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Congressional data may soon be easier to use online

Online, searching for a bill in Congress feels a little like time travel: Go looking for legislation, and you wind up in the Internet of 1995. At Congress’s ’90s-vintage archive site, there’s no way to compare bills side by side. No tool to measure the success rate of a bill’s sponsor. And there’s certainly no way to leave a comment. Congress makes it hard for outside sites to do any of this, either, by refusing to give out bulk data on its bills in a user-friendly form.

 

Landmark online privacy legislation is introduced in Senate

Landmark online privacy legislation is introduced in Senate

Although it lacks a 'do not track' provision, the bill's advocates say it would enact the first comprehensive protections for consumers' digital data transmitted from computers or other devices.Internet privacy is shaping up as the consumer issue of the year in Congress, as evidenced by new legislation introduced with bipartisan support from two former presidential candidates.

 

Senate to hold showdown vote on 'don't ask'

The Senate is headed toward a landmark vote Saturday on legislation that would let gays serve openly in the military.

 

GOP Plans to Block Virtually All Senate Bills

GOP Plans to Block Virtually All Senate Bills

Senate Republicans intend to block virtually all Democratic-backed legislation unrelated to tax cuts and government spending in Congress' postelection session, officials sayGOP Softens Stance on STARTObama Faces Pay Freeze BacklashBipartisan Panel to Negotiate Ta

 

Senate passes food-safety legislation

Senate passes food-safety legislation

The bill still needs to be reconciled with legislation passed by the House in July 2009, but the Senate action was hailed by advocates as a sign that the nation's food-safety laws will receive their first major overhaul in decades. After languishing for more than a year, a food-safety bill that has enjoyed strong bipartisan support passed the Senate on Tuesday, raising prospects for tougher and more extensive federal inspections and other safeguards.

 

House to vote on extending unemployment benefits

Jobless Americans in high-unemployment states would see their benefits extended for another 13 weeks under legislation to be considered by Congress next Wednesday.

 

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