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| 2012 Senate |
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Roll Call 55.
(H.R. 3606) On a bill aimed at expanding access to financial capital for small businesses and entrepreneurs
Mar 22, 2012.
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Roll Call 54.
(H.R. 3606) On an amendment to add new investor-protection measures to a bill aimed at expanding availability of financial capital for small businesses
Mar 22, 2012.
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Roll Call 53.
(H.R. 3606) On a motion to end debate on a bill to help small businesses and entrepreneurs gain access to financial capital
Mar 21, 2012.
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L |
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Roll Call 52.
(H.R. 3606) On an amendment to renew the law allowing the Export-Import Bank of the United States to promote export of American goods and services
Mar 20, 2012.
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L |
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Roll Call 51.
(H.R. 3606) On an amendment aimed at helping small businesses gain access to financial capital
Mar 20, 2012.
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L |
| 2011 Senate |
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Roll Call 168.
(H.R. 2112) On an amendment that would have eliminated all funding for a program that provided financial assistance to manufacturers that had been adversely affected by competition from imported products
Oct 18, 2011.
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Roll Call 150.
(H.R. 2832) Final passage of legislation that would extend all trade adjustment assistance programs (which provide job retraining and financial assistance for workers who have lost their jobs as a result of trade policy, as well as assistance to U.S. manufacturers that had been adversely affected by imports competition) through fiscal year 2016
Sep 22, 2011.
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Roll Call 149.
(H.R. 2832) On an amendment that would extend all trade adjustment assistance programs (which provide job retraining and financial assistance for workers who have lost their jobs as a result of trade policy, as well as assistance to U.S. manufacturers that had been adversely affected by imports competition) through fiscal year 2016
Sep 22, 2011.
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W |
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Roll Call 145.
(H.R. 2832) On an amendment that would have eliminated a program that provided financial assistance to U.S. manufacturers that had been adversely affected by imports competition
Sep 21, 2011.
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Roll Call 143.
(H.R. 2832) On an amendment that would have cut funding for trade adjustment assistance (TAA, which provides job retraining to workers who have lost their jobs as a result of trade agreements) by $1 billion per year, which would have effectively reduced TAA funding to 2008 levels
Sep 21, 2011.
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Roll Call 64.
(S. 493) Legislation requiring federal agencies to set aside a portion of their research and development budgets for contracts with small businesses – On the motion to end debate on the bill
May 04, 2011.
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L |
| 2011 House of Representatives |
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Roll Call 490.
(H.R. 1249) On a motion that would have required the Patent and Trademark Office to “prioritize” applications for patents by inventors who “pledge to develop or manufacture their products, processes, and technologies in the United States”
Jun 23, 2011.
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Roll Call 485.
(H.R. 1249) On an amendment that would clarify that the 60-day period in which companies can apply to extend the term of their patents would begin on the next business day following the federal government’s decision allowing the patented product to go on the market
Jun 23, 2011.
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Roll Call 482.
(H.R. 1249) On an amendment that would have prohibited the U.S. from adopting a “first-to-file” patent system (which grants patent protection to the first person to file an application for a patent for an invention—regardless of whether that person is the actual inventor) until other nations agree to adopt a one-year patent “grace period” (which would give inventors one year to file an application for a patent after publishing an invention, and effectively prevent that inventor’s idea from being stolen).
Jun 23, 2011.
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L |
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Roll Call 351.
(H.R. 1540) On an amendment that would have required the Defense Department to conduct an outreach program for women and minority-owned businesses prior to awarding defense contracts.
May 25, 2011.
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L |
| 2010 Senate |
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Roll Call 222.
On a motion requiring all senators to report to the Senate floor, thereby allowing Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to address the full Senate on a contentious small business lending bill
Jul 29, 2010.
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Roll Call 221.
HR 5297. (Small business lending fund) Motion to bring debate to a close on a bill that would provide tax incentives and loans to small businesses/On the cloture motion
Jul 29, 2010.
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Roll Call 218.
HR 5297. (Small business lending fund) Motion to bring debate to a close on an amendment that would create a $30 billion small business lending fund/On the cloture motion
Jul 22, 2010.
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Roll Call 202.
HR 5297. (Small business tax initiatives) Motion to bring debate to a close on a bill that would create small business tax incentives and a new lending fund for small businesses/On the motion
Jun 29, 2010.
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W |
| 2010 House of Representatives |
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Roll Call 539.
(H.R. 5297) Final passage of legislation establishing a “Small Business Lending Fund,” and authorizing the Treasury Department to make up to $30 billion of capital investments in banks with total assets of $10 billion or less
Sep 23, 2010.
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W |
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Roll Call 536.
(H.R. 5297) Legislation establishing a “Small Business Lending Fund,” and authorizing the Treasury Department to make up to $30 billion of capital investments in banks with total assets of $10 billion or less –On the resolution setting a time limit for debate and determining which amendments could be offered to the bill
Sep 23, 2010.
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Roll Call 535.
(H.R. 5297) Legislation establishing a “Small Business Lending Fund,” and authorizing the Treasury Department to make up to $30 billion of capital investments in banks with total assets of $10 billion or less – On bringing to a final vote the resolution setting a time limit for debate and determining which amendments could be offered to the bill
Sep 23, 2010.
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Roll Call 375.
(H.R. 5297) Passage of legislation establishing a “Small Business Lending Fund,” and authorizing the Treasury Department to make up to $30 billion of capital investments in banks with total assets of $10 billion or less
Jun 17, 2010.
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Roll Call 374.
(H.R. 5297) On an amendment to small business legislation that would have required the Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (which had been created to assist troubled banks during the serious economic decline of 2008 and 2009) to oversee a new small business loan fund created by the underlying bill
Jun 17, 2010.
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Roll Call 369.
(H.R. 5297) Legislation establishing a “Small Business Lending Fund,” and authorizing the Treasury Department to make up to $30 billion of capital investments in banks with total assets of $10 billion or less – On the resolution setting a time limit for debate and determining which amendments could be offered to the bill
Jun 17, 2010.
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Roll Call 368.
(H.R. 5297) Legislation establishing a “Small Business Lending Fund,” and authorizing the Treasury Department to make up to $30 billion of capital investments in banks with total assets of $10 billion or less – On bringing to a final vote the resolution setting a time limit for debate and determining which amendments could be offered to the bill
Jun 17, 2010.
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Roll Call 359.
(H.R. 5486, H.R. 5297) Legislation exempting investments in small businesses from capital gains taxes, as well as a separate bill intended to increase lending to small businesses – On the resolution setting a time limit for debate and determining which amendments could be offered to both bills.
Jun 15, 2010.
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