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Week Ending February 3, 2006                                                                               Volume 3 Number 1

HOUSE PASSES PATRIOT ACT EXTENSION

FISA Court Provisions Shed Some Light on President's Warrant-less Wire Taps

   The bill would renew provisions in the original 2001 PATRIOT ACT and extend for ten years two provisions in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, but it reaches further to include methamphetamine production, cigarette smuggling and security violations on airplanes and in US seaports. Read the report HR 3199or read the highlights HERE.

Photo: DHS

Coretta Scott King Honored HRES655 and SRES362

States would get funds for high-risk health insurance pools HR4519

Nice work if you can get it; House sets its hours of operation for 2006 HRES 651

LOBBY REFORM BILL PASSES

The House Doesn't Even Get Its Feet Wet

 An opening salvo of forthcoming legislation , the bill clarifies current House rules that regulate lobbyist access to Members and puts the House gymnasium off limits... really, that's about it.  Full Story HRES648

TAX CUT BILLS MOVE TO COMPLETION

House agrees to Senate bill, Senate agrees to House bill.

This is the effort to extend existing tax breaks and provide other opportunities for tax savings through an eclectic mix that ranges from continued reduction in investment dividend and capital gains taxes to housing help in the District of Columbia, veterans mortgage bonds and how musical copyrights can be sold as capital assets. HR 4297

The Senate, urged by the White House and the House of Representatives determined to provide $50 billion in cuts seeks $39 billion, $4.3 billion more that the $34.7 billion goal set by the Budget Resolution. The Senate actually cut $51 billion but increased spending regarding education grants and FCC governed broadband and other electronic spectrums. S 1932    HIGH LIGHTS

FOREIGN POLICY

Cambodia: military aid continues, so does actions to thwart democracy SRES353 {Map}

Iran: a long running nuclear program goes too far SCR 78 {Map}

Central Asian earthquake needs still unmet SRES356

Hamas: Washington's dilemma SCR79

Help the US Treasury save $5 billion: Go Direct! SRES363

Remember your high school counselor? No? The Senate does SRES360

How about those Longhorns? SRES352

Recognizing unsung surveyors who happen to be founding fathers, and others SRES361