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To: longnshort who wrote (6889)	8/4/2007 9:07:11 AM
From: JDN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25737

When are WE THE PEOPLE gonna get really upset over our tax $$$ going to ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS? (designed to make sure illegal immigrants would not get certain benefits from an agriculture spending bill.) I know a number of you people here are Democrats and some very liberal democrats. Do YOU really want your money going to illegals instead of supporting our OWN AMERICANS? If not why are you not putting pressure on Your Leaders? jdn

To: longnshort who wrote (6889)	8/6/2007 4:04:22 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Respond to of 25737

Status of Legislation in Congress By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS August 6, 2007 Filed at 2:14 p.m. ET nytimes.com The status of various legislation produced so far by the Congress that convened in January: Signed into law: -- First minimum wage increase in a decade. -- Implementation of many remaining 9/11 commission recommendations, including screening of all air cargo. -- Short-term authority to expand the government's ability to eavesdrop without warrants on communications that pass through the United States. ------ Vetoed by President Bush: -- Timeline to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. House upheld the veto. -- Expansion of federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. No override votes have been held. ------ Passed and awaiting presidential action: -- Tighter congressional ethics provisions and greater disclosure of lobbyists' fundraising for candidates. -- Legislation calling for $33.6 billion over the next three years for science, technology, engineering and mathematics research and education programs. ------ Passed House and Senate in different forms; awaiting compromise: -- Expansion of the health care program that covers lower-income children. Both bills raise the tax on tobacco products. The House bill also includes significant changes in Medicare. Bush has threatened to veto both versions. -- Student aid expansion. -- Energy legislation with new efficiency standards for appliances, tax breaks and subsidies for hybrid cars and demonstration projects for burying greenhouse gases underground. The Senate bill also mandates a 40 percent increase in auto, SUV and small truck fuel efficiency; the House bill does not. The House bill levies $16 billion in new taxes on the oil industry and requires utilities to generate 15 percent of their electricity from renewable resources; the Senate bill does neither. -- $20 billion for water projects. Bush has threatened to veto. (Compromise bill has passed the House and is awaiting a Senate vote.) ------ Passed House: -- Farm bill that includes crop payments to farmers and funds for conservation and nutrition programs. Bush has threatened a veto. ------ Killed by Republican filibuster in Senate: -- Immigration legislation. -- Requirement for the government to negotiate directly with drug makers for lower consumer prices under Medicare. Copyright 2007 The Associated Press