is that why congress tried to pass this last week? House Judiciary Com. to Vote Today on Foreign-Worker Bills Updated Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 10:00 AM Public Notice for Markup Given in Dead of Night Yesterday The House Judiciary Committee will take up two foreign-worker bills today: H.R. 5882, which would add an additional 550,000 permanent green cards; and H.R. 5924, which would add 20,000 additional foreign nurses per year for three years (plus their families). Please contact your U.S. Representative through the Capitol Switchboard (202-224-3121) and ask him/her to do everything possible to stop the passage of these bills. The Committee waited until late last night to give notice for the markup, presumably in an effort to avoid public scrutiny. H.R. 5882 – "Recapturing Unused Employer-Sponsored Visas" This legislation is similar to the measure that Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is using to hijack debate on E-Verify reauthorization in the Senate. The bill’s sponsor, Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif), claims it would “recapture unused employer-sponsored visas” from as far back as 1991 and then add them to the current numerical cap of 140,000 employer-sponsored visas that are available each year. Current law, however, clearly states that any employer-sponsored visas not used in one year are allocated to the family-preference categories in the following year. That means that there are no “unused” visas from past years to “recapture http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/s... People, you're not getting my point Congress tried to pass a guest worker bill last week!!! Why did they do that if we're going into a depression????

but, but, i thought we were going into a DEPRESSION?!?!? a shortage of workers in a depression? comments, Obama, Biden, Palin, McCain? Of course not House Judiciary Com. to Vote Today on Foreign-Worker Bills Updated Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 10:00 AM Public Notice for Markup Given in Dead of Night Yesterday The House Judiciary Committee will take up two foreign-worker bills today: H.R. 5882, which would add an additional 550,000 permanent green cards; and H.R. 5924, which would add 20,000 additional foreign nurses per year for three years (plus their families). Please contact your U.S. Representative through the Capitol Switchboard (202-224-3121) and ask him/her to do everything possible to stop the passage of these bills. The Committee waited until late last night to give notice for the markup, presumably in an effort to avoid public scrutiny. H.R. 5882 – "Recapturing Unused Employer-Sponsored Visas" This legislation is similar to the measure that Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is using to hijack debate on E-Verify reauthorization in the Senate. The bill’s sponsor, Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif), claims it would “recapture unused employer-sponsored visas” from as far back as 1991 and then add them to the current numerical cap of 140,000 employer-sponsored visas that are available each year. Current law, however, clearly states that any employer-sponsored visas not used in one year are allocated to the family-preference categories in the following year. That means that there are no “unused” visas from past years to “recapture http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/s...

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-2755 Ron Paul has been warning us for years (check out 'Its A Republic If You Can Keep It' or even the scattered minutes he was doled out at the GOP debates last year. Now FINALLY it is in all the papers 'too cheap interest rates by the fed over too long created malinvestment of too easy money, creating bubbles, first dot com now housing'. And the fed is totally nonelected and unconstitutionally delegated (as a separation of powers issue) to the executive branch. CONGRESS has the power of the purse in the Constitution, and can anyone pretend that separation from the executive was accidental? HR2755 would have a one year period of wind down with oversight then the Fed would disolve with the treasury taking back Fed assets, essentially. ABSOLUTELY contact your reps URGENTLY against the bailout - but to stop this going forward, this bill or something like it needs to be passed, clearly. What do you think of it? physics - running into a wall, you mean? Banks ran before the fed and their downturns were much shorter. Remember the Great Depression? Post-fed. cbrown12 - I had never focussed on the 'debts' as open accounts. Let me read that again. That is criminal. pfo we had the fed in the 1940s. And, more to the point, in the 1930s. Bernanke himself admits that the fed 'made mistakes' making the depression as bad as it was. They are keyensian econonomists, all of them, and we have finally reached the endpoint Austrian school economists have been warning would come, all along, by playing with interest rates and the money supply per keyensian economists. cbrown, HR2755 has a one year wind down point with an oversight committee and during that time would address future steps, but the bill itself has outlines.

the Motion to Proceed to H. R. 6049) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. Obama was present (no vote) http://obama.senate.gov/votes/index.cfm?start=41

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_Frank In 2003, Frank opposed Bush administration and Congressional Republican efforts for the most significant regulatory overhaul in the housing finance industry since the savings and loan crisis.[28] Under the plan a new agency would have been created within the Treasury Department to assume supervision of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored companies that are the two largest players in the mortgage lending industry. "These two entities, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, are not facing any kind of financial crisis," Frank said. He added, "The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing."[28] As chairman, Frank steered the major housing relief bill of 2008 to passage, which aims to protect thousands of homeowners from foreclosure.[27] This law, H.R. 3221, The American Housing Rescue & Foreclosure Prevention Act, was the most important and complex issues on which he worked.[27][29] Frank was also instrumental is the passage of H.R. 5244, the Credit Cardholders’ Bill of Rights Act of 2008.[30]

This is the bill that would have expanded educational benefits for today's veterans. McCain says the benefits are too generous and would "encourage more people to leave the military." Chattanooga Times Free Press 6/2/08 and Boston Globe 5/23/08 S. Admt. 4803 to H.R. 2642, vote #137, 5/22/08

since when did banks become a charity? and why do we need foreign workers, if we're going into a depression. Is there going to be a worker shortage in a depression? House Judiciary Com. to Vote Today on Foreign-Worker Bills Updated Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 10:00 AM Public Notice for Markup Given in Dead of Night Yesterday The House Judiciary Committee will take up two foreign-worker bills today: H.R. 5882, which would add an additional 550,000 permanent green cards; and H.R. 5924, which would add 20,000 additional foreign nurses per year for three years (plus their families). Please contact your U.S. Representative through the Capitol Switchboard (202-224-3121) and ask him/her to do everything possible to stop the passage of these bills. The Committee waited until late last night to give notice for the markup, presumably in an effort to avoid public scrutiny. H.R. 5882 – "Recapturing Unused Employer-Sponsored Visas" This legislation is similar to the measure that Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is using to hijack debate on E-Verify reauthorization in the Senate. The bill’s sponsor, Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif), claims it would “recapture unused employer-sponsored visas” from as far back as 1991 and then add them to the current numerical cap of 140,000 employer-sponsored visas that are available each year. Current law, however, clearly states that any employer-sponsored visas not used in one year are allocated to the family-preference categories in the following year. That means that there are no “unused” visas from past years to “recapture http://www.numbersusa.com

is there really going to be a worker shortage in a depression? can anyone explain this? House Judiciary Com. to Vote Today on Foreign-Worker Bills Updated Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 10:00 AM Public Notice for Markup Given in Dead of Night Yesterday The House Judiciary Committee will take up two foreign-worker bills today: H.R. 5882, which would add an additional 550,000 permanent green cards; and H.R. 5924, which would add 20,000 additional foreign nurses per year for three years (plus their families). Please contact your U.S. Representative through the Capitol Switchboard (202-224-3121) and ask him/her to do everything possible to stop the passage of these bills. The Committee waited until late last night to give notice for the markup, presumably in an effort to avoid public scrutiny. H.R. 5882 – "Recapturing Unused Employer-Sponsored Visas" This legislation is similar to the measure that Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) is using to hijack debate on E-Verify reauthorization in the Senate. The bill’s sponsor, Immigration Subcommittee Chairman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif), claims it would “recapture unused employer-sponsored visas” from as far back as 1991 and then add them to the current numerical cap of 140,000 employer-sponsored visas that are available each year. Current law, however, clearly states that any employer-sponsored visas not used in one year are allocated to the family-preference categories in the following year. That means that there are no “unused” visas from past years to “recapture http://www.numbersusa.com

United States of America See also: Suspension clause The martial law concept in the U.S. is closely tied with the right of habeas corpus, which is in essence the right to a hearing on lawful imprisonment, or more broadly, the supervision of law enforcement by the judiciary. The ability to suspend habeas corpus is often equated with martial law. Article 1, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution states, "The privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion, the public Safety may require it." In United States law, martial law is limited by several court decisions that were handed down between the American Civil War and World War II. In 1878, Congress passed the Posse Comitatus Act, which forbids military involvement in domestic law enforcement without congressional approval. The Military Commissions Act of 2006 possibly rescinds these limits by suspending habeas corpus, but the law is not clear on whether it applies to U.S. Citizens. Since, USNORTHCOM [5] has increased its direct involvement with civilian administration. [edit] Ex parte Milligan On September 15, 1863, President Lincoln imposed Congressionally-authorized martial law. The authorizing act allowed the President to suspend habeas corpus throughout the entire United States. Lincoln imposed the suspension on "prisoners of war, spies, or aiders and abettors of the enemy," as well as on other classes of people, such as draft dodgers. The President's proclamation was challenged in Ex parte Milligan (71 US 2 [1866]). The Supreme Court ruled that Lincoln's imposition of martial law (by way of suspension of habeas corpus) was unconstitutional. Despite the recent laws passed, a test of the president's power to declare martial law without the consent of Congress would likely run afoul of the Constitution which has exclusive power to suspend Habeas Corpus. The National Guard is an exception, since unless federalized, they are under the control of state governors. [6]. This had changed. Public Law 109-364, or the "John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007" (H.R.5122), was signed by President Bush on October 17, 2006, and allowed the President to declare a "public emergency" and station troops anywhere in America and take control of state-based National Guard units without the consent of the governor or local authorities. Title V, Subtitle B, Part II, Section 525(a) of the JWDAA of 2007 reads "The [military] Secretary [of the Army, Navy or Air Force] concerned may order a member of a reserve component under the Secretary's jurisdiction to active duty...The training or duty ordered to be performed...may include...support of operations or missions undertaken by the member's unit at the request of the President or Secretary of Defense." [5] The President signed the Defense Authorization Act of 2008 on January 13, 2008. A provision in the enacted 2008 defense authorization bill repealed this section of PL 109-364. [6] [edit] New Orleans, Louisiana in the War of 1812 During the War of 1812, U.S. General Andrew Jackson imposed martial law in New Orleans, Louisiana after capturing the encampment of New Orleans from the British in the Battle of New Orleans. [edit] The Territory of Hawaii During World War II (1939 to 1945) what is now the State of Hawaii was held under martial law from 1941 to 1945. [edit] Hurricane Katrina Contrary to many media reports at the time, martial law was not declared in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, because no such term exists in Louisiana state law. However, a State of Emergency was declared, which does give unique powers to the state government similar to those of martial law. On the evening of August 31, 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin nominally declared "martial law" and said that officers didn't have to observe civil rights and Miranda rights in stopping the looters. [7] Federal troops were a common sight in New Orleans after Katrina. At one point, as many as 15,000 federal troops and National Guardsmen patrolled the city. Additionally it has been reported that armed contractors from Blackwater USA assisted in policing the city.[8] See also "What Is Martial Law? And is New Orleans under it?" by the Slate Explainer.

I found this story on the blogs today - http://therightperspective.com/wordpress/?p=107 Constitutional Conservative Ron Paul has introduced H.R. 2755, the "Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act", which will repeal the Federal Reserve Act and abolish the US Federal Reserve at the end of 1 year after its passing into law. The 1 year time frame will be a "winding down" period, overseen by the Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, who will continue to pay employees and operate day-to day dealings. The OMB Director will begin liquidating the Fed's assets, which will put into the General Fund of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget will report back to Congress at the end of 18 months. The Texas Congressman has been a long time critic of the US Federal Reserve, ran a grassroots campaign for the Republican Party nomination of President of the United States. Paul was derided by many within his own party for his stance on the Iraq War. Despite poor showings in polls, Rep. Paul used his presidential campaign as a bully pulpit for small government and a strict interpretation of the US Constitution, which has since found an increasing acceptance by conservatives, including political commentators Glenn Beck and Chuck Norris. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-2755 Contact your Congressman/woman: https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml