The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) have the power to search, copy contents or seize laptops or mobile devices when travelers re-enter the U.S.U.S. Senators Russell Feingold, a Wisconsin Democrat, and Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, are calling on the CBP to amend its policy that allows frequent searches of laptops, digital cameras and mobile devices at the borders.
Senators Call For Net Neutrality Hearing
Senators Bryon Dorgan (D-ND) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) sent a letter today to Sen. Daniel Inouye, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, calling for a hearing to discuss phone and cable companies’ recent discrimination against content on their networks, and whether current regulatory protections are enough.
Senators Critical Of Wireless Carriers
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN.) is sponsoring a bill that calls on wireless companies to prorate early termination fees for cell phone subscribers that sometimes are as high as $200 and are disguised as taxes on bills.
Google, DoubleClick On Defense Against Senators
The main defense put forth by Google and supporters of its proposed acquisition of DoubleClick holds that the two companies do business differently when it comes to advertising.
Net Neutrality Wins More Senators
The Net Neutrality movement is gaining support among U.S. senators. At the close of the August recess, the SaveTheInternet.com coalition added four previously uncommitted legislators to the cause.
Senators Out To Get Sex In Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Right now in the video game world, not much else needs to be said does it? This game is attracting more attention and more flack than any game certainly in recent years. How often do you get Hillary Clinton and Rick Santorum on the same side? That should tell you something.
Senators Reid and Lautenberg Tell GAO To Look Into Fuzzy Science
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NEV) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), the ranking Democrat on the Global Climate Change subcommittee, sent a letter today to the General Accounting Office requesting a full investigation of Philip Cooney, former Chief of Staff of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. They want the investigation to center around changes Cooney made in two studies commissioned by Congress done by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program (USCCSP).