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Lawmakers Propose Banning 'Paid Prioritization'
Lawmakers are not happy with the FCC's proposal to allow broadband providers to charge content providers extra money for faster access to their customers. This supposed fast lane approach has rubbed...
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House Amendment to Defense Appropriations Bill Cuts Funding for NSA Domestic...
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 293-123 to cut funding for NSA spying programs that are aimed at Americans. Late last night an amendment to a defense appropriations bill put forth by Reps....
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Congresswoman Proposes Amendment to Stop FCC From Meddling With 'State Issues'
US Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) has always been opposed to the FCC regulating anything, but she has been particularly outspoken about the FCC's Open Internet Order since it was introduced in 2010. To...
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Congress Likely To Revisit 'The Marketplace Fairness Act' in 2015
In this interesting article on 2015 tax policy plans for lawmakers, Politico highlights one tax issue that all of us should pay attention to: Internet sales tax. The bill that passed the Senate last...
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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Facing Congressional Scrutiny Over Net Neutrality...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Tom Wheeler is going into the lion's den over the next two weeks as he defends the agency's late February vote to reclassify broadband and mobile...
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Ms. Quinn goes to Washington
Today United States Representative Katherine Clark (D-MA.), in partnership with the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, the National Council of Women’s Organizations and The...
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NY Congressman introduces 'Anti-Swatting Act' today
Congressman Eliot Engel (D-NY) will introduce a bill in the House of Representatives to stiffen the penalties for those convicted of "swatting." Engel, who is a senior member of the House Energy and...
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Rep. Katherine Clark gets House backing on forcing DOJ to investigate online...
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) once again called on the Department of Justice to investigate cyber crimes (online threats, swatting, etc.) aimed at women, and to announce that the House of Representatives...
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White House warns Congress about meddling with FCC appropriations
The White House sent to a letter to the House Appropriations Committee this week strongly urging lawmakers to remove language that would stop the FCC from enforcing the new neutrality rules that went...
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Rep. Clark to GamerGate: 'proud to be an SJW'
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA), who represents the 5th District of Massachusetts, embraced the term "Social Justice Warrior" (SJW, for short) in a series of tweets today directed at the social media-based...
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