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The Motley Fool November 18, 2011 Rich Smith	Why Congress Can't Stop Stealing Salary of rank-and-file members of the U.S. Congress: $174,000. Average annual Civil Service Retirement System benefits for retired members as of 2007: $63,696. But the profits they can make by trading on inside information? Priceless.
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Geotimes April 2004 Kendy & Vranes	Breaking Down the Barriers: A Two-Part Series, Part 1 Although it is a tired cliche, knowledge is power, and nowhere is that more true than in legislative politics. Your members of Congress cannot do their jobs without citizens' input. In other words, they need to be lobbied.
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Geotimes March 2005 Emily Lehr Wallace	Inside Baseball Rules Congress Knowing the ins and outs of committee jurisdictions and chairmanships is knowledge that can give scientists power in promoting their interests.
The Motley Fool January 4, 2012 John Reeves	Let's Thwart America's Criminal Class A handy bibliography for the STOCK Act, proposed law that is designed to prohibit Senators and Representatives from trading securities based on nonpublic information.
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Searcher March 2007 Mary Alice Baish	Librarians as Change Agents: How You Can Help Influence Public Policy in the 110th Congress Key library issues for the 110th Congress.
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Geotimes February 2006 Steven Quane	The Great Washington Rift Is the bipartisan support for the Peak Oil Caucus' H.R. 507, which expresses the desire for the US to collaborate with international allies to establish a new project to address the challenges of peak oil, mending the Great Washington Rift?
AFP eWire January 28, 2008	AFP Urges Congress to Include IRA Rollover in Stimulus Package AFP has submitted a written statement to the Senate Finance Committee, urging Senators to include an extension of the IRA Rollover provision in the economic stimulus package currently being considered.
Real Estate Portfolio Mar/Apr 2007 Art Coppola	Progress in the Policy Arena The dramatic change brought about by the 2006 mid-term elections has placed different representatives, senators and staffs into key positions where they will have important responsibilities for determining the future of REIT issues.
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Reason April 2008 Jeff Flake	Passing Bad Laws A short guided tour -- by a congressman -- of the worst bills currently in Congress.
Information Today September 2003 Dick Kaser	Sound Off for the Freedom to Read It's a sad day when the U.S. Congress needs to consider a bill called the Freedom to Read Protection Act. Introduced last March, this bill would exempt libraries and bookstores from some of the more onerous provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Geotimes May 2006 Steven Quane	The Rocket Docket: Legislating Science Out of Public Policy Rhetorically, little resistance exists for U.S. policy-makers to use science fairly and justly in creating the laws of the land. Procedurally, however, that is certainly not the case.
Food Engineering February 8, 2006	Simpler food labeling bill Congress may consider streamlining rules covering food labels.
PC Magazine January 10, 2007 Aaron Dalton	Washington's Net Change How the Democrat-controlled Congress could affect technology legislation.
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InternetNews September 29, 2004 Roy Mark	House Toughens Penalties on P2Ps Bill calls for criminal penalties of up to five years for willfully distributing copyrighted works.
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Pharmaceutical Executive August 1, 2011 Ryan & Pelot	Congressional Investigations: What Every Exec Should Know When faced with legislative scrutiny, be prepared, be truthful, and don't be afraid to say 'I don't know'... The political pressures on Congress to reduce government spending on healthcare will only increase over time.
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Investment Advisor August 2005 Melanie Waddell	Retirement Plan Advisor: The Capitol Solution Washington lawmakers are rolling out bills meant to untangle retirement's financial knot.
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Fast Company March 2000 John Ellis	Digital Matters Congress and the states have the authority to tax Internet transactions -- but they don't have the votes.
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