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Taxpayer Relief Act of 2008

Bill: 110-hr-7338
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2008-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Tax exclusion
Tax rates

Summary:
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: 
Taxpayer Relief Act of 2008 - Reduces for 2008 income tax purposes: (1) the taxable income of a taxpayer by $125,000 ($250,000 in the case of a joint return); and (2) the rate of tax on taxable income in excess of $125,000 by 5%.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Taxpayer Holiday Act for 2009

Bill: 110-hr-7339
Sponsor: Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3]
Introduced: 2008-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Taxation
Subjects: Income tax
Social Welfare
Social security taxes
Tax exclusion
Tax rates
Withholding tax

Summary:
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: 
Taxpayer Holiday Act for 2009 - Excludes up to $125,000 ($250,000 in the case of a joint return) of wages or self-employment income earned in the first six months of the first taxable year beginning in 2009 from federal income and employment taxation. Reduces income tax rates on taxable income exceeding $125,000 ($250,000 in the case of a joint return).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Introduced in House
To direct the Secretary of Transportation to waive non-Federal share requirements for certain transportation programs and activities through September 30, 2009.

Bill: 110-hr-7340
Sponsor: Rep. Welch, Peter [D-VT-At Large]
Introduced: 2008-12-10 in the House
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Federal aid to transportation
Federal-local relations
Federal-state relations
Government Operations and Politics
Highway finance
Infrastructure
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Transportation engineering

Summary:
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: 
Directs the Secretary of Transportation to waive, through FY2009, any requirement that would otherwise require a state or local government to contribute non-federal funds toward the cost of a covered transportation program or activity authorized by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) or an amendment made by that Act.

Declares, however, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to prohibit a state or local government from contributing non-federal funds toward the cost of a covered transportation program or activity.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2008-12-11
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit.
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2008-12-10
text: Introduced in House
Electing officers of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 110-hres-1
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional chaplains
Congressional officers
House of Representatives

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Elects the following officers of the House of Representatives: (1) Karen L. Haas as Clerk; (2) Wilson S. Livingood as Sergeant at Arms; (3) James M. Eagen, III as Chief Administrative Officer; and (4) Father Daniel P. Coughlin as Chaplain.

action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Elects the following officers of the House of Representatives: (1) Karen L. Haas as Clerk; (2) Wilson S. Livingood as Sergeant at Arms; (3) James M. Eagen, III as Chief Administrative Officer; and (4) Father Daniel P. Coughlin as Chaplain.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On agreeing to the remainder of the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the remainder of the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On agreeing to the portion of the resolution electing the Chaplain. Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the portion of the resolution electing the Chaplain. Agreed to by voice vote.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: DIVISION OF THE QUESTION - Mr. Putnam demanded that the question be divided. Agreed to by unanimous consent.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled and of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.

Bill: 110-hres-2
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional leadership
Congressional officers
Congressional sessions
House of Representatives
Senate

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Informs the Senate that Nancy Pelosi has been elected Speaker of the House and that Karen L. Haas has been elected Clerk.

action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Informs the Senate that Nancy Pelosi has been elected Speaker of the House and that Karen L. Haas has been elected Clerk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Authorizing the Speaker to appoint a committee to notify the President of the assembly of the Congress.

Bill: 110-hres-3
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions
Congressional-executive relations
Government Operations and Politics
Presidential messages

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Provides for appointment of a House of Representatives committee joined with a Senate committee to notify the President that a quorum of each House has assembled. 

action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Provides for appointment of a House of Representatives committee joined with a Senate committee to notify the President that a quorum of each House has assembled. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.

Bill: 110-hres-4
Sponsor: Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-15]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional leadership
Congressional officers
Congressional-executive relations
Government Operations and Politics
House of Representatives

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to inform the President that Nancy Pelosi has been elected Speaker of the House and that Karen L. Haas has been elected Clerk.

action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Instructs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to inform the President that Nancy Pelosi has been elected Speaker of the House and that Karen L. Haas has been elected Clerk.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H6)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Providing for the consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 6) adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the One Hundred Tenth Congress.

Bill: 110-hres-5
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: House rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Sets forth a rule for adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 110th Congress.

action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Sets forth a rule for adopting the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 110th Congress.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 195 (Roll no. 5). (text: CR H6-8)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 235 - 195 (Roll no. 5).(text: CR H6-8)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On motion to commit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 199 - 232 (Roll No. 4).
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Mr. Dreier moved to commit with instructions to a select committee.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On ordering the previous question Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 222 - 197 (Roll no. 3). (consideration: CR H16-17)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H. Res. 5.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Rule provides for consideration of H. Res. 6. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be read by title. Bill is closed to amendments.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H6-19)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 110-hres-7
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committee membership
Congressional committees (House)
House Administration
House Agriculture
House Appropriations
House Armed Services
House Budget
House Education and Labor
House Energy and Commerce
House Financial Services
House Foreign Affairs
House Government Reform
House Homeland Security
House Judiciary
House Natural Resources
House Rules
House Science and Technology
House Small Business
House Standards of Official Conduct
House Transportation and Infrastructure
House Veterans' Affairs
House Ways and Means
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Elects certain named Majority Members to specified Committees of the House, including chairmen. 

action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Elects certain named Majority Members to specified Committees of the House, including chairmen.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H39)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H39)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H39)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.

Bill: 110-hres-8
Sponsor: Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional committee membership
Congressional committees (House)
House Administration
House Agriculture
House Appropriations
House Armed Services
House Budget
House Education and Labor
House Energy and Commerce
House Financial Services
House Foreign Affairs
House Homeland Security
House Judiciary
House Natural Resources
House Oversight and Government Reform
House Rules
House Science and Technology
House Small Business
House Standards of Official Conduct
House Transportation and Infrastructure
House Veterans' Affairs
House Ways and Means
Members of Congress

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Elects certain named Minority Members to specified Committees of the House, including ranking Members.

action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Elects certain named Minority Members to specified Committees of the House, including ranking Members.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H39)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H39)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H39)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Providing for the designation of certain minority employees.

Bill: 110-hres-9
Sponsor: Rep. Putnam, Adam H. [R-FL-12]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional employees
Congressional leadership
Congressional salaries
House of Representatives

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Names individuals to fill the six minority party employee positions pursuant to the Legislative Pay Act of 1929. Authorizes the minority leader to appoint and set the annual rate of pay for up to three further minority employees.

action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Names individuals to fill the six minority party employee positions pursuant to the Legislative Pay Act of 1929. Authorizes the minority leader to appoint and set the annual rate of pay for up to three further minority employees.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H40)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H40)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H40)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Fixing the daily hour of meeting of the First Session of the One Hundred Tenth Congress.

Bill: 110-hres-10
Sponsor: Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Congressional sessions
House of Representatives
House rules and procedure

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Fixes the daily hour of meeting for the House of Representatives for the first session of the 110th Congress.

action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

 
Sets the daily hour of meeting of the First Session of the 110th Congress, until Monday, May 14, 2007, at: (1) 2 p.m. on Mondays; (2) 12 noon on Tuesdays; and (3) 10 a.m. on all other days of the week.
 
Sets the daily hour of meeting from Monday, May 14, 2007, until the end of the first session at: (1) 12 noon on Mondays; (2) 10 a.m. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays; and (3) 9 a.m. on all other days of the week.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H10)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H10)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H10)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Expressing profound sorrow on the occasion of the death of the Honorable Gerald R. Ford, thirty-eighth President of the United States of America.

Bill: 110-hres-11
Sponsor: Rep. Hoyer, Steny H. [D-MD-5]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Commemorations
Subjects: Congress
Congressional sessions
Congressional tributes
Ex-presidents
Ford Administration
Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States of America.
 
Tenders the deep sympathy of the House to the members of the former President's family in their bereavement.

action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Expresses the condolences of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States of America.
 
Tenders the deep sympathy of the House to the members of the former President's family in their bereavement.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H40)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.(text: CR H40)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Considered as privileged matter. (consideration: CR H40)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States, in collaboration with other international allies, should establish an energy project with the magnitude, creativity, and sense of urgency that was incorporated in the "Man on the Moon" project address the inevitable challenges of "Peak Oil".

Bill: 110-hres-12
Sponsor: Rep. Bartlett, Roscoe G. [R-MD-6]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Energy
Subjects: Air pollution control
Alternative energy sources
Balance of payments
Economic growth
Economics and Public Finance
Energy efficiency
Energy prices
Energy research
Energy security
Energy supplies
Environmental Protection
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Fossil fuels
International Affairs
International cooperation
Planning
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States: (1) must move rapidly to increase the productivity with which it uses fossil fuel, and to accelerate the transition to renewable fuels and a sustainable, clean energy economy; and (2) should establish, in collaboration with other international allies, an energy project with the magnitude, creativity, and sense of urgency of the &quot;Man on the Moon&quot; project to develop a comprehensive plan to address the challenges presented by Peak Oil (the peak in the world's oil production believed by some petroleum experts likely to occur in the next decade).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-06-25
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7065-7068)
action_date: 2007-03-29
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3349)
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
action_date: 2007-01-18
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H751-757)
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Encouraging increased public awareness of eating disorders and expanded research for treatment and cures.

Bill: 110-hres-13
Sponsor: Rep. Biggert, Judy [R-IL-13]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Access to health care
Agriculture and Food
Diet
Eating disorders
Health education
Medical research
Science, Technology, Communications

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Calls for: (1) increasing public awareness of eating disorders; (2) expanding research for treatment and cures; (3) broadening access to treatment; and (4) promoting healthful eating habits and a healthy body image.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-02-02
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to curtail the growth of Government programs.

Bill: 110-hres-14
Sponsor: Rep. Conaway, K. Michael [R-TX-11]
Introduced: 2007-01-04 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Economics and Public Finance
Government spending reductions
House rules and procedure
Legislation
Legislative amendments
Legislative resolutions
Waste in government spending

Summary:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: 
Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide that it shall not be in order to consider a bill, joint resolution, amendment, or conference report that establishes a new program or modifies an existing program by adding a new function unless such legislation also eliminates one or more existing programs of equal or greater total cost. Excludes legislation that establishes a new defense, homeland security, or emergency program.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-01-04
text: Introduced in House