Pin ItemailprintRep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz) resigned from Congress this morning, just over a year after being shot in the head at close range in Tucson, Arizona. “This past year my colleagues and staff have worked to make sure my constituents were represented in Congress,” Giffords wrote in her resignation letter. “But If I can’t return, [...]
Never underestimate the power of angry people in large numbers. Today, it is finally safe for the internet to declare victory. The House of Representative and the U.S. Senate have scuttled both the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) AND the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), throwing both pieces of legislation into limbo. The Senate had been [...]
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As we announced yesterday, Wikipedia will join several other websites tomorrow (including Blippitt) in “blacking out” or “going dark” in protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales posted to Twitter yesterday to announce that the English version of Wikipedia will go dark on Wednesday [...]
Where will you be on January 17? According to Anonymous, you should be in Washington D.C. when Congress reconvenes, welcoming them back and encouraging them to get to work restoring our once-great nation. President Barack Obama has already signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which basically allows for the indefinite detention of American citizens [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Friday, December 23, 2011: – House GOP agrees to short-term payroll tax fix – Deadly attacks in Baghdad – North Korea’s power shift progresses – 91 years old and teaching yoga
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Today, congressional leaders finally reached an agreement to temporarily extend a payroll tax cut by two months and start negotiations on a longer-term solution, aides said. The agreement could end a political standoff over the payroll tax cut that reduced Social Security taxes for 160 million Americans this year. Under the new agreement, the House [...]
Here are your top stories for this Wednesday, December 21, 2011: – House of Representatives rejects payroll tax plan – Top Iraq war commander returns to U.S. – Five killed when plane crashes on NJ highway – National Menorah lit
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Today, President Barack Obama demanded that Republicans in the House of Representatives pass a short-term payroll tax cut extension, remaining defiant in a battle that could lead to increased taxes for 160 million Americans. Earlier, the Republican-led House rejected a short-term deal passed by Democrats and fellow Republicans in the Senate this past weekend and [...]
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Here are your top stories for this Tuesday, December 20, 2011: – Hillary Clinton hopes for better North Korean relations – Mourning on streets of North Korean capital – House may reject Senate’s payroll tax deal – Fire consumes airport control tower complex
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Well, we may be on the verge of losing our civil rights, but at least the internet won’t be censored – yet. The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has decided to delay further debate on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) until after Congress’ holiday break. (UPDATE: Congress is NOT waiting until the New [...]
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Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) will not seek reelection next year, according to The Huffington Post. Frank will discuss his decision to forgo running for another term at a 1 p.m. EST press conference in his home state. According to a close adviser, the new congressional district in which Frank would have run to represent was [...]
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Is pizza a vegetable? It may surprise you to think that Congress wants to make it so. The House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday that abandons proposals that threatened to take pizza and french fries off of federally funded school lunch menus. The scrapped proposals stemmed from a 2010 child nutrition law calling on [...]
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