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There are 5 states, DC and PR in Regular Session. There are 3 states in Special Session. [more]

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07/14/2009 Alabama Special Election
House District 06

07/14/2009 California Special Election
US House (CA 32nd Congressional District)

07/21/2009 Alabama Spec Gen if Runoff Needed
Senate District 22
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Both the federal government and states regularly turn to tobacco taxes as a relatively easy source of additional revenue. But that revenue stream may soon be harder to come by. [more]

Other News This Week


BUDGET & TAXES
Ten states blow budget deadline

POLITICS & LEADERSHIP
Franken takes U.S. Senate seat

GOVERNORS
Calls grow for Sanford to resign


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 In the Hopper
State Net tracks tens of thousands of bills in all 50 states, US Congress, and the District of Columbia, at any given time. Here's a snapshot of what's in the legislative works:

Number of Prefiles last week: 94

Number of Intros last week: 980

Number of Enacted/Adopted last week: 834

Number of Prefiles to date: 32,703

Number of Intros to date: 146,032

Number of 2009 Session Enacted/Adopted overall to date: 33,503

(measures current as of 07/01/2009)