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As a result of change in technology, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) has come in need of being modernized. Three federal legislators, Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Chris Coons (D-DE) and Dean Heller (R-NV), also working with House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as well as Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) […]
The legislative process has a way of changing legislation, and when politicians are done working on the drafts of bills, they can be quite different than how they started. This is the case with the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA) that Congress recently passed to address the crisis. The requirement of […]
After a long debate over whether or not remedy the debt crisis in Puerto Rico with bankruptcy, the pro-reform side appeared to have won. While the Obama White House has pushed strongly for bankruptcy, Congressional leaders instead pushed as equally strong for key reforms in the government and economic sectors in the Commonwealth. The result […]
Lindsey Graham sneaks internet gambling ban into spending bill[/caption] Politicians on Capitol Hill tried to pass the Restoration of America’s Wire Act (RAWA), that would federally ban internet-based gambling in all states, but they failed. So they instead pull an underhanded and sneaky moving by slipping it into the huge Appropriations Bill in the U.S. […]
Congress will decide soon if Puerto Rico gets Chapter 9 bankruptcy[/caption] Puerto Rico has racked up more than $70 billion in public debt, and its governor announced it will default on a $420 million bond payment due today. The governor of Puerto Rico, as well as President Barack Obama and many Democrat politicians in Washington […]
Sen. Orrin Hatch, sponsor of the LEADS Act to protect internet privacy[/caption] One of the most prominent issues of internet privacy could soon be settled, one way or the other, by the Supreme Court. And result of that ruling may not necessarily lead to the issue being settled in favor of key privacy rights. The […]
Obama Administration seeks bankruptcy for Puerto Rico financial crisis[/caption] The financial crisis in Puerto Rico has attracted the attention of both Congress and the Obama White House. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew has written to leaders in Congress urging them to pass a package of bailouts and bankruptcy protection for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. In […]