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[rkzenrage]

Recent Congressional Votes -
Senate: Conference Report for Water Resources Development Act of 2007
Senate: Biden Amendment: To express the sense of Congress on federalism in Iraq
Senate: Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act
Senate: Increasing the statutory limit on the public debt
Senate: Making continuing appropriations for FY2008
House: Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act
House: Making continuing appropriations for FY2008
House: Popcorn Workers Lung Disease Prevention Act
House: Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007

Upcoming Congressional Bills -
Senate: National Defense Authorization Act, FY2008
House: Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act of 2007
House: MEJA Expansion and Enforcement Act of 2007
House: Improving Government Accountability Act
House: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income

Upcoming Votes

National Defense Authorization Act, FY2008 - H.R.1585

The Senate is scheduled to continue work on this $459.3 billion bill that would fund the Department of Defense for the 2008 fiscal year.
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Regional Economic and Infrastructure Development Act of 2007 - H.R.3246

The House is scheduled to vote on this bill that would provide a comprehensive regional approach to economic and infrastructure development in the most severely economically distressed areas of the U.S.

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MEJA Expansion and Enforcement Act of 2007 - H.R.2740

The House will vote on this bill to require accountability for contractors and contract personnel under Federal contracts.

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Improving Government Accountability Act - H.R.928

The House will also vote on this bill to enhance the independence of Inspectors General.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income - H.R.3648

The House is scheduled to take up this bill, which would ensure that any mortgage debt secured by a principal residence will not be taxed.

Time to contact your Senators and Reps and/or get MegaVote to find out what they are voting on, how they are voting and what they are going to be voting on.

http://www.congress....ssorg/megavote/

Please get involved.
Just an e-mail every now and them when it is something that is important to you, something that affects you... though they all do.
I know I can be a pain in the ass sometimes, but this is not about one side or the other, about how you ask them to vote... just get involved because if they think that no one is watching they will behave with impunity, or more than now.
If you can spend time talking to us in here, you can e-mail your reps from time to time.
Please.

[PetitMortVampyre]

I think they banned/blocked my email addy a long time ago, but I can create a new addy!

[darrel]

when was the last time a middle class person with a disability saw & talked to the president? makes you wonder what would happen.

Headline: Man in wheelchair beaten down by CIA for asking about health care issues.

[PetitMortVampyre]

darrel, on Oct 7 2007, 12:14 PM, said:

when was the last time a middle class person with a disability saw & talked to the president? makes you wonder what would happen.

Headline: Man in wheelchair beaten down by CIA for asking about health care issues.

This is Bushs' CIA, who you kidding, they would shoot said individual for rolling up to him, then ask questions (or somthing in the middle east would be blared all over the TV to make us forget any incident)

Love, Light and Laughter
Corvette aka demented

[rkzenrage]

You may want to know about this... and how your people vote

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US Chamber of Commerce supports discrimination!

Hello everyone...

By now, I'm sure many of you are already aware of this but I doubt that many of you have taken meaningful action in response to it yet...

About a week ago, the United States Chamber of Commerce went on record, via a letter to the House of Representatives, against the ADA Restoration Act. Plain and simple they are against the restoration of the ADA because they prefer the current judicial trend toward finding in the corporation's interest and against the disabled individual!

You can help counter the effect of this damaging letter by contacting your Senators and Representative today and urge them to support the ADA restoration act:

To contact your Senators: http://s1881.theunderrepresented.com/

To contact your Representative: http://hr3195.theunderrepresented.com/

Although we've prewritten a short letter for you to send, we encourage you to add a personal message/statement to it or in place of it. However, because its crucial that you simply contact your delegation on this issue, feel free to just send the default text...

We also invite you to comment on this issue in our forum on our website:

In solidarity,
Joe VanderVeer

[darrel]

rkzenrage, on Oct 8 2007, 04:05 AM, said:

You may want to know about this... and how your people vote

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US Chamber of Commerce supports discrimination!

Hello everyone...

By now, I'm sure many of you are already aware of this but I doubt that many of you have taken meaningful action in response to it yet...

About a week ago, the United States Chamber of Commerce went on record, via a letter to the House of Representatives, against the ADA Restoration Act. Plain and simple they are against the restoration of the ADA because they prefer the current judicial trend toward finding in the corporation's interest and against the disabled individual!

You can help counter the effect of this damaging letter by contacting your Senators and Representative today and urge them to support the ADA restoration act:

To contact your Senators: http://s1881.theunderrepresented.com/



I did what I could, I filled it out. hopefully others will to

To contact your Representative: http://hr3195.theunderrepresented.com/

Although we've prewritten a short letter for you to send, we encourage you to add a personal message/statement to it or in place of it. However, because its crucial that you simply contact your delegation on this issue, feel free to just send the default text...

We also invite you to comment on this issue in our forum on our website:

In solidarity,
Joe VanderVeer

[rkzenrage]

I can't figure out why you quoted that.

[darrel]

aint that a _itch, I've could have sworn that I wrote something, well any way, I did do my part and submitted my letter, with any luck, others will to. I think that it is wrong how I have worked all my life and now all I see of it is 1/3 of what I used to make.




just trying to get ppl to see it?

Edited by darrel, 08 October 2007 - 10:43 PM.

[rkzenrage]

Upcoming Congressional Bills -
Senate: Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations Act, FY2008
Senate: Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act, FY2008
House: Internet Tax Freedom Act
House: Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007
House: RESTORE Act
House: Vote on Overriding the President's Veto of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act


Commerce/Justice/Science Appropriations Act, FY2008 - H.R.3093

The Senate is set to begin the week working on this $55 billion measure funding the departments of Commerce and Justice and various science-related agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for the 2008 fiscal year.
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Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act, FY2008 - H.R.3043

Following completion of the CJS spending bill, the Senate is expected to turn to this $150 billion bill funding the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education for the 2008 fiscal year.
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Internet Tax Freedom Act - H.R.3678

This House bill would extend the moratorium on certain electronic commerce and Internet taxes though November 1, 2011.
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Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 - H.R.2095

This bill would update the Federal Railroad Administration's rail safety regulations.
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RESTORE Act - H.R.3773

This bill would make changes to the electronic surveillance programs authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
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Vote on Overriding the President's Veto of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act - H.R.976

The House is currently scheduled to attempt to override the president's veto of this bill that would expand the SCHIP program on Thursday.