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It appears that our friendly Senators were in such a rush to get this bill through that they forgot to name it. Jim Harper noticed this when the bill showed up as the oddly named The XXXXXXAct ofXXXX on his always excellent WashingtonWatch site. Apparently, the Library of Congress' Thomas reporting system converted the underscores into X's. And, yes, even The Congressional Record (pdf) notes that "This Act may be cited as the "_______Act of______".

In the meantime, what is the bill? Well, it's actually been quite a moving target. It was originally about taxing executives who received TARP funds. Then it was changed entirely to have something to do with aviation, and now it's about an Education Jobs Fund. At one point, prior to its current non-name, it was called "The Aviation Safety and Investment Act of 2010," but that's got nothing to do with what it is now. If you look at WashingtonWatch's own summary of the bill, it still says the bill "would impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP recipients," even though I don't believe that's in the bill any more. As Harper notes in a different blog post, since this bill (by number only) is listed on the White House's pending legislation page, anyone tracking that bill might think Obama is about to sign into a law a bill (which hasn't been approved by Congress) about taxing TARP bonuses... despite that not even being close to true.

Boehner on Monday offered 10 possible names for what he called the “union-boss bailout” bill:

-- Save Our ‘Stimulus’ (SOS) Act
-- ‘Recovery Summer’ Bailout Act (Cash for Flunkers)
-- Delivering Unions a Major Boost (DUMB) Act
-- Helping Election Expenditures, Hurting American Workers (HEEHAW) Act
-- Democracy is Strengthened by Clearly Leveraging and Optimizing Special-Interests’ Effectiveness (DISCLOSE) Act
-- Holding Union Bosses Over Until Card Check Act
-- Rescuing Incumbent Democrats Is Costly (RIDIC) Act
-- Summertime Cash for Union Bosses Instead of Spending Cuts for Taxpayers Act
-- Frivolous Act of Ineffective Largesse (FAIL) Act
-- Naming These Things Hasn’t Gotten Us Anywhere, So Why Bother? Act

What's wrong with that? They're running out of bill names. It was a tossup between xxxTheActxxx, BillNamingSux, or Jabober.

Author:	Mookhow [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:20 am ]
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http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100808/22161110540.shtml Quote: It appears that our friendly Senators were in such a rush to get this bill through that they forgot to name it. Jim Harper noticed this when the bill showed up as the oddly named The XXXXXXAct ofXXXX on his always excellent WashingtonWatch site. Apparently, the Library of Congress' Thomas reporting system converted the underscores into X's. And, yes, even The Congressional Record (pdf) notes that "This Act may be cited as the "_______Act of______". Quote: In the meantime, what is the bill? Well, it's actually been quite a moving target. It was originally about taxing executives who received TARP funds. Then it was changed entirely to have something to do with aviation, and now it's about an Education Jobs Fund. At one point, prior to its current non-name, it was called "The Aviation Safety and Investment Act of 2010," but that's got nothing to do with what it is now. If you look at WashingtonWatch's own summary of the bill, it still says the bill "would impose an additional tax on bonuses received from certain TARP recipients," even though I don't believe that's in the bill any more. As Harper notes in a different blog post, since this bill (by number only) is listed on the White House's pending legislation page, anyone tracking that bill might think Obama is about to sign into a law a bill (which hasn't been approved by Congress) about taxing TARP bonuses... despite that not even being close to true.

Author:	Nitefox [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:30 am ]
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Tag along. http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/70813 Quote: Boehner on Monday offered 10 possible names for what he called the “union-boss bailout” bill: -- Save Our ‘Stimulus’ (SOS) Act -- ‘Recovery Summer’ Bailout Act (Cash for Flunkers) -- Delivering Unions a Major Boost (DUMB) Act -- Helping Election Expenditures, Hurting American Workers (HEEHAW) Act -- Democracy is Strengthened by Clearly Leveraging and Optimizing Special-Interests’ Effectiveness (DISCLOSE) Act -- Holding Union Bosses Over Until Card Check Act -- Rescuing Incumbent Democrats Is Costly (RIDIC) Act -- Summertime Cash for Union Bosses Instead of Spending Cuts for Taxpayers Act -- Frivolous Act of Ineffective Largesse (FAIL) Act -- Naming These Things Hasn’t Gotten Us Anywhere, So Why Bother? Act

Author:	Arathain Kelvar [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 11:37 am ]
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Sounds like a ploy by democrats to hold a session that a bunch of republicans miss so they can pass a controversial bill.

Author:	Kaffis Mark V [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:14 pm ]
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Occasionally, Boehner impresses me. Not enough to overlook his incredibly spotty record and lapses, but enough that I'd like to vote for a candidate with him as a staff writer for this kind of thing, playing an issue up to the media.

Author:	Ladas [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:15 pm ]
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Nah, sounds like a recycled bill that got to a certain point in the queue and someone traded some favors to have their spot taken over by a different bill. I forgot the technical term for this, but its been discussed here before.

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Author:	Vladimirr [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:17 pm ]
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What's wrong with that? They're running out of bill names. It was a tossup between xxxTheActxxx, BillNamingSux, or Jabober.

Author:	FarSky [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:25 pm ]
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Vladimirr wrote: What's wrong with that? They're running out of bill names. It was a tossup between xxxTheActxxx, BillNamingSux, or Jabober. WIN. /thread

Author:	Elmarnieh [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 12:38 pm ]
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Please pass HR27499 Jabober.

Author:	Rorinthas [ Tue Aug 10, 2010 3:59 pm ]
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Jabober says, 'passing bill, master.'

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