Senate Committee schedule

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S.119 Title: A bill to prohibit profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and reconstruction efforts, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 1/4/2007) Cosponsors (19) Related Bills: H.R.400 Latest Major Action: 3/20/2007 Senate committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held.

S. 119, the War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007, will likely make Dick Cheney come back to the Senate floor and tell Leahy to "go f***" himself again, because it sets penalties and standards for people like Cheney's buddies at Halliburton when it comes to profiteering and fraud in scamming money off the Iraq war.

S.495 Title: A bill to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information. Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 2/6/2007) Cosponsors (5) Latest Major Action: 2/6/2007 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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