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InternetNews August 2, 2007 Roy Mark	Legislation Hypes Rural Broadband Access Lawmakers push legislation designed to protect community ability to build and offer high-speed connections.
InternetNews June 23, 2005 Roy Mark	McCain Bill Would Help Municipal Wi-Fi New bill seeks to block state and incumbent telecoms' efforts to keep cities out of broadband business.
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InternetNews January 22, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	Broadband Stimulus Nears House Vote A bill allocating billions to improve Net access may see action as early as next week, after having received approval from a House committee.
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.
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.
InternetNews October 14, 2004 Roy Mark	SBC High Tails Fiber Buildout Within an hour of the Federal Communications Commission's broadband ruling today, SBC Communications said it would "dramatically accelerate" its plan to build a new fiber-optics network.
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Kenneth Corbin	House Expected to OK Billions for Broadband A House vote on the stimulus package is likely to fall along party lines, while Senate debate is seen as more conciliatory.
Registered Rep. May 20, 2010 Kristen French	Senate Nears Vote On Financial Reform, Fiduciary Standard On Hold The Senate voted 60-40 Thursday to end weeks of debate on Christopher Dodd's financial regulatory reform legislation, in what is called a cloture vote. That clears the way for a final vote on the bill within 30 hours.
InternetNews May 2, 2006 Roy Mark	Senate Bill Dumps Net Neutrality Wide ranging legislation relegates network neutrality to further FCC study.
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.
InternetNews July 15, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Bells' TV Bill Gets New Life A bill to help speed TV-over-fiber rollouts has cleared the Texas Senate, but the window is closing on the legislative session.
U.S. CPSC December 19, 2007	US Consumer Product Safety Commission Acting Chairman Nancy Nord Applauds House Vote on Landmark Consumer Product Safety Legislation The members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are congratulated for their leadership and hard work on significant product safety legislation.
New Architect November 2002 Lincoln D. Stein	Keep Your Laws Off My Media Player The Hollings Act, which would require manufacturers to incorporate FCC-approved copyright protection standards into any device that can reproduce digital content, is too broad.
InternetNews July 19, 2007 Roy Mark	Patent Reform Bill Moves Forward in U.S. House In a unanimous voice vote, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee this week endorsed patent-reform legislation, which the tech industry has been pushing for decades.
InternetNews April 20, 2004 Roy Mark	Verizon: Old Rules Slow Broadband Rollout The competitive landscape has changed since 1996, but the law governing carriers hasn't, a Baby Bell exec said.
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InternetNews June 2, 2005 Roy Mark	Verizon: IP Video Key to Telco Reform Verizon moved to Capitol Hill in its campaign to reduce entry barriers for incumbent telephone companies pushing new video services.
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.
Investment Advisor August 2009 Melanie Waddell	Healthcare Reform Steamroller Advances House and Senate committees offer health reform bills. Both the House and Senate legislation would likely raise taxes for many.
InternetNews June 28, 2004 Colin C. Haley	Covad, BellSouth Case Marches On Both sides say they're pleased with the latest ruling in the 4-year-old antitrust battle.
CIO July 15, 2002 Sarah Johnson	Privacy Opt-In or Cop-Out? CIOs will have more to worry about if a controversial bill that lets consumers sue companies that misuse their information continues to move through Congress.
Fast Company August 2002 John Ellis	The Internet Power Grab Everyone knows that the Internet is moving from free to fee. So why isn't the Internet army fighting back?
Investment Advisor November 2009 Melanie Waddell	Danger & Opportunity: Healthcare, Financial Services Reform Making Headway Two of the Obama Administration's top priorities to accomplish by year-end -- healthcare and financial services reform -- are well on their way to fruition.
InternetNews March 19, 2007 Roy Mark	Verizon, AT&T Headed For Monopoly Bliss? Without a re-evaluation of the broadband commercial marketplace by the Federal Communications Commission, Internet Service Providers claim incumbent carriers like Verizon and AT&T will hold a virtual monopoly.
PC Magazine June 25, 2010 Chloe Albanesius	Senate 'Internet Kill Switch' Bill Moves Forward A Senate committee on Thursday approved a cyber-security bill that has prompted concern.
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.
InternetNews February 9, 2007 Roy Mark	House Delivers Package of Privacy Bills Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee introduced a package of bills Thursday evening aimed at identity theft, pretexting, data security and breach notifications.
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
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Steve Rosenbush	Telecom: To Buy Or To Build? Why the industry is deeply divided over the best path to growth.
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AFP eWire June 7, 2004	Senate Hearings on Charities & Charitable Gifts Set for June 22 The U.S. Senate Finance Committee has announced a hearing that will focus on a number of issues related to charitable giving abuses, governance and best practices.
InternetNews March 19, 2009 Alex Goldman	Will the Stimulus Cash Flow to ISPs? With the government planning to spend billions on Internet infrastructure, decision makers face a conundrum.
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 April 1, 2004 Ron Miller	SBC Cuts DSL Prices -- with a Catch SBC drops prices and raises download speeds -- and tosses in voice for a lower price as the competition for broadband customers intensifies.
Registered Rep. March 11, 2010 Kristen French	Dodd to Introduce Financial Regulatory Overhaul Bill Monday, without Republican Support He's still hopeful that negotiations with Republican Senators will prove successful.
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InternetNews December 28, 2005 Jim Wagner	Verizon, Covad Mend Fences Covad Communications and Verizon settled their longstanding differences and sealed the deal with a DSL line-sharing agreement.
PC World June 12, 2002 Anne Ju	Hollywood, Techies Square Off Over Copy Locks Consumer advocates charge entertainment industry exaggerates piracy losses, while copyright-holders call controls a minor hassle.
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