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4-2-06: Public interest advocates speak in support of "net neutrality" and media diversity under conditions of corporate media oligarchy (American Politics Today #50)

2-16-06: Confrontation brewing between real British Government, which wants to outlaw the "glorification of terrorism," and "V for Vendetta" film that glorifies terrorism against a fictional, fascist, British Government? (American Politics Today #49/Etopia Media Entertainment News Network #25)

2-10-06: U.S. Green Party leader denounces Obey-Frank public campaign financing bill, is looking at H.R. 3099 from Rep. Tierney or possible Green Party public financing option (American Politics Today #48)

2-3-06: U.S. Representative Barney Frank supports "Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act" to expedite the U.S. Supreme Court's revisiting of Buckley v. Vallejo (American Politics Today #47)

2-1-06: U.S. Representatives Obey, Frank, Israel, McGovern, Ryan, and Waxman will introduce the "Let the People Decide Clean Campaign Act" (American Politics Today #46)

1-31-06: Leading progressive Congressmembers David Obey (D-WI) and Barney Frank (D-MA) propose Clean Money/Clean Elections 'Grassroots Clean Campaign Act' legislation (American Politics Today #45)

1-8-06: Rhode Island becomes 12th state to legalize medical marijuana, in spite of federal prohibitions and Supreme Court ruling (American Politics Today #44)

12-8-05: Rick Bielke at Public Campaign talks about making elections about voters, not donors, through the Clean Money/Clean Elections model of public financing (American Politics Today #43)

8-10-05: Palm Beach County, Florida, Commissioner Burt Aaronson talks about Florida stem cell research funding initiative (American Politics Today #42)

8-9-05: Florida State Representative Franklin Sands talks about his proposed $150 million embryonic stem cell research legislation (American Politics Today #41)

8-4-05: Stem cell update, August 4, 2005 (American Politics Today #40)

8-4-05: RCN SVP Richard Ramlall talks about avoiding "a perfect storm" of consumer-hostile telecom reform and creating a consumer-friendly "level playing field" (American Politics Today #39)

7-28-05: Nevada Senator Ensign proposes telecom reform plan including provisions that would negate the "Community Broadband Act of 2005" proposed by Senators Lautenberg and McCain (American Politics Today #38)

7-11-05: Aide to Rep. Sessions says H.R. 2726 would allow "Philadelphia plan" municipal Wi-Fi implementations (American Politics Today #37)

7-2-05: Karl Rove outed as source of criminal leak from White House; will Bush fire him? (American Politics Today #36)

6-30-05: Medical marijuana veto override passes Rhode Island Senate, 28-6 (American Politics Today #35)

6-30-05: Thomas Slater, Rhode Island State Representative, talks about medical marijuana in Rhode Island (American Politics Today #34)

6-24-05: CNOOC Chairman Fu welcomes Unocal decision to discuss takeover, explains its benefits for Unocal shareholders and employees, offers reassurance on foreign acquisition issue (American Politics Today #33/Oil World #2)

6-21-05: VerifiedVoting.org to Brief Senators on Verifiable Elections--Stanford University Professor Champions Paper Ballots and Public Audits (American Politics Today #32)

6-14-05: Tennessee Department of Safety answers some questions about the state's "Certificate for Driving" (CFD) and the federal REAL ID Act (American Politics Today #31)

6-11-05: Utah Department of Public Safety spokesperson clarifies Utah identification transition issues (American Politics Today #30)

6-7-05: Utah Department of Public Safety spokesperson discusses Utah's "Driving Privilege Card" and associated issues (American Politics Today #29)

6-3-05: U.S. Department of Homeland Security says "it is too early in the process to discuss the type of technology that may be required" to implement the "common, machine-readable technology" provision of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (American Politics Today #28)

5-28-05: Saying "We simply should not go down the road of using taxpayer dollars to kill young humans," U.S Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS) condemns House vote on embryonic stem cell research (American Politics Today #27)

5-26-05: Saying that "the Dark Ages are over" and "science will prevail," Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT) supports H.R. 810, the "Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005," and H.R. 2558, the "Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act" (American Politics Today #26)

5-26-05: Listen to Senator Diane Feinstein calling for a Senate vote on DeGette-Castle embryonic stem cell research expansion bill (American Politics Today #25)

5-25-05: Senator Diane Feinstein calls for a Senate vote on DeGette-Castle embryonic stem cell research expansion bill (American Politics Today #24)

5-25-05: Dr. Leon Kass, Chairman of the President's Council on Bioethics, discusses current issues in cloning and stem cell research (American Politics Today #23/ Etopia Media Medical News Network #79)

5-23-05: Moderates and senior statespersons create a possible third party, the "Trust Party," to avoid the "nuclear option" and "nuclear winter" in the United States Senate (American Politics Today #22)

5-15-05: Who will watch the watchers? (Commentary) (American Politics Today #21)

5-12-05: Spokesperson for U.S. Representative David Dreier discusses H.R. 98, the "Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security Protection Act of 2005" (American Politics Today #20)

5-12-05: New York State Senator Michael Balboni calls for "revisiting" REAL ID Act of 2005 (American Politics Today #19)

5-11-05: White House spokesman says that President Bush has signed the Congressional legislation containing the REAL ID Act of 2005 (American Politics Today #18)

5-10-05: Following Congressional passage of the REAL ID Act of 2005, Congressman Dreier of California leads the fight for H.R. 98, the "REAL Social Security Card Act of 2005" (American Politics Today #17)

5-10-05: U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) thanks the White House and various U.S. Senators for their support of REAL ID Act of 2005 as the U.S. Senate approves it (American Politics Today #16)

5-6-05: Oregon DMV spokesman comments on effect of REAL ID Act of 2005 on department operations (American Politics Today #15)

5-5-05: Conference report containing the "REAL ID Act of 2005" passed by U.S. House of Representatives on a 368-to-58 vote (American Politics Today #14)

2-7-05: University of Pennsylvania Law Professor Nathaniel Persily details the "representation malfunction" that led him to compare the rate of turnover in the U.S. Congress unfavorably with that of the former Soviet Politburo in today's New York Times (American Politics Today #13)

10-21-04: A fresh can of worms is opened as Republican vote-by-fax plans encounter criticism and litigation

10-18-04: Chuck Pryor, spokesperson for Missouri Secretary of State, discusses that state's innovative non-Internet remote electronic voting system

10-13-04: Department of Defense (DoD) may provide funds to Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop RIVSS (Remote Internet Voting System Standards) that will facilitate the revival of SERVE (Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment)

10-12-04: Steve Gordon, Communications Director for the Badnarik for President campaign, discusses the campaign's legal struggles around tomorrow's "bi-partisan campaign commercial"/Presidential debate

10-8-04: Michael Badnarik, Libertarian Presidential candidate, vows to debate or get arrested at Bush-Kerry "town hall" debate in St. Louis

10-6-04: News Commentary: Franklin Raines, a Judas who sold out his generation for 30 million pieces of silver, faces his day of reckoning

8-2-04: Michael Dixon, chair of the Libertarian Party of the U.S., calls for Democratic and Republican refunds of "convention" funds, and discusses the Libertarian philosophy

7-29-04: Neither Democrats nor Republicans, the Libertarians make their move

7-15-04: Florida Representative accuses Republicans of "coup d'etat" and says they "stole" the 2000 Presidential election; Republicans vote to delete her comments from the Congressional Record

7-11-04: Election Cancellation?

6-26-04: Major party presidential candidates adopt American Politics Today™ reporter's 20-month old proposal for "universal broadband Internet access"

6-2-04: Having consumed $22 million in taxpayer money to "build" an Internet voting system that didn't work, Accenture may now be paid $10 billion to "build" a passport control system