Legislation Description
Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act The Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act (H.R. 2378) will create a more level playing field for American exports on the international market by holding China accountable for the manipulation of its currency. This act gives our nation the tools it needs to enforce the rules of trade and address China’s currency manipulation.
James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act The James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act (H.R. 847) provides 9/11 first responders and survivors with long-term, comprehensive health care and fair economic compensation. Thousands of those who responded to the tragedy at Ground Zero—firefighters, police officers, and other rescue workers—were exposed to dangerous toxins, leaving them with chronic, deadly diseases. The Act ensures that these heroes receive the medical care that they deserve.
Small Business Jobs Act The Small Business Jobs Act (H.R. 5297) will spur economic growth and create 500,000 new jobs by encouraging the development of American small businesses.  The bill increases much-needed lending to millions of small businesses, and offers 8 new tax incentives to companies, so that they may expand, hire, and fuel our economy.  It also keeps jobs in America by closing tax loopholes that reward corporations that ship jobs overseas.
Rural Energy Savings Act ("Rural Star") The Rural Energy Savings Act (H.R. 4785), or "Rural Star" will spur job creation in the new American clean energy industry and strengthen rural economies that have been hit hard by the Bush recession.  The act provides loans to American families and farmers to improve their energy efficiency and lower their utility bills, creating American manufacturing and installation jobs in the process.
Berry Amendment Extension Act The Berry Amendment Extension Act (H.R. 3116) is part of the Democratic "Make it in America" national manufacturing strategy to create the high-skill, high-wage jobs of the future -- promoting American competitiveness, innovation, and exports.
Congressional Made in America Promise Act The Congressional Made in America Promise Act (H.R. 2039) is part of the Democratic "Make it in America" national manufacturing strategy to create the high-skill, high-wage jobs of the future -- promoting American competitiveness, innovation, and exports.
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Border Security The Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Border Security (H.R. 6080) boosts our nation's border security, putting more agents on patrol and protecting communities along the southern border, by providing $600 million in emergency funding to shore up our border -- including more than $240 million to hire 1,000 new Border Patrol agents and 250 new Customs and Border Protection agents.
Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act The Education Jobs and Medicaid Assistance Act (H.R.
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