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IDEA Full Funding Act [S.2789] [Education ] [Taxes ] [Disabilities ] [Funding ] [Budget and Spending ]
IDEA Full Funding Act - Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to reauthorize and make appropriations through FY2024 for the grant program to assist states and outlying areas to provide special education and related services to children with disabilities. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S5509-5510) on 09/10/2014

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Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act of 2013 [S.278] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Energy ] [Budget and Spending ]
Job Preservation and Sequester Replacement Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to modify the formula for calculating total deficit reduction requirements for FY2013. Amends the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 to repeal the requirement that the President order a sequestration (automatic cuts in discretionary spending) for FY2013. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/11/2013

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Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013 [S.277] [Finance ] [Taxes ] [Energy ] [Trade ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Investments ] [Economic Development ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Job Preservation and Economic Certainty Act of 2013 - Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to revise discretionary spending limits for FY2012-FY2021. Repeals the requirement that the President order a sequestration for FY2013. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require an individual taxpayer whose adjusted gross income exceeds $1 million to pay a minimum tax rate of 30% of the excess of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income over the taxpayer's modified charitable contribution deduction for the taxable year; (2) (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Bernard Sanders Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/11/2013

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 [S.2532] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Pensions ] [Retirement ] [Unemployment ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before five months after enactment of this Act. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until five months after enactment of this Act requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/25/2014

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Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act [S.2455] [Retirement ] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Education ]
Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to entitle divorced spouses to OASDI benefits after 5 (currently 10) years of marriage. Makes the monthly divorced spouse's benefits equal to one-half of the former spouse's primary insurance amount, reduced 10% for each year less than 10 the individual was married to the former spouse. Revises the widow's or widower's insurance benefit for any month to equal the greater of: (1) the primary (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S3546-3547) on 06/10/2014

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Fair Raises for Seniors Act [S.2382] [Senior Citizens ] [Social Security ] [Taxes ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Retirement ] [Budget and Spending ]
Fair Raises for Seniors Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E) that indicates the average change over time in the prices paid by individuals in the United States who are age 62 and older for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPI-E the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-living (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/22/2014

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Let Seniors Work Act of 2014 [S.2336] [Social Security ] [Senior Citizens ] [Taxes ] [Retirement ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Let Seniors Work Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the payroll tax for individuals who have attained retirement age, and (2) remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/14/2014

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 [S.2149] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Funding ] [Pensions ] [Budget and Spending ] [Retirement ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 335. on 03/25/2014

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 [S.2148] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Funding ] [Pensions ] [Budget and Spending ] [Retirement ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 331. on 03/24/2014

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Veterans Hiring Act [S.2138] [Veterans ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Military ]
Veterans Hiring Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an employer a 50% reduction in the rate of the employment tax for wages paid to a veteran who served on active duty in the Armed Forces and was discharged or released under conditions other than dishonorable. Makes such reduced rate effective during the period of four consecutive calendar quarters beginning with the first day of the first such calendar quarter beginning after the enactment of this Act.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/13/2014

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Responsible Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 [S.2097] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Pensions ] [Social Security ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Trade ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SAA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before June 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until May 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and November (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 318. on 03/10/2014

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 [S.2077] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008, (SSA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before July 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until June 30, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 315. on 03/05/2014

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Solutions to Long-Term Unemployment Act [S.2038] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Unemployment ] [Education ] [Budget and Spending ] [Human Services ] [Poverty ] [Criminal Justice ] [Immigration ]
Solutions to Long-Term Unemployment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of full-time employee, for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage, any individual who is a long-term unemployed individual. Defines "long-term unemployed individual" as an individual who: (1) begins employment after enactment of this Act, and (2) has been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer. Exempts from the payment of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI), hospital insurance, and railroad (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. John Thune Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/25/2014

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Responsible Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 [S.1931] [Budget and Spending ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Social Security ] [Unemployment ] [Veterans ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Military ] [Retirement ]
Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SSA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before April 1, 2014. Reauthorizes Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3, and Tier-4 of the EUC program for weeks ending after December 29, 2013, but reduces the duration of the first two Tiers, to up to six weeks each. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until March 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Susan Collins Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 296. on 01/16/2014

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Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2013 [S.193] [Taxes ] [Small Business ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Finance ] [Economic Development ]
Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small business, other than a tax-exempt organization, to use a portion of its tax credit for increasing research expenditures as an offset against its payroll tax liability under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). Defines "qualified small business" as a corporation, partnership, or S corporation if the gross receipts of such entity for the taxable year are less than $5 million and such entity did not have gross receipts for any period preceding (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S439-440) on 01/31/2013

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Innovators Job Creation Act [S.1920] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Small Business ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Economic Development ]
Innovators Job Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) allow an offset of such credit against liability for the alternative minimum tax (AMT); (3) make permanent the five-year carryback of research tax credit amounts of certain small businesses; and (4) allow a qualified small business, other than a tax-exempt organization, to use a portion, up to $250,000 in a taxable year, of its tax credit for increasing research expenditures as an offset against its employment (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Enzi Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/14/2014

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Economic Freedom Zones Act of 2013 [S.1852] [Economic Development ] [Taxes ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Environmental ] [Education ] [Immigration ] [Poverty ] [Budget and Spending ] [Small Business ] [Real Estate ] [Construction ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Human Services ] [Pensions ] [Community Development ]
Economic Freedom Zones Act of 2013 - Prohibits federal assistance (e.g., loans, loan guarantees, or purchases) from being provided to: (1) a state, municipality, zip code, or rural area (eligible entity) other than an entity that is designated an Economic Free Zone by this Act; (2) a municipality that is a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding; or (3) a state or municipality that is insolvent. Sets forth requirements for the designation of an eligible entity as an Economic Freedom Zone, including bankruptcy eligibility, insolvency, or pervasive poverty, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Rand Paul Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/18/2013

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act [S.1845] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Grants ] [Social Security ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before April 1, 2014. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until March 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and September (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Robert Casey Motion By Senator Reid To Reconsider The Vote By Which Second Cloture Was Not Invoked On The Bill (record Vote No. 24) Made In Senate. (consideration: Cr S794) on 02/06/2014

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Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act of 2013 [S.1810] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Insurance ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Taxes ] [Social Security ] [Healthcare ] [Budget and Spending ]
Family and Medical Insurance Leave Act of 2013 - Establishes the Office of Paid Family and Medical Leave within the Social Security Administration (SSA), to be headed by the Deputy Commissioner of SSA. Entitles every individual to a family and medical leave insurance (FMLI) benefit payment for each month beginning on the first day of the first month in which the individual meets the criteria specified below and ending 365 days later (benefit period), not to exceed 60 qualified caregiving days per period. Qualifies for such a benefit payment any (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cory Booker Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/12/2013

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Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 [S.1797] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Unemployment ]
Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2013 - Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before January 1, 2015. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until December 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of EUC. Amends the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 to exempt weeks of unemployment between enactment of this Act and (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 259. on 12/11/2013

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