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InternetNews
February 3, 2011 |
Senate Judiciary Clears Patent Reform Bill Panel renews longstanding push to overhaul nation's patent system, with a litany of amendments to appear should the measure receive consideration of the full Senate.   |
BusinessWeek
April 29, 2010
James Warren |
Why the Senate Is Sitting on 309 Bills The "hold" is a tactic so juvenile that it isn't even in the Senate rules. Yet it's never been more common, and it's keeping important legislation at bay |
Salon.com
January 18, 2001
Alicia Montgomery |
Round 2: Ashcroft wins over a Democrat Georgia's Zell Miller says he'll confirm the attorney general designate despite tough grilling on gun control and abortion by Kennedy, Schumer and Feinstein... |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2011
Rich Smith |
Senators, Act Senatorially -- and Pass the STOCK Act All investors are equal -- except in the U.S. Congress. |
Reason
October 2003
Jacob Sullum |
The Chill Is On: Fighting raves, squelching speech When Sen. Joseph Biden introduced his anti-rave legislation, critics warned that it could have a chilling effect on unpopular speech, especially criticism of the war on drugs. They were proven right barely a month after President Bush signed Biden's so-called RAVE Act. |
Reason
October 2002
Jacob Sullum |
Party Poopers You thought it was bad when you heard that you could lose your house if your son planted a few marijuana seeds in the corner of your yard. That was nothing. Under a Senate bill introduced last summer, you could go to prison for letting him hold a party where someone passes around a joint. |
Salon.com
June 15, 2001
Jake Tapper |
The race to face Bush Democratic presidential wannabes waste no time using their new Senate powers to position themselves for 2004... |
Salon.com
July 16, 2002
Greg Harrison |
Lawmakers addicted to the quick fix Drug legislation like the proposed RAVE Act does more to promote illicit drug use than discourage it. |
PC World
July 30, 2002
Stephen Chiger |
Forgery Bill Could Criminalize Copying Protecting non-physical authentication could extend legislation to digital material, threaten fair use. |
Salon.com
January 16, 2001
Bruce Shapiro |
Can John Ashcroft be stopped? If the Clarence Thomas hearings are any guide, disorganized Democrats could be the Republican nominee's best friends... |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2003
Matthew Bechard |
Sen. Edward Kennedy on Partisanship, Preserving Pensions and the Value of REITs As the senior Democrat on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee in the Senate, Kennedy is actively involved in shaping policy affecting education, health care and pension plans -- an issue of particular importance to the REIT industry. An interview. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Jacob Sullum |
Rave Rage Despite all the pot and LSD consumed at their concerts, no one ever tried to ban the Grateful Dead. But that's what the city of Chicago would like to do to raves, those all-night dance parties featuring electronic music, flashing lights, and silly hats... |
Salon.com
January 30, 2001
Joe Conason |
The artful dodger John Ashcroft's nose is growing faster than Pinocchio's during his Senate confirmation hearings. As attorney general, will he be as evasive with the truth? |
The Motley Fool
February 10, 2010
Tim Beyers |
Weekly Walk of Shame: Dick Durbin A witch hunt here won't solve human rights issues in China. Sen. Durbin announced a plan to hold hearings about tech companies' operating policies in Internet-restricting countries. |
Reason
November 2001
Sam MacDonald |
D.C. Dispatches A case of missing gun data -- and of a missing attorney general... |
The Motley Fool
March 8, 2010
Brian Orelli |
Really? A 59% Share Price Jump for That? Justified or not, InterMune skyrockets ahead of an FDA panel meeting. |
