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U.S. lawmakers backing Keystone pipeline mull next steps
2014-02-04 13:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers voiced support on Tuesday for the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, and did not rule out using legislation to force the White House to approve the Canada-to-Texas project. Several U.S. senators and representatives encouraged President Barack Obama to bless TransCanada Corp's plan to build a line that would carry up to 830,000 barrels per day of oil sands crude from Western Canada and light, sweet crude from North Dakota to oil refiners in the Gulf of Mexico....
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Democratic lawmakers look to restore net neutrality
2014-02-04 13:46:46| InfoWorld: Top News
A group of Democratic lawmakers have introduced a bill in both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives to restore net neutrality rules at the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.The two bills, introduced Monday, come about three weeks after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District Columbia Circuit struck down rules, passed by the FCC in late 2010, prohibiting broadband providers from selectively blocking or slowing Web traffic.
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Florida lawmakers to probe biometric scans of scho...
2014-02-04 13:05:57| Appliances - Topix.net
Florida is considering legislation to sharply regulate the use of fingerprint, palm print, iris scans and other biometric identification systems once found only in futuristic thrillers such as "Mission: Impossible" and "Minority Report."
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Lawmakers introduce bill opposing power-line plan
2014-02-03 02:13:44| Energy - Topix.net
A power company would be blocked from building a 340,000-volt transmission line through two Missouri counties under a newly introduced bill.
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McAuliffe hosted breakfast for Hampton Roads lawmakers
2014-01-31 14:40:58| Paper - Topix.net
Competing events seemingly contributed to the cancellation Thursday morning of the normally scheduled Hampton Roads Caucus' weekly meeting -- other committee hearings and a breakfast invite from Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
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