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MapLight research on the influence of money and politics.
Jeffrey ErnstFriedman
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December 08, 2011
Dec 7, 2011 - The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill known as the REINS Act (HR 10) that would rewrite provisions regarding congressional review of agency rulemaking to require congressional approval of major rules of the executive branch before they may take effect.Interest groups that supported this motion gave on average 3.8 times as much to House members who voted 'YES' ($81,450) as they gave to House members who voted 'NO' ($21,647).Interest groups that opposed this motion gave on average 8.1 times as much to House members who voted 'NO' ($140,975) as they gave to House members who voted 'YES' ($17,474).
Jeffrey ErnstFriedman
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December 07, 2011
December 7, 2011 - The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill (HR 2471) that would amend the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 to ease restrictions on sharing of video rental information. The bill is supported by Facebook, Netflix, the Center for Democracy and Technology and the Digital Media Association. The measure is opposed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
Jeffrey ErnstFriedman
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November 18, 2011
Nov 18, 2011 - Members of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, also known as the "Super Committee," are hopeful that a repatriation tax holiday allowing domestic companies to claim profits made overseas at reduced tax rates will boost the economy by encouraging capital investment and job growth here in the United States.
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November 14, 2011
Nov 14, 2011 - MapLight has conducted an analysis of campaign contributions to the 12 members of Congress appointed to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
Jeffrey ErnstFriedman
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Nov 14, 2011 - With the deadline looming for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction -- also known as the Super Committee -- to make its recommendations on how to cut the federal deficit by at least $1.5 trillion dollars over 10 years, there are talks that the leaders of the agriculture committees in both chambers will use the opportunity to accelerate the consideration of language for the 2012 Farm Bill.
Jeffrey ErnstFriedman
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Nov. 16, 2011 - With the upcoming presidential election accelerating the focus on November 2012, one issue that will most likely be decided before either President Obama takes a second term or one of his Republican challengers takes the oath of office is the latest version of the "Farm Bill." The Farm Bill is a massive spending measure that covers a wide variety of agriculture issues from crop insurance to food stamps and is taken up by Congress every five years.
Pamela Behrsin
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November 10, 2011
Nov. 10, 2011 - On Thursday, the U.S. Senate voted along party lines (46-52) to block S.J.Res. 6, a joint resolution disapproving the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with respect to regulating the Internet and broadband industry practices.