what is a reform bill??
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It is a proposal to change a current program, policy or law from its current version to one that is usually considered better.
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They are called Amendments.
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http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN02454:\n\nIt's called S.2454 in other words. Senate Bill number 2454.  Look at the full text section, and also make sure to look at the amendments to the bill, as those will tell you what the final enacted bill might look like.
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Are you talking about scottish parliament here? They tried to pass a holyrood bill but it hasn't actually been passed yet - they're still discussing it.\n\nhttp://heritage.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=114&id=1692062006\n\nPhone in ill. What does the boss expect on new years day!?
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I never heard of the Oprah bill, but any bill has to go through the same steps!\nGo to the US gov. website and read about it the process.\nIt's quite informative.\n\n:)
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social security reform?
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Tax reform.  Social Security reform (phase out)  Flushing many social programs off of the books.  Generally just returning to a smaller government.
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Essentially, the reform was intended to give control of the presidential nomination process back to the voters.  Over time, party leaders had usurped that process, and only wealthy, white males were getting nominated.  Basically, the "old boy" network was thriving.  \n\nThere's a lot of disagreement as to whether the reform made a positive difference, and our present-day process indicates that if there were reforms in the 60's, we've watered them down considerably since then.\n\nThe Internet has a lot of info on this -- just type "McGovern-Fraser Reform" in any search engine.\n\nGood luck!
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Immigration law reform is long overdue.  I'm more interested in what the actual law will look like after it gets out of committee (or if it can even get out of committee).  The biggest problem with sweeping reform legislation is that it rarely works and usually backfires in some form or other (See the recent bankruptcy reform legislation.)  I wish I had a little more faith in the political process to get stuff right.
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Reform means many things, and you have to be clear here. One bill already passed in the House would make being, smuggling, or aiding an illegal immigrant a felony, and would strengthen the border.\n\nAnother Bill in the Senate is still subject to amendments, but would largely follow Bush's plan of legalizing non-felon working illegal immigrants here and letting them 'earn citizenship' by working, paying a fine and learning English.  In addition, the Senate/Bush bill would nearly double legal immigration in the future with a temporary guest worker bill.  It is not clear how the guest worker program would be policed to make sure the workers go back. Overstaying has historically been one of the main ways legal tourists, etc. became illegal immigrants.  The Senate bill now would also strengthen borders.\n\nAfter the amendments on the Senate bill the two bills need to be reconciled in conference.  Once a joint bill is negotiated, all Congress needs to vote yes or no on it. (No further amendments.)\n\nThere are Democrats and Republicans on both sides of both bills.  It really is an issue that cuts across parties. Here is one poll on the issues.  Note that when it asks if people favor the House bill, however, it does not say the House Bill would make illegal immigrants felons. That provision is what stirred the marches this spring.  http://www.cis.org/articles/2006/2006poll.html
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Legislation refers to the bills and acts that the US House and Senate produce that can become laws.
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Library of Congress, All legislation is a mater of public record, but you sure have your work cut out for you. Pork spending is a day by day thing. The Senate passed a really fat bill today that President Bush has said he will veto. I hope he does. He sure hasn't done that yet. This time I hope he gets it right.
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It depends what bill you're talking about - there are several.  The main bill that you've probably been hearing about, HR5252, was just rejected in a vote by the House, and two others are in committee or waiting on a floor vote.\n\nS.2917 (No two-tier Internet) was just introduced.  S.2360 (same thing) is still in committee.  S.2686, which only calls for an FCC study, is due to be voted on some time this June.
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It is a good question. However, the way that you have it worded makes it a bit ambiguous and confusing. Are you talking about two different immigration reforms (i.e., "a past immigration reform" & "the current immigration reform")? If so, it is better to refer to the two different reforms by their formal names, such as "The Immigration Reform Act of 19##". If you are talking about just one reform, you will need to make the statement less ambiguous. Hope this helps. :)
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HHR437 is a bill that if passed will make all illegal immigrants felons and deported. The protest for today is supposed to show the US how much they supposedly mean to the US economy
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It's called a 'rider'. an unrelated amendment that is attached to a bill to get it passed.
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Try \n\nhttp://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/b_three_sections_with_teasers/active_leg_page.htm\n\nit lists all bills active before the senate