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Press release – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today made the following statement: “Several weeks ago I began discussing with the White House the need to expand this Committee’s oversight of the Terrorist Surveillance Program and to begin engaging with Congress on possible legislative approaches. Before our last recess, I asked the members of the Intelligence …
White House Fact Sheet: President Submits Line Item Veto Legislation to Congress Press Briefing on the President’s Line-Item Veto Legislation by OMB Director Josh Bolten Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006 (10 pages, PDF)
Follow-up to Patriot Act Reauthorization Passed by Senate, from the Christian Science Monitor today, How the Patriot Act came in from the cold – The addition of new civil liberties protections made the Patriot Act’s final lurch toward passage possible.
Press release: “…I am proposing legislation to establish a nonpartisan commission to review and investigate domestic surveillance in America, along with serious allegations of abuse. In this way, we will be sure to safeguard our First and Fourth Amendment rights, as enumerated in our Constitution, as well as evaluate the actual effectiveness of such programs …
Follow-up to recent postings on Congressional earmarks, this February 28, 2006 press release: Senate Committee Approves Feinstein Measure to Reform Earmark Process – “The Senate Rules Committee today unanimously approved a proposal by U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to require 60 votes for any provision (earmark or otherwise) added to conference report that is not …
“…ReadtheBill.org is a narrowly focused effort to persuade the U.S. Congress to establish the “72 Hours of Online Sunshine Rule” [H. Res. 688, introduced Feb. 16, 2006: To require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet for 72 hours before consideration by the House, and for other purposes.]”
“CDT today offered a legislative proposal that would exempt the vast majority of individual speakers on the Internet from campaign finance laws, without creating loopholes that could be easily exploited by state political parties and large donors. CDT drafted the proposal in response to mounting efforts in the House of Representatives to pass a measure …
Press release: “U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today unveiled ground-breaking new legislation that would ensure “net neutrality,” or equal delivery of content on the internet, for consumers and business interests. Under Wyden’s bill, the Internet Nondiscrimination Act of 2006, network operators would be prohibited from charging companies for faster delivery of their content to consumers …
H.R. 4709: Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act of 2006, and S. 2178: Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006, both passed committee by voice vote. Related postings on sale of cell phone records
Press release: Carnegie Mellon Researchers Find Cell Phones Pose Greater Risk to Airplane Navigation Than Previously Believed Related postings on in-flight cell phone use
Statement of Senator Russ Feingold On Opposition to Ending Debate on the Patriot Act, As Read From the Senate Floor, March 1, 2006. Statement Of Senator Patrick Leahy, Ranking Member, Committee On The Judiciary, PATRIOT Act Reauthorization, March 1, 2006 AP: Senate OKs Limiting Patriot Act Powers Related postings on Patriot Act
CNN: “A review of a United Arab Emirates-owned company’s plan to take over a portion of operations at key U.S. ports never looked into whether the company had ties to al Qaeda or other terrorists, a key Republican lawmaker told CNN on Wednesday.” H.R. 4807: To require an investigation under the Defense Production Act of …
