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  <title>Open Congress : Major Bill Actions in Civil rights</title>
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  <updated>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6698 Preventing Student Loan Discrimination Act</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/169751</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To provide for nondiscrimination by eligible lenders in the Robert T. Stafford Federal Student Loan Program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3406 ADA Amendments Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3406/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-31:/action/170381</id>
    <updated>2008-07-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168297</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-293.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-30:/action/168296</id>
    <updated>2008-07-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 30, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-25:/action/167441</id>
    <updated>2008-07-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 25, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.5501 Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h5501/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-24:/action/167440</id>
    <updated>2008-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 24, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3297 Advancing America's Priorities Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3297/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/action/167019</id>
    <updated>2008-07-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to advance America's priorities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Con.Res.94 A concurrent resolution recognizing the 60th anniversary of the integration of the United States Armed Forces.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sc94/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-22:/action/167057</id>
    <updated>2008-07-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A concurrent resolution recognizing the 60th anniversary of the integration of the United States Armed Forces.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.R.6518 Justice Integrity Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6518/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-16:/action/166519</id>
    <updated>2008-07-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To increase public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-15:/action/166449</id>
    <updated>2008-07-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 15, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-275.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Vetoed: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-15:/action/166176</id>
    <updated>2008-07-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 15, 2008: Vetoed by President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-10:/action/166175</id>
    <updated>2008-07-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 10, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.3245 Justice Integrity Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s3245/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-10:/action/165877</id>
    <updated>2008-07-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to increase public confidence in the justice system and address any unwarranted racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal process.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: H.R.6331 Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h6331/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-09:/action/165582</id>
    <updated>2008-07-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
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To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to extend expiring provisions under the Medicare Program, to improve beneficiary access to preventive and mental health services, to enhance low-income benefit programs, and to maintain access to care in rural areas, including pharmacy access, and for other purposes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 09, 2008: Cleared for White House.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Enacted: S.188 A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.</title>
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    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-01:/action/164867</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 01, 2008: Became Public Law No: 110-258.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Signed by President: S.188 A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s188/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-01:/action/164866</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;July 01, 2008: Signed by President.    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bill Sent To President: S.188 A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-s188/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/action/164595</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A bill to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;June 24, 2008: Presented to President.    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: S.Res.600 A resolution commemorating the 44th anniversary of the deaths of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Mississippi, while working in the name of American democracy to register voters and secure civil rights during the summer of 1964, which has become known as "Freedom Summer".</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-sr600/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/action/164792</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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A resolution commemorating the 44th anniversary of the deaths of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Mississippi, while working in the name of American democracy to register voters and secure civil rights during the summer of 1964, which has become known as "Freedom Summer".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Con.Res.381 Honoring and recognizing the dedication and achievements of Thurgood Marshall on the 100th anniversary of his birth.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hc381/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/action/164420</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Honoring and recognizing the dedication and achievements of Thurgood Marshall on the 100th anniversary of his birth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Bill Introduced: H.Res.1299 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3195) to restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.</title>
    <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-hr1299/show" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/action/164523</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
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Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3195) to restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    </content>
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