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Week Ending September 30, 2005                                                                            Volume 2 Number 31

NASA BILL INCLUDES PLANS TO BEGIN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SPACE

Perfect for that galaxy getaway, multi-mixed use opportunities only a light year away...or something like that.

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Photo: NASA

     Breast cancer stamp program extended for two years S 37; 

     Senate agrees to bill protecting children and others against sexual predators HR 3132;

     Training water experts for the future S1017;     Keeping grain inspection in the family S1752

     It's official: Secretary of Agriculture to handle Quarterly Financial Report HR 2385

          Finally, military insurance equal to the risk they take S1752;     Low water in Montana S 1219

        The Lives of Sandra Feldman SRES256, Jack Doub SRES 257 and Tim Wineman SRES 258.

Spending Bills For Hurricane Relief Continue But Appropriated Amounts Are Lower

Photo: FEMA / John Fleck-Martha Hentor and her temporary FEMA home

      Vocational rehabilitation funds to employ recipients rebuilding their own neighborhoods HR 3864

         Evacuating pets from disasters SRES 251;    A good deal for Gulf Coast water utilities S 1709;

         Campus aid adjusted for hurricane impacted schools HR 3863;   Fixing up airports S1786

TheWeekInCongress.com Summary

Hurricane Katrina and Disaster Relief

Twenty two bills and resolutions and speculation of a total cost of $200 billion or more here is what Congress has done so far and where they might

try to get the money ... The story here

Endangered Species Bill Aims To Take Another Look At What's On The List

Private property owners can become paid stewards or paid off

HR 3824

Photo: MorgueFiles / Jeff W.

    Despite the offer to provide medical aid after Hurricane Katrina (Or maybe because of it) Rep. Lincoln

         Diaz-Balart is cranky about Cuba again HRES388; 

     Family violence slowing but still a concern HCR 209;    To Pledge or not to Pledge HCR 245

    Twenty eight million kids with nothing to do after school HJRES 66;

    Keeping an eye on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis HCR 178; 

     Congress fails to make budget deadlines HJRES 68 and S 1778;

      Authorization for the Department of Justice programs HR 4302

THE PRESIDENT

REVISES THE LIST OF COUNTRIES HE CONSIDERS TO BE DOING A BAD (AND NOT SO BAD) JOB OF CURTAILING DRUG TRAFFICKING AND PRODUCTION.

Canada?

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Photo: DOD. Tech. Sgt. Molly A Gilliam

           Who Voted for John G. Roberts Jr.? ROBERTS