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16 hrs ago | The Hill

Becerra is holdout on House immigration group's 'agreement in principle'

There appears to be at least one remaining holdout within the bipartisan House immigration group that announced an "agreement in principle" on a far-reaching proposal Thursday: Rep.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Nancy Pelosi, US News, US House of Representatives, Xavier Becerra, Democrat, Immigration Reform, Representative John Yarmuth

22 hrs ago | South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Mixed signals on domestic drone use

The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it.

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Related Topix: Privacy, US News, Federal Aviation Administration, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jason Chaffetz, James Sensenbrenner, Democrat

Yesterday | HeraldNet

Erosion of press freedom

Hell hath no fury like a journalist snooped upon. Thankfully, it's a public-minded kind of fury, in a case that throws light on the erosion of privacy and freedom of the press.

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Related Topix: Journalism, Associated Press, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Suzan DelBene, Opinion

Yesterday | NewsTarget.com

Why has Chris Matthews filed for divorce from Obama?

When Chris Matthews files for divorce from Barack Obama, you know the world is upside down.

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Related Topix: 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives

Thu May 16, 2013

Cybercast News Service

Obama: - Complete Confidence' in Holder's - Integrity' after AP Scandal

President Barack Obama defended his embattled Attorney General Eric Holder, embroiled in a scandal over seizing the phone records of 20 Associated Press reporters and editor in April and May of last year as part of a leak investigation.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Turkey, World News, Middle East, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Democrat

USA Today

House group reaches deal on immigration bill

After years of negotiating and a week that saw one of its members nearly bolt from the group, a bipartisan group of House members finally announced Thursday that they had reached a deal 'in principle' on a Rep.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, John Carter, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Luis Gutierrez, Democrat, Sam Johnson, Mario Diaz-Balart

Mother Jones

copyright lock

The last time Congress tried to pass major copyright reforms, 2011's Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act , it pissed off just about every corner of the Internet, from Google to Wikipedia to the Teen Witch Fan Club .

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Cellphones, Computers, DMCA News, iPhone

Wed May 15, 2013

ABC News

Baby Lightens Mood at Tense House Hearing

While most of the House Judiciary Committee's hearing with Attorney General Eric Holder consisted of a feisty back-and-forth between the representatives and the witness, a child's cries brought a moment of lighthearted amusement.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Politico

Angst over net surveillance on Hill

Federal law enforcers say they have their hands full with criminals who skirt legal surveillance by using hard-to-wiretap services like Google and Facebook.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Startups, Facebook, Social Software, US News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat

USA Today

AG Holder is appearing before House Judiciary panelAttorney general...

Attorney General Eric Holder is facing questions before the House Judiciary Committee on a variety of controversies shadowing the Obama administration, ranging from the Justice Department's seizure of Associated Press phone records to the IRS targeting of conservative groups to the Benghazi, Libya, terrorist attack in which Ambassador Christopher ... (more)

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Related Topix: Eric Holder, Tax, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Spencer Bachus, Steve Chabot

Mon May 13, 2013

MediaPost

New Bill Legalizes Cell-Phone Unlocking, DVD Ripping

The " Unlocking Technology Act of 2013 ," proposed by Rep. Zoe Lofgren , provides that people can tinker with digital locks on software -- the digital rights management technology that prevents people from copying programs -- as long as they aren't doing so in order to infringe copyright.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Digital Rights Management, Science / Technology

Broadbandreports

Bill Could Make Unlocking Your Phone Legal Again - The Unlocking Technology Act of 2013

In late January, unlocking your cellphone technically became illegal after the Librarian of Congress removed it from the DMCA exception list last year.

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Related Topix: Cellphones, DMCA News, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Anna Eshoo, Representative Thomas Massie, Republican, Representative Jared Polis

Sun May 12, 2013

Customer Interaction Solutions

Reps. Jared Polis, Zoe Lofgren, Thomas Massie & Anna Eshoo Introduce...

WASHINGTON, May 9 -- Rep. Jared Polis, D-Colo. , issued the following news release: Reps.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Thomas Massie, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Representative Jared Polis, Democrat, Anna Eshoo, DMCA News, Digital Rights Management, Science / Technology

Fri May 10, 2013

The Daily Beast

Immigration's Odd Couple

Behind the scenes, RaAol Labrador and Luis Gutierrez are using their bond over heritage to get a comprehensive overhaul through the House-all with Paul Ryan's blessing.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Luis Gutierrez, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Republican, Paul Ryan, Representative Raul Labrador, Immigration Reform, Representative John Yarmuth

Wired

Beyond Unlocking: Don't Let Them Kill the First Reasonable Copyright Reform Bill

A funny thing happened on the way to Congress yesterday. For once, lawmakers introduced a common-sense bill - the Unlocking Technology Act of 2013 .

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Related Topix: Cellphones, US Politics, Anna Eshoo, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Representative Thomas Massie, Republican, Representative Jared Polis, DMCA News, Opinion

The Washington Post

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Related Topix: Cellphones, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, DMCA News, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Travel

Temple City Tribune

Nurses welcome introduction of house bill to set safe RN-to-patient staffing ratios in every hospital

National Nurses United, the nation's largest organization of nurses, today greeted the re-introduction of a bill in the House of Representatives by Rep.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Nursing, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Janice Schakowsky, Barbara Boxer, US Senate, Brad Sherman, Barbara Lee

JD Supra

Automotive Legal News - May 2013 2nd Quarter

In the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the United States Congress required, inter alia, the SEC to promulgate regulations requiring certain manufacturers to trace the sources of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold that are contained in products they manufacture or contract to manufacture to allow them to report yearly to the SEC whether the products are "not DRC ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News, World News, Congo, Africa, US Politics, Republican, US House of Representatives, Darrell Issa, Democrat, Orrin Hatch, US Senate, Sheldon Whitehouse

Thu May 09, 2013

TeleRead

Congress to Consider DMCA Anti-Circumvention ReformBut Probably Not Very Hard

Well, it's that time of decade again. Someone in Congress has finally-or, rather, once again- taken note of how the DMCA's anti-circumvention provisions step all over consumer rights and introduced legislation to try to balance the scales.

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Related Topix: US News, DMCA News, US Politics, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Digital Rights Management, Science / Technology

Science

A Science Laureate for the United States?

A bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers wants the United States to have a Science Laureate.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative Mazie Hirono, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Senator Roger Wicker, Roger Wicker, US Senate, Republican, Lamar Smith