The following is our transcription of remarks made today by Greg Nojeim, Senior Counsel of the Center for Democracy and Technology, in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security. Thank you for the opportunity to testify about cybersecurity and civil liberties on behalf of the Center for Democracy and Technology. CDT [...]

A peek into what a Senate committee hearing looks like comes to us today as the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security meets to hear testimony on “cybersecurity.” Here’s what the hearing room looks like. As you can see, the room is just packed… on the side of the room not containing U.S. [...]

You may recall that the 110th Congress was reviled by the right wing as a ‘Do-Nothing’ Congress for its supposed inactivity. As of November 7, 2007 the first session of the 110th Congress had met for 149 legislative days. But the 111th Congress is less active so far than the 110th, meeting as of November [...]

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security will be holding a hearing this Tuesday at 10 AM entitled “Cybersecurity: Preventing Terrorist Attacks and Protecting Privacy in Cyberspace.” What happens in this hearing will set the stage for legislation to regulate the internet and to regulate people on it. How strongly will the [...]

Oklahoma Republican Frank Lucas tries to explain why he is against any regulatory effort to reduce greenhouse gases: They go about that by increasing taxes on all forms of energy, and agriculture is a very energy-intense business, whether it is the diesel for the tractors to put the crop in the ground, the energy to [...]

“What’s more, Kilroy voted to allow your tax dollars to fund abortions.” — Steve Stivers, e-mail statement distributed November 9, 2009. Steve Stivers, challenging Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy in Ohio’s 15th District next year, made this declaration yesterday in regards to H.R. 3962 and the Stupak Amendment to it. The Stupak Amendment, which passed despite [...]

How can Vic Snyder get away with slacking off on the introduction of legislation to fix what ails this country? How can John Boozman get away with telling struggling Americans in the midst of the greatest recession of a generation to go to hell? How does Marion Berry manage to get re-elected after getting caught [...]

At the end of October through the beginning of November, three new cosponsors have added their support for H.R. 3567, the bill to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and restore equal protection under law for married couples of the same-sex. This measure is supported by the vast majority of the LGBT Equality Caucus but [...]

Republicans of a certain economic libertarian stripe fondly sing the praises of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas. They say he is the only politician who really, truly understands freedom and the need for free markets and free enterprise. They like to say that if Ron Paul were elected president, America would once again freely let [...]

Rep. Janice Schakowsky of Illinois stood in the floor of the House of Representatives this evening to speak against the health care bill amendment offered by fellow Democrat Bart Stupak of Illinois. Under this amendment, as Schakowsky explains, even women who are NOT national health care plan participants — women who are paying for their [...]