Fisherman Fuel Credits & Health Coverage For All: July 9, 2008

Only a couple bills introduced in the Senate yesterday, he's one of the many bills Congress and Senate have introduced in recent weeks to help offset the rising fuel costs in different industries throughout the country:

By Ms. MURKOWSKI (R-AK) (for herself and Mr. STEVENS (R-AK)):
S. 3234. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a temporary income tax credit for commercial fisherman to offset high fuel costs; to the Committee on Finance. Source: GPO [S6504]

In the House, a major bill with decent support to provide affordable and guaranteed private health coverage:

By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (D-FL)(for herself, Mrs. EMERSON (R-MO), Mr. BAIRD (D-WA), Mr. BLUMENAUER (D-OR), Mr. COOPER (D-TN), Mr. DAVIS (D-AL), Mr. ENGLISH (R-PA), Ms. ESHOO (D-CA), Ms. HARMAN (D-CA), Mr. HASTINGS (D-FL), Mr. HINOJOSA (D-TX), Ms. HOOLEY (D-OR), Mr. LIPINSKI (D-IL), Mr. MEEK (D-FL), Mr. MORAN (D-VA), Mr. SNYDER (D-AR), Ms. TSONGAS (D-MA), Mr. WELCH (D-VT), Mr. WU (D-OR), Mr. DICKS (D-WA), and Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN (R-FL)):

H.R. 6444. A bill to provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away; to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Source: GPO [H6342]