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Constitution, Rights, and secretive Congress
26 minutes ago
by Mel
I left the following comment on OccupyVotingBooths Facebook community to an item on the arrest of Josh Fox taking pictures of a Congressional hearing. The article is "The Arrest of Josh Fox: What Are They Trying to Hide When They Deny Our Right to Take Pictures?" This all is a slippery slope of inte ...
Irregular Blog - magree.blogspot.com
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NASA's Gloomy Budget Outlook for Planetary Science - It Gets Worse
1 hour ago
by Keith Cowing
Ed Weiler Says He Quit NASA Over Cuts to Mars Program, Science Insider "Next week, President Barack Obama will propose a $300 million cut in NASA's planetary science programs as part of his 2013 request for the agency, ScienceInsider has learned. If adopted by Congress, the 20% cut in planetary scie ...
NASA Watch - nasawatch.com · Rank: 14,488 · 412 references
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All VIrginia Congressmen and our Senators Mark Warner and Jim Webb
// politics
2 hours ago
by Kirby Harris
W hat if you were told that Congress had just passed a bill called the FAA Reauthorization Act. And slipped into the bill was a law that orders the Federal Aviation Administration to develop regulations for testing and licensing of commercial drones by the year 2015. Also you were told that Obama is ...
The Virginia Liberty Party - virginialibertyparty.com
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House Votes to Tighten Insider-Trading Ban for Congress
// politics
2 hours ago
by V2A
The U.S. House voted to strengthen the ban on insider trading by members of Congress and other government officials amid a record-low public approval rating of the way lawmakers do their work. The measure, approved 417-2 today in Washington, would bar members of Congress, their staffs and some execu ...
Vision to America - visiontoamerica.org · Rank: 15,970 · 82 references
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GPS air traffic navigation system would be crippled by LightSquared network, ...
3 hours ago
by Jon Brodkin
Airline industry representatives and a US transportation official told members of Congress yesterday that LightSquared's planned 4G LTE network would interfere with a GPS-based navigation system that government and industry has invested $8 billion in. The Federal Aviation Administration and industry ...
Ars Technica - arstechnica.com · 1770 references
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Congress Says Musical Instruments On Planes–OK
// music
3 hours ago
by Prescription Bluegrass Blog
MUSIC TO THE EARS FOR TRAVELING MUSICIANS! The American Federation of Musicians (AFM) applauds the passage of the FAA Bill that sets a consistent national policy allowing musical instruments on airplanes! After five years and 23 short-term extensions, the U.S. Congress has passed legislation reautho ...
Prescription Bluegrass Blog - prescriptionbluegrassblog.com · 2 references
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Call your Representatives to oppose a House transportation bill so ...
// politics
3 hours ago
by Alex Dodds
Today, thousands of people from across the country are calling their representatives in the House to urge them to vote “NO” vote on HR 7, the House transportation bill. The House bill would eliminate dedicated funding for public transportation – a crucial component of smart growth development – and ...
Smart Growth America - smartgrowthamerica.org · Rank: 8,430 · 45 references
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Congress OKs 30,000 flying drones spying on Americans across U.S. cities
// politics
4 hours ago
by Robert Ryles
Congress OKs 30,000 flying drones spying on Americans across U.S. cities Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/034919_spy_drones_America_surveillance.html#ixzz1luJEpoaT NaturalNews) It's the most benign thing in the world. In fact, it's a concept whose time has come and it will only help protect us ...
jw-archive.org - jw-archive.org · Rank: 32,058 · 18 references
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US Chamber of Commerce jumping into congressional races early
4 hours ago
by Jazz Shaw
"Advance and protect" While seeing the US Chamber of Commerce getting actively involved in the battle to elect pro-business candidates to the House and Senate is nothing new, it is quite unusual to see them jumping into the race this early and this hard. The Chamber announced this week that they hav ...
Hot Air » Top Picks - hotair.com · Rank: 37,640 · 5613 references
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Obama waives No Child Left Behind law requirements for 10 states
5 hours ago
AP By Kimberly Hefling and Ben Feller, AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states from the strict requirements of the... Not enough right?!?! Visit the website for fabulous stuff
Fitness Tips Club - fitnesstipsclub.com
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