Defense Authorization Heads to Senate, Obama
December 14, 2011
Mueller, who met with some Senate GOP conferees, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that hes not certain lawmakers went far enough to protect the FBIs jurisdiction and the...
Critics of Online- Piracy Bills Release Their Own Draft
December 08, 2011
bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee in May known as the Protect IP Act. After initially joining other lawmakers in only an outline of possible alternative approaches...
Detainee Stalemate Slows Defense Authorization Act
October 24, 2011
The White House objects to the provisions, and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., and Senate Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who spearheaded...
Senators Seem Skeptical of Pharmacy Merger
December 06, 2011
Senate Judiciary Committee members were skeptical on Tuesday that a proposed merger of two of the countrys three largest pharmacy-benefit managers, Express Scripts and Medco,...
The Rest of the 111th: Where Are They Now?
November 22, 2011
At age 81, Specter, who served many years on the Senate Judiciary Committee, also returned to private practice, setting up his own law firm in Philadelphia. I dont intend to...
Supporters, Critics Spar Over Antipiracy Bills
November 02, 2011
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved its own version of the legislation in May. The caucuss other cochairman, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., also argued that many critics...
Travel Leader
October 31, 2011
He was previously press secretary for the Senate Judiciary Committee and communications director for the House Government Reform Committee. Earlier, he was press secretary to...
Broadcast News
October 23, 2011
Curtis LeGeyt, senior counsel to the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been named senior vice president and legislative counsel at the National Association of Broadcasters,...
A Guide to Octobers Budget Skirmishes
October 02, 2011
Supreme Court Justices Stephen Breyer and Antonin Scalia are scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, in a rare instance of justices appearing...
National Journal's 11: 30 Extra for Sept. 8, 2011
September 08, 2011
Among those expected to testify at the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Human Rights hearing'' New State Voting Laws: Barriers...
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Insiders: Secret Service Able to Fully Protect Obama
May 01, 2012
Senate Judiciary Committee ranking member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, said the president's safety and national security could be at risk. Most Insiders, 68.5 percent, were more...
Grassley: All Agents Involved in Colombia Misconduct Should Go
April 19, 2012
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said on Thursday that based on what he knows, all 11 Secret Service agents involved in alleged...
Women Senators Push for Domestic Violence Bill
March 15, 2012
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans voted against the measure in February, arguing the expansion of the bill dilutes its purpose. Judiciary Committee ranking member Charles...
Panel Backs Televising Supreme Court Proceedings
February 09, 2012
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved... Our democracy works best when Americans have ready access to their government, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said.But...
House, Senate Postpone Piracy Bills Under Pressure
January 20, 2012
And the Senate bill, which had been on a relatively fast track after the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved it in May, looks equally doomed. Just as the Web...
Senate Online- Piracy Bill Faces Long Odds
January 19, 2012
NetCoalition Executive Director Markham Erickson added that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., is committed to this. I think he would drop a ham sandwich...
Congressional Support Appears To Be Eroding For Piracy Bills
January 18, 2012
While Smith and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., have agreed to remove from their bills a controversial provision requiring service providers to block U.S. access...
Issa to Introduce Legislation to Counter SOPA Next Week
January 11, 2012
Their legislation aims to counter a House bill known as the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and a bill approved in May by the Senate Judiciary Committee known as the Protect IP...
Lawmakers Call For New Scrutiny Of Google Street View Flap
May 04, 2012
| Tech Daily Dose Now a Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Blumenthal says that while it's debatable whether the company violated any laws, it's clear that action is required...
Penguin Denies Wrongdoing In E- book Price Fixing Case
April 11, 2012
| Tech Daily Dose Cooper wrote the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee last week to urge the panel to examine allegations that Apple and several major publishers had conspired to boost prices...
Verizon- Cable Deals to Get First Airing on Hill
March 21, 2012
| Tech Daily Dose Verizon's bid to buy spectrum and enter into marketing agreements with a group of cable companies will get its first public examination before the Senate Judiciary Committee...
Lawmakers Fear Some Patent Fights Could Hurt Competition
March 15, 2012
| Tech Daily Dose As companies battle over control of the technology used in some of the hottest devices and websites, leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee say they fear patents could be used...
Senate Judiciary Republicans Call For Delay On Anti- Piracy Vote
January 13, 2012
| Tech Daily Dose Top Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee said on Friday that Senate... The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Protect IP Act in May, but concerns over privacy...
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New Bill, Old Battles
September 13, 2011
The Protect IP Act, which the Senate Judiciary Committee approved in May, would authorize the attorney general to sue foreign websites found to be dedicated to infringing...
All Politics Is Local, or National
May 17, 2011
Victor Meena told the Senate Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee last week. Public Knowledge President Gigi Sohn pointed out that in FCC filings during its takeover of Cingular,...
The Google Machine
March 22, 2011
Schmidt, however, has also nurtured ties on the other side of the aisle, forming relationships with some of the top Republicans on both the House and Senate Judiciary ...
Injudicious Politics?
March 21, 2011
Legislation also may be in the offing from Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., who last year introduced a bill that would allow retired Supreme Court justices to sit...
