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DC grapples with data mining

May 12, 2006 Senators promise hearings after report of millions of Americans' phone records being given to the NSA. TAGS: NSA, data mining, hearing, senator, Bush Administration, agency

Senators reassure bloggers

March 9, 2005 Senators McCain and Feingold deny that bloggers could be regulated under the campaign finance reform law. TAGS: blogger, senator, finance, online media, law, decision, blog

Senators seek Web porn tax

August 1, 2005 Nine Senate Democrats want to levy a 25 percent tax on porn sites' revenue, but legal scholars say the idea violates the First Amendment. TAGS: First Amendment, tax, scholar, Arkansas, senator, Democrat, law, bill, children

Senators want to nix 1898 telecom tax

June 30, 2005 The Spanish-American War is over. So, Republican senators ask, why does a tax created to finance the war effort still exist? TAGS: tax, luxury, senator, Republican, telecommunications, Sen., bill, DSL

Senators target 'graphic' video games

November 30, 2005 Clinton and Lieberman call for a crackdown on sex and violence in video games, while another senator vows to target "indecency." TAGS: video game, senator, Lieberman Software Corp, violence, bill, retailer, rating, games, video

Senators oppose plan to curb phone taxes

June 12, 2007 Limits on federal spending will "place rural America at a tremendous disadvantage," say pro-tax senators in rural states. TAGS: surcharge, senator, Olympia Snowe, John Sununu, tax, wireless provider, Maine, fraud, fund, Republican, Sen., America

Senators threaten new Net porn crackdown

January 20, 2006 At a Senate hearing, politicians suggest a rating system for naughty Web sites and a tax on online sales of pornography. TAGS: porn, senator, Democrat, court, law, tax, Google Inc.

Senators skeptical of Real ID Act rules

March 26, 2007 Two years after voting for federalized ID cards, some politicians are having second thoughts about the rules. TAGS: Real ID Act, senator, homeland security, state, ID card, requirement, Sen., rule

Senator predicts 'overdue' changes to privacy

March 10, 2005 Democratic senator whose personal info was lost by Bank of America indicates time is right for reshaping privacy laws. TAGS: ChoicePoint Inc., Patrick Leahy, Bank of America Corp., senator, risk management, LexisNexis, Vermont, asset, Washington, Democrat

Senators back new broadband taxes

February 28, 2006 Politicians from rural states want to extend controversial tax to subsidize broadband access in far-flung areas. TAGS: fund, senator, broadband, telecommunications, voice service, telephone service, VoIP, tax, bill, broadband service, communication, chairman, Republican, IP

Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman help launch game-rating ads

December 8, 2006 Senators join rating board in announcing public-awareness campaign aimed at advising parents of game-rating system. TAGS: Joe Lieberman, Lieberman Software Corp, Hillary Clinton, senator, rating, video game, parent, games, president, video

Katrina spurs federal action on VoIP

September 22, 2005 Senators say the aftermath of the deadly hurricane shows that Net phones are important and changes to the law are needed. TAGS: John Sununu, Internet phone, VoIP, senator, Sen., deadline, storm, communication, Louisiana, bill, Republican, telecommunications, IP, radio

Congress to legislate file swapping?

September 28, 2005 California senator issues peer-to-peer ultimatum: "Either it's going to be legal, or it isn't going to exist." TAGS: Grokster Ltd., file-swapping, senator, P2P, intellectual property, California, file-sharing, retailer

Senators urge international copyright crackdown

May 25, 2005 Russia and China are top offenders, two senators say. And they want the Bush administration to ratchet up the pressure. TAGS: World Trade Organization, Orrin Hatch, Russia, China, Patrick Leahy, senator, copyright law, Bush Administration, U.S.

Net taxes? Over my dead body!

March 14, 2005 California Congressman Chris Cox plans to push for enactment of legislation to make the ban on Internet taxes permanent. TAGS: tax, senator, committee, California, security, idea

Senators propose labels for adult Web sites

April 12, 2007 Legislation requires "harmful to minors" Web pages to be tagged so kids can beware, but a wealth of constitutional problems loom. TAGS: minor, proposal, label, senator, tagging, kid, idea

Senators renew call for .xxx domains

March 17, 2006 Two Democrats propose a bill requiring feds to negotiate with ICANN to revive plans for the virtual red-light district. TAGS: domain, district, proposal, minor, bill, domain name, porn, senator, Democrat

Must we renew the Patriot Act?

December 12, 2005 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh wonders how taxes and drug testing relate to catching terrorists. TAGS: drug testing, USA PATRIOT Act, surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, crime, conference, senator, Republican, America, tax, U.S.

Senator plans to revise Web labeling bill

April 17, 2007 Republican Ted Stevens' bill includes proposals that aroused concern among civil liberties advocates, librarians and technology companies. TAGS: proposal, bill, senator, First Amendment, technology company, Republican, U.S.

Senators adopt Web labeling requirement

June 28, 2006 Senate committee says that sexually explicit Web sites must be labeled as such--or their operators will go to jail. TAGS: amendment, proposal, Dallas, senator, Sen., Republican, children, requirement
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