U.S. House of Representatives Bills
H.R., 2862 Putting America Back to Work create jobs fund with repatriated tax dollars which would authorize $180 billion over two years.
H.R. 2828 Local Jobs for America - award employment grants to local government and community based organizations - Cost $25.3 billion over for years.
H.R. 2488 SERVE Act - provide first responders with a refundable tax credit - Cost $3.6 billion over five years.
H.R. 3638 Act for the 99%- help American workers find jobs or keep their jobs by increasing domestic spending on new job programs.
Increase taxes on some tax payers and eliminate some tax incentives for certain coporations. Cost - $81.7 billion first year ($408.6 billion over five years)
H.R. 2309 Postal Reform Act - reform benefits and regulations of the Post Office - Savings $10.5 billion over five years.
H.R. 2774 Repeal Legal Services - repeal Legal Services Corp. - Savings $420 million first year.
H.R. 3539 Hope VI Program Termination - terminate Hope VI Program (Dept. of Housing) - savings $205 million first year.
H.R. 3261 SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) - combate theft of U.S. property (copyrights).
Senate Bills
S. 1597 Fix Americas Schools Today - repair and improve elementary and secondary buildings - Cost $30 billion over five years.
S. 1978 Amend the Workforce Investment Act - award community employment grants and funds to community colleges- $5 billion over five years.
S. 1222 DATA Act - create govenment transparency and data standardization- $600 million over five years.
S. 1931 Temporary Tax Holiday - extend payroll tax cut and reduce number of federal employees. Savings - $70 billion over five years.
S. 555 - Student Non-Discrimination Act - stop discrimination on sexual orientation or gender in public schools.(H.R. 998).
S. 1698- Enemy Expatriation Act - gives U.S. power to strip Americans of their citizenship without being convicted of being hostile to the U.S.
(H.R. 3166). U.S. Census - U.S. Census Bureau reports that 48% of the country are classified as either poor or low income.