| Bi-Partisan Small Business Tax Relief Bill Introduced In House (February 09, 2007)
-- Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charlie Rangel and Ranking Member Jim McCrery today introduced H.R. 976, the Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007. The legislation will be considered in a business meeting of the Committee on Monday and is in response to the action of the Senate, which last week added a small business tax relief package to legislation passed in the House raising the federal minimum wage. The Senate package of incentives is roughly four times larger than that contained in the bill introduced today. The link below will take you to a committee prepared summary of the bill.
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| House Chairman Details Homeland Security Agenda (January 29, 2007)
-- House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) today detailed his thinking on priority issues that need to be addressed by his panel during the 110th Congress. Beyond ensuring final passage of H.R. 1 (part of the new Democratic Majority's 100-hour agenda) Thompson indicated he wanted to focus on oversight of DHS, mass transit security risks and first responder communications interoperability, among others. Thompson presented his thoughts during an address at the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute.
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| NRC Approves Final Rule On Nuclear Plant Security (January 29, 2007)
-- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued a final rule governing the design basis threat for security at nuclear power plants. The final rule does not incorporate a requirement urged by the Committee to Bridge the Gap that would require plant licensees, as opposed to the government, to take steps to defend against a deliberate hit by a large aircraft. The Commission noted that it already was requring licensees to take steps to mitigate the effects of large fires and explosions resulting from any initiating event.
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