilitation of older buildings including owner-occupied residences (see H.R. 2555), H5125 [15JY]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 974), S2928 [12MY] (see H.R. 1957), H3408 [24MY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see S. 1644), S6089 [4OC]

———extend and expand tax relief for national disasters (see S. 1456), S5191 [1AU] (see H.R. 2718), H5882 [1AU]

———extend and expand the deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 3148), H6781 [11OC]

———extend and increase exclusion for benefits provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see S. 933), S2839 [10MY] (see H.R. 2353), H4573 [24JN]

———extend and modify exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires (see H.R. 3060), H6456 [23SE]

———extend exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires (see H.R. 2709), H5780 [29JY]

———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. 477), H507 [26JA]

———extend first-time homebuyer tax credit (see H.R. 330), H353 [19JA]

———extend health insurance costs tax credit (see S. 221), S338 [27JA]

———extend placed in service date for the low-income housing credit rule applicable to the Gulf Opportunity Zone (see S. 30), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 559), H550 [8FE]

———extend the new markets tax credit (see S. 996), S2929 [12MY] (see H.R. 2655), H5579 [26JY] (see H.R. 3224), H6976 [14OC]

———extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation (see H.R. 131), H38 [5JA]

———extend the zero capital gains rate on certain small business stock and the exception from minimum tax preference treatment (see S. 208), S272 [26JA]

———extend time for filing individual income tax returns in the case of a Federal Government shutdown (see S. 783), S2348 [8AP]

———extend work opportunity credit for veterans (see H.R. 561), H550 [8FE]

———facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (see S. 816), S2506 [14AP] (see H.R. 2151), H4074 [13JN]

———impose a surcharge on high income individuals (see H.R. 3105), H6624 [5OC]

———improve access to health care by allowing a deduction for the health insurance costs of individuals and expanding health savings accounts (see H.R. 369), H394 [20JA]

———improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts (see S. 1098), S3426 [26MY] (see H.R. 2010), H3754 [26MY]

———include incentives for companies to repatriate foreign earnings in comprehensive tax reform legislation in order to create new jobs (see S. Res. 25), S127 [25JA]

———include individuals who have exhausted all rights to emergency unemployment compensation as a targeted group for purposes of the work opportunity tax credit (see H.R. 2120), H4034 [3JN]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 1738), H3106 [5MY]

———increase alternative minimum tax exemption amount and index such amount for inflation (see H.R. 3747), H10014 [20DE]

———increase amount excludable from the sale of a principal residence by taxpayers who have attained age 50 (see H.R. 331), H353 [19JA]

———increase and extend deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 35), H34 [5JA] (see H.R. 694), H774 [14FE]

———increase contribution limits to dependent care flexible spending accounts and provide for a carryover of unused dependent care benefits (see H.R. 682), H724 [11FE]

———increase limitation on capital losses and index such limitation to inflation (see H.R. 2049), H3755 [26MY]

———increase limitation on expensing of certain depreciable assets for certain businesses that hire veterans (see H.R. 2443), H4748 [7JY]

———increase limitation on the amount of charitable contributions of ordinary income property taken into account in determining the charitable contribution deduction for any trade or business (see H.R. 2592), H5239 [19JY]

———increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (see S. 1404), S4802 [21JY] (see H.R. 1004), H1723 [10MR]

———increase tax rates for millionaires and billionaires (see H.R. 1124), H1905 [16MR]

———increase the dollar limitation on employer-provided group term life insurance that can be excluded from the gross income of the employee (see H.R. 2515), H5018 [13JY]

———limit authority of States to tax certain income of employees for employment duties performed in other States (see H.R. 1864), H3278 [12MY]

———limit deductibility of excessive rates of executive compensation (see H.R. 382), H395 [20JA]

———limit extent to which States may tax compensation earned by nonresident telecommuters (see S. 1811), S7155 [7NO]

———make certain estate tax provisions permanent (see H.R. 1757), H3107 [5MY]

———make certain tax relief permanent and repeal the estate tax (see H.R. 123), H37 [5JA]

———make child tax credit permanent and allow for adjustments for inflation (see H.R. 508), H509 [26JA]

———make early distribution penalty exception for certain qualified retirement plan distributions used to purchase a residence in foreclosure for a year or more (see H.R. 1526), H2665 [13AP]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 687), H774 [14FE]

———make equitable the exclusion from gross income of parking and transportation fringe benefits and provide for a common cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 1034), S3171 [19MY] (see H.R. 2412), H4671 [6JY]

———make permanent and expand the additional standard deduction for real property taxes for nonitemizers (see S. 22), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 1399), H2410 [6AP]

———make permanent the 7-year depreciation recovery period for motorsport entertainment complexes (see H.R. 673), H723 [11FE] (see H.R. 3087), H6551 [4OC]

———make permanent the deduction for mortgage insurance premiums (see H.R. 1018), H1724 [10MR]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see S. 24), S122 (see S. 80), S124 [25JA] (see H.R. 445), H470 [25JA] (see H.R. 476), H507 [26JA]

———make permanent the individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends (see S. 1647), S6089 [4OC] (see H.R. 3091), H6551 [4OC]

———modify and permanently extend incentives to reinvest foreign earnings in the U.S. (see S. 1837), S7294 [9NO]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (see S. 1762), S6917 [31OC] (see H.R. 2576), H5149 [18JY]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (H.R. 2576), consideration (see H. Res. 448), H7068 [25OC]

———modify rules relative to loans made from a qualified employer retirement plan (see S. 1020), S3105 [18MY] (see S. 1121), S3427 [26MY] (see H.R. 3287), H7206 [1NO]

———modify timing rules for determining gross income relative to certain construction contracts (see H.R. 1993), H3644 (see H.R. 1993), H3682 [25MY]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts and provide permanent alternative minimum tax and estate tax relief (see S. 336), S683 [14FE] (see H.R. 696), H774 [14FE]

———permanently extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1601), H2911 [15AP]

———permanently extend the 15-year recovery period for qualified leasehold improvement property, restaurant property, and retail improvement property (see S. 687), S1977 [30MR] (see H.R. 1265), H2106 [30MR]

———permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see S. 1008), S3052 [17MY]

———permanently extend the Indian employment credit and the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (see H.R. 1039), H1768 [11MR]

———permanently extend the research credit, increase expensing for small businesses, and reduce corporate tax rates (see H.R. 1773), H3108 [5MY]

———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 749), H1039 (see H.R. 749), H1070 [16FE]

———permanently reduce individual income tax rates (see H.R. 185), H40 [5JA]

———permit disclosure of certain tax return information for purposes of missing or exploited children investigations (see S. 246), S411 [1FE] (see H.R. 1978), H3644 (see H.R. 1978), H3682 [25MY]

———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade taxation of U.S. income (see H.R. 64), H35 [5JA]

———prevent extension of tax collection period merely because the taxpayer is a member of the Armed Forces who is hospitalized as a result of combat zone injuries (see S. 993), S2929 [12MY] (see H.R. 1871), H3278 [12MY]

———prevent further restriction of Federal income tax deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Res. 25), H103 [6JA]

———prevent pending tax increases (see H.R. 206), H102 [6JA]

———prevent pending tax increases and permanently repeal estate and gift taxes and the alternative minimum tax on individuals (see H.R. 86), H35 [5JA]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (see S. 1452), S5071 [29JY] (see H.R. 2701), H5780 [29JY]

———provide a business credit for the use of clean-fuel and fuel efficient vehicles by businesses within designated nonattainment areas under the Clean Air Act (see H.R. 253), H135 [7JA]

———provide a checkoff for a Breast and Prostate Cancer Research Fund (see H.R. 3466), H7829 [17NO]

———provide a credit for hurricane and tornado mitigation expenditures (see H.R. 2067), H3868 (see H.R. 2067), H3909 [1JN]

———provide a credit for natural disaster mitigation expenditures (see H.R. 2099), H3985 [2JN]

———provide a credit for transportation of food for charitable purposes (see H.R. 3177), H6919 [13OC]

———provide a credit to employers for the retention of certain individuals newly hired before a certain date (see H.R. 2873), H6010 [8SE]

———provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures (see S. 88), S124 [25JA]

———provide a look back rule in the case of federally declared disasters for determining earned income for purposes of the child tax credit and the earned income credit (see S. 1632), S5945 [23SE] (see H.R. 3048), H6455 [23SE]

———provide a nonrefundable personal credit to individuals who donate certain life-saving organs (see H.R. 2755), H5884 [1AU]

———provide a refundable credit against income tax to assist individuals with high residential energy costs (see H.R. 982), H1664 [9MR]

———provide a standard deduction for business use of a home (see H.R. 1827), H3217 [11MY]

———provide a temporary employee payroll tax cut (see H.R. 3746), H10014 [20DE]

———provide a temporary surtax on increases in retained earnings of domestic corporations (see H.R. 3018), H6413 [22SE]

———provide adjustments in individual income tax rates to reflect regional differences in the cost-of-living (see H.R. 1631), H2912 [15AP]

———provide an election for unmarried, nonitemizing individuals to have returns prepared by the Dept. of the Treasury (see H.R. 1069), H1796 [14MR]

———provide an enhanced credit for research and development by companies that manufacture products in the U.S. (see S. 155), S126 [25JA]

———provide an exclusion from gross income for AmeriCorps educational awards (see H.R. 1816), H3159 [10MY]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (see S. 1931), S8067 [30NO]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 705), S2046 [31MR] (see H.R. 1327), H2266 [1AP]

———provide credit to individuals for legal expenses paid relative to establishing guardianship of a disabled individual (see H.R. 878), H1524 [2MR]

———provide deduction for itemizers and nonitemizers for home schooling expenses (see S. 94), S124 [25JA]

———provide exemption from employer Social Security taxes relative to service members and veterans and credit for the retention of such individuals for a certain period (see H.R. 2826), H5928 [26AU]

———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations (see H.R. 1163), H1983 [17MR]

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2214), H4326 [16JN]

———provide for an employee election on Form W-4 to have amounts deducted and withheld from wages to be used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 2411), H4671 [6JY]

———provide for death and disability protection for loans from qualified employer plans (see H.R. 3656), H8880 [13DE]

———provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (see S. 1561), S5684 [15SE] (see H.R. 2959), H6231 [15SE]

———provide for logical flow of tax return information between partnerships, corporations, trusts, estates, and individuals and modify certain due dates and extension periods (see S. 845), S2507 [14AP] (see H.R. 2382), H4574 [24JN]

———provide for tax preferred savings accounts for individuals under age 26 (see H.R. 1177), H1983 [17MR]

———provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt (see S. 1676), S6330 [6OC] (see H.R. 3099), H6624 [5OC]

———provide for the deductibility of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (see H.R. 953), H1619 [8MR]

———provide for the indexing of certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss (see H.R. 2945), H6231 [15SE]

———provide individual and corporate income tax relief and extend total bonus depreciation (see H.R. 660), H723 [11FE]

———provide payroll tax relief to encourage the hiring of unemployed individuals (see H.R. 2868), H6009 [8SE]

———provide penalty-free distributions from certain retirement plans for mortgage payments for a principle residence and modify hardship distribution rules (see S. 1656), S6185 [5OC] (see H.R. 3104), H6624 [5OC]

———provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (see S. 1911), S7829 [18NO] (see H.R. 376), H395 [20JA]

———provide relief for small businesses (see S. 361), S791 [16FE]

———provide special rules for investments lost in a fraudulent Ponzi-type scheme (see H.R. 1635), H2912 [15AP]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 954), H1619 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (see H.R. 955), H1619 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 957), H1619 [8MR]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (see S. 378), S870 [17FE]

———provide tax incentives for hiring post 9/11 veterans (see H.R. 2995), H6342 [21SE]

———provide tax relief to the unemployed (see H.R. 2806), H5895 [5AU]

———provide taxpayers a flat tax alternative to the current income tax system (see H.R. 1040), H1768 [11MR]

———provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation (see S. 1375), S4608 [14JY]

———provide that tips received for certain services shall not be subject to income or employment taxes (see H.R. 1139), H1906 [16MR]

———provide the work opportunity credit for hiring long-term unemployed workers (see S. 1785), S7066 [2NO]

———reduce budget deficit and the burden on law-abiding taxpayers through stricter enforcement against delinquent taxpayers (see S. 1289), S4156 [28JN]

———reduce Federal tax on fuels by the amount of any increase in State fuel tax rates (see H.R. 1737), H3106 [5MY]

———reduce maximum rate on income of corporations (see S. 85), S124 [25JA]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate (see H.R. 609), H679 [10FE] (see H.R. 934), H1575 [3MR]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate and change to a more territorial method of taxing corporations (see H.R. 937), H1580 [4MR]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate and the capital gains and dividends tax rate (see H.R. 1074), H1796 [14MR]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by creating a surtax on high income individuals and eliminating big oil and gas company tax loopholes (see S. 552), S1547 [10MR]

———reform estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 3467), H7829 [17NO]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (see H.R. 99), H36 [5JA]

———reform rules relative to fractional charitable donations of tangible personal property (see S. 931), S2839 [10MY]

———reform the Federal tax code (see S. 7), S122 [25JA]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals (see H.R. 547), H550 [8FE]

———repeal certain limitations on expensing certain property and allow taxpayers to elect shorter recovery periods for purposes of determining the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 158), H39 [5JA]

———repeal certain tax cuts extended for high income individuals (see H.R. 2710), H5780 [29JY]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1259), H2106 [30MR]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 177), H40 [5JA]

———repeal estate tax and retain stepped-up basis at death (see H.R. 143), H38 [5JA]

———repeal inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 1944), H3342 [23MY]

———repeal inclusion of gross income in Social Security benefits (see H.R. 150), H39 [5JA]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see S. 13), S122 [25JA] (see H.R. 25), H33 [5JA]

———repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax (see S. 820), S2506 [14AP]

———repeal limitation on the imposition of employment taxes on wages in excess of the contribution and benefit base (see H.R. 2708), H5780 [29JY]

———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines and use resulting revenues for deficit reduction (see S. 26), S122 [25JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 149), H39 [5JA]

———repeal taxes on income and improve income security of senior citizens (see H.R. 1140), H1906 [16MR]

———repeal the unearned income Medicare contribution (see H.R. 1549), H2854 [14AP]

———repeal withholding of income and Social Security taxes (see H.R. 918), H1574 [3MR]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see S. 89), S124 (see S. 164), S126 [25JA] (see H.R. 674), H723 [11FE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), consideration (see H. Res. 448), H7068 [25OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (see S. 1726), S6600 [17OC] (see S. 1762), S6917 [31OC]

———require all wage withholding returns to be filed electronically (see S. 822), S2506 [14AP]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (see H.R. 1956), H3408 [24MY]

———require IRS to update collection policies and procedures to more adequately protect and assist taxpayers suffering an economic hardship (see H. Res. 89), H724 [11FE]

———rescind tax on investment income (see S. 1738), S6764 [19OC]

———restore credit lost from replacement of the making work pay credit with the employee payroll tax cut (see H.R. 772), H1176 (see H.R. 772), H1196 [17FE]

———restore deduction for travel expenses of a taxpayer's spouse who accompanies the taxpayer on business travel (see H.R. 467), H507 [26JA]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (see S. 1346), S4517 [12JY] (see H.R. 2669), H5660 [27JY]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (see S. 467), S1218 [3MR]

———suspend the capital gains tax for a certain period for taxpayers other than corporations (see H.R. 2892), H6097 [12SE]

———temporarily exclude capital gain from gross income (see H.R. 3318), H7256 [2NO]

———temporarily provide the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1663), H2913 [15AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 462), H507 [26JA]

———treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses (see H.R. 1614), H2911 [15AP]

———treat computer technology and equipment as eligible higher education expenses under certain college savings plans and allow certain individuals a credit for contributions to such plans (see H.R. 529), H549 [8FE]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see H.R. 148), H39 [5JA]

———waive minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans (see H.R. 2516), H5018 [13JY]

———waive penalty on distributions from qualified retirement plans for certain mortgage payments and for unemployed individuals, and increase age at which distributions from such plans are to begin (see H.R. 2756), H5884 [1AU]

———waive penalty on early retirement distributions for certain unemployed individuals (see H.R. 659), H723 [11FE]

Territories: improve administration of programs in the insular areas (see S. 2009), S8733 [16DE]

Transportation: allow States to spend gas taxes on their transportation priorities (see S. 1446), S5018 [28JY]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (see S. 1769), S6917 [31OC]

Unemployment: prevent the payment of unemployment compensation to indviduals discharged for drug or alcohol use (see H.R. 2001), H3753 [26MY]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (see S. 1804), S7127 [3NO] (see S. 1885), S7702 [17NO] (see H.R. 589), H599 [9FE] (see H.R. 3346), H7330 [3NO]

———terminate benefits to jobless millionaires (see S. 310), S629 [8FE] (see H.R. 569), H598 [9FE]

Ventura County, CA: provide compensation for certain persons injured in the course of employment at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (see H.R. 203), H102 [6JA]

Veterans: clarify meaning of ``combat with the enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of disabilities (see H.R. 2419), H4671 [6JY]

———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 (see S. 344), S683 [14FE] (see H.R. 303), H254 [18JA] (see H.R. 333), H353 [19JA]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 894), S2731 [5MY] (see H.R. 1407), H2410 [6AP]

Women: promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (see S. 1252), S4023 [22JN]

Cloture motions

Budget: require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4478 [11JY], S4542 [13JY]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), motion to proceed, S4313 [5JY], S4406 [7JY]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to proceed, S8673 [15DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), motion to proceed, S6351 [6OC], S6383 [11OC]

Taxation: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), motion to proceed, S8011 [30NO]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1944), motion to proceed, S8383 [7DE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), motion to proceed, S7141 [3NO], S7151 [7NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 1726), motion to proceed, S6753 [19OC], S6840 [20OC]

Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7009 [1NO]

Explanations

Dept. of the Treasury Revenue Proposal Relative To Repeal of Domestic Manufacturing Deduction for Oil and Natural Gas Companies: Dept. of the Treasury, H3075 [5MY]

Letters

Additional emergency unemployment compensation: several Governors, H9973 [20DE]

America Invents Act: Brian Donohue, HRB Digital LLC, S1201 [3MR]

———David B. Auclair, Grant Thornton LLP, S1201 [3MR]

———KPMG LLP, S1201 [3MR]

———several financial organizations, S1200 [3MR]

Economic Growth and Jobs Protection Act: Dorothy Coleman, National Association of Manufacturers, S6766 [19OC]

Ensuring Pay for Our Military Act, S2339 [8AP]

———Norbert Ryan, Jr., Military Officers Association of America, S2338 [8AP]

———Paul Rieckhoff, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (organization), S2338 [8AP]

———Richard A. Jones, National Association for Uniformed Services, S2257 [7AP], S2338 [8AP]

EPA Regulatory Relief Act: W. Randall Rawson, American Boiler Manufacturers Association, H6704 [11OC]

Exclude cuts to social programs that support low-income individuals from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit: several Representatives, H6516 [4OC]

Federal Workers' Compensation Modernization and Improvement Act: Andrew J. Reinhardt and Jennifer L. Comer, Workers' Injury Law and Advocacy Group (organization), H7915 [29NO]

———Beth Moten, American Federation of Government Employees, H7912 [29NO]

———Colleen M. Kelley, National Treasury Employees Union, H7915 [29NO]

———Fredric V. Rolando, National Association of Letter Carriers, H7916 [29NO]

———Jon Adler, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, H7915 [29NO]

———Joseph A. Beaudoin, National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, H7912 [29NO]

———Robert L. Wooten, American Academy of Physician Assistants, H7911 [29NO]

———several nursing associations, H7911 [29NO]

———Susan M. Carney, American Postal Workers Union, H7911 [29NO]

———T. Warner Hudson, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, H7915 [29NO]

Government Shutdown Prevention Act: Representative Lungren, Committee on House Administration (House), H2248 [1AP]

Marketplace Fairness Act: Betsy Laird, International Council of Shopping Centers, Inc., S7235 [9NO]

———Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee, S7238 [9NO]

———Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee and Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington, National Governors Association, S8447 [8DE]

———David French, National Retail Federation, S7235 [9NO]

———Haley Barbour, Governor of Mississippi, S8447 [8DE]

———Katherine Lugar, Retail Industry Leaders Association, S7235 [9NO]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, Donald J. Borut, National League of Cities, Tom Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, and Jeffrey L. Esser, Government Finance Officers Association, S7234 [9NO]

———Lenny Eliason, National Association of Counties, S7234 [9NO]

———Luke Kenley, Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, Inc., S7234 [9NO]

———Patrick T. Carter, Federation of Tax Administrators, S7234 [9NO]

———Stephen Morris and Richard Moore, National Conference of State Legislatures, S7233 [9NO]

Middle Class Tax Cut Act: Stephen C. Goss, SSA, S8390 [7DE]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Geoffrey Burr, Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., H9964 [20DE]

———Jeffrey D. Shoaf, Associated General Contractors of America, H9965 [20DE]

———Karen Kerrigan, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, H9965 [20DE]

———Kent Tolley, National Roofing Contractors Association, H9965 [20DE]

———Pete Isberg, National Payroll Reporting Consortium, H9965-H9967 [20DE]

———Robert A. Sunshine, CBO, H8811 [13DE]

———Stephen C. Goss, SSA, H8799 [13DE]

———William Samuel, AFL-CIO, H8754 [13DE]

Prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns: several Senators, S2015 [31MR]

Repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts: Government Withholding Relief Coalition, H665 [10FE], H7140 [27OC], H7659 [16NO]

———Jay Gonzalez, Massachusetts Executive Office of Administration and Finance, S1802 [17MR]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, H7659 [16NO]

Small business relief: Karen Kerrigan, Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, S795 [16FE]

———Susan Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, S796 [16FE]

Volunteer Emergency Services Recruitment and Retention Act: Stephen Nichols, Maine Fire Chiefs' Association, S7834 [18NO]

Lists

Corporations making profits but paying little or no Federal taxes, S4119 [27JN]

Messages

Budget of the U.S. Government for Fiscal Year 2012: President Obama, S679-S681 [14FE], H728-H731 [14FE]

Living Within Our Means and Investing in the Future: President Obama, S5724 [19SE], H6236 [19SE]

Motions

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), H2248 [1AP]

Budget: require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4313, S4319 [5JY], S4478 [11JY], S4866 [25JY]

Economy: provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8820 [13DE], H9978 [20DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), S6351 [6OC]

Taxation: create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), S8011 [30NO]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1944), S8383 [7DE]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), S8445 [8DE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), S7141 [3NO], H7149 [27OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 1726), S6753 [19OC]

Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), S7009 [1NO]

Notices

Senate Financial Disclosure Reports, S2749 [5MY]

Press releases

NFIB Expresses Significant Concern About Payroll Tax Impact on Small Business: National Federation of Independent Business, H9965 [20DE]

Proposals

Emergency unemployment compensation benefits extension, H8761 [13DE]

FDIC recoupment of money spent under the Troubled Asset Relief Program for mortgage foreclosure mitigation programs through a special assessment on large financial institutions, H1737 [11MR], H1861 [16MR]

Remarks in House

Afghanistan: reduce military assistance and non-defense spending and use funds for domestic first responders and to encourage job creation, H3147 [10MY]

Agriculture: reduce the adjusted gross income eligible for receipt of farm subsidies, H4293-H4295 [16JN]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: economic impact of stimulus funding, H5169 [19JY], H5294 [21JY], H7153-H7156 [27OC], H7935 [30NO]

———impact of stimulus funding, H4339 [21JN]

Americans for Democratic Action (organization): commend agenda for job creation, rejuvenating economy, saving Social Security, and raising the minimum wage, E775-E777 [2MY]

———tribute to launch of campaign to address employment, the economy, Social Security and, raising the minimum wage, E729 [15AP]

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), H2117, H2119 [31MR], H2218, H2219, H2239-H2251 [1AP]

———deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), consideration (H. Res. 194), H2219-H2232 [1AP]

———deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), motion to recommit, H2248-H2250 [1AP]

———revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7158 [27OC]

Armed Forces: address issue of participation relative to economic disparity, H8194 [7DE]

———appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (H.R. 1297), H2262 [1AP], H2392-H2398 [6AP], H2453 [7AP], H2546 [8AP]

———ensure basic housing allowances for National Guard members are not reduced when the members transition between active duty and full-time National Guard duty without a break in service (H.R. 2733), E1472 [1AU]

———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. 625), H8953, H8956 [14DE]

———increase rate for hostile fire and imminent danger pay, H3735, H3736 [26MY]

———revise eligibility for receipt of certain compensation, eliminate certain Survivor Benefit Plan reductions, and enhance active-duty Reserve members' ability to receive credit for such service (H.R. 1979), H3429 [25MY]

Bankruptcy: extend exemption from application of means-test presumption of abuse for qualifying Armed Forces Reserve component and National Guard members called to active duty or homeland defense activities (H.R. 2192), H7906, H7907 [29NO]

———make privately issued student loans dischargeable (H.R. 2028), H7083 [26OC]

Barletta, Representative: report on monthly constituent work period activities, E1126 [16JN]

Business and industry: eliminate tax incentives to move jobs and profits overseas, H423 [24JA], H3260 [12MY], H3800 [31MY]

———limit certain retirement compensation for businesses and labor unions that accept Federal funds, H2252 [1AP]

Children and youth: importance of summer job creation, H3327 [23MY]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 1519), E701 [12AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1493), E700 [12AP]

Collective bargaining: support rights of all workers, H6143 [14SE], H7241, H7242 [2NO], E1663 [20SE]

———support rights of all workers and call for an end to the recent attacks on workers, H2284, H2287 [4AP]

———support rights of all workers and call for an end to the recent attacks on workers (H. Res. 163), H1712 [10MR], E452 [10MR]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): conflicting deficit reduction ideologies of cutting entitlement programs and raising taxes on the wealthy, H7084 [26OC]

Contracts: limit reimbursement for excessive compensation of Government contractors equal to the pay of Cabinet Secretaries (H.R. 2980), H7063 [25OC]

Courts: protect the safety of judges by extending authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports (H.R. 1059), H6048, H6049 [12SE], E475 [14MR]

———protect the safety of judges by extending authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports (H.R. 1059), Senate amendment, H9937, H9938 [19DE], H9999 [20DE]

Credit: adjust certain home loans and forgive certain student loans, H5162, H5170 [19JY], H5290 [21JY]

———adjust certain home loans and forgive certain student loans (H. Res. 365), H7084 [26OC]

———forgive certain student loans, H5504 [26JY]

———prohibit use of consumer credit checks against prospective and current employees for the purpose of making adverse employment decisions (H.R. 321), H3815 [1JN]

———reduce student loan debt, H9948 [20DE]

Custom Aluminum Products, Inc.: anniversary, H4593 [6JY]

Davis-Bacon Act: wage rate requirement administration funding, H1342-H1345 [18FE], E286 [18FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: farm subsidies funding, H1269-H1271 [18FE]

———impact of new national nutrition standards for school breakfast and lunch programs on budgets of schools that serve primarily low-income children, E1879 [14OC], E1890 [18OC]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit funding to pay a contractor a salary that exceeds that of certain Government executives, H4742, H4743 [7JY]

Dept. of HHS: Early Retiree Reinsurance Program funding, H2797 [14AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, H3896, H3897 [1JN], E1029 [2JN]

———prohibit funding to promulgate regulations resulting in private sector job losses, H3941, H3942 [2JN]

Dept. of Labor: phase out issuance of special wage certificates to entities providing employment to disabled individuals at rates of pay below the Federal minimum wage (H.R. 3086), H6521 [4OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assess skills of certain employees and managers of the Veterans Benefits Administration (H.R. 2349), H6695-H6698 [11OC], E1819 [12OC], E1856 [13OC], E1892 [18OC]

———deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws (H.R. 1025), H3309 [23MY], H6729, H6730 [11OC]

———establish the Merchant Mariner Equity Compensation Fund to provide benefits to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (H.R. 23), E1 [5JA]

———exempt reimbursements of expenses for accident, theft, loss, or casualty loss from annual income determinations relative to veterans' pensions (H.R. 923), E416 [3MR]

———improve appeals process and establish a commission to study judicial review of the determination of veterans' benefits (H.R. 1484), H3775, H3776 [31MY]

———prohibit funding for enforcement of Davis-Bacon Act wage rate requirements, H4056-H4058 [13JN]

———reimburse certain volunteers who provide funeral honors details at the funerals of veterans (H.R. 545), E391 [1MR]

———repeal prohibition on collective bargaining on matters regarding compensation of employees other than rates of basic pay (H.R. 807), E626 [4AP]

Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of unemployment status, H1799 [15MR]

District of Columbia: impose tax on income earned as a professional athlete by non-residents of the District (H.R. 1998), E949 [25MY]

———provide full voting representation in Congress and exempt residents from paying Federal income taxes until such voting representation takes effect (H.R. 266), H9003 [15DE], E56 [12JA]

East Millinocket, ME: closing of Katahdin Paper Co., paper mills, H2861 [15AP]

Economy: address issues relative to economic disparity, H5298 [21JY], H7073, H7119, H7120 [26OC], H7238-H7240 [2NO], H7582 [15NO], H8958, H8959 [14DE], H8973 [15DE], E2294 [16DE]

———address issues relative to senior citizens, H7122-H7128 [26OC]

———address wealth gap among racial and ethnic minorities, H6082 [12SE], E1525 [19AU]

———assessment of the policies of the Reagan administration, H5154 [19JY]

———comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, H609 [10FE], H1398, H1423-H1425 [1MR], H1514 [2MR], H1646, H1647 [9MR], H2091, H2094 [30MR], H2511 [7AP], H2649, H2650 [13AP], H3767-H3769, H3771, H3772 [31MY], H5208 [19JY], H5771 [29JY], H5870 [1AU]

———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), H9985, H9987-H9995 [20DE]

———express sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H. Res. 501), consideration (H. Res. 502), H9949-H9960 [20DE]

———extension of tax cuts for upper-income households, H2879 [15AP], H3157 [10MY]

———Government bailout of financial institutions, H7153 [27OC]

———impact of Bush administration tax cuts, H4936 [12JY], H5177 [19JY], H5288 [21JY], H5378 [22JY], H5666, H5668 [28JY], H6306 [21SE]

———impact of switch to chained consumer price index as means to measure inflation, H5245 [20JY], H5377 [22JY]

———impact of tax cuts, H748-H752 [14FE], H1708 [10MR], H2662 [13AP], H2820, H2821 [14AP]

———importance of job creation, H94-H97 [6JA], H105 [7JA], H258 [19JA], H380 [20JA], H420-H427 [24JA], H441, H443 [25JA], H473 [26JA], H557, H559, H560, H571-H573, H589-H593 [9FE], H607, H610, H611, H612, H673 [10FE], H706, H710 [11FE], H745, H746, H750, H756-H758, H762 [14FE], H838 [15FE], H1011 [16FE], H1405, H1406 [1MR], H1463, H1464, H1503, H1508-H1514 [2MR], H1529, H1570 [3MR], H1630-H1634, H1638, H1643-H1649 [9MR], H1676, H1677, H1704 [10MR], H1806, H1820, H1821, H1827-H1832 [15MR], H1851, H1852, H1857-H1859, H1901 [16MR], H2049 [30MR], H2320-H2323 [5AP], H2398 [6AP], H2598 [12AP], H2675 [14AP], H3013, H3029 [4MY], H3082 [5MY], H3147-H3150 [10MY], H3169, H3170, H3213-H3216 [11MY], H3226, H3231, H3232, H3263-H3267, H3269 [12MY], H3324-H3328 [23MY], H3352 [24MY], H3803 [31MY], H3924 [2JN], H3989, H4023 [3JN], H4045, H4067-H4073 [13JN], H4094 [14JN], H4191, H4198, H4199, H4201, H4202 [15JN], H4282, H4318 [16JN], H4355-H4361 [21JN], H4469, H4470, H4473, H4515-H4524 [23JN], H4532 [24JN], H4592 [6JY], H4757, H4774 [8JY], H4861, H4867 [12JY], H4949, H4955, H4956, H4957 [13JY], H5025, H5029, H5030, H5031, H5032, H5033, H5080-H5083 [14JY], H5141-H5145 [18JY], H5155, H5167, H5168 [19JY], H5243, H5245, H5249, H5250, H5254, H5279-H5282 [20JY], H5289, H5299, H5300 [21JY], H5503 [26JY], H5592, H5593 [27JY], H5760, H5768-H5774, H5776 [29JY], H5786, H5787 [30JY], H5816, H5818 [1AU], H5942 [7SE], H5971, H5976, H5977, H5978, H5979, H5983, H5984, H5985 [8SE], H6014, H6036 [9SE], H6081-H6085 [12SE], H6104, H6105, H6106, H6129-H6135 [13SE], H6142, H6148, H6149, H6150, H6151, H6175-H6179 [14SE], H6226-H6228 [15SE], H6275, H6279, H6281 [21SE], H6356, H6391, H6392 [22SE], H6418, H6419 [23SE], H6495-H6501 [3OC], H6533-H6545 [4OC], H6566, H6617-H6622 [5OC], H6630, H6662 [6OC], H6678 [11OC], H6784, H6795 [12OC], H6859, H6860, H6872, H6874, H6878 [13OC], H6924, H6928, H6931 [14OC], H7004 [24OC], H7020, H7021, H7022, H7023, H7037-H7042 [25OC], H7082, H7090-H7094, H7096 [26OC], H7137, H7138, H7139, H7142, H7144, H7152 [27OC], H7168, H7187-H7194 [1NO], H7213, H7222, H7237 [2NO], H7264, H7265, H7267, H7269, H7270, H7271, H7272, H7273, H7283, H7284, H7316-H7324 [3NO], H7390-H7393 [4NO], H7421-H7425 [14NO], H7586, H7594, H7596, H7603, H7604, H7610-H7617 [15NO], H7695 [16NO], H7732, H7733 [17NO], H7834, H7838 [18NO], H7902 [29NO], H7933, H7951, H7970, H7989-H7994 [30NO], H8012, H8013, H8058 [1DE], H8080, H8081, H8088, H8093 [2DE], H8128 [5DE], H8147-H8152, H8174, H8179-H8185 [6DE], H8306 [8DE], H8741, H8743 [13DE], H8983 [15DE], E204 [10FE], E1539 [6SE]

———national objectives priority assignments, H5022 [14JY], H7584 [15NO]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), H8351-H8356 [12DE], H8733, H8734, H8735, H8737, H8739, H8740, H8741, H8742, H8743, H8744, H8745, H8762-H8824 [13DE], H8905, H8907, H8908, H8909, H8911, H8912, H8913, H8914, H8919, H8959, H8961 [14DE], H8971, H8981, H8982, H8983, H8984, H8999 [15DE], H9799, H9801, H9818, H9919, H9920 [16DE], H9932, H9933, H9937, H9943 [19DE], H9997 [20DE], E2229 [12DE], E2255, E2259, E2260 [14DE], E2278, E2280 [15DE], E2309 [19DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), Senate amendments, H9948, H9949, H9960-H9978, H10000, H10001, H10002, H10003, H10005-H10009, H10011 [20DE], E2337 [21DE], E2340, E2342 [23DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration (H. Res. 491), H8745-H8759 [13DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), consideration of Senate amendments (H. Res. 502), H9949-H9960 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to instruct conferees, H9978-H9986 [20DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), motion to recommit, H8822, H8823 [13DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, H6150, H6151, H6157, H6159, H6164-H6174 [14SE], H6186, H6187, H6190, H6192-H6194, H6217 [15SE], H6258, H6264-H6269 [20SE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (H.R. 12), H6353, H6354, H6357, H6358, H6359, H6393, H6394 [22SE], H6418, H6419, H6449-H6453 [23SE], H6496-H6501 [3OC], H6515, H6519, H6520, H6521, H6522, H6523, H6533, H6538, H6541, H6543-H6548 [4OC], H6567, H6568, H6569, H6573, H6588, H6590, H6591, H6618 [5OC], H6630, H6636, H6662-H6665 [6OC], H6677, H6679 [11OC], H6786, H6793, H6795, H6849-H6851 [12OC], H6863, H6864, H6866, H6867, H6868, H6877, H6908-H6912 [13OC], H6926-H6930, H6962 [14OC], H7004 [24OC], H7014, H7017, H7018, H7020, H7021, H7022, H7023, H7060-H7063 [25OC], H7075, H7079, H7082, H7115-H7122 [26OC], H7137, H7147, H7152, H7153-H7156 [27OC], H7187 [1NO], H7221, H7222, H7223, H7238-H7243 [2NO], H7269, H7270, H7272, H7273, H7291 [3NO], H7336 [4NO], H7427 [14NO], H7586, H7590, H7591, H7592, H7593, H7612, H7616 [15NO], H7641 [16NO], H7718 [17NO], H7919-H7925 [29NO], H7935, H7941, H7942, H7951, H7977 [30NO], H8058, H8062 [1DE], H8179, H8182, H8183 [6DE], H8245, H8251 [7DE], H8958 [14DE], H8981, H8983 [15DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1549), H6915 [13OC]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), H6685 [11OC]

———provide temporary extension of payroll tax credit, unemployment benefits, and certain health and welfare programs and require Dept. of State to act on a Keystone XL Pipeline permit (H.R. 3765), H10021 [23DE]

———role of the Social Security system as the social safety net, H2825 [14AP]

Employment: disparity between Federal and private sector wages and benefits, H1713-H1716 [10MR]

Energy and water development: limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, H5055, H5056 [14JY], E1340 [15JY]

EPA: ensure analyses of the cumulative and incremental impacts of certain rules and actions include impact on low-income communities and public health, H6423 [23SE]

———prohibit funding to contravene or delay implementation of the Executive Order on environmental justice for minority and low-income populations, H5092, H5093 [15JY]

———recognize that new standards for industrial, commercial, and institutional boilers, process heaters, and incinerators will create jobs, H6702-H6704 [11OC]

Equal Pay Day: observance, E701 [12AP]

Ethnic groups: economic conditions, H2283-H2289 [4AP]

Executive Office of the President: define advisors often characterized as ``czars'' and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses, H1121-H1125 [17FE]

FAA: limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, H2199-H2201 [31MR]

———use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to allow furloughed employees to return to work and provide retroactive pay for the period of their furlough (H.R. 2744), E1463 [1AU]

———use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to provide retroactive pay to employees who were furloughed (H.R. 2814), H6118 [13SE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: allow employees to take parental involvement leave for educational and extracurricular activities, and clarify leave may be used for medical needs or to assist elderly relatives (H.R. 1440), E673 [8AP], E1943 [26OC]

FDIC: recoup money spent under the Troubled Asset Relief Program for mortgage foreclosure mitigation programs through a special assessment on large financial institutions, H1732, H1736, H1738, H1741, H1742 [11MR]

Federal aid programs: require a certain percentage of funds be allocated for assistance in persistent poverty counties, H1271 [18FE]

Federal employees: civilian employees pay and benefits funding, H8971 [15DE]

———ensure that 4 of the 12 weeks of parental leave made available to a Federal employee shall be paid leave (H.R. 616), E197 [10FE]

———establish a precious metals investment option in the Thrift Savings Plan (H.R. 1201), E519 [17MR]

———freeze pay of Members of Congress and civilian Federal employees, H10009 [20DE]

———freeze step pay increases for civilian employees, H1316, H1317 [18FE]

———reduce pay for Members of Congress, make Federal civilian employees subject to a period of mandatory unpaid leave, and reduce appropriations for salaries and expenses for offices of the legislative branch (H.R. 270), E55 [12JA], E2270 [15DE]

Federal Employees' Compensation Act: amend (H.R. 2465), H7908-H7916 [29NO]

Federal firefighters: provide that hours worked by Federal firefighters under a qualified trade-of-time arrangement shall be excluded for overtime pay (H.R. 987), E442 [9MR]

FEMA: prohibit National Flood Insurance Program coverage for business interruption and cost-of-living expenses, H4901 [12JY]

Financial institutions: handling of foreclosure crisis, H3922 [2JN], E158 [8FE]

———limit certain bonus compensation, H1698 [10MR]

Financial Literacy Month: observance, H2670 [14AP]

Foreign Service: prevent pay raises, H1280 [18FE]

Foster, Daniel: delay in receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits, H7641 [16NO]

General Electric Co.: require Dept. of Defense to conduct a national security review of joint venture with the Chinese firm AVIC to develop jet avionic systems, H7637 [16NO]

Government: prioritize obligations for continued payment if the statutory debt limit is reached and appropriate funds for pay and allowances of the Armed Forces (H.R. 2496), H5117 [15JY], H5390 [22JY]

———prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (S. 388), H2225, H2227, H2231 [1AP], H2344-H2347 [6AP]

Government regulations: impact of certain paperwork reduction measures on senior citizens, E1901 [24OC]

Government-sponsored enterprises: suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, H2303 [5AP]

House of Representatives: compensation of certain minority employees (H. Res. 8), H28 [5JA]

———impact of partisanship, H5941 [7SE]

———reduce amount authorized for salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices (H. Res. 22), H62-H68 [6JA]

House Rules: requirement of a three-fifths vote on certain legislation increasing taxes, H1552 [3MR]

Kenya: provide compensation to relatives of Foreign Service members and U.S. citizens who were killed as a result of the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya on August 7, 1998 (H.R. 2881), E1574 [9SE]

Labor unions: recognize importance in ensuring a strong middle class by advocating for equitable wages, humane work conditions, improved benefits, and increased civic engagement by workers (H. Res. 452), H7217 [2NO]

McKee Foods Corp.: tribute, H7639 [16NO]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for physicians, H8144, H8145, H8146 [6DE]

———solvency, H114 [7JA], H245 [18JA], H4593 [6JY], H8183, H8184 [6DE]

Members of Congress: increase the number of years of service required to be vested in an annuity under the Federal Employees Retirement System, H4861 [12JY]

———reduce pay, H5315 [21JY]

———require passage of concurrent resolution to approve any increase in compensation (H.R. 3673), E2270 [15DE]

———require salaries to be held in escrow if all regular appropriations bills for a fiscal year have not been enacted by the beginning of the fiscal year (H.R. 1454), H4046 [13JN]

———terminate further retirement benefits for Members, except the right to continue participating in the Thrift Savings Plan (H.R. 2913), E1624 [14SE], E2270 [15DE]

National Commission on Effective Marginal Tax Rates for Low-Income Families: establish (H.R. 2506), E1297 [12JY]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of technicians and reduce retirement eligibility age for non-regular service (H.R. 1169), E513 [17MR]

National objectives: economic recovery, H3257 [12MY], H4127 [14JN], H4517-H4524 [23JN], H4687, H4688 [7JY], H5234-H5237 [19JY], H5941, H5948, H5951 [7SE], H5972 [8SE], H6085 [12SE], H6104, H6127-H6129 [13SE], H6160 [14SE], H6219-H6225 [15SE], H6359 [22SE], H6469 [3OC]

———protect vulnerable populations and revitalize the middle class, H6517 [4OC], H6790 [12OC]

National security: require all young persons to perform military or civilian service and allow induction to uniformed services during wartime (H.R. 1152), H1942 [17MR], H4464 [23JN]

NLRB: decision to issue complaint against Boeing Co., for moving production to non-union facility, H3119 [10MY], H3328-H3332 [23MY], H4282 [16JN], H4339 [21JN], H6199-H6206 [15SE], H8741 [13DE]

———require employers that paid executive compensation bonuses more than 10,000% of average employee compensation to state positions at onset of pre-election hearing, H7975, H7976 [30NO]

Obama, President: evaluation of administration, H4786-H4791 [8JY], H4855 [12JY], H6963 [14OC]

———State of the Union Message, H473 [26JA]

Outer Continental Shelf: require oil companies to disclose executive bonuses on permit applications, H4404 [22JN]

Patents: limit patentability of tax planning methods, H4426 [22JN], H4487-H4489 [23JN]

Pensions: provide Americans the opportunity to provide for their retirement through a S.A.F.E. account (H.R. 2109), H6869 [13OC]

Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (H.R. 1351), E1630 [14SE]

———impact of prefunding of retiree benefits, H6283 [21SE], E1718 [23SE]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, H5295, H5297 [21JY], H5973, H5974 [8SE], H6147 [14SE], H6352 [22SE], H6860 [13OC], H7425-H7430 [14NO], E1376 [21JY]

———rates, H6268 [20SE]

Presidential appointments: prohibit payment of salaries of individuals who are recess appointments, H5069 [14JY]

Public debt: establish a fee on transactions to eliminate the national debt, provide a tax credit to offset the impact of the fee, and establish the Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action (H.R. 1125), H1910 [17MR]

———exclude cuts to social programs that support low-income individuals from any agreement to reduce the budget deficit, H6515 [4OC]

Rates, H6269 [20SE]

Republican Party: national agenda, H6863 [13OC], H7733 [17NO]

Rosenberg Foundation: anniversary, E386 [1MR]

Savannah, GA: recognize Port of Savannah as a growing economic hub and increase investments in U.S. ports, H1528 [3MR]

SEC: require securities' advertising materials associated with exempted offerings to disclose bonus compensation structures and golden parachute arrangements, H7294, H7295 [3NO]

Securing America's Future Economy (SAFE) Commission: establish, H391 [20JA], E738 [15AP]

Small business: increase job creation and economic growth by improving access to public capital markets for emerging growth companies (H.R. 3606), H9801 [16DE], E2210 [8DE]

———provide support for small business concerns, H6533-H6538 [4OC], H7020 [25OC]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H7083 [26OC], H7925 [29NO]

———efforts to reduce benefits, H4866, H4868, H4869 [12JY], H5789 [30JY]

———extend eligibility period for SSI benefits for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (H.R. 3083), E1746 [3OC]

———funding, H1823, H1824 [15MR], H2302 [5AP], E639 [5AP]

———invest trust funds in marketable interest-bearing securities and insured certificates of deposit, and protect trust funds from public debt limit (H.R. 219), E4 [5JA]

———privatization proposals, H1034 [16FE], H2508 [7AP], H2849 [14AP], H4474 [23JN]

———prohibit reduction in benefits as part of any legislation to reduce the Federal deficit, H8266 [8DE]

———reform, H5979 [8SE], H7271 [3NO], E1586 [9SE]

———solvency, H6562 [5OC]

SSA: funding, H1032-H1035 [16FE]

SSI: extend rule relative to eligibility for benefits for certain aliens and victims of trafficking (H.R. 2763), E1468 [1AU]

States: protect pensions of government retirees, E98 [24JA]

Taxation: allow a temporary dividends received deduction for certain taxable years (H.R. 1834), H4687 [7JY]

———allow an income tax credit for equity investments in high technology small businesses (H.R. 133), E219 [14FE]

———allow certain Puerto Rico corporations to elect to be treated as domestic corporations (H.R. 3020), H6278 [21SE]

———allow distributions from retirement accounts to start a business (H.R. 2614), E1384 [21JY]

———allow individuals either a credit against income or a deduction for expenses paid or incurred by reason of a voluntary or mandatory evacuation (H.R. 2080), E1010 [1JN]

———allow seniors with Social Security and pension income to file income tax form 1040SR without regard to amount of interest or taxable income (H.R. 1058), H7124 [26OC]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (H.R. 956), E432 [8MR]

———amend extension of temporary employee payroll tax holiday to give individuals the choice of whether to participate (H.R. 3551), H8139 [6DE], H8972 [15DE]

———assist in recovery and development of the Virgin Islands by reducing tax imposed on distributions from certain retirement plans' assets (H.R. 2220), E1122 [16JN]

———clarify that wages paid to unauthorized aliens are not deductible, H3099 [5MY]

———constitutional amendment to abolish personal income, estate, and gift taxes and to prohibit the Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens (H.J. Res. 50), E489 [15MR]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses, H8961 [14DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund, H7919, H7924 [29NO], H7941, H7942, H7951-H7956 [30NO], H8001, H8012, H8015 [1DE], H8080 [2DE], H8139, H8140, H8148-H8151, H8167, H8171, H8176, H8179-H8185 [6DE], H8199, H8200, H8202, H8216, H8251, H8252 [7DE], H8266, H8268-H8270, H8297, H8299, H8309 [8DE], H8908 [14DE], H9801 [16DE], H10003 [20DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), H7932 [30NO]

———eliminate certain tax expenditures, H5984 [8SE]

———exclude from gross income amounts distributed from tax-favored accounts during a period of unemployment (H.R. 2262), E1150 [21JN]

———exclude from gross income amounts received on the sale of certain animals associated with educational programs (H.R. 1271), E570 [30MR]

———extend and modify exemption for employer payroll taxes relative to employment of new hires (H.R. 3060), E1713 [23SE]

———extend first-time homebuyer tax credit (H.R. 330), E96 [24JA]

———extend the new markets tax credit (H.R. 2655), H8970 [15DE]

———extend the standard deduction for real property taxes and adjust such deduction for inflation, H1697 [10MR]

———facilitate nationwide availability of volunteer income tax assistance for low-income and underserved populations (H.R. 2151), E1068 [13JN]

———impose a surcharge on high income individuals (H.R. 3105), E1774 [5OC]

———improve access to health care by expanding health savings accounts, H8145 [6DE]

———increase amount excludable from the sale of a principal residence by taxpayers who have attained age 50 (H.R. 331), E97 [24JA]

———increase tax rates for millionaires and billionaires (H.R. 1124), H2042 [30MR], H2303 [5AP], H2401, H2402 [6AP], H5588 [27JY], H7018 [25OC]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (H.R. 445), E112 [25JA]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, H7650, H7651, H7660, H7661 [16NO]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (H.R. 2576), H7143-H7149, H7152 [27OC], E1952 [27OC]

———modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs (H.R. 2576), consideration (H. Res. 448), H7084-H7090 [26OC]

———permanently extend Bush administration tax cuts, H2513 [7AP], H7941 [30NO]

———permit disclosure of certain tax return information for purposes of missing or exploited children investigations (H.R. 1978), E948 [25MY]

———prohibit taxes on businesses located at an airport when such revenue is not used for airport purposes, H2199 [31MR]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (H.R. 2701), H7177 [1NO]

———provide a credit for transportation of food for charitable purposes (H.R. 3177), E1917 [24OC]

———provide Federal contracting preferences for, and a reduction in income tax rates on, patriot corporations, H1828 [15MR]

———provide for a designation of tax overpayments to reduce the public debt (H.R. 2214), H5299 [21JY], H5738 [29JY]

———provide for the deductibility of higher education expenses and interest on student loans (H.R. 953), E435 [8MR]

———provide individual and corporate income tax relief and extend total bonus depreciation (H.R. 660), H6144 [14SE], E214 [11FE]

———provide payroll tax relief, H7612 [15NO], H8822, H8823 [13DE]

———provide tax credit for educational expenses incurred in attending public or private elementary and secondary schools (H.R. 954), E434 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school personnel (H.R. 955), E436 [8MR]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (H.R. 957), E436 [8MR]

———provide that tips received for certain services shall not be subject to income or employment taxes (H.R. 1139), E506 [16MR]

———rates, H95-H97 [6JA], H675 [10FE], H799, H849 [15FE], H1507 [2MR], H1649 [9MR], H1707 [10MR], H1902 [16MR], H2322 [5AP], H2522, H2523 [7AP], H2588, H2593, H2594, H2597-H2599 [12AP], H2615, H2660-H2663 [13AP], H2681, H2682, H2807, H2808, H2812, H2813, H2816, H2817, H2820, H2823, H2829-H2831 [14AP], H2860 [15AP], H3057 [4MY], H3156 [10MY], H3264, H3265, H3269 [12MY], H4149 [14JN], H4470 [23JN], H4763, H4773-H4775 [8JY], H4798 [11JY], H4856, H4857, H4858, H4859, H4863, H4865, H4868 [12JY], H4951 [13JY], H5081 [14JY], H5090, H5108, H5109, H5114 [15JY], H5206, H5210, H5233, H5234-H5237 [19JY], H5271, H5272 [20JY], H5301 [21JY], H5391 [22JY], H5475-H5481 [25JY], H5495, H5497, H5498, H5502 [26JY], H5591 [27JY], H5663 [28JY], H5771, H5772 [29JY], H5787 [30JY], H6148, H6175 [14SE], H6242, H6268, H6269 [20SE], H6275, H6281 [21SE], H6355, H6394 [22SE], H6547 [4OC], H6679, H6684-H6686 [11OC], H7116-H7119 [26OC], H7323 [3NO], H7583, H7617 [15NO], H8108-H8111 [2DE], H8141, H8178 [6DE], H8307-H8309 [8DE], H8958, H8959 [14DE], H9952 [20DE]

———reduce the corporate income tax rate, H762 [14FE]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by reforming tax code and eliminating tax loopholes, H1846 [16MR], H6851 [12OC]

———reform estate and gift taxes (H.R. 3467), E2091 [17NO]

———reform laws relative to individuals, estate and gift taxes, corporate rates, capital gains and dividends, retirement savings, lifetime savings, life skills, and certain medical care (H.R. 99), E10 [5JA]

———reform the corporate income tax rate, H2652, H2661 [13AP]

———reform the Federal tax code, H4862 [12JY], H6509 [4OC], H7064-H7067 [25OC], H7420, H7422 [14NO], H7610 [15NO]

———repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1259), H7125 [26OC]

———repeal inclusion of gross income in Social Security benefits (H.R. 150), E3 [5JA]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 25), H1412 [1MR], H2221, H2229 [1AP], H2289 [4AP], H2303 [5AP], H2549 [8AP], H2674 [14AP], H4126 [14JN], H4464 [23JN], H5175 [19JY], H5293 [21JY], H5498 [26JY], H5880 [1AU], H6223 [15SE], H6393 [22SE], H7075 [26OC], H7728 [17NO], H7885-H7888 [18NO], H8113-H8117 [2DE], H9909-H9914 [16DE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 149), E3 [5JA]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts, H665 [10FE], H6354 [22SE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), H7021, H7022 [25OC], H7072, H7075 [26OC], H7137, H7139-H7143, H7145, H7148, H7151, H7152 [27OC], H7213 [2NO], H7267, H7282 [3NO], E1952 [27OC], E1967 [1NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), Senate amendment, H7635, H7639, H7643-H7661 [16NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), consideration (H. Res. 448), H7084-H7090 [26OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), motion to recommit, H7149 [27OC]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit, H8801 [13DE]

———require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit (H.R. 1956), H6186 [15SE]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, H1674 [10MR]

———suspend the capital gains tax for a certain period for taxpayers other than corporations (H.R. 2892), H6104 [13SE], E1598 [12SE]

———temporarily provide the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire unemployed individuals (H.R. 1663), H5776 [29JY]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 462), E130 [26JA]

———treatment of income earned by individuals who are not citizens or U.S. nationals relative to coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (H.R. 148), E9 [5JA]

———waive penalty on early retirement distributions for certain unemployed individuals (H.R. 659), E209 [11FE]

Trade Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act: extend, E221 [14FE]

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H1043-H1045 [16FE], H3325-H3327 [23MY], H7639 [16NO], H7941, H7942, H7943 [30NO], H8002, H8003, H8008, H8009, H8010, H8011, H8012, H8013 [1DE], H8148-H8151, H8171 [6DE], H8193, H8200, H8201, H8202, H8216 [7DE], H8266, H8268-H8270, H8297 [8DE], H8351-H8356 [12DE], H8741, H8742, H8743, H8744, H8745, H8762, H8801, H8802, H8804-H8811, H8813, H8815-H8817 [13DE], H8905, H8909, H8913, H8919, H8957-H8960 [14DE], H8973, H8982, H8983 [15DE], H9799 [16DE], H9933 [19DE], H9973, H9975, H10000, H10001, H10008 [20DE], E2229 [12DE], E2274 [15DE], E2309 [19DE], E2341 [23DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 589), H5480 [25JY], H5670 [28JY], H5864 [1AU], H5974 [8SE], H6106 [13SE], H6147 [14SE], H6496 [3OC], H7719 [17NO], H8248, H8251 [7DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (H.R. 3346), H7264 [3NO], H7636, H7638, H7642 [16NO], H7731 [17NO], H8245-H8252 [7DE], H8753 [13DE]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (H.R. 1407), H3308-H3310 [23MY]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 894), H7232-H7234 [2NO], H7335 [4NO], E1999 [3NO]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H400 [24JA], H2272 [4AP], H2336 [6AP], H3922 [2JN], H4469 [23JN], H4861 [12JY], H5245 [20JY], H5949 [7SE], H5972 [8SE], H6348 [22SE], E1774 [5OC], E1861 [13OC]

———recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, H3051, H3052 [4MY]

Remarks in Senate

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: impact of stimulus funding, S808 [17FE]

Appropriations: deem House-passed Government funding legislation passed under certain conditions and prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (H.R. 1255), S2014 [31MR], S2109, S2144 [5AP], S2287 [8AP]

Armed Forces: appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (S. 1365), S4888, S4889 [26JY], S4945 [27JY]

———appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (S. 724), S2152 [6AP], S2233, S2257, S2258 [7AP], S2291, S2292, S2304, S2305, S2309, S2322, S2325, S2333, S2338-S2340 [8AP], S4264 [30JN]

———appropriate funds necessary to ensure that members continue to receive pay when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs (S. 774), S2359 [8AP]

———ensure that Reserve members who have served on active duty or performed certain active service receive credit toward early receipt of non-regular service retired pay, S8179 [5DE]

———retain members of Reserve components on active duty for a period following extended deployments in homeland defense missions to support reintegration into civilian life, S7802 [18NO]

———retain members of Reserve components on active duty for a period following extended deployments in homeland defense missions to support reintegration into civilian life (S. 1839), S7369 [10NO]

———treat service as a member of the Alaska Territorial Guard during World War II as active service for purposes of retired pay, S7279 [9NO]

Bankruptcy: extend exemption from application of means-test presumption of abuse for qualifying Armed Forces Reserve component and National Guard members called to active duty or homeland defense activities (H.R. 2192), S8158 [1DE]

———make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code permanent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks, S8695 [16DE]

———make privately issued student loans dischargeable (S. 1102), S3436 [26MY]

Budget: require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), S4297, S4305 [30JN], S4312 [5JY], S4477 [11JY], S4496, S4503-S4515 [12JY], S4536, S4540 [13JY], S4570 [14JY], S4865, S4866 [25JY], S4883, S4893 [26JY], S4933 [27JY]

———require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts (S. 1323), motion to proceed, S4313 [5JY], S4334-S4344, S4347-S4356, S4361-S4382 [6JY], S4403-S4409, S4411, S4413, S4415, S4435, S4440 [7JY], S4461, S4474-S4477 [11JY]

Bureau of the Census: release of poverty report, S5598 [14SE]

Bush, George W.: evaluation of economic policies, S777 [16FE]

Business and industry: empower States to require online retailers to collect and remit State sales and use taxes (S. 1832), S7233-S7238 [9NO], S7436-S7439 [15NO], S8446-S8448 [8DE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 797), S2396 [12AP]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 788), S2389 [12AP]

Collective bargaining: support rights of all workers, S5328 [6SE]

———support rights of all workers and call for an end to the recent attacks on workers, S2593, S2594 [3MY]

Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint, Select): preserve benefits for Social Security recipients and continue to factor in the consumer price index, S7356-S7358 [10NO], S7423 [15NO], S7599 [16NO]

Courts: protect the safety of judges by extending authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports (H.R. 1059), S7776, S7777 [17NO]

———repeal statutory requirement for Federal judges to receive cost-of-living increases and provide for automatic salary adjustments (S. 569), S1605 [14MR]

Credit: empower States to set the maximum annual percentage rates applicable to consumer credit transactions (S. 1829), S7193 [8NO]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal wage rate requirements, S3659 [9JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: enforce adjusted gross income eligibility limits on farm subsidy recipients, S6850 [20OC]

———prohibit direct payments to individuals or entities that exceed certain income limits, S6651 [18OC], S6750 [19OC], S6845 [20OC]

Dept. of Defense: increase accrual rate of retirement benefits for Pentagon Force Protection Agency officers (S. 1543), S5503 [12SE]

———prohibit funding to pay a contractor a salary that exceeds that of certain Government executives, S8115 [1DE]

Dept. of HHS: Early Retiree Reinsurance Program funding, S8620 [15DE]

———issue regulations to make available a searchable Medicare claims and payment database (S. 756), S2268, S2269 [7AP]

Dept. of Labor: reform the Federal employees workers compensation program (S. 261), S485 [2FE]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling (S. 338), S685 [14FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, S7965 [29NO]

Disasters: provide temporary tax relief for areas damaged by Southern severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding (S. 1205), S3810 [15JN]

Earned Income Tax Credit Awareness Day: observance, S354 [31JA]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (S. 11), S130 [25JA]

Economy: address issues relative to economic disparity, S6897 [31OC], S7120 [3NO]

———analysis of causes and potential remedies of current economic recession, S7281 [9NO]

———comparison between policies of past Presidential administrations and the Obama administration, S1027 [1MR], S2251-S2253 [7AP], S3512, S3518 [7JN], S3596 [8JN], S4337, S4350, S4354, S4377 [6JY]

———impact of Bush administration tax cuts, S3518 [7JN], S3721-S3723 [13JN], S4120 [27JN], S4346 [6JY], S4423 [7JY]

———impact of economic recession, S4116 [27JN]

———impact of spending and savings habits of populace on preventing recession, S5329 [6SE], S5349 [7SE]

———impact of tax cuts, S2665, S2668 [4MY]

———importance of job creation, S1034 [1MR], S1720, S1732 [16MR], S1788 [17MR], S1884-S1888 [28MR], S2225 [7AP], S2644-S2648, S2664 [4MY], S2708 [5MY], S3482, S3488 [6JN], S3512, S3567 [7JN], S3633 [9JN], S3758, S3763 [14JN], S3796, S3799 [15JN], S3982-S3984 [22JN], S4043 [23JN], S4171 [29JN], S4551 [13JY], S4574, S4591 [14JY], S4754, S4764 [21JY], S4930 [27JY], S4982 [28JY], S5220 [2AU], S5315, S5329, S5330 [6SE], S5348, S5352, S5355, S5371 [7SE], S5395-S5398 [8SE], S5471, S5479 [9SE], S5484-S5486 [12SE], S5508-S5510, S5525-S5528 [13SE], S5594 [14SE], S5732, S5749 [20SE], S6024-S6026 [3OC], S6060 [4OC], S6147-S6149, S6172 [5OC], S6286-S6288, S6297-S6299, S6304-S6306 [6OC], S6482-S6484 [13OC], S6789 [20OC], S6898 [31OC], S7056 [2NO], S7146, S7147 [7NO], S7175-S7178 [8NO], S7246 [9NO], S7307 [10NO], S7634, S7636 [17NO], S7886 [28NO], S8700 [16DE]

———national objectives priority assignments, S7988 [29NO]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), S8470 [12DE], S8494, S8499, S8502, S8540, S8553 [13DE], S8555, S8558, S8559, S8567-S8570, S8574, S8577-S8586, S8617 [14DE], S8669 [15DE], S8703, S8711-S8717 [16DE], S8746-S8753 [17DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), unanimous-consent agreement, S8742 [16DE]

———provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs (H.R. 3630), unanimous-consent request, S8556, S8567, S8570 [14DE]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs, S6069-S6071 [4OC], S6169 [5OC]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1549), S5585 [13SE], S5588, S5602-S5605 [14SE], S5639, S5640, S5653 [15SE], S5708 [19SE], S5756 [20SE], S5850 [22SE], S6013, S6024 [3OC], S6066 [4OC]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), S6145, S6146, S6148, S6172, S6173, S6276 [5OC], S6277, S6278, S6279, S6285, S6299 [6OC], S6983 [1NO], S7022, S7056 [2NO]

———provide tax relief for workers and businesses, rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure, and provide pathways back to work for those looking for jobs (S. 1660), motion to proceed, S6359-S6365, S6369, S6372-S6374, S6376, S6382-S6384 [11OC], S6397, S6398, S6408-S6412, S6434 [12OC], S6474-S6477, S6479, S6489, S6495, S6499 [13OC], S6565 [17OC], S6624, S6626, S6653 [18OC]

———provide temporary extension of payroll tax credit, unemployment benefits, and certain health and welfare programs and require Dept. of State to act on a Keystone XL Pipeline permit (H.R. 3765), unanimous-consent agreement, S8789 [23DE]

———revitalize the middle class, S2668-S2671 [4MY]

Employment: incentivize establishment and provide States with temporary financing of short-time compensation programs (S. 1333), S4397 [6JY]

Executive Office of the President: end appointments of advisors often characterized as ``czars'' and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses, S4009 [22JN], S4046-S4049 [23JN]

FAA: limit application of Davis-Bacon Act relative to funding of projects or programs, S533-S535, S538 [3FE]

———use Airport and Airway Trust Fund revenue to allow furloughed employees to return to work and provide retroactive pay for the period of their furlough (S. 1433), S4987 [28JY], S5226 [2AU]

Federal employees: civilian employees pay and benefits funding, S8669 [15DE]

———reduce the size of the Federal workforce and Federal employee cost relating to pay, bonuses, and travel (S. 1476), S5254 [2AU]

Financial institutions: handling of foreclosure crisis, S6568 [17OC]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (S. Res. 121), S2059 [31MR]

Government: prioritize obligations if the debt ceiling is reached by treating public debt payments, Social Security benefits, and Armed Forces allowances equally (S. 1420), S4915 [26JY], S4917, S4936 [27JY], S4996 [28JY]

———prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns (S. 388), S887 [17FE], S1026, S1047, S1048, S1051 [1MR], S1117 [2MR], S1320 [7MR], S2013-S2015 [31MR], S2115 [5AP]

Government-sponsored enterprises: suspend compensation packages for senior executives of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, S7100 [3NO]

Health: conform income calculations for purposes of eligibility for the refundable credit for coverage under a qualified health plan and Medicaid to existing low-income assistance programs (S. 1376), S5605 [14SE]

———eliminate free choice voucher program for low income workers, S2367 [12AP], S2485 [14AP]

———ensure Social Security and railroad retirement benefits are taken into account in determining eligibility for Medicaid and the refundable credit for coverage under qualified health plans (S. 1378), S4683 [20JY]

Health care facilities: treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness (S. 59), S172 [25JA]

Hydroelectric power: extend certain Federal benefits and income tax provisions to energy generated by hydropower resources (S. 631), S1842 [17MR]

IRS: simplify, modernize, and improve public notice of and access to tax lien information by establishing an electronic tax lien notice database (S. 1390), S4723 [20JY], S5974 [26SE]

ITC: require report of economic impact on U.S. businesses and individuals caused by delay in implementation of trade agreements, S5825-S5827 [21SE], S5857, S5867-S5870, S5879 [22SE]

Medicare: adjust wage index determination for certain hospitals near State borders to ensure they are treated in the same manner as nearby facilities in other States (S. 1242), S3975 [21JN]

———provide for annual mailing of statements of beneficiary part A contributions and benefits in coordination with annual mailing of Social Security account statements (S. 1655), S6187 [5OC]

Medicare/Medicaid: require provider payments to be made through direct deposit or electronic funds transfer (EFT) at insured depository institutions, S2369 [12AP]

Members of Congress: prohibit receipt of pay after October 1 of any fiscal year in which a concurrent budget resolution has not been approved, S6159 [5OC]

———set the age at which Members are eligible for an annuity to the same age as the retirement age under the Social Security Act (S. 742), S4564 [13JY], S8438 [8DE]

National Guard: eliminate inequities in the treatment of technicians and reduce retirement eligibility age for non-regular service (S. 1893), S7708 [17NO]

———provide that the basic housing allowance is not reduced when a member transitions between active duty and full-time National Guard duty without a break in active service, S8115, S8116 [1DE]

———resolve issues relative to critical skill bonus payments, S4664 [19JY]

National objectives: economic recovery, S2157 [6AP], S2413, S2414, S2415 [13AP], S2701, S2702 [5MY], S2853-S2855 [11MY], S2896, S2918 [12MY], S3577-S3579 [8JN], S3651 [9JN], S3982-S3984 [22JN], S4040-S4045, S4061-S4065 [23JN], S5317 [6SE], S5371 [7SE], S5412-S5415 [8SE], S5472, S5479 [9SE], S5673-S5676 [15SE], S7019-S7021 [2NO], S8365 [6DE], S8440 [8DE]

NLRB: decision to issue complaint against Boeing Co., for moving production to non-union facility, S2590-S2593 [3MY], S2644 [4MY], S2703-S2706 [5MY], S2851, S2859-S2861 [11MY], S2934 [12MY], S3007 [17MY], S3148 [19MY], S3412 [26MY], S3801 [15JN], S4045 [23JN], S4145 [28JN], S8057 [30NO]

Obama, President: State of the Union Message, S249-S255, S258 [26JA]

Ohio: budget deficit relative to tax rates, S5328 [6SE]

Patents: limit patentability of tax planning methods, S1198-S1202, S1212 [3MR], S1367 [8MR]

———limit patentability of tax planning methods (S. 139), S221, S222 [25JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: creation of Early Retiree Reinsurance Program to subsidize health care costs of certain early retirees, S2066 [4AP]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: ensure maximum pension benefits for certain pilots forced to retire at age 60 by FAA regulations (S. 998), S2955 [12MY]

Postal Service: amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (S. 1649), S6092 [4OC]

———amend methodology for calculating the amount of any Postal surplus or supplemental liability under the Civil Service Retirement System (S. 1688), S6463 [12OC]

———improve (S. 353), S751-S753 [15FE]

Poverty: address needs of the impoverished, S5639 [15SE]

Public debt: prioritize obligations on the debt held by the public and payment of Social Security benefits in the event that the debt limit is reached, S1045, S1046, S1049, S1050 [1MR]

Public safety officers: include nonprofit and volunteer firefighters, ground and air ambulance crew members, and first responders for certain benefits (S. 385), S884 [17FE], S2617 [3MY]

Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program: improve (S. 1696), S6466 [12OC]

Republican Party: national agenda, S7146 [7NO], S7175-S7178 [8NO], S7246 [9NO]

SBA: adjust for inflation the personal net worth cap under the 8(a) program for small disadvantaged business concerns, S782 [16FE]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security (S. 1876), S7637, S7638 [17NO], S7988 [29NO]

Small business: preserve option for businesses to operate as they choose, including as flow-through entities, and oppose tax changes forcing such businesses to reorganize as C corporations (S. Res. 88), S1237 [3MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S4507 [12JY], S4589 [14JY], S4657-S4660 [19JY]

———efforts to reduce benefits, S4694 [20JY], S4757 [21JY]

———ensure timely payment of benefits in August, 2011 (S. 1364), S4558 [13JY]

———establish a point of order against any effort to reduce benefits, raise the retirement age, or create private retirement accounts, S1723-S1726 [16MR], S1784 [17MR]

———extend eligibility period for SSI benefits for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (S. 1618), S6026 [3OC]

———extend eligibility period for SSI benefits for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (S. 1721), S6590, S6591 [17OC]

———extend solvency of the trust funds by increasing the normal and early retirement ages and modifying the cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (S. 1213), S3987-S3989 [22JN], S4408 [7JY], S4747 [21JY], S4977 [28JY]

———privatization proposals, S7989 [29NO]

———prohibit reduction in benefits and creation of private retirement accounts as part of any legislation to reduce the Federal deficit, S1784 [17MR]

———prohibit reduction in benefits as part of any legislation to reduce the Federal deficit, S4444-S4446 [7JY], S4543 [13JY]

———solvency, S462 [2FE], S776 [16FE], S1195, S1197 [3MR], S1315-S1318 [7MR], S3797 [15JN], S4275 [30JN], S4433-S4435 [7JY], S4693 [20JY]

Strauss-Kahn, Dominique: deny severance and retirement benefits from IMF if convicted of criminal charges, S3375 [26MY]

Taxation: allow an income tax credit for equity investments in small businesses (S. 256), S483 [2FE]

———allow an offset against income tax refunds to pay for restitution and other State judicial debts that are past due (S. 755), S2268 [7AP]

———allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard, S6066 [4OC]

———allow the work opportunity credit to small businesses which hire members of the Ready Reserve or National Guard (S. 367), S7150 [7NO], S7278 [9NO]

———corporate tax rates, S1950 [30MR]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund, S8164-S8166 [5DE], S8357, S8366 [6DE], S8469, S8472 [12DE], S8493, S8531 [13DE], S8555, S8574, S8577-S8581 [14DE], S8621, S8622, S8669 [15DE], S8694, S8715 [16DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), S7883, S7935 [28NO], S7937, S7939 [29NO], S8009-S8011 [30NO]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), motion to proceed, S8011, S8012 [30NO], S8079-S8083, S8103-S8105, S8109, S8111, S8120, S8138-S8140 [1DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1917), unanimous-consent agreement, S8126 [1DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1944), S8161, S8185, S8342 [5DE], S8345, S8349 [6DE], S8381 [7DE]

———create jobs by providing payroll tax relief for middle class families and businesses and ensure protection of Social Security trust fund (S. 1944), motion to proceed, S8389, S8390, S8394, S8407-S8409 [7DE], S8421, S8429, S8437-S8445 [8DE]

———definition of tax expenditure, S4350-S4352 [6JY]

———disallow deductions for the payment of punitive damages (S. 794), S2395 [12AP]

———eliminate taxable income limit on percentage depletion for oil and natural gas produced from marginal properties (S. 1007), S3107 [18MY]

———expand personal and retirement savings by allowing employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic individual retirement accounts (S. 1557), S5625 [14SE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (S. 974), S2942 [12MY]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (S. 1644), S6091 [4OC]

———extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, S8774 [17DE]

———extend health insurance costs tax credit, S638, S640 [10FE], S813 [17FE]

———extend the zero capital gains rate on certain small business stock and the exception from minimum tax preference treatment (S. 208), S289 [26JA]

———extend time for filing individual income tax returns in the case of a Federal Government shutdown (S. 783), S2362 [8AP], S2366 [12AP]

———impact of renewable energy production tax credit, S3069 [18MY]

———impose a surcharge on high income individuals, S7023-S7025 [2NO], S7107, S7111 [3NO], S8345, S8349 [6DE]

———increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements (S. 1404), S4806 [21JY]

———make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (S. 80), S186 [25JA]

———modify rules relative to loans made from a qualified employer retirement plan (S. 1020), S3108, S3109 [18MY]

———permanently extend the depreciation rules for property used predominantly within an Indian reservation (S. 1008), S3107 [18MY]

———prohibit rate increase on small businesses, S4504 [12JY]

———promote simplification and fairness in the administration and collection of sales and use taxes (S. 1452), S5073 [29JY]

———proposed reduction in deductions for mortgage interest, S5206 [2AU]

———provide additional protections for recipients of the earned income tax credit, S354 [31JA]

———provide an enhanced credit for research and development by companies that manufacture products in the U.S., S1593 [14MR]

———provide an enhanced credit for research and development by companies that manufacture products in the U.S. (S. 155), S227 [25JA]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), S8058, S8075 [30NO], S8079-S8081, S8120 [1DE]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), motion to proceed, S8130, S8139, S8140 [1DE], S8442, S8445, S8452-S8454 [8DE]

———provide civilian payroll tax relief and reduce the Federal budget deficit (S. 1931), unanimous-consent agreement, S8126 [1DE]

———provide for deductibility of charitable contributions to agricultural research organizations (S. 1561), S5686 [15SE]

———provide for taxpayers making donations with their income tax returns to the Federal Government to pay down the public debt, S8081 [1DE]

———provide individuals relief from the alternative minimum tax, S4468 [11JY]

———provide recruitment and retention incentives for volunteer emergency service workers (S. 1911), S7834 [18NO]

———provide relief for small businesses (S. 361), S793-S796 [16FE]

———provide tax credit to teachers in rural or high unemployment areas or who achieve National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification (S. 378), S874 [17FE]

———provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation, S4430 [7JY]

———provide that corporate tax benefits based upon stock option compensation expenses be consistent with accounting expenses shown in corporate financial statements for such compensation (S. 1375), S4616-S4620 [14JY]

———rates, S458 [2FE], S2410, S2411, S2436-S2438, S2439 [13AP], S2480 [14AP], S2595 [3MY], S2711 [5MY], S2757 [9MY], S2859, S2864 [11MY], S2906 [12MY], S2980 [16MY], S3908 [20JN], S4060 [23JN], S4118-S4122 [27JN], S4136-S4138 [28JN], S4196, S4200 [29JN], S4245, S4251, S4260-S4267, S4270, S4275, S4278-S4286 [30JN], S4312 [5JY], S4334, S4338, S4361, S4378, S4380 [6JY], S4411-S4413, S4420, S4423, S4429, S4435-S4438, S4445 [7JY], S4463-S4476, S4479-S4481 [11JY], S4493-S4501, S4509-S4515 [12JY], S4537-S4543, S4548 [13JY], S4571-S4573, S4591, S4593 [14JY], S4625-S4627 [18JY], S4649-S4651 [19JY], S4694-S4699, S4713, S4714 [20JY], S4756, S4771, S4778, S4781-S4783 [21JY], S4824 [22JY], S4858 [25JY], S4887, S4895-S4900 [26JY], S4920, S4942-S4945, S4948 [27JY], S4977 [28JY], S5057-S5061 [29JY], S5158 [1AU], S5206, S5216-S5218, S5221 [2AU], S5349 [7SE], S5708, S5709 [19SE], S5732, S5737, S5756 [20SE], S5877 [22SE], S5930 [23SE], S5966 [26SE], S7019-S7021, S7055 [2NO], S7180 [8NO], S8473-S8476 [12DE], S8708 [16DE]

———reduce maximum rate on income of corporation (S. 85), S84 [25JA]

———reduce taxpayer burdens, S2384 [12AP]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by creating a surtax on high income individuals and eliminating big oil and gas company tax loopholes (S. 552), S1556 [10MR]

———reduce the Federal budget deficit by reforming tax code and eliminating tax loopholes, S5100 [30JY], S5709 [19SE]

———reform the Federal tax code, S2035-S2037 [31MR], S3516, S3517 [7JN], S4412 [7JY], S4463, S4470-S4474 [11JY], S4545 [13JY], S4828 [22JY], S5204, S5205 [2AU], S5974 [26SE], S6298 [6OC], S7147-S7149 [7NO], S7424 [15NO]

———repeal alternative minimum tax on individuals, S3760, S3761 [14JN]

———repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax (S. 820), S2510 [14AP]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts, S1802, S1803 [17MR], S3651 [9JN]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), S6899, S6927 [31OC], S6931 [1NO], S7150 [7NO], S7229, S7230, S7238, S7263-S7281, S7284, S7287 [9NO], S7307, S7326-S7328, S7330-S7346 [10NO], S7395 [14NO], S7422 [15NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), motion to proceed, S7141 [3NO], S7145, S7151 [7NO], S7163, S7164, S7173, S7182 [8NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), unanimous-consent agreement, S7183 [8NO]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (H.R. 674), unanimous-consent request, S6839 [20OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 1726), S6622 [17OC], S6623 [18OC], S6912 [31OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 1726), motion to proceed, S6753 [19OC], S6790, S6810-S6813, S6832, S6836-S6841, S6851 [20OC]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State and local government contracts (S. 1726), unanimous-consent agreement, S6839 [20OC]

———rescind tax on investment income (S. 1738), S6766 [19OC]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation, S2907 [12MY], S4119 [27JN], S4282 [30JN], S4815 [22JY]

———restrict use of abusive tax shelters and offshore tax havens to inappropriately avoid Federal taxation (S. 1346), S4518 [12JY], S5159 [1AU], S5700 [16SE]

———strengthen the earned income tax credit (S. 467), S1220 [3MR]

Territories: improve administration of programs in the insular areas (S. 2009), S8702 [16DE]

Transocean Ltd.: payment of safety portion of annual bonuses to executives relative to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill incident, S2122 [5AP]

Transportation: provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), S6897-S6899, S6927 [31OC], S6931, S6994-S6997 [1NO], S7636 [17NO]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), motion to proceed, S7009 [1NO], S7014, S7016-S7019, S7021-S7025, S7031-S7045, S7050-S7058 [2NO], S7093-S7102, S7104-S7113 [3NO]

———provide funding to rebuild and modernize country's infrastructure and to establish a national infrastructure bank (S. 1769), unanimous-consent agreement, S7058 [2NO]

Unemployment: curb waste, fraud, and abuse in unemployment insurance system, S4372 [6JY]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, S8363-S8365 [6DE], S8394 [7DE], S8574, S8581 [14DE], S8622-S8624 [15DE], S8694, S8715, S8724 [16DE], S8747, S8752 [17DE]

———provide additional emergency unemployment compensation (S. 1804), S7133 [3NO], S7636 [17NO], S8111 [1DE]

———terminate benefits to jobless millionaires, S2168-S2170, S2179 [6AP]

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 (S. 344), S695 [14FE]

———increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (S. 894), S2736 [5MY], S6787 [19OC], S6865 [20OC]

War: recognize impact of financial costs on U.S. economy and move to redeploy U.S. Armed Forces and refocus efforts on addressing domestic priorities, S5324 [6SE], S5975 [26SE]

Women: promote economic self-sufficiency of low-income women through increased participation in high-wage, high-demand occupations (S. 1252), S4287 [30JN]

World Day Against Child Labor: observance, S3809 [15JN]

Reports

Biennial Report of the Texas Department of Insurance to the 82d Legislature: Mike Geeslin, Texas Dept. of Insurance, H279-H282 [19JA]

Reports filed

Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 1062) (H. Rept. 112-142), H4944 [12JY]

Consideration of H. Res. 501, Sense of the House on Job Creation Incentives and Tax Provisions and Federal Programs Extension and Reform Legislation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 502) (H. Rept. 112-335), H9945 [19DE]

Consideration of H.R. 674, Repeal Withholding Tax on Federal, State, and Local Government Contracts: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 448) (H. Rept. 112-261), H7068 [25OC]

Consideration of H.R. 1255, Government Shutdown Prevention Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 194) (H. Rept. 112-49), H2213 [31MR]

Consideration of H.R. 2576, Modify Calculation of Modified Adjusted Gross Income for Purposes of Determining Eligibility for Certain Healthcare-Related Programs: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 448) (H. Rept. 112-261), H7068 [25OC]

Consideration of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 491) (H. Rept. 112-328), H8727 [12DE]

Consideration of Senate Amendments to H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 502) (H. Rept. 112-335), H9945 [19DE]

Deem Certain Service in Reserve Components as Active Service for Purpose of Certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs Administered Laws: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1025) (H. Rept. 112-233), H6623 [5OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs Repeal of Prohibition on Collective Bargaining on Matters Regarding Compensation of Employees Other Than Rates of Basic Pay: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 572) (S. Rept. 112-68), S5338 [6SE]

Eliminate Certain Tax Benefits Relating to Abortion: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1232) (H. Rept. 112-55), H2409 [6AP]

Modify Calculation of Modified Adjusted Gross Income for Purposes of Determining Eligibility for Certain Healthcare-Related Programs: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2576) (H. Rept. 112-254), H6982 [18OC]

National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2192) (H. Rept. 112-256), H6982 [18OC]

Protect Judges by Extending Authority of the Judicial Conference To Redact Sensitive Information Contained in Their Financial Disclosure Reports: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 1059), S7451 [15NO]

Protect Safety of Judges by Extending Authority of the Judicial Conference To Redact Sensitive Information Contained in Their Financial Disclosure Reports: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1059) (H. Rept. 112-189), H5780 [29JY]

Repeal Withholding Tax on Federal, State, and Local Government Contracts: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 674) (H. Rept. 112-253), H6982 [18OC]

Veterans Appeals Improvement Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1484) (H. Rept. 112-83), H3341 [23MY]

Veterans' Benefits Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2349) (H. Rept. 112-241), H6671 [6OC]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 1407) (H. Rept. 112-82), H3341 [23MY]

———Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 894) (S. Rept. 112-44), S5191 [1AU]

Rulings of the Chair

Unemployment: provide additional emergency unemployment compensation, H8762 [13DE]

Statements

Budget Control Act: Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, H5701 [28JY]

Federal Workers' Compensation Modernization and Improvement Act: Representatives Kline, George Miller, Walberg, and Woolsey, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H7912-H7914 [29NO]

Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act: OMB, H8750 [13DE]

Modify Calculation of Modified Adjusted Gross Income for Taxation Purposes of Determining Eligibility for Certain Healthcare-Related Programs: Executive Office of the President, H7146 [27OC]

No Social Security Cuts on the Table: John Burton, E1586 [9SE]

Repeal Withholding Tax on Federal, State, and Local Government Contracts: Executive Office of the President, H7142 [27OC]

Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act: Several Republican Senators, H9953 [20DE]

Summaries

Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act (S. 1346), S4527 [12JY]

Tables

Budgetary effects of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8811 [13DE], H9982 [20DE]

Budgetary effects of Senate substitute amendment to H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, H9983 [20DE]

Effects on revenues and direct spending of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8812 [13DE]

Income tax filers reporting unemployment compensation and adjusted gross income of $1,000,000 or more, S2170 [6AP]

Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8812 [13DE]

Pay-as-you-go effects of S. 1721, SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act, S6591 [17OC]

Revised allocation of spending authority to Committee on Ways and Means (House), H7158 [27OC]

Senate Democratic budget proposal tax provisions, S5059 [29JY]

Texts of

H. Res. 8, compensation of certain minority House employees, H28 [5JA]

H. Res. 22, reduce amount authorized for House of Representatives salaries and expenses of Member, committee, and leadership offices, H62 [6JA]

H. Res. 448, consideration of H.R. 2576, modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs and H.R. 674, repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts, H7084 [26OC]

H. Res. 491, consideration of H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8745 [13DE]

H. Res. 501, sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs, H9987 [20DE]

H. Res. 502, consideration of H. Res. 501, sense of the House of Representatives on legislation to provide incentives for the creation of jobs and extend and reform certain tax provisions and Federal programs, H9949 [20DE]

H. Res. 502, consideration of Senate amendments to H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H9949 [20DE]

H.R. 674, repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts, H7139 [27OC]

H.R. 1025, deem certain service in Reserve components as active service for purpose of certain administered laws, H6729 [11OC]

H.R. 1059, protect the safety of judges by extending authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in their financial disclosure reports, S7777 [17NO], H6048 [12SE]

H.R. 1255, Government Shutdown Prevention Act, H2239 [1AP]

H.R. 1407, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H3308 [23MY]

H.R. 1484, Veterans Appeals Improvement Act, H3775 [31MY]

H.R. 2192, National Guard and Reservist Debt Relief Extension Act, H7906 [29NO]

H.R. 2349, Veterans' Benefits Act, H6695 [11OC]

H.R. 2465, Federal Workers' Compensation Modernization and Improvement Act, H7908 [29NO]

H.R. 2576, modify calculation of modified adjusted gross income for taxation purposes of determining eligibility for certain healthcare-related programs, H7143 [27OC]

H.R. 3630, Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, H8763-H8799 [13DE]

H.R. 3630, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, S8749-S8752 [17DE], H9960-H9963 [20DE]

H.R. 3765, Temporary Payroll Tax Cut Continuation Act, H10021-H10025 [23DE]

S. 2, Middle Class Success Act, S128 [25JA]

S. 7, Comprehensive and Fair Tax Reform Act, S129 [25JA]

S. 10, Family Economic Success Act, S129 [25JA]

S. 11, Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act, S130 [25JA]

S. 26, Elimination of Double Subsidies for the Hardrock Mining Industry Act, S143 [25JA]

S. 59, treat certain hospital support organizations as qualified organizations for purposes of determining acquisition indebtedness, S173 [25JA]

S. 80, make permanent the tax deduction of State and local general sales taxes, S187 [25JA]

S. 338, Deepwater Drilling Royalty Relief Prohibition Act, S686 [14FE]

S. 344, Retired Pay Restoration Act, S696 [14FE]

S. 385, Emergency Medical Service Providers Protection Act, S885 [17FE]

S. 388, prohibit Members of Congress and the President from receiving pay during Government shutdowns, S1051 [1MR]

S. 569, Federal Judicial Fairness Act, S1606 [14MR]

S. 756, Medicare Data Access for Transparency and Accountability Act, S2269 [7AP]

S. 774, Ensuring Support for Defenders of Freedom and Their Families Act, S2359 [8AP]

S. 788, Fair Pay Act, S2390 [12AP]

S. 794, Protecting American Taxpayers From Misconduct Act, S2395 [12AP]

S. 894, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S2736 [5MY], S6787 [19OC], H7232 [2NO]

S. 974, Small Business Tax Equalization and Compliance Act, S2943 [12MY]

S. 998, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pilots Equitable Treatment Act, S2956 [12MY]

S. 1020, Savings Enhancement by Alleviating Leakage in 401(k) Savings (SEAL 401(k) Savings) Act, S3108 [18MY]

S. 1102, Fairness for Struggling Students Act, S3436 [26MY]

S. 1213, Defend and Save Social Security Act, S3893 [16JN]

S. 1323, require millionaires to make a more meaningful contribution to deficit reduction efforts, S4297 [30JN]

S. 1333, Layoff Prevention Act, S4398-S4400 [6JY]

S. 1452, Main Street Fairness Act, S5073-S5076 [29JY]

S. 1543, Retirement Equity for Pentagon Police Heroes Act, S5503 [12SE]

S. 1549, American Jobs Act, S5538-S5580 [13SE]

S. 1644, Workforce Health Improvement Program Act, S6092 [4OC]

S. 1649, U.S. Postal Service Pension Obligation Recalculation and Restoration Act, S6092 [4OC]

S. 1660, American Jobs Act, S6188-S6225 [5OC]

S. 1696, Public Safety Officers' Benefits Improvements Act, S6467-S6469 [12OC]

S. 1721, SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act, S6591 [17OC]

S. 1726, Withholding Tax Relief Act, S6604 [17OC]

S. 1738, Economic Growth and Jobs Protection Act, S6766 [19OC]

S. 1804, Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, S7134 [3NO]

S. 1832, Marketplace Fairness Act, S7296 [9NO]

S. 1839, National Guard and Reserve Soft Landing Reintegration Act, S7370 [10NO]

S. 1893, National Guard Technician Equity Act, S7709 [17NO]

S. 2009, Insular Areas Act, S8703 [16DE]

S. Res. 25, include incentives for companies to repatriate foreign earnings in comprehensive tax reform legislation in order to create new jobs, S246 [25JA]

S. Res. 88, preserve option for businesses to operate as they choose, including as flow-through entities, and oppose tax changes forcing such businesses to reorganize as C corporations, S1237 [3MR]

S. Res. 121, Financial Literacy Month, S2053, S2059 [31MR]

S. Res. 145, National TEA Party Day, S2539 [14AP]