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2008	What's Inside...
July 21, 2008	Senate Committee Examines Retirement Savings, Credit Raters Bill Faces Delayed Markup, Several Hearings of Note to Dominate in the Week Upcoming, House Committee Passes Credit Card Fee Negotiation Bill
July 14, 2008	Congress Gets Back to Work, Senate Committee Will Look at Retirement Savings, Impeachment Resolutions to Appear in Judiciary, Credit Raters Bill Removed From Scheduled Markup
June 30, 2008	Congress Departs for July 4th Recess, Walker Testifies on Capitol Hill, Senate Committee Approves Three New SEC Commissioners, Another War Supplemental Heads to President, IRS Increases Standard Mileage Rate for Remainder of 2008
June 23, 2008	Acting Comptroller General Appears Before Senate Finance Committee, David Walker to Visit Capitol Hill, Fiscal Report Paints a Bleak Picture for States, House Ways and Means Committee Looks at Stimulus Payments
June 16, 2008	Acting Comptroller General to Testify on Tuesday, Ways and Means Looks at Stimulus Payments, House Sends Article of Impeachment to Committee, House Cancels Grant-Making Hearing
June 9, 2008	Budget Resolution Moves Debt Limit Over $10 Trillion, Intelligence Committee Releases War Report, Interchange Fees Partly to Blame for High Gas Prices Says NACS, Two House Hearings to Focus on Grant Making- Electronic Payments
May 27, 2008	Congress Goes Into Memorial Day Recess, Walker and Peterson Appear on CNBC, Second Stimulus Package In the Works, Muni Industry "Critic" Will Not Seek Re-Election
May 19, 2008	Alaska Tells Congress: Get Rid of 3% Withholding Requirement, Debt Limit Needs to be Raised by Year End, House Judiciary Looks at Credit Card Fee Legislation, GAO Issues Its Own Interchange Fee Report
May 12, 2008	State Grant Money for Foreclosure Rehab Passes House - Bush Threatens Veto, SEC Contemplates "Dedicated Funding" for New Oversight, Hiring Government Employees on the Agenda in Senate, House Judiciary to Look at Credit Card Fee Legislation
May 6, 2008	Federal Money for Public School Construction Makes Its Way Through House, Senate Hearing Reviews Latest REAL ID News, Huge Housing Bill Coming Together - May Include State Grant Money, Hiring Government Employees on the Agenda in Senate
April 28, 2008	Loans and Grants to States Considered to Stimulate Housing, Homebuyer's Financial Literacy Gets Its Day on the Hill, SEC Ponders Changes to Credit Rating Agencies
April 22, 2008	Financial Literacy Hearing Focuses on State-Federal Government Role in Fiscal Education, SEC to Promote EMMA Use Next Month, House Committee Passes Bipartisan Medicaid Rule Delay - Ignoring Veto Threat
April 14, 2008	House Marks Up SCHIP Rule Delay, SEC Financial Reporting Advisory Committee to Hold Open Meeting, Tax Week Brings Tax Hearings, Avatars in Congress?
April 7, 2008	Congress Returns from Recess with Flurry of Hearings, Medicaid Bill Looks to Postpone Rules for States, Think Tank Release Report on Nation's Fiscal Imbalance on Entitlements, SCHIP Directive Hearing Scheduled for April 9
March 19, 2008	Animated Muni Market Hearing Lasts an Entire Day, Amendments to Improper Payment Act Proposed, SEC to Allow Debt Buybacks in Auctions, Have You Visited the Bill Tracker Recently?
March 10, 2008	Muni Bond Hearing Now Scheduled for March 12, Pew Issues "Grading the States" Report, House Subcommittee to Look at "Proper" Role of Government, Senate Committee Schedules Markup of Government Purchase Card Legislation
March 3, 2008	Muni Bond Hearing Postponed, Accounting Standard Setters to Get a Re-Work, Accounting Standards Convergence Moving Briskly - Surprising Euro Partners, House Panel to Look at Derivatives
February 19, 2008	Comptroller Walker Offers Surprise Resignation, Upcoming NFMA Paper to Propose More Disclosure Requirements, Lengthy Hearing Addresses Bond Insurance Industry Issues
Feburary 11, 2008	Stimulus Package Passes and Sent to President for Signature, SEC Funding Continues to Grow in the President's Budget Proposal, House Financial Services Subcommittee to Look at Bond Industry
February 4, 2008	Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee Looks into Agency Payment Errors, MSRB Asks for Comments on New Muni Filing System, Comptroller Stresses Fiscal Responsibility Before Senate Committee
January 28, 2008	Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee to Look at Agency Payment Errors, Final REAL ID Rules Issued, NEW IRS Commissioner Goes to Confirmation Hearing, Onslaught of Economic Hearings Scheduled for This Week
January 22, 2008	Bernanke Tells Budget Committee Stimulus Needed, Economic Stimulus Package Under Discussion, U.S. Dollars in Iraq Keep Going Unaccounted For, Ways and Means Looks at Social Security Benefits Changes
2007	What's Inside...
December 17, 2007	SEC Conducting Roundtables on International Accounting Standards, Senate Subcommittee Hearing Looks at Federal Agency Management, Banking Committee Hearings Looks at Financial Literacy for Holiday Shoppers
November 13, 2007	Senate Subcommittee Examines Pensions, Senate to Hold Hearing on Unpaid Taxes of Medicaid Providers, Second Notice: IRS Annonunces Request for Nominations to ACT, No Recess for Congress
November 5, 2007	IRA Announces Request for Nominations to ACT, Senate Budget Committee Hosts Comptroller to Discuss Fiscal Imbalances, Regulatory Effects on State Medicaid Takes Stage in House, Senate Bill Passes Out of Committee to Enhance Public Corruption Penalties
October 29, 2007	Rangel Introduces Massive Tax Reform Bill, Rangel Also Look at Retirement Plan Fees, Senate Subcommittee Reviews Single Audit Report Findings, Senate Subcommittee Also Looks at International Accounting
October 22, 2007	Sudan Divestment Bill Passes Out of Senate Committee, SCHIP Veto-Override Vote Brings Promise of Another Bill, Senate Subcommittees to Hold Hearings on Single Audit and International Accounting, House Passes Internet Taxation Moratorium Extension
June 11, 2007	House Discusses Allowing State First-Responders Collective Bargaining; House Subcommittee Cancels New “Bond Bank” Hearing; NASBO Fiscal Survey Released; IRS Ramps Up Derivatives Focus; Payment Systems and Internet Gambling Looked at in House
May 29,2007	IRS Debt Collection Outsourcing Slammed During Hearing, Annual ACT Meeting Scheduled for Mid-June, House Committee Passes Iran Energy Divestment Bill, House Subcommittee to Examine Creation of New “Bond Bank” for U.S. Territories
November 19, 2007	Unpaid Taxes of Medicaid Providers Cause Senate to Hold Hearing, President Issues Executive Order to Create Performance Improvement Council, Democrats Submit Two Names for SEC Commissioner Vacancies, Congress Goes Into Recess... With a Catch
October 9, 2007	One-Year Extention of Withholding Provision May See Floor Consideration, Bush Vetoes Children's Health Care Bill, Treasury Announces Members of Audit Panel, SEC Loses Another Commissioner, House Committee Looks at Financial Systems Risk
September 17, 2007	Debt Ceiling Pushes Nearly $10 Trillion; Congress Forced to Raise Limit This Month, House Committee to Look at Performance Budgeting, Senate Judiciary Look at Federal Regulatory Encroachment on State's Authority
September 10, 2007	SCHIP Debate Heats Up, TIGTA Hits IRS on Collecting Taxes From Government Entities, Senate Bill Would Create Tax-Credit Transportation Bonds, TIGTA Also Goes After IRS in Handling State Taxpayer Data
August 6, 2007	SEC Chairman Tells Congress That Muni Market Needs Legislative Fix, Call for Debt Ceiling to be Raised, Cost of Wars to Exceed $1.2 Trillion, SCHIP Debate Dominates Action During Final Week Before Recess

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