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1. Weekly Bill Round Up: Week of 12/12

   by rachna on December 17, 2011

   Here are the bills that caught the attention of the POPVOX team and POPVOXnation this past week, or were considered on the House or Senate floors. Have a bill you'd like spotlighted on POPVOX's Bill Page? Send me an email at rachna@popvox.com. And on behalf of the POPVOX team, thanks for using POPVOX!

   Round Up: Week of 12/12

   • HR 3671 The Consolidated Appropriations Act makes consolidated appropriations for the FY ending Sept. 30, 2012. (House vote)
   • HR 3672 The Disaster Relief Appropriations Act makes appropriations for disaster relief requirements for the FY ending Sept. 30, 2012 (House vote)
   • SJRes 10 The Balanced Budget Amendment requires a balanced budget, a two-thirds supermajority to raise taxes and a spending limit of 18% of gross domestic product. (Senate vote)
   • SJRes 24 The Balanced Budget Amendment requires a balanced budget each year unless three-fifths of each house votes to waive the requirement; protects Social Security from any balanced-budget requirement; and prohibits tax breaks for millionaires unless there are budget surpluses. (Senate vote)
   • HR 1905 The Iran Threat Reduction Act strengthens Iran sanctions laws for the purpose of compelling Iran to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons and other threatening activities. (House vote)
   • HR 2105 The Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Reform and Modernization Act provides for the application of measures to foreign persons who transfer to Iran, North Korea, and Syria certain goods, services, or technology. (House vote)
   • HR 3543 The Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act overturns Illinois' prohibition on concealed weapons and allow nonresidents with valid permits in their home states to carry concealed weapons in Illinois, according to the sponsor. (Just introduced.)
   • HRes 490 HRes 490: Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General. (Just introduced.)
   • HR 3261 The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) promotes prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and innovation by combating the theft of U.S. property. (House committee markup)
   • HR 3612 The Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act clarifies presumptions relating to the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the Republic of Vietnam. (Just introduced.)
   • S 1944 The Middle Class Tax Cut Act (Senate Democratic proposal) cuts in half (from 6.2% to 3.1%) payroll tax paid by employees and the self-employed in 2012, increases the fees that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac charge mortgage lenders to guarantee repayment of new mortgage loans, and is paid for by a temporary millionaires surtax, according to the bill's sponsor. (Just introduced.)
   • S 1960 The Bipartisan Jobs Creation Act extends the Payroll Tax Cut, creates jobs by cutting taxes for businesses and investing in transportation infrastructure, and is paid-for with a surtax on millionaires, according to the bill's sponsors. (Just introduced.)
   • SJRes 33 The Saving American Democracy Amendment (and The OCCUPIED Amendment) proposes a Constitutional amendment to expressly exclude for-profit corporations from the rights given to natural persons by the Constitution, prohibit corporate spending in all elections, and affirm the authority of Congress and the States to regulate corporations and to regulate and set limits on all election contributions and expenditures. (Just introduced.)
   • HR 2885 The Legal Workforce Act (or E-Verify Act) makes mandatory and permanent requirements relating to use of an electronic employment eligibility verification system.
   • HR 3573 The RISE Out of Poverty Act reauthorizes and amends the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) and related programs. (Just introduced.)

   Please keep in mind that highlighting a bill doesn't imply a POPVOX endorsement in any way. Rather, we're simply trying to offer one more way to stay informed of an overwhelmingly complex legislative system.

2. Entrepreneur Magazine--They've Got Your Backers

   by annalee on September 1, 2011

   They've Got Your Backers in Entrepreneur Magazine