Friday Jul 4 | Government Technology
ACLU Urges Senate to Reject Surveillance Bill
Last week, the Senate voted to begin consideration of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act legislation.
Missouri Senator Confident for Fisa Passage
Submitted by Rance Burger on June 28, 2008 - 9:23am. Missouri's senior U.S. Senator remains optimistic on the chances for the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act, known as FISA.
Topic: Announcements College News : NCMC Included In Senate Bill Published Online Jun 27, 2008 - 11:01 AM Funding for North Central Missouri College has been included in a Labor-Health and Human Services ...
House passes telecom immunity bill
Parent companies of the nation's largest mobile-phone operators could escape liability from dozens of lawsuits under a bill passed by the House that updates the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Fed funded highway projects skip Perry County
U.S. Senator Kit Bond today announced the U.S. Department of Transportation released more than $6 million in federal funds for transportation projects in the Southeast Missouri, but none of the projects are in ...
Denouncing Speculation Here, Promoting Speculation There
File this entry under, "it must not be the act, it must be the market" that matters.
Pelosi and Dems Capitulate to Bush on Wiretapping, Obama Silent
In yet another capitulation to the Bush Administration' s extensive domestic surveillance agenda , the House overwhelmingly passed a bill that extends the government's wiretapping powers and effectively confers ...
The process by which pet projects are divvied up has become a salient issue in this year's election.
Rebublican Senators: It's About Immunity
The dangerous and unconstitutional FISA bill coming up before the House Friday appears to have support, with Speaker Pelosi describing it as a " balanced bill ". The bill is far from balanced when it comes to ...
And While We Were Arguing About Dogs...
Congress caved to the Bush administration and granted the telecoms retroactive immunity for helping the Bush administration spy on American citizens without a warrant-oh, and they also expanded the governments ...
NRF Welcomes Bipartisan Support of Legislation Requiring Visa and...
The National Retail Federation today welcomed the addition of Senator Christopher " Kit " Bond, R-Mo., as a co-sponsor of the Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008, saying the move shows lawmakers in both parties ...
Anheuser board to meet to discuss InBev bid: report
In a sign that Anheuser may not unequivocally reject InBev's advances, advisers will focus the board's attention on the valuation of the $65-per-share bid, the paper reported.
The reaction to a Supreme Court ruling shows that many don't believe the war on terror can be won with American values.
Tentative accord on US spy bill
The White House and Democratic-led Congress have been trying for months to reach an agreement to modernise the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which requires the government receive secret-court ...
Summaries of Senate financial disclosure forms
Sen. James Inhofe , R-Okla., senior Republican Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.
ACLU Says No Deal on an Unconstitutional FISA Compromise
As news continues to trickle down from Capitol Hill regarding a deal on surveillance legislation, the American Civil Liberties Union once again voiced its fervent opposition to any attempt to undercut the ...
Editorial: Intelligence and Iraq
By BDN Staff Tuesday, June 10, 2008 - Bangor Daily News More than five years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the Senate Intelligence Committee has - after lengthy review and plenty of stonewalling - found that ...
St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, MO
A group of C130s sit idle on the apron at the 139th Airlift Wing Friday afternoon.
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., left, and Sen. John Warner, R-Va., center, talk with Sen.
Senate action on climate bill seems doomed
Senate Republicans appeared ready to turn back an ambitious plan to reduce the risks of global warming after a week in which bipartisan bickering and political posturing seemed to drown out the environmental ...