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The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade has approved a data security bill by a voice vote, moving it to the fu...
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Chairman Walden's Legislation Authorizes Much Needed Incentive Spectrum Auctions
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The following statement can be attributed to Cons...
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Many private equity fund advisers currently rely on the "private adviser" exemption from registration on the federal level, which applies where the ad...
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NASHVILLE - Traffic cameras might no longer be the source of tickets to motorists making a right turn on a red light under legislation approved by a subcommittee Tuesday as part of a proposed overhaul of state law dealing with law enforcement by photography.
The bill approved by the House Transportation Subcommittee also includes provisions that:
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A sweeping bill to regulate the states natural gas industry cleared a significant hurdle Monday night, but its fate remains uncertain. Members of a House Judiciary subcommittee unanimously approved a bill to set new rules for companies as they seek to develop the states Marcellus shale, which contains a massive underground cache of gas that could help create thousands of jobs and generate billions of dollars. But the committee also stripped language from the bill that would have made it easier and perhaps cheaper for gas companies to get to the gas. A practice, known as forced pooling, lets companies extract gas from beneath a large tract of land even if they cant agree to a lease with all of the mineral rights owners. The companies still have to pay for the gas they force pool, but min...
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WASHINGTON, March 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Prominent members of the free-market movement joined together today to send a letter concerning recent draft video franchising reform legislation to Chairman Barton and members of the Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee, as well as Speaker Dennis Hastert and Majority Leader John Boehner. In the letter, FreedomWorks, The American Conservative Union, The Discovery Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute, the National Taxpayers Union, and the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste acknowledge positive, market- oriented steps that the draft takes in the area of reforming the currently cumbersome and complex video franchise regime, however points out significant room for improvement particularly in the area of net neutrality.
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A House of Delegates subcommittee on Tuesday endorsed legislation designed to prevent a repeat of Election Day irregularities that occurred in Montgomery County.
Del. Dave Nutter's bill would require voters to cast provisional ballots if election officials cannot access poll books to confirm their address and registration information. House Bill 2251 would codify an existing state board of elections regulation, which apparently was not followed when the polls opened Nov. 2 in Montgomery County.
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RIALTO - Rep. Joe Baca, D-San Bernardino, asked a congressional subcommittee Wednesday to act on his legislation requiring the U.S. Geological Survey to conduct a study of the Rialto-Colton water basin that focuses on its perchlorate plume.
R. 200, the Inland Empire Perchlorate Ground Water Plume Assessment Act, would provide new details about the plume, which potentially affects 500,000 people.
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