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Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)
Upper Senator - Senate Democratic Ranking Member Outreach Chair
| 1504 points |
1424 points |
40 points |
98.6% points |
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| Birthplace | El Paso, TX |
| Residence | Santa Fe, NM |
| Education | BA, Harvard College, 1965;JD, Stanford Law School, 1968. |
| In Office | 24 years (Next election in 2012) |
| Experience | US Army Reserve, 1968-74;New Mexico Attorney General, 1979-83; Assistant Attorney General, 1969;Private Law Practice, 1970-78; |
| Website | http://bingaman.senate.gov/ |
Saturday, January 3, 2009 | 1:47 PM CST
Friday, January 2, 2009 | 5:07 PM CST
Tuesday, December 30, 2008 | 9:30 AM CST
Thursday, December 18, 2008 | 9:37 PM CST
Thursday, December 18, 2008 | 5:06 AM CST
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S.3584
5 points
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A bill to comprehensively prevent, treat, and decrease overweight and obesity in our Nation's populations.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
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S.2156
5 points
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A bill to authorize and facilitate the improvement of water management by the Bureau of Reclamation, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to increase the acquisition and analysis of water resources for irrigation, hydroelectric power, municipal, and environmental uses, and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
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S.2779
5 points
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A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
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S.3096
5 points
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A bill to amend the National Cave and Karst Research Institute Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations for the National Cave and Karst Research Institute.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
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S.3179
5 points
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A bill to authorize the conveyance of certain public land in the State of New Mexico owned or leased by the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
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S.1756
5 points
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A bill to provide supplemental ex gratia compensation to the Republic of the Marshall Islands for impacts of the nuclear testing program of the United States, and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
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S.2805
5 points
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A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to assess the irrigation infrastructure of the Rio Grande Pueblos in the State of New Mexico and provide grants to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the Rio Grande Pueblos to repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct existing infrastructure, and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
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S.3189
5 points
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A bill to amend Public Law 106-392 to require the Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration and the Commissioner of Reclamation to maintain sufficient revenues in the Upper Colorado River Basin Fund, and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, September 11, 2008
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S.3233
0 points
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A bill to promote development of a 21st century energy system to increase United States competitiveness in the world energy technology marketplace, and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
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S.3213
0 points
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A bill to designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.
Read the second time on Friday, June 27, 2008
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S.1171
5 points
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A bill to amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act and Public Law 87-483 to authorize the construction and rehabilitation of water infrastructure in Northwestern New Mexico, to authorize the use of the reclamation fund to fund the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund, to authorize the conveyance of certain Reclamation land and infrastructure, to authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to provide for the delivery of water, and for other purposes.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
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S.2593
5 points
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A bill to establish a program at the Forest Service and the Department of the Interior to carry out collaborative ecological restoration treatments for priority forest landscapes on public land, and for other purposes.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
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S.2370
5 points
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A bill to clear title to certain real property in New Mexico associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project, and for other purposes.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
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S.2814
5 points
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A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System, and for other purposes.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, June 16, 2008
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S.2483
3 points
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A bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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S.283
20 points
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A bill to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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S.2616
15 points
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A bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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S.2179
3 points
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A bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Forest Service, the Department of the Interior, and the Department of Energy, and for other purposes.
Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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S.2180
3 points
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A bill to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service, and the Department of Energy, and to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes.
Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
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S.2922
5 points
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A bill to repeal certain oil and gas incentives established in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Monday, April 28, 2008
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S.2855
5 points
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the dollar amounts used to calculate the credit for the elderly and the permanently disabled for inflation since 1985.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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S.2867
5 points
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A bill to authorize additional resources to identify and eliminate illicit sources of firearms smuggled into Mexico for use by violent drug trafficking organizations, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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S.1939
5 points
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A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, April 10, 2008
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S.1940
5 points
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A bill to reauthorize the Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program, and for other purposes.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, April 10, 2008
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S.RES.486
5 points
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A resolution to congratulate the X PRIZE Foundation for their efforts to inspire a new generation of viable, super-efficient vehicles that could help break the addiction of the United States to oil and stem the effects of climate change through the Automotive X PRIZE competition.
Passed/agreed to in Senate on Friday, March 14, 2008
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S.RES.178
5 points
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A resolution expressing the sympathy of the Senate to the families of women and girls murdered in Guatemala, and encouraging the United States to work with Guatemala to bring an end to these crimes.
Passed/agreed to in Senate on Monday, March 10, 2008
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S.2496
5 points
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A bill to amend title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to enhance teaching standards and provide for license portability.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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S.2498
5 points
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A bill to authorize the minting of a coin to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Santa Fe, New Mexico, to occur in 2010.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, December 18, 2007
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S.2460
5 points
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A bill to extend by one year the moratorium on implementation of a rule relating to the Federal-State financial partnership under Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program and on finalization of a rule regarding graduate medical education under Medicaid and to include a moratorium on the finalization of the outpatient Medicaid rule making similar changes.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, December 12, 2007
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S.2231
5 points
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A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to strengthen cooperative conservation efforts and to reduce barriers to the use of partnerships to enable Federal natural resource managers to meet their obligations, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 25, 2007
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S.2239
5 points
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow self-employed individuals to deduct health insurance costs in computing self-employment taxes.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 25, 2007
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S.2188
5 points
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a prospective payment system instead of the reasonable cost-based reimbursement method for Medicare-covered services provided by Federally qualified health centers and to expand the scope of such covered services to account for expansions in the scope of services provided by Federally qualified health centers since the inclusion of such services for coverage under the Medicare Program.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
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S.2101
5 points
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to assist low-income Medicare beneficiaries by improving eligibility and services under the Medicare Savings Program, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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S.2102
5 points
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A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to phase out the 24-month waiting period for disabled individuals to become eligible for Medicare benefits, to eliminate the waiting period for individuals with life-threatening conditions, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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S.2103
5 points
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to eliminate the in the home restriction for Medicare coverage of mobility devices for individuals with expected long-term needs.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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S.1543
5 points
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A bill to establish a national geothermal initiative to encourage increased production of energy from geothermal resources, and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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S.1203
5 points
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A bill to enhance the management of electricity programs at the Department of Energy.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, September 17, 2007
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S.2017
5 points
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A bill to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide for national energy efficiency standards for general service incandescent lamps, and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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S.J.RES.18
5 points
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A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services within the Department of Health and Human Services relating to a cost limit for providers operated by units of government and other provisions under the Medicaid program.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, September 11, 2007
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S.1996
5 points
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A bill to reauthorize the Enhancing Education Through Technology Act of 2001, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 3, 2007
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S.1253
5 points
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A bill to establish a fund for the National Park Centennial Challenge, and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, August 2, 2007
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S.1798
5 points
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A bill to establish grant programs to improve the health of border area residents and for all hazards preparedness in the border area including bioterrorism in the border area including bioterrorism and infectious disease, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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S.1766
5 points
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A bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of energy, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, July 11, 2007
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S.1139
5 points
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A bill to establish the National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, June 28, 2007
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S.1689
5 points
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income amounts received on account of claims based on certain unlawful discrimination and to allow income averaging for backpay and frontpay awards received on account of such claims, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Monday, June 25, 2007
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S.886
5 points
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A bill to amend chapter 22 of title 44, United States Code, popularly known as the Presidential Records Act, to establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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S.1628
5 points
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize programs to increase the number of nurse faculty and to increase the domestic nursing and physical therapy workforce, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 14, 2007
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S.1589
5 points
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to reduce the costs of prescription drugs for enrollees of Medicaid managed care organizations by extending the discounts offered under fee-for-service Medicaid to such organizations..
Referred to Senate committee on Monday, June 11, 2007
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S.1572
5 points
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A bill to increase the number of well-trained mental health service professionals (including those based in schools) providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, June 7, 2007
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S.1376
5 points
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and expand the drug discount program under section 340B of such Act to improve the provision of discounts on drug purchases for certain safety net provides.
Referred to Senate committee on Monday, May 14, 2007
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S.1321
5 points
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An original bill to enhance the energy security of the United States by promoting biofuels, energy efficiency, and carbon capture and storage, and for other purposes.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, May 7, 2007
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S.1219
5 points
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide taxpayer protection and assistance, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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S.1115
5 points
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A bill to promote the efficient use of oil, natural gas, and electricity, reduce oil consumption, and heighten energy efficiency standards for consumer products and industrial equipment, and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Monday, April 23, 2007
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S.1185
5 points
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A bill to provide grants to States to improve high schools and raise graduation rates while ensuring rigorous standards, to develop and implement effective school models for struggling students and dropouts, and to improve State policies to raise graduation rates, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Monday, April 23, 2007
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S.1161
5 points
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize the expansion of medicare coverage of medical nutrition therapy services.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, April 19, 2007
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S.1141
5 points
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, April 18, 2007
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S.962
5 points
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A bill to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize and improve the carbon capture and storage research, development, and demonstration program of the Department of Energy and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Monday, April 16, 2007
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S.987
5 points
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A bill to enhance the energy security of the United States by promoting biofuels and for other purposes.
Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, April 12, 2007
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S.1102
5 points
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expedite the application and eligibility process for low-income subsidies under the Medicare prescription drug program and to revise the resource standards used to determine eligibility for an income-related subsidy, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, April 12, 2007
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S.1103
5 points
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A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include costs incurred by the Indian Health Service, a Federally qualified health center, an AIDS drug assistance program, certain hospitals, or a pharmaceutical manufacturer patient assistance program in providing prescription drugs toward the annual out of pocket threshold under part D of the Medicare program.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, April 12, 2007
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S.RES.113
5 points
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A resolution commending the achievements and recognizing the importance of the Alliance to Save Energy on the 30th anniversary of the incorporation of the Alliance.
Passed/agreed to in Senate on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
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S.909
5 points
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A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States, at their option, to require certain individuals to present satisfactory documentary evidence of proof of citizenship or nationality for purposes of eligibility for Medicaid, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, March 15, 2007
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S.739
5 points
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A bill to provide disadvantaged children with access to dental services.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, March 1, 2007
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S.740
5 points
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A bill to establish in the Department of Commerce an Under Secretary for United States Direct Investment, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, March 1, 2007
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S.275
5 points
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A bill to establish the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in the State of New Mexico.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Friday, February 16, 2007
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S.216
5 points
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A bill to provide for the exchange of certain Federal land in the Santa Fe National Forest and certain non-Federal land in the Pecos National Historical Park in the State of New Mexico.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Thursday, February 15, 2007
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S.586
5 points
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A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide grants to promote positive health behaviors in women and children.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, February 14, 2007
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S.565
5 points
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A bill to expand and enhance postbaccalaureate opportunities at Hispanic-serving institutions, and for other purposes.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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S.434
5 points
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A bill to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit qualifying States to use a portion of their allotments under the State children's health insurance program for any fiscal year for certain medicaid expenditures.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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S.435
5 points
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A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to preserve the essential air service program.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, January 30, 2007
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S.RES.38
1 points
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An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, January 24, 2007
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S.360
5 points
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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand expenses which qualify for the Hope Scholarship Credit and to make the Hope Scholarship Credit and the Lifetime Learning Credit refundable.
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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S.361
5 points
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A bill to designate the United States courthouse at South Federal Place in Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the "Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse".
Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, January 23, 2007
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S.325
5 points
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A bill to provide for innovation in health care through State initiatives that expand coverage and access and improve quality and efficiency in the health care system.
Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, January 17, 2007
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S.279
5 points
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A bill to repeal certain sections of the Act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands.
Referred to Senate committee on Friday, January 12, 2007
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S.267
5 points
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A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to clarify that territories and Indian tribes are eligible to receive grants for confronting the use of methamphetamine.
Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, January 11, 2007
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S.204
5 points
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A bill for the relief of Ziad Mohamed Shaban Khweis, Heyam Ziad Khweis, and Juman Ziad Khweis.
Referred to Senate committee on Monday, January 8, 2007
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S.2739
54 points
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