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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.
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Senators ask P2P companies to police themselves
November 21, 2003
A group of Washington lawmakers calls for file-swapping companies to help stop distribution of copyrighted materials and pornography on their networks.
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Week in review: Taxing times
April 20, 2007
Online sales taxes, Internet access taxes, even IRS look-alike sites--there's plenty out there to boost anxiety levels.
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Politicos suggest more Fed spending on nanotech
May 4, 2006
Senators praise nanotech and say they want to spend more tax dollars to help products move from the lab to the marketplace.
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Patriot Act renewal draws filibuster threat
December 8, 2005
Plan backed by White House for minimal changes and four-year renewal draws opposition in the Senate.
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Can VoIP survive Congress?
July 5, 2004
Washington this week will try to figure out what rules should govern VoIP, a process that CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh predicts is fraught with problems.
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Hail to the...spammer-in-chief?
January 20, 2003
CNET News.com's Washington watcher Declan McCullagh finds that Democratic presidential wanna-be Joseph Lieberman thinks it's fine to clog our in-boxes--as long as he's the one doing it.
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NSA spying comes under legal, political attack
April 27, 2006
Republican senator threatens to cut funding to Bush's surveillance program. Judge sets hearing date in related suit.
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Ban on monthly Net access taxes faces obstacles
April 17, 2007
Senator behind proposal to curb state and local taxes on Internet access is trying to extend the ban again, but says he may not succeed.
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