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Congress Threatens Foundation Of Internet

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 12.16.2011

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Ryan Grim contributed reporting WASHINGTON -- A month ago, Google lobbyist Katherine Oyama absorbed one of the more unusual congressional tongue-la...

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Filibuster Censorship: Senator Ron Wyden to Read Censorship Opponents' Names From Senate Floor

David Segal | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Protect IP, Coica, Wyden, Internet Freedom, Pipa, Demand Progress, Stop Online Piracy, Leahy, Internet Censorship, Sopa, Video, Technology News

Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is going to be reading names of censorship opponents from the floor of the Senate during his expected filibuster of the PROTE...

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The End of Twitter and Youtube

David Segal | Posted 12.24.2011

Read More: Protect IP, Congress, Coica, Internet Freedom, Demand Progress, Pipa, Leahy, Bieber, Goodlatte, Blacklist Bill, Technology News

A bit of an emergency: The rumor all over Capitol Hill is that the House version of the Internet Blacklist Bill (PROTECT IP Act) will be introduced th...

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The Secret Plot to Censor the Internet -- And How You Can Stop It

David Segal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Leahy, Coica, Blacklist, Chamber of Commerce, Demand Progress, Combating-Online-Infringement-and-Counterfeits-Act, Wikileaks, Politics News

The Internet blacklist bill that we've been fighting since September is back. The big business lobby is urging Congress to pass a bill that would censor broad portions of the Internet.

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Patrick Leahy Defeats Cow-Riding Primary Challenger Daniel Freilich

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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MONTPELIER, Vt. - U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy has easily won a spot on Vermont's general election ballot. The 70-year-old handily defeated political newc...

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Wall Street Reform Conference Committee Membership Announced

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Wall Street reform effort enters a new phase on Thursday, as the conference committee between the House and Senate will meet to begin hashing out the differences between the House and Senate versions which have already passed.

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Is Your Email Private?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Is your email private? You may think it is, but you may also be surprised how easy it is for law enforcement to access it without a warrant.

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Don't Protect Patent Lying

Daniel B. Ravicher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Schumer, Kaufman, Sessions, Patent Law, Patent Act, Leahy, Kyl, Patent, Hatch, Patents, Business News

There is no rational explanation for Senators Leahy, Sessions, Schumer, Hatch, Kyl and Kaufman's sudden rush to overturn a 150-year-old law that protects citizens against companies making false claims.

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Leahy Slams Alito For 'Under Oath' Testimony To Committee (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) lashed into Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Thursday morning on the Senate floor, calling out the swing vote who over...

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Leahy: Obama Leaving Thousands Of Refugees In Limbo

Government Executive | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is calling on the Obama administration to correct problems that have left thousands of refugees and as...

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Obama's "Drip, Drip, Drip..." Intelligence Problem

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama faces a steady drip, drip, drip of stories leaking and becoming public. Wiretapping stories, torture stories, and secret CIA covert stories were all in the news in the past week alone.

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A Tale of Two Houses: Congress Debates the Peace Corps

Laurence Leamer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peace Corps, Senator Leahy, Representative Nita Lowey, Sam Farr, Cliff Stearns, Face the Nation, morepeacecorps.org, Sonia Sotomayor, Leahy, Bob Schieffer, Kit Bond, Senator Bond, Politics News

Sen. Leahy detailed how, during the Bush years, the Peace Corps had arrogantly ignored his repeated requests for information. I told him it was a new administration and a new time, but that didn't seem to matter.

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Sotomayor Confirmation Hearing Begins Monday July 13: Senate Judiciary Committee

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) announced Monday that the confirmation hearing for the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor t...

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Lawmakers: Congress Will Investigate Torture, Bipartisan Support In Place

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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The central debate dominating discussions of a possible investigation into torture by the Bush administration seems to have shifted sharply in the pas...

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The Mystery of the Disappearance of the Bayh Amendment

Sunil Chacko | Posted 05.25.2011

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The US Senate should pass the Bayh amendment again and ensure that it is not taken out yet again from the Appropriations bill of 2010 under discussion now.

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Leahy Lays Out Case For Truth Commission In Time

Time | Posted 05.25.2011

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More than 30 years ago, a special Senate investigation peered into abuses that included spying on the American people by their own government. The fi...

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Leahy Knocks Cheney: "I Don't Need Any Lectures From Him"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senator Patrick Leahy and Dick Cheney have a legendarily icy relationship, one that crested with the former Vice President telling the Judiciary Commi...

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Exclusive: Leahy Talks To White House About Investigating Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy and White House Chief Counsel Greg Craig discussed on Tuesday the Senator's proposal to set up a truth and rec...

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Friday Talking Points [58] -- [Expletive Deleted] Blagojevich

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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The history of profanity in American political discourse is an untold story out there just waiting for someone to research and write about -- although...

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Friday Talking Points [53] -- Why McCain Is Losing, And Why Democrats Shouldn't Say So

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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John McCain is losing the race for the White House. Now, this doesn't mean he has already lost it -- we've still got to go vote, after all. I'll cov...

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Friday Talking Points [43] -- And The Gold Medal For Snarkiness Goes To...

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't usually comment on sports, so take anything I say with a grain of salt. I'm no professional sports guy, nor do I play one on the web. But I h...

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