Topic: U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
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John McCain: focus on flight delays shows 'upside down' sequester concerns
Sen. John McCain, speaking at a Monitor breakfast Thursday, said it is 'criminal and scandalous' that Congress is ignoring the effect of the 'sequester' on national defense.
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House passes CISPA bill
The US House of Representatives voted to approve CISPA, the much criticized legislation that aims to protect businesses from cyber attacks.
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Carnival to repay costs of rescue: What's the tab?
Carnival plans to repay the U.S. government for responding to the disabled Carnival 'Triumph' and 'Splendor' cruise ships, which left thousands of passengers stranded for days.
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Carnival cruise ship fails health inspection. Why?
Carnival cruise ship fails health inspection due to flies in kitchen, an unprotected salad bar, and not enough chlorine in the water park pool. This was the first Carnival cruise ship to fail a health inspection in five years, says Carnival.
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Obama administration warns of grim consequences when cuts kick in
To raise awareness, the Obama Administration is pointing to specific programs and departments that would be affected by automatic budget cuts set to begin March 1, including the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Parks Service.
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Hawaii's Inouye was current longest-serving senator, war hero
As a senator, Inouye became one of the most influential politicians in the country, playing key roles in congressional investigations of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals.
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Influential Hawaiian senator Daniel Inouye dies (+video)
Daniel Inouye, the president pro tempore of the Senate, the longest-serving senator, and a World War II hero, died Monday after a brief hospitalization. Inouye was a senator for Hawaii since 1963.
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West Virginia gas pipeline explosion – just a drop in the disaster bucket
The West Virginia gas pipeline explosion follows several high profile natural gas accidents and a rapid increase nationally in pipeline mileage – even as federal oversight appears to lag.
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Energy Voices Arctic drilling, China's clean energy, and Iran's 'nuclear gamble': energy's week ahead
What's the human and environmental toll on strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities? What lessons have we learned from a season of Arctic drilling? Events coming up this week in the world of energy.
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Vox News Rupert Murdoch deemed 'not fit' to lead media in Britain. What about US?
A British parliamentary panel found that Rupert Murdoch is 'not fit' to run media giant News Corp. But the question for Congress is: What laws – if any – were broken in the US?
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The Vote Rand Paul 'detained' by TSA. Does that happen to other senators?
TSA could hardly have singled out a worse person for pat-down treatment than Sen. Rand Paul, up-and-coming libertarian standard-bearer and son of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul. He's not the only one on Capitol Hill to complain about pat-downs.
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Deal in Senate restores FAA funding. Is bipartisanship taking off?
Obama hails the extension of FAA funding through mid-September, which restores tens of thousands of jobs and resumes the collection of $30 million a day in revenue for the Treasury.
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Obama: agencies ‘failed to connect dots’ in airline bomb plot
Obama said Tuesday that intelligence agencies 'had sufficient information,' but failed to act in airline bomb plot. After meeting with top officials, he also suspended the transfer of Guantánamo prisoners to Yemen.
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Atop new NASA leader's agenda: human spaceflight
The Constellation program is gearing up as the shuttle winds down. But other shuttle replacements have been scuttled before.
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Democrats battle bailout fatigue
Lawmakers agree that big financial institutions are in trouble. But they want more help for their constituents.
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ISPs enter the targeted ad game
Direct marketing is big business online. But this business shift has privacy advocates worried.
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