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| Sep 25, 2026 | GOP, Democratic voters are aligned on the environment in Colorado’s battleground district, poll shows | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Solid majorities of voters on both sides of the political aisle in Colorado’s tightly split 8th Congressional District favor stricter government regulations and tax incentives to combat environment... |
| Jul 22, 2026 | House advances bill barring sitting Congress members from buying stocks | The U.S. House advanced the Stop Insider Trading Act, a GOP-led bill meant to curb insider trading that critics say doesn’t go far enough.
Lawmakers would not be able to purchase new stocks while in office under the proposal, which now move... |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Voters in Colorado’s battleground district are wary of AI — and party affiliation doesn’t much matter | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Voters in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District want more oversight and regulation of artificial intelligence — regardless of which major party they most align with, according to a recent poll cond... |
| Jan 7, 2025 | U.S. Media Once Again Fails To Cover The Corrupt Net Neutrality Ruling With Any Clarity | Last week a corrupt court system bought and paid for by corporations effectively made it illegal for the federal government to protect broadband consumers from widely despised regional telecom monopolies.
That, as we wrote at the time, is a... |
| Sep 12, 2024 | In Swing States Majorities of Republicans and Democrats Agree on Measures to Eliminate Most of Social Security Shortfall | Favor Raising Taxes and Reducing Benefits for High-Income Earners,
While Raising COLAs, Benefits for Low Income and Age 85+
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new public consultation survey finds significant bipartisan supp... |
| Sep 4, 2024 | In Swing States Majorities of Republicans and Democrats Oppose Criminalizing Abortion Before Fetal Viability | Favor Ensuring Access to Birth Control
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Sept. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- While policymakers argue over whether abortion should be a right or a crime, the public has a clear policy stance on the matter. A new survey in the six... |
| Aug 28, 2024 | In Most Swing States, Democrats and Republicans Agree the US Should Continue Military Aid to Ukraine | Strong Bipartisan Support for Maintaining US Membership in NATO
COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid debates about US international engagement, a new public consultation survey in the six swing states by the University of M... |
| Aug 14, 2024 | Majorities of Republicans and Democrats in Swing States Support Keeping Tax Credits for EVs and Clean Energy, Limits on Offshore Drilling | COLLEGE PARK, Md., Aug. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid much discussion about whether to roll back current laws and regulations that aim to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gasses and to expand offshore drilling, a new survey in six swing ... |
| Jul 25, 2024 | In Six Swing States, Democrats and Republicans Agree on How to Lower Health Care Costs | COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As the price of health care continues to rise faster than wages, a new public consultation survey by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) finds bipartisan majorities of Americans in the ... |
| Apr 3, 2024 | Biden’s FCC argues net neutrality restoration will increase online free speech | FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel on Wednesday announced plans to vote on rules restoring net neutrality. The vote, set for April 25, would reinstate 2015 internet rules adopted under President Obama that were subsequently repealed by Pres... |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Nine Major Proposals for Government Regulating Artificial Intelligence Favored by Very Large Bipartisan Majorities of Voters | As the House’s new Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) considers how the government should address AI issues, such as deepfakes in the election and bias in algorithms, a new survey conducted by the Program for Public Consultation at ... |
| Dec 27, 2023 | Commentary | Opinion: Steven Kull and JP Thomas: Safeguarding democracy from artificial intelligence | By Steven Kull and JP Thomas
The Founding Fathers asserted that elected officials should listen to and be influenced by the views of the electorate. As James Madison said, “it is the reason, alone, of the public, that ought to control and r... |
| Aug 2, 2023 | It’s time to end solitary confinement behind bars | As a forensic psychiatrist, I have studied and testified in court for over four decades about the harms of solitary confinement.
Research indicates it does not reduce violence behind bars, and in US states where the population in solitary c... |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Lawmakers pressure McCarthy once again on stock trading ban: 'You have not acted on your promise' | Politics Lawmakers pressure McCarthy once again on stock trading ban: 'You have not acted on your promise'
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| May 31, 2022 | Survey Shows Majority Of GOP Voters Support Restoring Net Neutrality | We’ve noted more than a few times how net neutrality rules were just some stopgap rules to prevent telecom monopolies from being assholes in the absence of real competition. They were modest protections (by international standards) attempti... |
| May 6, 2021 | Broadband industry behind millions of fake net neutrality comments, NY AG says | More On: net neutrality
Leftist FCC nominee Gigi Sohn faces another ‘conflict’ hurdle Slow Joe Biden puts SEC in turmoil with fed agency chairs unfilled Big tech bankrolls BLM co-founder’s PAC, charities in exchange for support FCC chair Aj... |
| May 6, 2021 | Big Telecom Used Fake and Dead People to Fight Net Neutrality, NY AG Says | Survey after survey has shown that the public overwhelmingly opposed the Trump FCC’s 2017 repeal of net neutrality rules designed to protect consumers from telecom monopolies. So the broadband industry engaged in a practice that’s becoming ... |
| Feb 9, 2021 | Biden DOJ Drops Lawsuit Against California for Passing Net Neutrality Rules | A series that explores what parts of Trump’s legacy will be lasting, and what parts can be quickly undone by a new administration.
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The Department of Justice has backed away from a Trump administration lawsuit against California f... |
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| Mar 26, 2019 | Bill That Would Restore Net Neutrality Moves Forward Despite Telecom’s Best Efforts to Kill it | Last month, Democrats introduced a simple three page bill that would do one thing: restore FCC net neutrality rules and the agency’s authority over ISPs, both stripped away by a hugely-controversial decision by the agency in late 2017. Tues... |
| Feb 21, 2019 | FCC Says Gutting ISP Oversight Was Great For Broadband | The FCC this week proclaimed that broadband connectivity saw unprecedented growth last year thanks to agency policies like killing net neutrality. The problem? That doesn’t appear to be true.
By law, the FCC is required to submit a periodic... |
| Dec 10, 2018 | Justice Department investigating fake net neutrality comments | Originally Published by:
Facebook opening Bryant Park pop-up to teach users about privacy Man jailed for using secretly-recorded sex videos for porn website Amazon reportedly targets airports for checkout-free store expansion
The Justice De... |
| May 16, 2018 | Senate votes to overturn Ajit Pai’s net neutrality repeal | Enlarge / WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 09, 2018: Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) speaks during a news conference on a petition to force a vote on net neutrality. Also pictured are Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.).
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| May 9, 2018 | Senate Democrats believe net neutrality is a political winner as they try to reinstate regulations | Reporting from Washington —
One after another, 15 Democratic senators — nearly a third of their caucus — stepped to a microphone on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to call for tough rules to protect net neutrality.
The turnout, which included Sen... |
| Apr 19, 2018 | Another Survey Shows Massive Bipartisan Opposition To Net Neutrality Repeal | ISPs like Comcast (and the politicians, think tankers and PR/policy consultants paid to love them) have been successful framing net neutrality as a partisan issue to sow dissent and stall policy progress and consensus. But the reality is th... |
| Dec 14, 2017 | The FCC is about to vote to repeal net neutrality – here’s how to watch live | As dramatic as the Senate special election in Alabama was earlier this week, an equally important vote will take place on Thursday morning as the FCC decides whether or not to repeal net neutrality regulations established in 2015. The regul... |
| Sanders, Warren propose bill to extend Social Security's solvency for 75 years, increase benefits by $2,400 per year | Social Security will reach a point where it may no longer be able to pay full benefits as of 2035, if nothing is done to boost funding.
Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., along with other Democratic legislators put ... |
| 7 changes Americans are willing to make to fix Social Security — including one with ‘overwhelming bipartisan support’ | Lawmakers have just 13 years before Social Security won’t be able to pay full benefits.
Yet Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle have yet to agree on reforms that could include tax increases, benefit cuts or a combination of bot... |
| Net Neutrality Has Finally Been Restored, But What Actually Is It? | On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted to restore net neutrality and roll out tougher broadband regulations to ensure internet speeds and access are democratized for all users across the US.
The bill will see the bro... |
| Protecting Social Security benefits from rising inflation is high on voters' wish lists, survey finds | Social Security reform is on Congress' to-do list in the next 13 years.
Among the changes voters would like to see, inflation protection for benefits ranks high. |
| Reconciliation bill includes nearly $80 billion for IRS including enforcement, audits: What that means for taxpayers | Senate Democrats on Sunday passed their climate, health and tax package, including nearly $80 billion in funding for the IRS.
The Inflation Reduction Act allocates $79.6 billion to the agency over the next 10 years, with more than half of t... |
| The FCC is about to vote to repeal net neutrality – here’s how to watch live | As dramatic as the Senate special election in Alabama was earlier this week, an equally important vote will take place on Thursday morning as the FCC decides whether or not to repeal net neutrality regulations established in 2015. The regul... |
| Here are the changes Americans are willing to make to fix Social Security, survey finds | Time is ticking as to how long Social Security will be able to pay full benefits from its trust funds.
The pressure is on Congress to act, which could include benefit cuts, tax increases or a combination of both.
Here's how voters on both s... |