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Geotimes May 2004 Kendy & Vranes	Breaking Down the Barriers: A Two-Part Series, Part II Part two in a series on how to effectively lobby your members of Congress.
Geotimes July 2007 Allyson K. Anderson	A Political Comment on ... The Life of a Bill A brief primer on bills originating in the Senate using S. 1321, the Energy Savings Act of 2007, a bill that the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources recently proposed.
AFP eWire May 16, 2005	Legislative Update: Interim Nonprofit Panel Comments Due May 19 The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector has invited the nonprofit community to comment on a new set of draft recommendations designed to strengthen the governance, transparency, and ethical conduct of charitable organizations.
AFP eWire August 2, 2004	CARE Act's Fate on Hold Until September The U.S. Congress adjourned for its August recess before taking action on a key tax bill, leaving the fate of the Charity Aid, Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act unknown until after Labor Day, Sept. 6, 2004.
AFP eWire April 18, 2005	U.S. House Ways and Means Committee to Hold Hearing on the Tax-Exempt Sector Following in the footsteps of the Senate Finance Committee's April 5, 2005, hearing on the charitable sector, the House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing titled "An Overview of the Tax-Exempt Sector."
AFP eWire April 22, 2015	AFP Submits Comments to Senate on Tax Reform, Charitable Incentives Comments were offered to the Individual Income Tax and Business Income Tax Working Groups of the Senate Finance Committee, calling on the Senate to keep the charitable deduction in its current form.
InternetNews January 19, 2011	Reid to Renew Senate Cybersecurity Push Senate majority leader looks to merge competing committee bills to arrive at reform legislation this year, still waiting for the White House to weigh in.
InternetNews September 8, 2004 Roy Mark	Time Running Out on Fed's Tech Agenda CAN-SPAM and nanotech funding aside, the tech industry has seen little legislative success in a Congress consumed with matters of war and national security.
Entrepreneur April 2007 Joshua Kurlantzick	In With the New The shift in congressional leadership could prove a boon for small business. What might the new Congress do for you?
Investment Advisor September 2009 Melanie Waddell	Danger & Opportunity: Stitching Together Healthcare Reform The healthcare debate moved outside the beltway in August, as members of Congress headed back home to face constituents bent on voicing their opinions on healthcare reform during townhall meetings.
AFP eWire May 9, 2005	Legislative Update: Finance Committee Presses Forward with Reforms The Senate Finance Committee is now seeking to attach its proposed charitable reforms to completely unrelated legislation.
InternetNews April 7, 2006 Roy Mark	House Subpoenas Phone Data Sites Web sites selling confidential consumer telephone data are refusing to comply with a U.S. House of Representatives' request for information, prompting the Energy and Commerce Committee to issue subpoenas to a dozen companies.
PC World February 20, 2001 Jennifer O'Neill	Congress Navigates a Flood of Net Privacy Bills Lawmakers, industry juggle e-commerce and consumer concerns in review of longtime (and new) proposals...
AFP eWire October 18, 2011	Take Action Today to Oppose Any Tax Reforms That Would Harm Charitable Giving! The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing regarding the charitable deduction and discussed alternatives to the current itemized deduction.
Geotimes April 2004 Kendy & Vranes	Breaking Down the Barriers: A Two-Part Series, Part 1 Although it is a tired cliche, knowledge is power, and nowhere is that more true than in legislative politics. Your members of Congress cannot do their jobs without citizens' input. In other words, they need to be lobbied.
AFP eWire July 8, 2015	Senate Working Groups Highlight Charitable Giving Incentives in Tax Reform "Exploration" Charitable giving incentives, including the IRA Rollover Provision, were featured prominently in the reports of the Senate Finance Committee working groups that identified key areas for future consideration during the tax reform debate.
InternetNews September 30, 2010	House Net Neutrality Compromise Derails After GOP members withdraw support, House committee chairman announces that he is shelving efforts to pass compromise legislation that would have set some rules barring discrimination against content on the Internet.
AFP eWire September 6, 2005	Charity Reform: Overview of Finance Committee Accountability Proposals This month, the committee is expected to finally introduce legislation that will cover a number of areas related to charity accountability and operations.
Geotimes March 2005 Emily Lehr Wallace	Inside Baseball Rules Congress Knowing the ins and outs of committee jurisdictions and chairmanships is knowledge that can give scientists power in promoting their interests.
InternetNews January 18, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Returns With Crowded Tech Agenda Congress kicks off 2006 legislative season with 14 tech-related hearings in two months.
AFP eWire June 6, 2005	Senators Caution Finance Committee on Impact of Charitable Reforms A bi-partisan group of U.S. Senators, led by Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) and Rick Santorum (R-Pa.), have sent a letter to the leaders of the Finance Committee, urging them to ensure that their proposed charitable reforms do not adversely affect legitimate nonprofit organizations.
T.H.E. Journal October 2005	Library of Congress Launches Website The Library of Congress has launched a Web site to cover the work of a special independent committee that is recommending changes to section 108 of the Copyright Act.
Pharmaceutical Executive December 1, 2006 Jill Wechsler	Washington Report: The New Agenda Democrats are back on top in Congress after more than a decade as underdogs. The new leaders are mapping out a broad agenda with drug pricing and access high on the list.
AFP eWire April 25, 2005	House Ways and Means Committee Holds Hearing on the Tax-Exempt Sector The hearing examined the legal history of the tax-exempt sector, its size, scope and impact on the economy, the need for congressional oversight, IRS oversight of the sector and what the IRS is doing to improve compliance with the law.
Salon.com December 19, 2000 Anthony York	Hillary's book deal blues The Congressional Accountability Project asks Sen.-elect Clinton to give up her $8 million advance and just collect royalties...
U.S. CPSC December 17, 2010	CPSC Approves Rule Establishing a Publicly Available Consumer Database for Reporting Product Safety Incidents Required by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008, the database will allow consumers to go online to SaferProducts.gov and file a report telling CPSC about an incident with an unsafe product or potentially hazardous consumer product.
Information Today September 27, 2012 Peggy Garvin	Congress.gov Beta: An Early Look at a New THOMAS The Library of Congress noted that "the [current] system has been updated over the years, but [its] foundation can no longer support the capabilities that today's Internet users have come to expect, including access on mobile devices."
Searcher March 2007 Mary Alice Baish	Librarians as Change Agents: How You Can Help Influence Public Policy in the 110th Congress Key library issues for the 110th Congress.
Information Today January 15, 2007	Library of Congress Unveils Beta of New THOMAS The Library of Congress has released a new beta version of THOMAS, its Web site that provides access to federal legislation and related documents.
AFP eWire September 6, 2005	Letters Needed Now on Finance Committee Proposals! Numerous charitable giving tax incentives are at stake. It is critical that members take action now and contact their U.S. senators!
InternetNews April 10, 2006 Roy Mark	Security Group Calls on Congress Public confidence in e-commerce will erode if Congress does not step forward and pass a meaningful national data breach disclosure law this year, according to the Cyber Security Industry Alliance.
AFP eWire January 21, 2015	Tax Reform Efforts Starting in Congress The Charitable Giving Coalition has sent a letter to new members of Congress encouraging them to preserve the full scope and value of the charitable deduction.
InternetNews June 12, 2007 Roy Mark	Republicans Seek Delay in Patent Reform Bill Two days before a scheduled Senate Judiciary Committee markup of the Patent Reform Act of 2007, four Republican members of the panel are seeking a delay in the vote. The lawmakers said the controversial measure deserves further hearings.
AFP eWire November 8, 2004	Bush, Congress at Odds Over Charities? At his first press conference since being reelected, President Bush indicated that tax reform will be a priority in his second term and stated that tax incentives for charitable giving are very important and should not reduced.
Information Today March 14, 2011	Organizations Support Free Online Access to CRS Reports More than 30 organizations sent a letter to the U.S. Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, urging him to appoint a Director of the Congressional Research Service who will work with Congress to provide online free public access to the unclassified, non-confidential, taxpayer-funded reports.
National Defense July 2004 Peter M. Steffes	2005 Defense Bill Beginning to Take Shape Congress is making progress on the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2005. The defense authorization bill sets policy and funding levels.
Geotimes May 2003 David Applegate	Another Stab at Energy Legislation With Republicans now in control of both chambers, energy legislation is a top priority of the House and Senate leadership.
InternetNews May 2, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Bill Dumps Net Neutrality Wide ranging legislation relegates network neutrality to further FCC study.
InternetNews September 23, 2005 Roy Mark	Senate Turns Attention to Data Privacy The Senate Judiciary Committee expects to vote next week on legislation making it a crime for data brokers to conceal a security breach involving personal data and increasing penalties for computer fraud when the act involves personal data.
Geotimes May 2006 Steven Quane	The Rocket Docket: Legislating Science Out of Public Policy Rhetorically, little resistance exists for U.S. policy-makers to use science fairly and justly in creating the laws of the land. Procedurally, however, that is certainly not the case.
PC Magazine November 30, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Switching to Digital TV The national transition to digital television may be upon us.
AFP eWire December 20, 2011	AFP, Nonprofit Coalition Urge Congress to Preserve Charitable Tax Deduction The Association of Fundraising Professionals recently circulated a letter urging the Senate Finance Committee and the Members of Congress who were members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to preserve the current charitable deduction.
InternetNews September 29, 2004 Roy Mark	House Toughens Penalties on P2Ps Bill calls for criminal penalties of up to five years for willfully distributing copyrighted works.
Registered Rep. April 1, 2004 John Churchill	Congress Moving on Mutual Funds Since the mutual fund scandals broke six months ago, Congress has been largely hands-off with regards to reform efforts, but that is changing fast.
InternetNews May 12, 2006 Roy Mark	Data Breach Bills Crowding Congress Seeking to make it a crime to conceal data breaches involving personal information, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Thursday jumped into the data breach debate playing out on Capitol Hill.
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