Legislation Description
Billy’s Law
Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act

The Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act (H.R. 4626), introduced by Representative Tom Perriello and Representative Betsy Markey, would hold the health insurance industry accountable under America’s fair competition laws by removing it from the McCarran-Ferguson Act’s special blanket antitrust exemption for the business of insurance.

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Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
Social Security Disability Applicants’ Access to Professional Representation Act

The Social Security Disability Applicants’ Access to Professional Representation Act (H.R. 4532), introduced by Representative John Tanner, would make permanent a provision increasing access to professional representation for disability claimants, especially the most impoverished ones.

Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act

The Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act (S. 2949), provides crucial assistance to American survivors of the earthquake in Haiti.  The bill raises the cap on the U.S.

Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 11), introduced by Representative George Miller, rectifies a Supreme Court ruling that made it harder for Americans to pursue discrimination claims. The bill clarifies that every paycheck or other compensation resulting from an earlier discriminatory pay decision constitutes a violation of the Civil Rights Act.  As long as workers file their charges within 180 days of a discriminatory paycheck, their charges would be considered timely.

Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act

The Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (H.R.

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John Lewis

Representing the 5th District of GA

In 1940, John Lewis was born the son of sharecroppers in rural Alabama. As a youth, he experienced the harsh realities of segregation and racism – forced to sit apart from white children and unable to share the same privileges they did. Today, Lewis is a leader in Congress and recently witnessed the swearing-in of Barack Obama, the first American-American president of the United States. The story of John Lewis is that of the struggle to transform the world of his youth to create the vastly expanded opportunities available today.

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