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  • H. RES. 292 supports the goals and ideals of "Financial Literacy Month" by emphasizing the importance of personal financial education in the United States. It highlights concerns such as the number of unbanked households, the lack of budgeting by adults, and insufficient high...

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    H. RES. 292 is about helping people learn how to handle money wisely. It wants everyone to understand good habits like saving and budgeting so they can make smart choices and help the economy grow.

  • S. 423, also known as the “Protecting Regular Order for Veterans Act of 2025” or the “PRO Veterans Act of 2025,” is designed to ensure regular budgeting procedures for the Department of Veterans Affairs. It mandates quarterly briefings by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to Congress about...

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    The PRO Veterans Act of 2025 is a plan to make sure there's always enough money for helping veterans. It asks the leaders to talk to Congress about their money four times a year and be extra careful when giving special rewards to top workers.

  • H.R. 8126 proposes changes to the Financial Literacy and Education Improvement Act to include secondary schools in best practices for teaching financial literacy. The bill aims to educate high school students on topics like budgeting, saving, investing, and understanding credit. It also...

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    H.R. 8126 is a bill that wants to help teenagers in high school learn how to handle money better, like knowing how to save and spend wisely. It also helps them understand things like student loans, so they can make good choices about borrowing money for college.

  • The bill H.R. 8944, also known as the “Financial Fitness Act,” proposes the creation of a personal finance education portal on the Department of Education's website. This portal aims to provide information on core personal finance topics such as saving, budgeting, investing,...

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    The bill wants to create a special website to teach people about money and saving, like a big online school for money that costs $5 million to make and use for four years. It aims to help everyone learn about things like saving, budgeting, and paying back student loans.

  • S. 361 aims to increase funding for grants that help victims of human trafficking in the United States. The bill proposes changes to the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, such as raising the limit for certain funding allocations and improving program administration...

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    S. 361 is a plan to give more money to help people who have been hurt by human trafficking, making sure that almost all the money goes to directly supporting the victims.

  • S. 423, known as the "Protecting Regular Order for Veterans Act of 2025" and the "Improving Veterans’ Experience Act of 2025," aims to improve budgeting and services for veterans. It requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to give Congress quarterly updates on the...

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    S. 423 is a bill that wants the Department of Veterans Affairs to tell Congress how they are using their money more often to make sure veterans are getting the help they need, and it also creates a new office to make sure veterans are happy with their services.

  • The bill H.R. 1988 proposes changes to chapter 85 of title 5 of the United States Code to ensure that federal civilian and military personnel, who are required to work during a government shutdown but are not paid, are eligible for unemployment compensation. It defines these...

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    The bill wants to change the rules so that U.S. workers, like soldiers and government workers, who have to keep working during a government shutdown but don't get paid, can get money to help them while they wait to be paid. This change would make sure they can get this help starting March 14, 2025, without having to wait.

  • H. R. 8671 aims to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 by creating the Intelligence Rotational Assignment Program within the Department of Homeland Security. This program will allow intelligence analysts to work in different positions across the department for a set...

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    The bill wants to create a special program in the Department of Homeland Security that lets intelligence workers try out different jobs to get better at them and work better with each other. It’s like letting kids swap classrooms for a bit to learn more and play nicely together.