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Senate rejects Warren Buffett tax rule
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
The Senate yesterday rejected the so-called Warren Buffett Rule, a minimum tax on millionaires. It was a mostly party-line vote: Democrats saying "aye," Republicans "nay."
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Hacking into infrastructure systems to prove a point
Monday, February 20, 2012
Vulnerabilities exist as Congress debates cybersecurity legislation.
Cybersecurity bill politics are quarrelsome but Reid will bring it to the floor
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Stay tuned for this one.
Apple says it won't let apps steal your address book anymore
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Now the apps will have to ask your permission to take your address book.
Cybersecurity bill drops today
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
But will it be also, uh, dropped?
Domestic drones approved
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Coming soon to your sky
New cybersecurity bill scheduled for vote this week, making people nervous
Monday, January 30, 2012
How powerful does it make the government?
Do payroll tax cuts help the economy?
Friday, December 2, 2011
The Senate yesterday failed to agree on a deal that would extend payroll tax cuts, a key part of President Obama's stimulus
Net Neutrality vote fails in the Senate
Friday, November 11, 2011
As we've said before, this was more like political homesteading than legitimate policy making but Senate Republicans got their vote on blocking the...
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The Marketplace Fairness Act: not the newest program in the Marketplace portfolio.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
It's a bipartisan bill introduced yesterday by Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn), and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo). The Senators say...
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