RESULTS

Highlights of Accomplishments The Firm Helped Achieve:

110th Congress
The Second Chance Act of 2007
***Signed into law on April 9, 2008***

• Introduced in the House of Representatives on March 20, 2007 as H.R. 1593 and earned 92 co-sponsors.
• On March 27, the bill was marked up and reported favorably out of the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security.
• On March 28, members of the full House Judiciary Committee marked up the bill and voted to report it favorably to the House floor.
• Introduced in the Senate on March 29 as S 1060 and earned 31 co-sponsors.
• On August 2, members of the full Senate Judiciary Committee marked up the bill and voted to report the bill favorably to the Senate floor.
• On November 13, the House voted to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended, by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 347 – 62.
• On March 11, 2008, the Senate Judiciary Committee discharged (effectively passing) the bill by Unanimous Consent.
• Later on March 11, the Senate passed the bill without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
• Presented to the President of the United States on April 7.
• Signed by the President on April 9, 2008. Became Public Law No: 110-199.

The Fairness in Drug Sentencing Act of 2007

• Introduced in the Senate on June 25, 2007 as S. 1685 and earned three co-sponsors.
• On February 12, 2008, a hearing was held in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs.

The Drug Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2007

• Introduced in the Senate on June 27, 2007 as S. 1711 and earned seven co-sponsors.
• Introduced in the House on December 13, 2007 as H.R. 4545 and earned 42 co-sponsors.
• On February 12, 2008, a hearing was held in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs.
• On February 26, 2008, a hearing was held in the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007

• Introduced in the House on November 7, 2007 as H.R. 4109 and earned one co-sponsor.
• On November 8, a hearing was held in the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
• On April 22, 2008, a hearing was held in the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.