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Ben Quayle legislation to fight excessive regulations

Mar 28, 2012 Comments Off by

Quayle Legislation Wins Committee Passage

WASHINGTON (DC) – Congressman Ben Quayle issued the following statement after his bill, theSunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2012 (H.R. 3862) passed out of the House Judiciary Committee.  H.R. 3862 would increase the transparency and fairness of federal rulemaking by …

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Just Say No to SOPA: The Unlikely and Unholy Alliance of Republican Lamar Smith and Democrat Chris Dodd

Jan 18, 2012 Comments Off by

Can SOPA be the most unpopular bipartisan bill ever? It might be.

Regardless, the bill has “temporarily” been defeated. If you’re not familiar with SOPA, it is a bipartisan bill that would grant the federal government unprecedented power to regulate the internet. If you want to …

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