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Senate Passes Bailout Bill – Moves Back to House on Friday

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Monday’s House vote was followed today by an altogether different outcome. The Senate passed the financial bailout plan, H.R. 1424, as amended, the Economic Stabilization, Energy and Business Tax Extenders, AMT, and Mental Health Parity, 74-25. The House will vote again on Friday, October 3.

  • From statement of Sen. Dodd: “The legislation that the Senate passed tonight is the product of thoughtful and deliberate bipartisan cooperation, and is a vast improvement over the blank check that the Administration sought just days ago. The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act will not only provide stability and confidence to our financial markets, but also will help American families who are struggling to make ends meet. The legislation gives the Treasury Secretary the authority to respond quickly and forcibly to the current crisis, while creating strong protections for American taxpayers, helping to preserve the American dream of homeownership, and cracking down on excessive compensation for corporate executives who made bad decisions.”
  • Related postings on financial system

Reports Show Widespread Confusion About The Voting Rights Of People With Criminal Records

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Follow up to September 14, 2008 posting, Felony Disenfranchisement Laws in the United States, this news today from the ACLU: “A report released today by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law reveals widespread misunderstanding among state elections officials of laws governing the right… Continue Reading

CBO's Analysis of Dodd Substitute Amendment for H.R. 1424

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CBO’s Analysis of Dodd Substitute Amendment for H.R. 1424, October 1, 2008: “Cost estimate for an amendment proposed by Chairman Dodd, Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, on October 1, 2008.” Via Sen. Dodd’s website, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, October 1, 2008: the latest version of the package legislation which includes… Continue Reading

New GAO Reports: Federal Energy Management, Space Acquisitions, Contingency Contracting, Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq

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Federal Energy Management: Addressing Challenges through Better Plans and Clarifying the Greenhouse Gas Emission Measure Will Help, Meet Long-term Goals for Buildings, GAO-08-977, September 30, 2008 Space Acquisitions: DOD’s Goals for Resolving Space Based Infrared System Software Problems Are Ambitious, GAO-08-1073, September 30, 2008 Contingency Contracting: DOD, State, and USAID Contracts and Contractor Personnel in… Continue Reading

Google In Quotes Webpage Compares Topical Statements by Obama and McCain

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From Google Labs, “the In Quotes feature allows you to find quotes from stories linked to from Google News. These quotations are a valuable resource for understanding where people in the news stand on various issues. Much of the published reporting about people is based on the interpretation of a journalist. Direct quotes, on the… Continue Reading

DOD: Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, September 2008

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Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq, September 2008. Report to Congress In accordance with the Department of Defense Appropriations Act 2008 (Section 9010, Public Law 109-289; Section 9204, Public Law 110-252) “In summary, political, security, economic, and diplomatic trends in Iraq this past quarter continued to be positive; however, they remain fragile, reversible, and uneven.… Continue Reading

New Health Insurance Estimates for the U.S. Released

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Health Insurance Coverage: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, January – March 2008, by Robin A. Cohen, Ph.D.; Michael E. Martinez, M.P.H.; and Heather L. Free, M.P.H., Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics “From January – March 2008, 42.6 million persons of all ages (14.3%) were uninsured… Continue Reading

Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review, 2008

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Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Second Biennial Review, 2008, Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress, National Research Council “The Committee on Independent Scientific Review of Everglades Restoration Progress (CISRERP) was established in 2004 in response to a request from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), with support from the South… Continue Reading