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Connect 2 Congress Lets You Track Your Senator, One Vote at a Time

(PhysOrg.com) -- Most of us know who the President is, but fewer can name their U.S. Senators or Representatives. Even fewer can name how their congressional representatives voted on specific bills. And if you ask most people ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 13, 2010 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Political leaders play key role in how worried Americans are by climate change: study

More than extreme weather events and the work of scientists, it is national political leaders who influence how much Americans worry about the threat of climate change, new research finds.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 175

Congress puts online piracy bills on hold (Update 3)

US congressional leaders put anti-online piracy legislation on hold Friday following a wave of protests led by Google and Wikipedia denouncing the bills as a threat to Internet freedom.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 17

Protest exposes Silicon Valley-Hollywood rivalry

In a move that heightens the growing tension between Silicon Valley and Hollywood, Wikipedia and other websites went dark Wednesday in protest of two congressional proposals intended to thwart the online piracy ...

Technology / Internet

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Future of U.S. manned spaceflight looks bleak

When Atlantis takes off from Kennedy Space Center, it will be the last time NASA launches astronauts aboard a government-built spacecraft for perhaps the rest of this decade.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jul 10, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 24

Untangling Facebook, decoding Congress: New mathematical method may help tame big data

(PhysOrg.com) -- Networks permeate modern life, from Facebook to political allegiances. Now University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill mathematicians and colleagues have developed a new technique for examining ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created May 13, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (10) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Congress joins Twitter craze

This is what you get when politicians keep their comments to 140 characters or less: "We need to cut spending! Holy Cow! A novel idea in Washington."

Technology / Internet

created Apr 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

News flash: Candidates' ads actually match deeds in Congress

If you think candidates never keep their promises and will say anything to get elected, you're certainly not alone. And you're not right, either.

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 27, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

New technologies make campaign more personal, analyst says

(PhysOrg.com) -- A political scientist at Montana State University believes that technological advances have made the political campaign process more personal than any campaign for more than a century.

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 02, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FEC approves new Internet rules

The Federal Election Commission approved Monday new rules that would specifically deal with paid Internet political ads on Web sites, but excepting most Internet communications including blogging.

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created Mar 28, 2006 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0


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