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S. 2554 - Civil Rights Act of 2008

Civil rights. 110th Congress (2007-2008) View bill details
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Summary:
A bill to restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes. (by CRS) 
Status:
The bill has been introduced. 
There have been no votes on this bill.

Civil Rights Act of 2008

S. 2554 — 110th Congress (2007–2008)

Summary
A bill to restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes. (by CRS)
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Title
A bill to restore, reaffirm, and reconcile legal rights and remedies under civil rights statutes.
Other Titles
  • Civil Rights Act of 2008
  • Equal Remedies Act of 2008
  • Older Workers' Rights Restoration Act of 2008
  • Preservation of Civil Rights Protections Act of 2008
  • Settlement Encouragement and Fairness Act
  • Workers' Minimum Wage and Overtime Rights Restoration Act of 2008
Sponsor
Edward Kennedy
Co-Sponsors
Subjects
  • Civil rights
  • Actions and defenses
  • Age discrimination
  • Aged
  • Airline passenger traffic
  • Alien labor
  • Civil rights enforcement
  • Damages
  • Disabled
  • Discrimination against the disabled
  • Discrimination in education
  • Discrimination in employment
  • Education
  • Employee rights
  • Expert witnesses
  • Government employees
  • Government liability
  • Illegal aliens
  • Immigration
  • Labor
  • Labor contracts
  • Law
  • Legal fees
  • Mediation
  • Minimum wages
  • Pay equity
  • Punitive damages
  • Sex discrimination
  • Sexual harassment
  • State and local government
  • State employees
  • Transportation
  • Transportation and the disabled
  • Veterans
  • Veterans' employment
  • Wage restitution
  • Wages
  • Women
Related Bills
Major Actions
Introduced1/24/2008
Referred to Committee
Bill History

There have been no votes on this bill.

ActionDateDescription
Introduced1/24/2008
1/24/2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S286)
1/24/2008Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
NumberSponsorDate OfferedStatus

Total contributions given to Senators from interest groups that…

$0
$1,107,787
$12,070,050
$2,924,295
$2,288,077
$9,531,629
$810,455
$815,356
$250,735
$2,063,784
$2,827,129
$586,874
$968,134
$20,835,322
$319,238
$57,398,865

opposed this bill

Security brokers & investment companies
Commercial banks & bank holding companies
Insurance companies, brokers & agents
Credit agencies & finance companies
Residential construction
Nursing homes
Banks & lending institutions
Auto manufacturers
Retail trade
Meat processing & products
Auto dealers, foreign imports
Manufacturing
Chambers of commerce
General business associations
0 Organizations Supported and 17 Opposed; See Which Ones
0 Organizations Supported and 17 Opposed; See Which Ones

Organizations that took a position on
Civil Rights Act of 2008

0 organizations supported this bill

17 organizations opposed this bill

Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
American Bankers Association
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
American Financial Services Association
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
American Health Care Association
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
American Insurance Association
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
American International Automobile Dealers Association
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
Business Roundtable
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
Consumer Bankers Association
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
International Franchise Association
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
National Association of Home Builders
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
National Association of Manufacturers
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
National Center for Assisted Living
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
National Retail Federation
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
North American Meat Institute
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
undersigned (2008, April 30). Multi-Industry Letter Opposing the Onslaught of Anti-Arbitration Bills and Provisions That Have Been Introduced in this Congress. Retrieved August 7, 2014, from US Chamber of Commerce.

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Includes reported contributions to congressional campaigns of Senators in office during the 110th U.S. Congress, from interest groups invested in the vote according to MapLight, January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2008.
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Namesort iconPartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
That Opposed
Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$92,200
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$0$610,066
Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$32,500
John BarrassoRWY$0$122,650
Max BaucusDMT$0$1,020,030
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$0$880,659
Bob BennettRUT$0$581,850
Joe BidenDDE$0$379,625
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$167,897
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$0$698,261
Barbara BoxerDCA$0$204,392
Sherrod BrownDOH$0$311,517
Sam BrownbackRKS$0$161,054
Jim BunningRKY$0$568,327
Richard BurrRNC$0$903,909
Robert ByrdDWV$0$130,200
Maria CantwellDWA$0$421,321
Ben CardinDMD$0$599,496
Tom CarperDDE$0$827,186
Bob CaseyDPA$0$529,570
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$980,311
Hillary ClintonDNY$0$2,700,599
Tom CoburnROK$0$266,690
William Thad CochranRMS$0$119,750
Norm ColemanRMN$0$1,577,046
Susan M. CollinsRME$0$605,269
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$608,613
Bob CorkerRTN$0$1,295,947
John CornynRTX$0$1,311,646
Larry CraigRID$0$20,210
Mike CrapoRID$0$477,424
Jim DeMintRSC$0$898,176
Chris DoddDCT$0$1,788,724
Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$0$920,216
Pete DomeniciRNM$0$121,350
Byron DorganDND$0$183,950
Dick DurbinDIL$0$620,050
John EnsignRNV$0$390,258
Mike EnziRWY$0$276,284
Russ FeingoldDWI$0$162,985
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$0$377,849
Lindsey GrahamRSC$0$466,321
Chuck GrassleyRIA$0$560,015
Judd GreggRNH$0$310,193
Chuck HagelRNE$0$193,098
Tom HarkinDIA$0$270,640
Orrin G. HatchRUT$0$480,546
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$0$733,300
Jim InhofeROK$0$280,156
Dan InouyeDHI$0$106,375
Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$698,335
Tim JohnsonDSD$0$688,397
Ted KennedyDMA$0$352,298
John F. KerryDMA$0$169,432
Amy KlobucharDMN$0$359,085
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$0$1,087,910
Mary L. LandrieuDLA$0$444,391
Frank R. LautenbergDNJ$0$496,775
Patrick J. LeahyDVT$0$73,916
Carl LevinDMI$0$292,957
Joe LiebermanICT$0$1,791,310
Blanche LincolnDAR$0$508,040
Dick LugarRIN$0$325,348
Mel MartinezRFL$0$1,129,689
John McCainRAZ$0$250,750
Claire McCaskillDMO$0$360,278
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$0$1,615,699
Bob MenéndezDNJ$0$941,165
Barbara A. MikulskiDMD$0$202,250
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$0$269,383
Patty MurrayDWA$0$253,285
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$0$815,774
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$0$761,205
Barack ObamaDIL$0$1,117,258
Mark L. PryorDAR$0$416,139
John "Jack" ReedDRI$0$597,790
Harry ReidDNV$0$713,364
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$552,089
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$0$260,900
Ken SalazarDCO$0$611,636
Bernie SandersIVT$0$46,815
Chuck SchumerDNY$0$1,220,039
Jeff SessionsRAL$0$376,751
Richard C. ShelbyRAL$0$1,097,247
Gordon SmithROR$0$895,569
Olympia J. SnoweRME$0$269,090
Arlen SpecterDPA$0$1,264,148
Debbie StabenowDMI$0$574,552
Ted StevensRAK$0$147,719
John SununuRNH$0$1,149,700
Jon TesterDMT$0$193,175
John ThuneRSD$0$1,021,913
David VitterRLA$0$567,915
George VoinovichROH$0$659,036
John WarnerRVA$0$7,000
Jim WebbDVA$0$220,845
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$0$365,974
Roger F. WickerRMS$0$431,524
Ron WydenDOR$0$386,304

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NamePartyState$ From Interest Groups
That Supported		$ From Interest Groups
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Daniel K. AkakaDHI$0$92,200
Andrew Lamar AlexanderRTN$0$610,066
Alan Wayne AllardRCO$0$32,500
John BarrassoRWY$0$122,650
Max BaucusDMT$0$1,020,030
Birch "Evan" BayhDIN$0$880,659
Bob BennettRUT$0$581,850
Joe BidenDDE$0$379,625
Jesse "Jeff" BingamanDNM$0$167,897
Christopher "Kit" BondRMO$0$698,261
Barbara BoxerDCA$0$204,392
Sherrod BrownDOH$0$311,517
Sam BrownbackRKS$0$161,054
Jim BunningRKY$0$568,327
Richard BurrRNC$0$903,909
Robert ByrdDWV$0$130,200
Maria CantwellDWA$0$421,321
Ben CardinDMD$0$599,496
Tom CarperDDE$0$827,186
Bob CaseyDPA$0$529,570
Clarence Saxby ChamblissRGA$0$980,311
Hillary ClintonDNY$0$2,700,599
Tom CoburnROK$0$266,690
William Thad CochranRMS$0$119,750
Norm ColemanRMN$0$1,577,046
Susan M. CollinsRME$0$605,269
Gaylord Kent ConradDND$0$608,613
Bob CorkerRTN$0$1,295,947
John CornynRTX$0$1,311,646
Larry CraigRID$0$20,210
Mike CrapoRID$0$477,424
Jim DeMintRSC$0$898,176
Chris DoddDCT$0$1,788,724
Mary Elizabeth DoleRNC$0$920,216
Pete DomeniciRNM$0$121,350
Byron DorganDND$0$183,950
Dick DurbinDIL$0$620,050
John EnsignRNV$0$390,258
Mike EnziRWY$0$276,284
Russ FeingoldDWI$0$162,985
Dianne FeinsteinDCA$0$377,849
Lindsey GrahamRSC$0$466,321
Chuck GrassleyRIA$0$560,015
Judd GreggRNH$0$310,193
Chuck HagelRNE$0$193,098
Tom HarkinDIA$0$270,640
Orrin G. HatchRUT$0$480,546
Kay Bailey HutchisonRTX$0$733,300
Jim InhofeROK$0$280,156
Dan InouyeDHI$0$106,375
Johnny IsaksonRGA$0$698,335
Tim JohnsonDSD$0$688,397
Ted KennedyDMA$0$352,298
John F. KerryDMA$0$169,432
Amy KlobucharDMN$0$359,085
Herb KohlDWI$0$0
Jon KylRAZ$0$1,087,910
Mary L. LandrieuDLA$0$444,391
Frank R. LautenbergDNJ$0$496,775
Patrick J. LeahyDVT$0$73,916
Carl LevinDMI$0$292,957
Joe LiebermanICT$0$1,791,310
Blanche LincolnDAR$0$508,040
Dick LugarRIN$0$325,348
Mel MartinezRFL$0$1,129,689
John McCainRAZ$0$250,750
Claire McCaskillDMO$0$360,278
Addison "Mitch" McConnellRKY$0$1,615,699
Bob MenéndezDNJ$0$941,165
Barbara A. MikulskiDMD$0$202,250
Lisa MurkowskiRAK$0$269,383
Patty MurrayDWA$0$253,285
Earl "Ben" NelsonDNE$0$815,774
Clarence "Bill" NelsonDFL$0$761,205
Barack ObamaDIL$0$1,117,258
Mark L. PryorDAR$0$416,139
John "Jack" ReedDRI$0$597,790
Harry ReidDNV$0$713,364
Charles "Pat" RobertsRKS$0$552,089
John "Jay" RockefellerDWV$0$260,900
Ken SalazarDCO$0$611,636
Bernie SandersIVT$0$46,815
Chuck SchumerDNY$0$1,220,039
Jeff SessionsRAL$0$376,751
Richard C. ShelbyRAL$0$1,097,247
Gordon SmithROR$0$895,569
Olympia J. SnoweRME$0$269,090
Arlen SpecterDPA$0$1,264,148
Debbie StabenowDMI$0$574,552
Ted StevensRAK$0$147,719
John SununuRNH$0$1,149,700
Jon TesterDMT$0$193,175
John ThuneRSD$0$1,021,913
David VitterRLA$0$567,915
George VoinovichROH$0$659,036
John WarnerRVA$0$7,000
Jim WebbDVA$0$220,845
Sheldon WhitehouseDRI$0$365,974
Roger F. WickerRMS$0$431,524
Ron WydenDOR$0$386,304

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Interest Groups that opposed this bill

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Security brokers & investment companies$20,835,322
Commercial banks & bank holding companies$12,070,050
Insurance companies, brokers & agents$9,531,629
Credit agencies & finance companies$2,924,295
Residential construction$2,827,129
Nursing homes$2,288,077
Banks & lending institutions$2,063,784
Auto manufacturers$1,107,787
Retail trade$968,134
Meat processing & products$815,356
Auto dealers, foreign imports$810,455
Manufacturing$586,874
Chambers of commerce$319,238
General business associations$250,735
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