Liability for Aiding and Abetting Securities Violations Act of 2009
2009-09-17: Committee on the Judiciary Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 111-369.
Notice Pleading Restoration Act of 2009
2009-07-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and modify the section 45 credit for refined coal from steel industry fuel, and for other purposes.
2009-06-23: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Patient Access to Critical Lab Tests Act
2009-06-09: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6383)
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure more appropriate payment amounts for drugs and biologicals under part B of the Medicare Program by excluding customary prompt pay discounts extended to wholesalers from the manufacturer's average sales price.
2009-06-09: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6384)
A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out the Philadelphia universal feeding pilot program until the last day of the 2012-2013 school year of the School District of Philadelphia.
2009-06-04: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
Cures Acceleration Network and National Institutes of Health Reauthorization Act of 2009
2009-04-28: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4815-4817)
Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009
2009-04-23: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
A bill to provide for the non-discretionary Supreme Court review of certain civil actions relating to the legality and constitutionality of surveillance activities.
2009-04-23: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4680)
A bill to provide for the substitution of the United States in certain civil actions relating to electronic service providers and FISA.
2009-04-23: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4678-4679)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the homebuyer tax credit, and for other purposes.
2009-03-30: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4065)
Flat Tax Act of 2009
2009-03-30: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4065-4070)
A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings.
2010-06-08: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 420.
Free Speech Protection Act of 2009
2010-02-23: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.
Attorney-Client Privilege Protection Act of 2009
2009-02-13: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an above-the-line deduction for attorney fees and costs in connection with civil claim awards.
2009-02-13: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2330)
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow the deduction of attorney-advanced expenses and court costs in contingency fee cases.
2009-02-13: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2325-2326)
Hospice Protection Act
2009-02-12: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Nino's Act
2009-02-10: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
A bill to establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district judges.
2009-01-22: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.