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Medicare: Saving it is the only option [Most commented]
Opinion L.A.Medicare needs a makeover before it implodes, and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) may have just devised a way. If, of course, you're willing to make some concessions. The unlikely pair, as...... -
The bipartisan breakthrough on Medicare
Orlando Opinionators - Orlando SentinelWhen House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan proposed replacing Medicare in the future with subsidies for seniors to buy private insurance, even some of his fellow Republicans got antsy. Newt Gingrich notoriously called the idea “right wing social... -
SOPA and PIPA opponents warn the bills are not dead yet
TechnologyA day after a widespread Internet blackout, key opponents of SOPA and PIPA warned Thursday that the controversial online piracy bills are not dead yet and called for lawmakers to slow down and start over.... -
Should Cops Be Able to Track You Down By 'Pinging' Your Cell Phone?
A bank robbery in Berlin, Conn., Britain's huge phone-hacking scandal, civil liberties concerns, and rescuing lost hikers in Oregon wouldn't seem to have much in common, but they are all linked by "pinging."
Pinging is what law enforcement types can do...Tags: Danbury, Defense, Justice System, Judges, Theft
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Bipartisan Agriculture research bill to spur innovation, strengthen American agriculture
Washington, DC – Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Senator John Thune (R-SD), a Member of the Committee, today introduced a bipartisan bill that will spur new...Tags: Sherrod Brown, Roy Blunt, Michigan State University, James Inhofe, Natural Resource Industry
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Begich, Murkowski Sponsor Act to Protect Rural Post Offices
KTUU.comAlaska’s U.S. senators are among the bipartisan sponsors of an act that would severely hinder plans by the cash-strapped U.S. Postal Service to close post offices in many of the nation’s rural areas. The Protecting Rural Post Offices Act was...Tags: Jeff Merkley, Lisa Murkowski, Medical Research, Mark Begich, Jon Tester
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Technology: A bipartisan alternative to the Stop Online Piracy Act
Opinion L.A.Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) didn't make any friends in the entertainment industry when he put a hold on the PROTECT IP Act, a bill (S 968) that tries to make foreign websites disappear from the Internet if they are dedicated to piracy. But Wyden isn't just... -
US senators tell LGBT kids ‘It Gets Better’
BoystownA group of Democratic US Senators, including Illinois' own Dick Durbin, have joined the ranks of high profile people sending messages of hope to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth as part of the ‘It Gets Better‘... -
Webliography: Budget cutting and tax reform proposals
Change of SubjectSource documents on competing proposals to get the federal budget back in shape: Choosing the Nation’s Fiscal Future-- (Jan, 2010) "This report represents the outcome of a joint and shared effort between our two organizations: the National Academy... -
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Schiff, others take aim at piracy
Lawmakers and movie studios battling piracy of copyrighted material this week unveiled a list of rogue states and a campaign to persuade U.S. corporations to pull their support from websites that allow users to illegally download films, television shows...Tags: Online Advertising, Marketing, Burbank (Los Angeles, California), Adam Schiff, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks
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USA PATRIOT Act: A bandaid on a sucking chest wound
It’s said that a broken clock is right twice a day, and that is true for Senator Rand Paul’s opposition to the four-year extension of the USA Patriot Act that President Obama signed last week. Paul, a Republican, found himself in good...Tags: Barack Obama, Terrorism, Rand Paul, Government, Laws
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