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Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes. 2/14/2007--Introduced. A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act - Declares that Congress affirms the basic economic rights and responsibilities under the 1944 "Economic Bill of Rights," while updating and extending it to include: (1) certain rights to decent jobs, income security for individuals unable to work for pay, a decent living for farm families, freedom from monopolies, decent housing, adequate health services, Social Security in old age, sickness, accidental injury, and unemployment, and education and work training; and (2) certain other rights relating to collective bargaining, a safe working environment, information on trends in pollution sources and products and processes that affect the well-being of workers throughout the world, voting and campaigning, and personal security. Requires corporations registered with the Securities and Exchange [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Bill TextTo establish the Commission on Economic Indicators to conduct a study and submit a report containing recommendations concerning the appropriateness and accuracy of the methodology, calculations, and reporting used by the Government relating to certain economic indicators. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Commission on Economic Indicators Act of 2007 - Establishes the Commission on Economic Indicators to study and report to Congress on: (1) economic statistics collected and reported by U.S. government agencies, including national income, employment and unemployment, wages, personal income, wealth, savings, debt, productivity, inflation, and international trade and capital flows; and (2) ways to improve the related statistical measurements.
Also tagged in: Business, Capital gains tax, Economic policy, Finance, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Losses, Mutual funds, Partnerships, Real estate investment trusts, Small business, Stocks, Taxation, Valuation
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the indexing of certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss. 3/1/2007--Introduced. Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an inflation adjustment based upon the gross domestic product deflator to the adjusted basis of certain assets (including C corporation common stock and tangible property used in a trade or business) held by a taxpayer for more than three years for purposes of determining gain or loss on the sale or other disposition of such assets. Sets forth rules for applying such inflation adjustment to short sales, regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts, partnerships and other pass-thru entities, and dispositions of assets between related persons.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Budgets, Economic policy, Employee benefit plans, Federal budgets, Federal employees, Government employees, Housing, Housing subsidies, Indexing (Economic policy), Off-budget expenditures, Public housing, Salaries, Supplemental appropriations, Wages, Welfare
Latest Action: 03/09/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. Bill TextTo amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes. 3/9/2007--Introduced. Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2007 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to eliminate sequential and cumulative adjustments for inflation from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline projections for discretionary appropriations with respect to: (1) expiring housing contracts and social insurance administrative expenses; (2) offset pay absorption and pay annualization; (3) inflation; and (4) any accounting for changes required by law in the level of agency payments for personnel benefits other than pay. Exempts from the requirement that budgetary resources (other than unobligated balances) be at the level available in the current year any resources designated as an emergency requirement [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3203-3204) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the indexing of certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss. 3/15/2007--Introduced. Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an inflation adjustment based upon the gross domestic product deflator to the adjusted basis of certain assets (including C corporation common stock and tangible property used in a trade or business) held by a taxpayer for more than three years for purposes of determining gain or loss on the sale or other disposition of such assets. Sets forth rules for applying such inflation adjustment to short sales, regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts, partnerships and other pass-thru entities, and dispositions of assets between related persons.
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Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3203-3204) Bill TextA bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the indexing of certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss. 3/15/2007--Introduced. Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an inflation adjustment based upon the gross domestic product deflator to the adjusted basis of certain assets (including C corporation common stock and tangible property used in a trade or business) held by a taxpayer for more than three years for purposes of determining gain or loss on the sale or other disposition of such assets. Sets forth rules for applying such inflation adjustment to short sales, regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts, partnerships and other pass-thru entities, and dispositions of assets between related persons.
Also tagged in: Appropriations, Budgets, Economic policy, Employee benefit plans, Federal budgets, Federal employees, Government employees, Housing, Housing subsidies, Indexing (Economic policy), Off-budget expenditures, Public housing, Salaries, Supplemental appropriations, Wages, Welfare
Latest Action: 03/09/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on the Budget. Bill TextTo amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to eliminate automatic increases for inflation from CBO baseline projections for discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes. 3/9/2007--Introduced. Zero Baseline Budget Act of 2007 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to eliminate sequential and cumulative adjustments for inflation from Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline projections for discretionary appropriations with respect to: (1) expiring housing contracts and social insurance administrative expenses; (2) offset pay absorption and pay annualization; (3) inflation; and (4) any accounting for changes required by law in the level of agency payments for personnel benefits other than pay. Exempts from the requirement that budgetary resources (other than unobligated balances) be at the level available in the current year any resources designated as an emergency requirement [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Business, Capital gains tax, Economic policy, Finance, Income tax, Indexing (Economic policy), Losses, Mutual funds, Partnerships, Real estate investment trusts, Small business, Stocks, Taxation, Valuation
Latest Action: 03/01/2007 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Bill TextTo amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the indexing of certain assets for purposes of determining gain or loss. 3/1/2007--Introduced. Capital Gains Inflation Relief Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an inflation adjustment based upon the gross domestic product deflator to the adjusted basis of certain assets (including C corporation common stock and tangible property used in a trade or business) held by a taxpayer for more than three years for purposes of determining gain or loss on the sale or other disposition of such assets. Sets forth rules for applying such inflation adjustment to short sales, regulated investment companies and real estate investment trusts, partnerships and other pass-thru entities, and dispositions of assets between related persons.
Also tagged in: Balance of payments, Balance of trade, Business, Capital movements, Congress, Congressional agencies, Congressional investigations, Congressional reorganization, Congressional reporting requirements, Debt, Economic policy, Economic statistics, Employment, Executive departments, Federal advisory bodies, Finance, Government information, Government paperwork, Government statistics, Gross national product, Income, Industrial production, International finance, Labor, Labor statistics, Saving and investment, Trade, Unemployment, Wages, Wealth
Latest Action: 03/27/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Bill TextTo establish the Commission on Economic Indicators to conduct a study and submit a report containing recommendations concerning the appropriateness and accuracy of the methodology, calculations, and reporting used by the Government relating to certain economic indicators. 2/16/2007--Introduced. Commission on Economic Indicators Act of 2007 - Establishes the Commission on Economic Indicators to study and report to Congress on: (1) economic statistics collected and reported by U.S. government agencies, including national income, employment and unemployment, wages, personal income, wealth, savings, debt, productivity, inflation, and international trade and capital flows; and (2) ways to improve the related statistical measurements.
Also tagged in: Access to health care, Affordable housing, Aged, Agricultural subsidies, Agriculture, Air pollution, Armed forces, Associations, institutions, etc., Awards, medals, prizes, Boycott, Budget deficits, Budgets, Business, Business and social problems, Business cycles, Business ethics, Campaign funds, Capital investments, Cartels, Child labor, Children, Children's rights, Civil liberties, Civil rights, Civil service retirement, Collective bargaining, Commemorations, Communications, Competition, Conferences, Congress, Congressional budget, Congressional committees, Congressional oversight, Congressional reporting requirements, Congressional voting, Consumer protection, Consumers, Conversion of industries, Cooperative societies, Corporate accountability, Corporate corruption, Corporate mergers, Corporation directors, Corruption in politics, Crime prevention, Criminal justice, Criminal justice information, Data banks, Day care, Defense budgets, Defense economics, Defense industries, Depressed areas, Development credit institutions, Disabled, Economic concentration, Economic development, Economic growth, Economic policy, Economic security, Education, Election administration, Elections, Electric power failures, Electronic government information, Employee health benefits, Employee rights, Employee vacations, Employment, Employment of the disabled, Energy, Energy conservation, Environmental health, Environmental protection, Executives, Families, Family farms, Family leave, Farm income, Farmers, Federal budgets, Federal reserve system, Federally-guaranteed loans, Finance, Food, Foreign aid, Foreign loans, Foreign policy, Free enterprise, Freedom of information, Full employment policies, Fund raising, Government contractors, Government employees, Government information, Government lending, Government paperwork, Government publicity, Grants-in-aid, Hazardous substances, Health insurance, Health policy, Hours of labor, Household workers, Housing, Housing subsidies, Human rights, Humanities, Income distribution, Income tax, Industrial pollution, Information disclosure (Securities law), Infrastructure, Infrastructure (Economics), Interest rates, International affairs, International environmental cooperation, International finance, International labor activities, Investment guaranty insurance, Investment of public funds, Investments, Job training, Labor, Labor disputes, Labor productivity, Labor unions, Leave of absence, Legislation, Legislative resolutions, Life expectancy, Manufacturing industries, Medicaid, Medical care, Medical statistics, Medicare, Medicine, Mines and mineral resources, Minimum wages, Minorities, Monetary policy, Monopolies, Natural resources, Nonprofit organizations, Occupational health and safety, Occupational retraining, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Parent and child, Part-time employment, Pension funds, Pensions, Pollution, Pollution control, Potable water, Poverty, Presidential messages, Presidents, Preventive medicine, Price fixing, Prices, Public contracts, Public corruption, Public debt, Public service employment, Public utilities, Punishment, Quality of life, Quality of work life, Racism, Research, Residential rehabilitation, Restrictive trade practices, Right of property, Roosevelt Administration, Salaries, Science policy, Self-employed, Sex discrimination, Small business, Social security, Social services, Soil conservation, Standard of living, State and local government, Strikes, Student employment, Sustainable development, Tax expenditures, Taxation, Technology, Torture, Trade, Transportation, Treaties, Unemployment, Unemployment insurance, United Nations, Violence, Volunteer workers, Voting, Voting machines, Voting rights, Wages, Water conservation, Water pollution, Water resources, Wealth, Welfare, White collar crime, Women, Women's rights, Working poor
Latest Action: 06/05/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. Bill TextTo establish a living wage, jobs for all policy for all peoples in the United States and its territories, and for other purposes. 2/14/2007--Introduced. A Living Wage, Jobs for All Act - Declares that Congress affirms the basic economic rights and responsibilities under the 1944 "Economic Bill of Rights," while updating and extending it to include: (1) certain rights to decent jobs, income security for individuals unable to work for pay, a decent living for farm families, freedom from monopolies, decent housing, adequate health services, Social Security in old age, sickness, accidental injury, and unemployment, and education and work training; and (2) certain other rights relating to collective bargaining, a safe working environment, information on trends in pollution sources and products and processes that affect the well-being of workers throughout the world, voting and campaigning, and personal security. Requires corporations registered with the Securities and Exchange [...] show full description
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