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  • It is this same claim that the president has used to justify his deliberate violation of the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act-a felony and violation of the Fourth Amendment.

    Congress Should Immediately Terminate the 2001 AUMF 2006

  • But the evidence suggests that the Obama administration is using Section 215 of the Patriot Act-a provision that gives the government access to "business records"-as the legal basis for the large-scale collection of cell phone location records.

    Ars Technica Timothy B. Lee 2011

  • Recent attention has been focused on the Jones Act-a 1920 maritime protectionist provision-as it relates to the possible involvement of international ships and equipment being brought in to clean up the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

    Latest Articles 2010

  • Mann Act-a law originally intended to penalize human trafficking for sexual purposes-Johnson was sentenced to "a year and a day," and eventually served ten months in a federal prison.

    Pravda.Ru 2010

  • "In view the different absorption capacities of the affected persons, it is proposed to create two separate revenue streams from the Act-a cess on royalty going into the Mineral Fund for community infrastructure and services and an equity/annuity ensuring purchasing power to the people and empowering them to access community infrastructure and services," the official pointed out.

    Latest News Online - Express Indian 2010

  • Congress over passage of the Employee Free Choice Act-a bill that would allow workers 'freedom to bargain with corporations for better wages and benefits-Big Business is spending millions of dollars to kill the bill with a disingenuous disinformation campaign that includes TV and radio advertisements, lobbying members of Congress and holding nationwide seminars like the one held earlier today by the South Florida Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Association.

    AFL-CIO NOW BLOG 2009

  • Congress over passage of the Employee Free Choice Act-a bill that would allow workers 'freedom to bargain with corporations for better wages and benefits-Big Business is spending millions of dollars to kill the bill with a disingenuous disinformation campaign that includes TV and radio advertisements, lobbying members of Congress and holding nationwide seminars like the one held earlier today by the South Florida Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Association.

    AFL-CIO NOW BLOG 2009

  • (D-MI) has re-introduced HR 801, the Fair Copyright in Research Works Act-a bill that would undo the NIH policy-and forbid all future policies like that policy.

    unknown title 2009

  • Congress over passage of the Employee Free Choice Act-a bill that would allow workers 'freedom to bargain with corporations for better wages and benefits-Big Business is spending millions of dollars to kill the bill with a disingenuous disinformation campaign that includes TV and radio advertisements, lobbying members of Congress and holding nationwide seminars like the one held earlier today by the South Florida Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Association.

    AFL-CIO NOW BLOG 2009

  • That's why we need the Employee Free Choice Act-a bill in Congress that would help level the playing field and give workers the freedom to choose a union.

    Pittsburgh Indymedia 2009

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