Wired Blog has a very interesting article up about the Net Neutrality amendment that is in a tie right now in the Senate Commerce Committee. The following are some excerpts of what Senator Ted Stevens (R-AL) had to say about it. There’s one company now you can sign up and you can get a movie […]
When you think about last year’s deadly hurricane season, you also must think about the environment. They do go hand in hand and we hear warnings all the time that our Earth is passing the point of no return. Global warming is a serious issue that requires serious actions. So how does Senate address this […]
This is rather interesting: Officials from six major oil companies have refused to testify this week at a Senate hearing looking into whether oil industry mergers in recent years have made gasoline more expensive at the pump. With oil companies reporting record profits from higher energy prices, consumer groups have complained that mergers in the […]
Rep Sensenbrenner, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee is now threatening to block the Patriot Act because of the extension: Via Raw Story: Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Frank James Sensenbrenner (R – WI) has rejected a Patriot Act compromise reached by the Senate. The Senate had agreed to extend controversial provisions of the […]
When oil executives took to Capital Hill last month to testify before Senate about their profits, Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was outraged that Democrats would want them sworn in. What did he know? As it turns out, these executives lied when asked if they ever met with Cheney about energy policy. In fact they did […]
The Senate Appropriations Committee has removed the earmark for the two “bridges to nowhere” in Alaska. This of course still keeps the money available to Alaska, where their Governor is now to decide how it is best spent. The following is from aSierra Club press release: The Senate Appropriations Committee removed earmarks for two controversial […]
The New York Times has an interesting article today pointing out other disaster prone areas this country has. It seems that Katrina has awaken most of the country to look into their deteriorating infrastructures and high risk areas and are now more worried than they were this past summer. Some of those possible disasters waiting […]