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http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h2454/show
American Clean Energy And Security Act of 2009
To
create clean energy jobs, achieve energy independence, reduce global
warming pollution and transition to a clean energy economy.
current 111st session of congress
OpenCongress Summary:
This is the Waxman-Markley comprehensive energy bill, known for short
as "ACES," that includes a cap-and-trade global warming reduction plan
designed to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent
by 2020. Other provisions include new renewable requirements for
utilities, studies and incentives regarding new carbon capture and
sequestration technologies, energy efficiency incentives for homes and
buildings, and grants for green jobs, among other things.
The Center for Biological Diversity has a number of concerns with this bill, including the fact that it guts the Clean Air Act renewal of 1990.
See October 1, 2009 story on the EPA and greenhouse gas emissions here:
EPA to crack down on greenhouse gas emitters
... The Senate climate bill introduced Wednesday, unlike the House-passed
version, preserves the EPA's authority to regulate under the Clean Air
Act. Environmentalists said the two efforts go hand in hand.
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H.R.1
Title: Making supplemental appropriations for job
preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency
and science, assistance to the unemployed, and State and local fiscal
stabilization, for fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other
purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Obey, David R. [WI-7]
(introduced 1/26/2009)
Cosponsors (9)
Related Bills:
H.RES.88, H.RES.92, H.RES.168, H.R.290, H.R.291, H.R.598, H.R.629, H.R.679, H.R.861,
S.336, S.350
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 111-5 [GPO: Text, PDF]
Latest Conference Report: 111-16
(in Congressional Record H1307-1516)
For more information, follow this link:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-1
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5/14/2009--Introduced. Directs
the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress, by December
31, 2009, outlining the exit strategy for U.S. military forces in
Afghanistan participating in Operation Enduring Freedom.
Co-sponsors:
To require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to Congress
outlining the United States exit strategy for United States military
forces in Afghanistan participating in Operation... (Introduced in
House)
HR 2404 IH
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2404
To require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report
to Congress outlining the United States exit strategy for United States
military forces in Afghanistan participating in Operation Enduring
Freedom.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 14, 2009
Mr. MCGOVERN (for himself, Mr. JONES, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr.
DUNCAN, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. PAUL, Mr. SESTAK, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. BERRY,
Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. PAYNE, Ms.
SHEA-PORTER, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. OLVER, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. HARE,
Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. MCDERMOTT,
Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. WATSON, Ms. CLARKE, Mr.
LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. FILNER, Mr. WELCH,
Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. HODES, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. DELAHUNT, Ms. JACKSON-LEE
of Texas, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr.
CONYERS, Mr. WALZ, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. CLAY, Mr. HOLT, Mr.
CAPUANO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. RUSH, Ms. SUTTON, Ms. WATERS, Mr. GRAYSON,
Mr. GUTIERREZ, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. NORTON, Ms.
RICHARDSON, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Mr.
ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Ms. VELAZQUEZ, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Ms.
MATSUI, Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. KAGEN, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr.
SCHRADER, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. FARR, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr.
PERRIELLO, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Ms. BERKLEY, and Ms. KILROY)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Armed Services
A BILL
To require the Secretary of Defense to submit a report
to Congress outlining the United States exit strategy for United States
military forces in Afghanistan participating in Operation Enduring
Freedom.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPORT ON AFGHANISTAN EXIT STRATEGY.
Not later than December 31, 2009, the Secretary of Defense
shall submit to Congress a report outlining the United States exit
strategy for United States military forces in Afghanistan participating
in Operation Enduring Freedom.
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H.R.2975 -- The USA PATRIOT ACT
October 12, 2001
Title: To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United
States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory
tools, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [WI-9]
(introduced 10/2/2001)
Cosponsors (26)
Related Bills:
H.RES.264, H.R.3162, S.1510
Latest Major Action: 10/15/2001
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 198.
House Reports: 107-236 Part 1
Note: H.R. 3162, the USA PATRIOT Act, incorporated provisions of two earlier anti-terrorism bills: H.R. 2975, which passed the House on 10/12/2001; and S. 1510, which passed the Senate on 10/11/2001. Provisions of H.R. 3004, the Financial Anti-Terrorism Act, were incorporated as Title III in H.R. 3162. H.R. 3162 became Public Law 107-56 on 10/26/2001.
Three-hundred and 37 members of the House of Representatives voted for
this act, including Nancy Pelosi. Seventy-nine voted against it.
Among those voting against this bill were: Xavier Becerra
(D-California), John Conyers (D-Detroit, and one of this act's original
sponsors), Sam Farr (D-Carmel), Bob Filner (D-California), Barney Frank
(D-Massachusetts), Mike Honda (D-San Jose), Dennis Kucinich
(D-Cleveland), Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), John Lewis (D-Georgia), Juanita
Millender-McDonald (D-California), George Miller (D-Martinez), Charles
Rangel (D-New York), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-California), Bernie
Sanders (I-Vermont), Hilda Solis (D-California), Pete Stark
(D-Fremont), Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles), Diane Watson (D-Los
Angeles), and Lynn Woolsey (D-Petaluma).
There are many alarming provisions of the USA Patriot Act. Here's one
of them: the "sneak and peak." According to Nat Hentoff, in his book
The War on the Bill of Rights and the Gathering Resistance, FBI agents,
with a warrant, can break into your home and office, but according to
the new law, the FBI can delay giving notice of entry. According to
Section 213 of the USA PATRIOT Act, "notice of a secret search must be
given within 'a reasonable period.'" Under John Ashcroft, that was
interpreted as 90 days, but, adds Hentoff, "the government can ask a
judge to extend that period for 'good cause." In fact, extensions can
be granted for any cause -- and the searches apply to all
investigations, not just those related to terrorism (the original basis
for the passage of the act).
Hentoff also warns us to beware the "magic lantern." When those FBI
agents come into your home and office, they can install a device on
your computer called a magic lantern or a "sniffer keystroke logger."
This device will record all your keystrokes -- even the ones that you
delete.
Nancy Pelosi voted FOR this ominous piece of legislation.
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