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By John Merline - AOL News(Aug. 24) -- Pop quiz: Based on Congress' legislative output over the past year and a half, what do you think is the most pressing issue facing the country? The crummy economy? Terrorist threats? Health care costs? The sorry state of education? National defense? Global warming? Immigration? Answer: None of the above. Nope, the biggest problem facing America today is ... the desperate lack of appropriately named post offices. At least, that's the conclusion you'd draw by looking at bills that made it through Congress to President Barack Obama's signature pen. AOL Source: Author's ...
Texting While Driving Ban Proposed in Senate
By Emily Miller - Politics DailySenate Democrats introduced a bill on Wednesday that would ban texting on a cell phone or other personal electronic device while driving. If passed, the bill would force states to enact laws against texting while driving, or risk losing federal highway funds. "iPhones, Sidekicks and Blackberries are ingenious, indispensable devices," Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) said in a statement. "But while they make our lives so much easier, they make driving that much harder." ...
Obama, McCain Team Up in Senate
By Liza Porteus Viana - Politics DailyJohn McCain and Barack Obama may be going head-to-head in their race for the White House, but in the Senate, the two men are working behind the scenes to let a little sunshine into the federal government's windows.The Hill reports today that McCain's Senate office contacted Obama's office Monday night asking to sign on to a good-government bill opening federal government contracts to public scrutiny, according to three sources. Obama, D-Ill., had been working on the measure mostly with McCain ally Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) After learning that Obama and Coburn were introducing the bill, the ...
Insured Against the Expected
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyIn a vote which contemplates a brave new world, Congress has passed a law which prohibits health insurance agencies from "discriminating" on the basis of information revealed through genetic decoding. That is, insurance providers are not allowed to take into consideration a person's genetic predilection for illness (i.e., heart disease, diabetes) in the issuance of terms and policies. On the one hand, this legislation passed with only a single dissenter in either house. Such uniformity of consent is usually reserved for empty patriotic expressions or vulgar legislative pandering. This vote ...
Arson Registry Reveals Legislative Trend
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyThe House has passed a bill which would establish a national registry to track convicted arsonists. The registry will be accessible only to law enforcement personnel, not to the general public. However, the slant of this law is reminiscent of sex registry laws, and may reveal a burgeoning pattern in legislative thinking. In 1994, Congress passed the Jacob Wetterling Act, requiring states to register sex offenders. In 1996, in response to "Megan's Laws," Congress mandated public notification of personal information for sex offenders. Just this year, Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child ...
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