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Oldest Congress In U.S. History Hip To Latest Technology

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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The oldest Congress ever is getting more hip to today's technology. Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), while recovering from foot surgery, kept in touch ...

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Old Timers Go Modern In Quest To Stay In Congress

AP | DAVID A. LIEB | Posted 05.25.2011

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SEDALIA, Mo. — It's 7:19 p.m., yet Rep. Ike Skelton appears hard at work. "I just voted against the repeal of DADT," Skelton tweets via BlackBer...

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Congress On Twitter: More Than A Third Of Lawmakers Tweet

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Congress has spent the last year learning to tweet. More than a third of its members are doing it now. And if you thought the minute-to-minute musings...

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Congress' Tech-Oriented Growth Spurt

Ellen Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ellen Miller

Three years ago, those using the Web for transparency likely registered around zero. But in the intervening years, Congress has adapted to the Internet at incredible speed.

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McCain Doing "Twitterview" With George Stephanopoulos

ABC | Posted 05.25.2011

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Next Tuesday, I'm trying something new. Catch my "twitterview" with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Tuesday, March 17 at 12 noon on Twitter....

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Blumenauer Engages McCain In Twitter Fight Over Solar Energy

MyDD | Posted 05.25.2011

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Danny Glover (no, not that one) has the run down: The Arizona Republican posted his first anti-pork list under the Twitter name @SenJohnMcCain late l...

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Lawmakers "Paralyzed By Twitter" During Obama Speech

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Obama spoke of economic calamity and war last night in that solemn rite of democracy, the address to the joint session of Congress. And lawm...

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Let Congress Tweet

Avelino Maestas | Posted 05.25.2011

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Avelino Maestas

It's obvious by now that social networking and tools like YouTube and wikis have changed the way we collect information and converse with one another online. Why not encourage our elected officials from joining us?

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