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  <title>Open Congress : Senate Finance - Major Bill Actions</title>
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  <updated>2008-12-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3735 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the eligibility of computer technology and equipment development businesses for enterprise zone incentives.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-11:/action/178948</id>
    <updated>2008-12-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the eligibility of computer technology and equipment development businesses for enterprise zone incentives.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3718 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the taxation of unemployment compensation for 2 years.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-08:/action/178666</id>
    <updated>2008-12-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the taxation of unemployment compensation for 2 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3719 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the minimum required pension distribution rules for 2008, 2009, and 2010.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3719/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-08:/action/178669</id>
    <updated>2008-12-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the minimum required pension distribution rules for 2008, 2009, and 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3720 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the minimum required pension distribution rules for 2008 and 2009.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3720/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-12-08:/action/178672</id>
    <updated>2008-12-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to suspend the minimum required pension distribution rules for 2008 and 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.17 A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s17/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-20:/action/178575</id>
    <updated>2008-11-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.19 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s19/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-20:/action/178580</id>
    <updated>2008-11-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3710 A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide access to Medicare benefits for individuals ages 55 to 65, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable and advanceable credit against income tax for payment of such premiums, and for other purposes.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3710/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-20:/action/178588</id>
    <updated>2008-11-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide access to Medicare benefits for individuals ages 55 to 65, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a refundable and advanceable credit against income tax for payment of such premiums, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3717 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental products.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3717/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-20:/action/178605</id>
    <updated>2008-11-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow reimbursement from flexible spending accounts for certain dental products.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3684 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest in indebtedness and for State sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3684/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-17:/action/178486</id>
    <updated>2008-11-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction against individual income tax for interest in indebtedness and for State sales and excise taxes with respect to the purchase of certain motor vehicles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.3560 QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3560/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/178288</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.3560 QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3560/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-08:/action/178289</id>
    <updated>2008-10-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;October 08, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-379.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3679 A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use.</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3679/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-02:/action/176541</id>
    <updated>2008-10-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3659 Corporate Transparency Act of 2007</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3659/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-01:/action/176280</id>
    <updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the disclosure of schedule M-3 to the Securities and Exchange Commission, to provide for the public disclosure of certain information on such schedule, to provide penalties for failure to file such schedule or inaccurately reporting information on such schedule, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3675 Compensation Fairness Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3675/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-01:/action/176313</id>
    <updated>2008-10-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the treatment of certain excessive employee remuneration, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.2608 SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2608/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-30:/action/176188</id>
    <updated>2008-09-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An act to amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide, in fiscal years 2009 through 2011, extensions of supplemental security income for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to collect unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 30, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.2608 SSI Extension for Elderly and Disabled Refugees Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-h2608/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-30:/action/176189</id>
    <updated>2008-09-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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An act to amend section 402 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to provide, in fiscal years 2009 through 2011, extensions of supplemental security income for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to collect unemployment compensation debts resulting from fraud.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 30, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-328.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3655 Affordable Tutoring of Our Children Act</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3655/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-30:/action/176149</id>
    <updated>2008-09-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from an employee's gross income any employer-provided supplemental instructional services assistance, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3656 Preserving Access to Healthcare (PATH) Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3656/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-30:/action/176152</id>
    <updated>2008-09-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to preserve access to healthcare under the Medicare and Medicaid programs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3560 QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3560/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-29:/action/178287</id>
    <updated>2008-09-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 29, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.3560 QI Program Supplemental Funding Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://news.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3560/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-27:/action/178286</id>
    <updated>2008-09-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying individual (QI) program, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 27, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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