> Legislation

Network Neutrality @

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 "prescribes procedures for requesting judicial authorization for electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in espionage or international terrorism against the United States on behalf of a foreign power."

Internet Radio Equality Act
Text of S 1353, Internet Radio Equality Act, introduced by Sen. Wyden and Brownback, May 2007.

Internet Radio Equality Act
Text of HR 2060, Internet Radio Equality Act, introduced by Rep. Jay Inslee in April 2007.

HR 2206 - Emergency Appropriations
On 25 May 2007, President Bush signed HR 2206, "emergency supplemental appropriations and additional supplemental appropriations for agricultural and other emergency assistance" for the fiscal years 2007 and 2008.

How Congress Changed The Rules on US Attorney Appointments
The Patriot Act Reauthorization Bill of 2005 has enabled the President — through the office of the Attorney General — to arrange for US Attorneys to resign and then to replace them with political appointees, in the pejorative sense of that phrase, who do not need to be confirmed by the Senate.

Abortion In The News
News about abortion legislation in America; presented in reverse chronological order.

House Bill on Immigration Was Republican-Driven
12 April 2006. Any effort to imply that the Democrats were the party responsible for HB 4437, the Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act, has to explain the vote (239-182): Republicans, 203 for - Democrats, 164 against.

Maryland Mandates Wal-Mart Health Care Contribution
12 January 2006. Today the Maryland State Senate (30-17) and House of Delegates (88-50, at just after 7 pm Eastern) voted to override Republican Governor Robert Ehrlich's veto of the"Wal-Mart bill" [SB 790, HB 1284] which "requir[es] companies with more than 10,000 employees in the state to pay a set amount of money for health-care benefits."

President Pledges Veto of Stem Cell Bill
18 July 2006. The Senate has passed HR 810, which would amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for human embryonic stem cell research, by a 63-37 vote. Almost two months ago, the House passed the bill, 238-194. Both chambers are short of the votes needed to override the promised veto.

Roll Call - Class Action Fairness Act
10 February 2005. Senate Roll Call - On Passage of the Bill (S. 5), the "Class Action Fairness Act," which moves most complex class action lawsuits from state courts to federal courts.

Roll Call Vote - Senate - Defense Bill Authorization
21 Dec 2005. On a 56-44 roll call vote, the Senate blocked a defense appropriations bill that included oil drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). To break the filibuster, Republicans needed 60 votes.

Roll Call Vote - Marriage Amendment
14 July 2004. Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. J. Res. 40, Marriage Amendment. Cloture Motion Rejected 48-50.

Roll Call Vote - Patriot Act Extension
17 Dec 2005. Civil libertarian Republicans broke ranks on Friday, joining 40 Democrats and one Independent to give President Bush a significant legislative black eye when a filibuster successfully blocked renewal of the White House orchestrated "compromise" Patriot Act.

How Your Representative Voted : Roll Call Vote : HR 4754 - Patriot Act
8 July 2004. House Amendment 652 (A021) Amends HR 4754. Passed House 397 - 18 and was referred to the Senate on 8 July 2004.

Roll Call Vote - Terri Schiavo Act - SB686
On Palm Sunday, three Republican Senators voted on SB686, a special bill directing a Federal Judge in Florida to hear an appeal from Terri Schiavo's parents regarding the 18 March removal of her feeding tube. This is the roll call vote.