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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 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, violence, Lieberman Software Corp, bill, retailer, rating, games, video

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, online media, finance, 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, senator, luxury, telecommunications, Republican, Sen., bill, DSL

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, senator, Patrick Leahy, copyright law, Bush Administration, U.S.

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 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, ID card, state, requirement, Sen., rule

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, deadline, Sen., storm, communication, Louisiana, Republican, bill, telecommunications, radio, IP

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, LexisNexis, risk management, Vermont, asset, Washington, Democrat

NSA eavesdropping: How it might work

February 7, 2006 Attorney General Gonzales plays it mum, but others offer insights into the agency's surveillance options. TAGS: NSA, backbone provider, fiber, fiber-optics, Sprint Nextel, provider, senator, survey, AT&T Corp., satellite, president

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.

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, president, games, video

Senators don't want 1898 tax to hit Net

April 11, 2005 Two senators say a "temporary" tax to pay for the Spanish-American War should not apply to the Internet. TAGS: tax, CompTIA, senator, Sen., Republican, VoIP, e-mail

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

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

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.

Congress threatens P2P networks on porn

July 28, 2005 Senators say they don't want to rewrite copyright law--but they're peeved that kids can find porn on file-swapping networks. TAGS: porn, P2P, Sen., senator, Grokster Ltd., copyright law, decision, software company

Senators endorse broadcast flag plan

June 27, 2006 Even though a committee approved anticopying restrictions for digital TV and radio, the debate's not over. TAGS: digital radio, senator, digital television, committee, rule, Republican, audio, movie, radio, TV, video

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, VoIP, voice service, telephone service, tax, bill, broadband service, communication, chairman, Republican, IP
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