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  <title>Open Congress : News Articles for H.R.1955 Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007</title>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1955/atom_news" rel="self"/>
  <link href="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/110-h1955/news" rel="alternate"/>
  <updated>2008-11-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <author>
    <name>opencongress.org</name>
  </author>
  <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007:/bill/news/43023</id>
  <entry>
    <title>Pres-Elect Obama, No To Warhawk Jane Harman!</title>
    <link href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-milazzo/pres-elect-obama-no-to-wa_b_142569.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-14:/commentary/3291124</id>
    <updated>2008-11-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Huffington Post,&amp;nbsp;NY</name>
    </author>
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The most egregious example of Harman's disregard for participatory democracy is HR 1955 - the &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-milazzo/pres-elect-obama-no-to-wa_b_142569.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Let's Hope the Rumors About Jane Harman in an Obama Admin Aren't ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.alternet.org/rights/106563/let's_hope_the_rumors_about_jane_harman_in_an_obama_admin_aren't_serious/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-11:/commentary/3265534</id>
    <updated>2008-11-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>AlterNet,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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The most egregious example of Harman's disregard for participatory democracy is HR 1955 -- the &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alternet.org/rights/106563/let's_hope_the_rumors_about_jane_harman_in_an_obama_admin_aren't_serious/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Our Time Is NOW!</title>
    <link href="http://arkansas.indymedia.org/newswire/display/22847/index.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-11-03:/commentary/3265507</id>
    <updated>2008-11-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Arkansas Indymedia,&amp;nbsp;Arkansas</name>
    </author>
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I then informed  him that Dr. Paul missed voting for HR 1955, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act of 2007. I don&#226;&#8364;&#8482;t care if he misses a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://arkansas.indymedia.org/newswire/display/22847/index.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Orwellian Alert! British Crackdown Threatens Us All</title>
    <link href="http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2008/10/32781.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-28:/commentary/3265508</id>
    <updated>2008-10-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Cleveland Indy Media,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
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Eric May noted that while proponents of HR 1955 claim that their purpose is &#226;&#8364;&#339;&#226;&#8364;&#166;nominally aimed against `terrorists,&#226;&#8364;&#8482; their  real target is the Internet, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cleveland.indymedia.org/news/2008/10/32781.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Our Endorsements: US House</title>
    <link href="http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A267311" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-20:/commentary/3065612</id>
    <updated>2008-10-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Independent Weekly,&amp;nbsp;NC</name>
    </author>
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Ditto for HR 1955, a bill that would authorize the study of homegrown terrorism. The bill's language is so nebulous and open to interpretation that we are ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A267311&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Naomi Wolf calls for a revolution</title>
    <link href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27224076/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-16:/commentary/3041306</id>
    <updated>2008-10-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>MSNBC</name>
    </author>
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... Scott McClellan confirmed that the drive to war in Iraq had been based on administration lies; HR 1955, legislation that would criminalize certain kinds ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27224076/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>BJ Lawson, the hybrid candidate</title>
    <link href="http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A266929" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-15:/commentary/3038978</id>
    <updated>2008-10-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Independent Weekly,&amp;nbsp;NC</name>
    </author>
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They wanted an explanation of Price's stance on the NBAF and his vote on civil liberties legislation, including HR 1955, the cumbersomely  named Violent ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indyweek.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A266929&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Reality check: The destroyer is at hand</title>
    <link href="http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2008/10/09/letters/doc48ebdb369356f312485206.txt" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-09:/commentary/3038979</id>
    <updated>2008-10-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Dunn County News,&amp;nbsp;WI</name>
    </author>
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You shall find truth, my friend. You probably still think that 9/11 was an attack from Islamic terrorists. The joke is on you! HR 1955, if passed by Senate, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2008/10/09/letters/doc48ebdb369356f312485206.txt&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The real news</title>
    <link href="http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/OPINION/810060352/1027/OPINION01" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-10-05:/commentary/3038980</id>
    <updated>2008-10-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Concord Monitor,&amp;nbsp;NH</name>
    </author>
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The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, HR 1955? Share what you know about these frightening pieces of legislation with friends and family. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081006/OPINION/810060352/1027/OPINION01&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>As ACLU Challenges FISA Law in Federal Court, Justice Department ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/09/as-aclu-challenges-fisa-law-in-federal-court-justice-department-moves-to-immunize-spying-telecoms/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-18:/commentary/2900397</id>
    <updated>2008-09-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Dissident Voice,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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No slouch herself, Jane Harman (D-CA), House co-sponsor of the Orwellian &#226;&#8364;&#339;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007&#226;&#8364;&#179; (HR 1955) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/09/as-aclu-challenges-fisa-law-in-federal-court-justice-department-moves-to-immunize-spying-telecoms/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>NBC and Roger Cressey Warn of &quot;White Terrorists&quot; Plotting and ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/NBC-and-Roger-Cressey-Warn-by-scott-creighton-080909-725.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-09-09:/commentary/2900398</id>
    <updated>2008-09-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
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Remember the resistance HR 1955 received when they first came out with it? Well, just like the Patriot Act, sometimes bad bills just need a little good ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/NBC-and-Roger-Cressey-Warn-by-scott-creighton-080909-725.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A question: What you are willing to accept?</title>
    <link href="http://folsomtelegraph.com/detail/90324.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-08-06:/commentary/2661048</id>
    <updated>2008-08-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Folsom Telegraph,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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With HR 1955, we would not even be able to peacefully (hopefully, but I wouldn&amp;#39;t count on it) protest if the cancellation of the election did happen. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://folsomtelegraph.com/detail/90324.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Controversial Barrett &amp;#39;supports the truth,&amp;#39; backers say</title>
    <link href="http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/292988" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-24:/commentary/2443768</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Capital Times,&amp;nbsp;WI</name>
    </author>
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&amp;quot;He&amp;#39;s also voted against the Constitution,&amp;quot; Barrett said, noting that Kind has voted for Patriot Act I, Patriot Act II and HR 1955, the Violent ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/292988&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The &amp;quot;War on Terror&amp;quot; Hits the  Web</title>
    <link href="http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/87673/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-10:/commentary/2310442</id>
    <updated>2008-06-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>AlterNet,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act (HR 1955) was passed the House in a 404-6 vote Oct. 23, 2007. The act would establish a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/87673/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Homeland Security&amp;#39;s Space-Based Spies</title>
    <link href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;amp;aid=9195" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-05:/commentary/2279434</id>
    <updated>2008-06-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Center for Research on Globalization,&amp;nbsp;Canada</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... the architect of the Orwellian &amp;quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007&amp;quot; (HR 1955), certainly no slouch when it comes to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;amp;aid=9195&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>There&#226;&#8364;&#8482;s A Press Blackout on S 1959, the Thought Crime Prevention ...</title>
    <link href="http://folsomtelegraph.com/detail/85880.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-03:/commentary/2261906</id>
    <updated>2008-06-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Folsom Telegraph,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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RP did not cast a vote on HR 1955. It is time to flood Keith Olbermann, Lou Dobbs,  Jack Cafferty, and anyone else speaking out of the real issues the rest ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://folsomtelegraph.com/detail/85880.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>STOP S 1959 - The Homegrown Terrorist Act - It&amp;#39;s REAL PURPOSE is ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=7553" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-30:/commentary/2252662</id>
    <updated>2008-05-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
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Those representatives that have not been bought either voted against HR 1955 (the house bill) OR made a public statement about it. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=7553&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Internet Attacked as Tool of Terror</title>
    <link href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0805/S00435.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-30:/commentary/2256532</id>
    <updated>2008-05-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Scoop.co.nz,&amp;nbsp;New Zealand</name>
    </author>
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HR 1955, &amp;quot;The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007&amp;quot; passed the House in October 2007 with almost unanimous support. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0805/S00435.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate Moves Forward on Orwellian &amp;quot;Violent Radicalization and ...</title>
    <link href="http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20080515223858421" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-16:/commentary/2204692</id>
    <updated>2008-05-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Infoshop News</name>
    </author>
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A companion piece of  legislative flotsam to the House bill, &amp;quot;The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007&amp;quot; (HR 1955), ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20080515223858421&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Senate Moves Forward on Orwellian &amp;quot;Violent Radicalization and ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;amp;aid=8978" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-14:/commentary/2202967</id>
    <updated>2008-05-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Center for Research on Globalization,&amp;nbsp;Canada</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
A companion piece of  legislative flotsam to the House bill, &amp;quot;The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007&amp;quot; (HR 1955), ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;amp;aid=8978&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Report Examines Spread of Extremism Via the Internet</title>
    <link href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1&amp;amp;docID=hsnews-000002720070" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-08:/commentary/2202968</id>
    <updated>2008-05-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CQPolitics.com,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
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Absent from the discussion, however, was mention of legislation ( HR 1955 ) to create a national commission on radicalization and homegrown terrorism, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=1&amp;amp;docID=hsnews-000002720070&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Eugenics American Style</title>
    <link href="http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/05/06/eugenics_american_style/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-06:/commentary/2164108</id>
    <updated>2008-05-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>North Country Gazette,&amp;nbsp;NY</name>
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Things such as the USA Patriot Act, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the proposed Federal act, HR-1955 make it abundantly clear to anyone reading ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.northcountrygazette.org/2008/05/06/eugenics_american_style/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Thought Crime Bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.nolanchart.com/article3473.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-17:/commentary/2090249</id>
    <updated>2008-04-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Nolan Chart LLC,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
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Discussing legislation you can write home to mom about; HR 1955 Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Bill by Gary R. Carter The ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nolanchart.com/article3473.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>CCollateral damage in the wake of the Violent Radicalization and ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rabbi_080415_correted_spelling_th.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-16:/commentary/2098952</id>
    <updated>2008-04-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
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... gives a fairly decent outlook on the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act HR 1955/S. 1959 and the Joint Terrorism Task Force. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rabbi_080415_correted_spelling_th.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Thinking for Yourself is Now a Crime</title>
    <link href="http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977304052" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-04-07:/commentary/2017716</id>
    <updated>2008-04-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Gather.com,&amp;nbsp;MA</name>
    </author>
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Harman's bill is called the &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.&quot;When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp?articleId=281474977304052&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A New Attack on Civil Liberties?</title>
    <link href="http://www.masnet.org/views.asp?id=4977" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-25:/commentary/1989147</id>
    <updated>2008-03-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Muslim American Society,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
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WASHINGTON, DC (MASNET) March 25, 2008 - In October 2007, by a landslide vote, the US House of Representatives allowed the passage of HR 1955&amp;#8212;otherwise ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.masnet.org/views.asp?id=4977&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Soldiers are risking their lives to protect corporate interests</title>
    <link href="http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/letters/ci_8575103" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-14:/commentary/1731567</id>
    <updated>2008-03-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Redlands Daily Facts,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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Oh, that's right, HR 1955 may prohibit such protest. We could be arrested as subversive and thrown into prison without the right of defense. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/letters/ci_8575103&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>&quot;Best Patriotic Video Since Freedom to Fascism&quot;</title>
    <link href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/3/prweb752414.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-11:/commentary/1717414</id>
    <updated>2008-03-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>PR Web (press release),&amp;nbsp;WA</name>
    </author>
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If enacted, HR 1955 will, for the first time, put &quot;thought crime&quot; laws on the books, robbing citizens of their right to freedom of conscience thought. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/3/prweb752414.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill could interfere with First Amendment</title>
    <link href="http://www.westerncourier.com/home/news/2008/03/05/Opinion/Bill-Could.Interfere.With.First.Amendment-3251593.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-04:/commentary/1696513</id>
    <updated>2008-03-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Western Courier (subscription),&amp;nbsp;IL</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The bill is titled HR 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. The bill defines homegrown terrorism as &quot;the use, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.westerncourier.com/home/news/2008/03/05/Opinion/Bill-Could.Interfere.With.First.Amendment-3251593.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>In OPPOSITION to HR 1955 and S. 1959</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=6369" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-02:/commentary/1688904</id>
    <updated>2008-03-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
After this week's Ricin man scheme is seized upon the Harman-Lieberman thoughtcrime bill will sail through and real soon the definition of domestic terror ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=6369&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bad bill targets 'thought crimes'</title>
    <link href="http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080301/OPINIONS03/803010313/1006" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-01:/commentary/1688905</id>
    <updated>2008-03-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>News-Leader.com,&amp;nbsp;MO</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 1955, &quot;the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act of 2007,&quot; has been passed by the House and awaits in the Senate. If passed into law, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080301/OPINIONS03/803010313/1006&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Snoop Certificate</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=6339" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-29:/commentary/1683778</id>
    <updated>2008-02-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
In both the case of the AETA and HR 1955, conspiracy &amp;#8211; however that might have to be proven &amp;#8211; is considered an illegal act of terrorism. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=6339&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Sad times in Colton</title>
    <link href="http://www2.sbsun.com/letters/ci_8275057" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-15:/commentary/1624118</id>
    <updated>2008-02-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>San Bernardino Sun,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Our freedoms of thought, protest and political redress are in danger: Read HR 1955. Our news media has relinquished its role as the fourth branch of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.sbsun.com/letters/ci_8275057&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>&amp;#8220;Homegrown Terrorists&amp;#8221;</title>
    <link href="http://www.gunsmagazine.com/Rights0408.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-15:/commentary/1622566</id>
    <updated>2008-02-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Guns Magazine</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 1955, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, is currently under consideration by the representatives of We the People ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.gunsmagazine.com/Rights0408.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill threatens liberties, freedom</title>
    <link href="http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080213/NEWS/802130306/-1/NEWS03" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-13:/commentary/1612612</id>
    <updated>2008-02-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Tuscaloosa News (subscription),&amp;nbsp;AL</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Following that, Harmon authored the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act (HR-1955), which passed 404-6 in the House on Oct. 23. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20080213/NEWS/802130306/-1/NEWS03&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The new crime of thinking in the US</title>
    <link href="http://www.timesgazette.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&amp;amp;amp;SubSectionID=1&amp;amp;amp;ArticleID=150579&amp;amp;amp;TM=30230.27" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-12:/commentary/1606343</id>
    <updated>2008-02-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Hillsboro Times Gazette,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
This depends on what happens in the US Senate after receiving House bill HR 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.timesgazette.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&amp;amp;SubSectionID=1&amp;amp;ArticleID=150579&amp;amp;TM=30230.27&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Are You a Homegrown Terrorist?</title>
    <link href="http://tracypress.com/content/view/13536/2244/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-11:/commentary/1603899</id>
    <updated>2008-02-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Tracy Press,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
To Howard Zinn, author of &amp;#8220;A People&amp;#8217;s History of the United States,&amp;#8221; HR 1955, as it is referred to, is just one more in a long series of laws passed in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://tracypress.com/content/view/13536/2244/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>John McCain Surge Accomplished and The Internet is our Enemy</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_karen_fi_080208_john_mccain_surge_ac.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-09:/commentary/1596637</id>
    <updated>2008-02-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The US House of Representatives has now passed a Bill and the US Senate is about to pass this Bill HR 1955 aka S-1959. This bill criminalizes &amp;#8220;Violent ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_karen_fi_080208_john_mccain_surge_ac.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Say NO! to the &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/09/18477969.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-09:/commentary/1596638</id>
    <updated>2008-02-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
A companion bill with the same name and provisions, HR 1955 (Harman, D-CA), passed the US House on Oct 23, 2007 by a 404 to 6 margin, under a suspension of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/09/18477969.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Black Caucus Grades Plummet on War, &amp;#8220;Terror&amp;#8221; and ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;amp;id=522&amp;amp;amp;Itemid=1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-06:/commentary/1575035</id>
    <updated>2008-02-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Black Agenda Report,&amp;nbsp;NJ</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Every member of the Caucus lost ten points on the Homegrown Terrorism Study Act (HR 1955), a broadly-worded measure to combat &quot;violent radicalization,&quot; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=522&amp;amp;Itemid=1&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The New Crime of Thinking</title>
    <link href="http://www.masnet.org/views.asp?id=4836" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-02:/commentary/1561785</id>
    <updated>2008-02-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Muslim American Society,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
This depends on what happens in the US Senate after receiving House bill HR 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.masnet.org/views.asp?id=4836&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The New Crime of Thinking</title>
    <link href="http://www.swnewsherald.com/online_content/2008/02/020108ov_bar_think.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-01:/commentary/1557982</id>
    <updated>2008-02-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Southwest News-Herald,&amp;nbsp;IL</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
This depends on what happens in the US Senate after receiving House bill HR 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.swnewsherald.com/online_content/2008/02/020108ov_bar_think.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Book Burning By Our Zionist Parasite By Edward W. Miller, MD</title>
    <link href="http://www.coastalpost.com/08/02/22.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-31:/commentary/1550135</id>
    <updated>2008-01-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Coastal Post,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... through Congress, at night with a &quot;voice vote&quot; her HR 1955: THE VIOLENT RADICCALIZATION AND HOMEGROWN TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT with a 404/6 majority. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.coastalpost.com/08/02/22.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>My Hurray for Huckabee's Christianization of the Constitution!</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_professo_080128_my_hurray_for_huckab.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-28:/commentary/1536775</id>
    <updated>2008-01-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Ms. Harman has sponsored a Bill (HR 1955 S 1959) written for her by Satan (I am certain), to vaguely make almost any sort of objection a terrorist crime. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_professo_080128_my_hurray_for_huckab.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act is scary stuff</title>
    <link href="http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080128/OPINION03/801280335/1008/OPINION01" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-28:/commentary/1536776</id>
    <updated>2008-01-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Tennessean,&amp;nbsp;TN</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
According to resolution HR 1955, Congress feels there are radical groups in this country that pose a threat to public safety. I agree, but can another layer ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080128/OPINION03/801280335/1008/OPINION01&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Other Voices - Are you a homegrown terrorist?</title>
    <link href="http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=326&amp;amp;amp;dept_id=449009&amp;amp;amp;newsid=19233779&amp;amp;amp;PAG=461&amp;amp;amp;rfi=9" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-25:/commentary/1536777</id>
    <updated>2008-01-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Missouri Valley Times News,&amp;nbsp;IA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
To Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States, HR 1955, as it is referred to, is just one more in a long series of laws passed in times ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=326&amp;amp;dept_id=449009&amp;amp;newsid=19233779&amp;amp;PAG=461&amp;amp;rfi=9&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Prog Daily Beacon</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailyscare.com/comment/reply/2905" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-25:/commentary/1522991</id>
    <updated>2008-01-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Daily Scare,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
To Howard Zinn, author of A People&amp;#8217;s History of the United States, HR 1955, as it is referred to, is just one more in a long series of laws passed in times ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailyscare.com/comment/reply/2905&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Padlocked Vagina</title>
    <link href="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/50178" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-24:/commentary/1522573</id>
    <updated>2008-01-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>American Chronicle,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Now the &quot;Thought Police&quot; are promoting a Homegrown Terrorism Bill (HR 1955/S. 1959) that tells me my &amp;#180;dissident&amp;#180; voice is a danger to my country. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/50178&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Are You a Homegrown Terrorist?</title>
    <link href="http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=515" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-23:/commentary/1518164</id>
    <updated>2008-01-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Rutherford Institute,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
To Howard Zinn, author of A People&amp;#8217;s History of the United States, HR 1955, as it is referred to, is just one more in a long series of laws passed in times ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=515&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Are You a Homegrown Terrorist</title>
    <link href="http://www.borderfirereport.net/john-w.-whitehead/are-you-a-homegrown-terrorist.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-23:/commentary/1515215</id>
    <updated>2008-01-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BorderFire Report,&amp;nbsp;TX</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
To Howard Zinn, author of A People&amp;#8217;s History of the United States, HR 1955, as it is referred to, is just one more in a long series of laws passed in times ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.borderfirereport.net/john-w.-whitehead/are-you-a-homegrown-terrorist.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>S 1959 Is Still In Committee, Yet It Is Becoming Operational. Is ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_william__080123_s_1959_is_still_in_c.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-23:/commentary/1515214</id>
    <updated>2008-01-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
by William Cormier Page 1 of 1 page(s) Hr 1955 was passed on the House Floor October 23rd, 2007. Since that date, there is still a &amp;#8220;press blackout&amp;#8221; in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_william__080123_s_1959_is_still_in_c.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Leaders tarnish radicalism to further agenda</title>
    <link href="http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/x1923602876" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-19:/commentary/1502192</id>
    <updated>2008-01-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Huntington Herald Dispatch,&amp;nbsp;WV</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... that powerful interests can't allow to be answered, then you may now be considered a radical, under the Homegrown Terrorist Prevention Act, HR 1955. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinions/x1923602876&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress Finally Acts! On Steroids!</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_barton_k_080116_congress_finally_act.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-17:/commentary/1471086</id>
    <updated>2008-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... and a Department), and &amp;#8211; in the case of the House of Representatives &amp;#8211; passing the already infamous Radicalization &amp;#8220;Thought Crime&amp;#8221; Act (HR 1955). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_barton_k_080116_congress_finally_act.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Punishing Thought Crime: Would New Bill Make YOU a Terrorist?</title>
    <link href="http://www.alternet.org/rights/73991/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-17:/commentary/1457644</id>
    <updated>2008-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>AlterNet,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
And while 22 representatives declined to show up for the vote, those who felt that HR 1955 was a terrible waste of time and tax funds had no chance at ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alternet.org/rights/73991/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Terror of the Tyrannical &quot;Threat of Terror&quot;</title>
    <link href="http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/17/011356.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-17:/commentary/1457645</id>
    <updated>2008-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Blogcritics.org,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 1955, The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act passed with little or no debate back in October of last year. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://blogcritics.org/archives/2008/01/17/011356.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Presidential Candidate Ron Paul's Remarks on Violent ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.bostonnow.com/blogs/boston911truthorg/2008/01/17/presidential-candidate-ron-paul039s-remarks-on-violent-radicalization-amp-homegrown-terrorism" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-17:/commentary/1471085</id>
    <updated>2008-01-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BostonNOW,&amp;nbsp;MA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Madame Speaker, I regret that I was unavoidably out of town on October 23, 2007, when a vote was taken on HR 1955, the Violent Radicalization &amp;amp; Homegrown ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bostonnow.com/blogs/boston911truthorg/2008/01/17/presidential-candidate-ron-paul039s-remarks-on-violent-radicalization-amp-homegrown-terrorism&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Liberty&amp;#8217;s Light and Independent Views</title>
    <link href="http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/2151/81/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-16:/commentary/1457633</id>
    <updated>2008-01-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Pacific Free Press,&amp;nbsp;Canada</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked with identifying extremist people, groups, and ideas. The commission will hold hearings around ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/2151/81/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Beliefs, thoughts are probable cause</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailytrojan.com/news/2008/01/15/Opinion/Beliefs.Thoughts.Are.Probable.Cause-3152375.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-15:/commentary/1453729</id>
    <updated>2008-01-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily Trojan Online,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Otherwise known as the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, HR 1955 addresses the problem of &quot;homegrown terrorists&quot; (ie, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailytrojan.com/news/2008/01/15/Opinion/Beliefs.Thoughts.Are.Probable.Cause-3152375.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Internet must die</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_warren_p_080115_the_internet_must_di.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-15:/commentary/1614549</id>
    <updated>2008-01-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Then, if you really enjoy smashing your head into the wall, notify the media of your dissatisfaction with their complete blackout on HR 1955 and S 1959. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_warren_p_080115_the_internet_must_di.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Will soon be dead in America</title>
    <link href="http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1331" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-12:/commentary/1449585</id>
    <updated>2008-01-12T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Canada Free Press,&amp;nbsp;Canada</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
This freedom-robbing legislation is HR 1955. The First Amendment reads: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/1331&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A tutorial in Orwellian Newspeak</title>
    <link href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=67168" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-10:/commentary/1442932</id>
    <updated>2008-01-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Aljazeera.com,&amp;nbsp;UK</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
After its opening &amp;#8220;tribute&amp;#8221; to Orwell, HR 1955 is strategically peppered with Newspeak regarding the establishment of a National Commission and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aljazeera.com/news/newsfull.php?newid=67168&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Force or Violence: In regards to Homegrown Terrorism</title>
    <link href="http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/01/09/force-or-violence-in-regards-to-homegrown-terrorism/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-09:/commentary/1438166</id>
    <updated>2008-01-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>AOL News Newsbloggers,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
I posted about HR 1955 back in December, it raised a couple eyebrows here on Newsbloggers as well as elsewhere on the web, including my old friends at ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2008/01/09/force-or-violence-in-regards-to-homegrown-terrorism/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>New Hampshire has sent a message.....Live Free or Die No Longer Valid</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_gigi_bow_080108_new_hampshire_has_se.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-09:/commentary/1438571</id>
    <updated>2008-01-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
As it stands they are voting for those who want the National ID Card, HR 1955 - Thought Crimes Bill, Gun Restrictions, Continuous War, the never ending ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_gigi_bow_080108_new_hampshire_has_se.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>12th Annual Satellite Awards: The Kite Runner, Mortensen and SiCKO</title>
    <link href="http://www.malibuartsreviews.com/news/010808hr1955.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-08:/commentary/1436029</id>
    <updated>2008-01-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Malibu Arts Reviews,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
California Representative Jane Harmon (D-CA) introduced on April 19, 2007 HR 1955 onto the floor of the House of Representatives. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.malibuartsreviews.com/news/010808hr1955.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Timed Release</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_jayne_ly_080108_timed_release.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-08:/commentary/1436981</id>
    <updated>2008-01-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
In fact, the mainstream media slept through the Patriot Act just as it is napping through HR 1955. Remember, too, that less than a handful of elected ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_jayne_ly_080108_timed_release.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>READER&amp;#8217;S VIEW: New terrorism act is thinly disguised legislation ...</title>
    <link href="http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2008/01/08/opinion/opin02.txt" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-08:/commentary/1436030</id>
    <updated>2008-01-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Patriot Ledger,&amp;nbsp;MA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
By THOMAS HANNAFORD, South Weymouth The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act (HR-1955/ S.1959) is an affront to free speech - a piece of suppressive ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2008/01/08/opinion/opin02.txt&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Thinking For Yourself Is Now A Crime</title>
    <link href="http://www.newstarget.com/022465.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-07:/commentary/1442933</id>
    <updated>2008-01-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Newstarget.com,&amp;nbsp;Taiwan</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Harman's bill is called the &quot; Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.&quot; When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newstarget.com/022465.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Barbara's Daily BuzzFlash Minute for January 7, 2008</title>
    <link href="http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/dailybuzz/449" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-07:/commentary/1434278</id>
    <updated>2008-01-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BuzzFlash,&amp;nbsp;IL</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked with identifying extremist people, groups, and ideas. The commission will hold hearings around ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/dailybuzz/449&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Now congressional Democrats are attacking free speech</title>
    <link href="http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2805.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-06:/commentary/1437737</id>
    <updated>2008-01-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Online Journal,&amp;nbsp;FL</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Harman's bill is called the &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.&quot; When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2805.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Thinking for yourself is now a crime</title>
    <link href="http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_25783.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-05:/commentary/1430148</id>
    <updated>2008-01-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Axis of Logic,&amp;nbsp;MA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... &amp;#8220;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.&amp;#8221; [ http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1955 ] When HR 1955 becomes law, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_25783.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Darrow, DeWalt won't run again in Newfane</title>
    <link href="http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_7878737" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-04:/commentary/1424625</id>
    <updated>2008-01-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Brattleboro Reformer,&amp;nbsp; United States</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Peter Welch, D-Vt. Activists round the state have chastised Welch for not acting more effectively to end the war in Iraq and for recently signing HR 1955: ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reformer.com/localnews/ci_7878737&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Thinking for Yourself is Now a Crime</title>
    <link href="http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts01042008.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-04:/commentary/1436032</id>
    <updated>2008-01-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CounterPunch,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Harman's bill is called the &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act.&quot;When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts01042008.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Did the Internet Make Terrorism a Hate Crime?</title>
    <link href="http://reason.com/blog/show/124198.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-03:/commentary/1422960</id>
    <updated>2008-01-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Reason Online,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It's called the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, also known as HR 1955, and one of the first things it says is that &quot;Congress ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://reason.com/blog/show/124198.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Now Congressional Democrats Are Attacking Free Speech</title>
    <link href="http://vdare.com/roberts/080103_democrats.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-03:/commentary/1424129</id>
    <updated>2008-01-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>VDARE.com,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
When HR 1955 becomes law, it will create a commission tasked with identifying extremist people, groups, and ideas. The commission will hold hearings around ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://vdare.com/roberts/080103_democrats.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Dr. Ron Paul Writings: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown ...</title>
    <link href="http://pressmediawire.com/article.cfm?articleID=4514" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-03:/commentary/1421906</id>
    <updated>2008-01-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Press Media Wire (Press Release),&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
(PressMediaWire) Dr. Paul Writes - Madam Speaker, I regret that I was unavoidably out of town on October 23, 2007, when a vote was taken on HR 1955, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pressmediawire.com/article.cfm?articleID=4514&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Government repression: from 1950 to HR 1955</title>
    <link href="http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2/1739076368?JServSessionIdr012=7kldae0j94.app13a&amp;amp;amp;page=NewsArticle&amp;amp;amp;id=7829&amp;amp;amp;news_iv_ctrl=1261" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-03:/commentary/1421425</id>
    <updated>2008-01-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Party for Socialism and Liberation</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Hooverism, McCarthyism, the Patriot Act, HR 1955: these are inevitable outgrowths of a system built on the domination of a tiny minority over a large ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2/1739076368?JServSessionIdr012=7kldae0j94.app13a&amp;amp;page=NewsArticle&amp;amp;id=7829&amp;amp;news_iv_ctrl=1261&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill a threat to civil liberties</title>
    <link href="http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jan/02/bill_threat_civil_liberties/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-02:/commentary/1418915</id>
    <updated>2008-01-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Lawrence Journal World,&amp;nbsp;KS</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Jane Harmon, Democrat of California, introduced HR 1955 onto the floor of the House of Representatives. On Oct. 24, 2007, this bill, named the &amp;#8220;Violent ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/jan/02/bill_threat_civil_liberties/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Government repression: from 1950 to HR 1955</title>
    <link href="http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr012=f15ecl4fa2.app1b&amp;amp;amp;page=NewsArticle&amp;amp;amp;id=7829&amp;amp;amp;news_iv_ctrl=1261" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-02:/commentary/1418607</id>
    <updated>2008-01-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Party for Socialism and Liberation</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Hooverism, McCarthyism, the Patriot Act, HR 1955: these are inevitable outgrowths of a system built on the domination of a tiny minority over a large ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pslweb.org/site/News2?JServSessionIdr012=f15ecl4fa2.app1b&amp;amp;page=NewsArticle&amp;amp;id=7829&amp;amp;news_iv_ctrl=1261&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Terrorizing our freedoms</title>
    <link href="http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_7858331" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-02:/commentary/1418916</id>
    <updated>2008-01-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Pasadena Star-News,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Protect our Constitution, our freedoms and our democracy, and just say &quot;no&quot; to HR 1955/SB 1959. This bill is another attempt to hide truth behind ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/opinions/ci_7858331&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Truth Squaded! An Encounter with Rep. Henry Waxman</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_cheri_ro_071230_truth_squaded_21_an_en.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-31:/commentary/1412511</id>
    <updated>2007-12-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
At the end of the night I asked core Change LA members Katy Kurtzman - whose question was about the new Thought Crime Bill HR 1955, and Jeremy Rothe-Kushel ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_cheri_ro_071230_truth_squaded_21_an_en.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Will Media Broadcast &quot;THE PEOPLE'S PARADE&quot; At The Rose Parade New ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/3154/81/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-31:/commentary/1426038</id>
    <updated>2007-12-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Atlantic Free Press,&amp;nbsp;Netherlands</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
With the bipartisan passage of HR 1955, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act of 2007, and its Senate clone, S. 1959 pending passage in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/3154/81/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Will Big Brother finally arrive in 2008?</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_eric_bla_071230_will_big_brother_fin.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-31:/commentary/1412512</id>
    <updated>2007-12-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
We are now faced with the even more troublesome &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007&quot; (HR 1955), whose vague language ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_eric_bla_071230_will_big_brother_fin.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Will Media Broadcast &quot;THE PEOPLE'S PARADE&quot; At The Rose Parade New ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_linda_mi_071231_will_media_broadcast.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-31:/commentary/1416071</id>
    <updated>2007-12-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
With the bipartisan passage of HR 1955, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act of 2007, and its Senate clone, S. 1959 pending passage in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_linda_mi_071231_will_media_broadcast.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Acrimonious Acronyms And The USA FUBAR</title>
    <link href="http://www.swans.com/library/art14/jeb183.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-30:/commentary/1410524</id>
    <updated>2007-12-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Swans,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. 2. Committee on Homeland Security Fact Sheet Prepared by the Majority Staff: ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.swans.com/library/art14/jeb183.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill would harm free speech</title>
    <link href="http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/OPINION04/712290308/-1/NEWS04" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-29:/commentary/1392569</id>
    <updated>2007-12-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>DesMoinesRegister.com,&amp;nbsp;IA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
It is House bill HR 1955, which has now reached the Senate. It sets up a committee to identify domestic groups as terrorists. The loose wording would allow ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071229/OPINION04/712290308/-1/NEWS04&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Nomi Prins on mortgage meltdown, Kamau Karl Franklin on HR 1955</title>
    <link href="http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3236" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-28:/commentary/1392351</id>
    <updated>2007-12-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>FAIR</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
This week on CounterSpin: a special look at two stories. One of them has received significant media attention that you might not always understand; ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3236&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Why MSM Blackout on HR 1955 and Why are you still sitting down?</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=5330" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-27:/commentary/1392113</id>
    <updated>2007-12-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
by Henry B Stevens, citizen Henry says this bill is a full frontal violent attack on free speech in the United States. &quot;and other purposes. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=5330&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Internet Thought Control Bill Under Fire</title>
    <link href="http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/3117/81/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-27:/commentary/1392043</id>
    <updated>2007-12-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Atlantic Free Press,&amp;nbsp;Netherlands</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 1955 passed by a 404-6 margin on Oct 23, 2007. On Nov. 6, 2007, the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment held ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/3117/81/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Best of the Indy, 2007</title>
    <link href="http://www.indypendent.org/2007/12/27/best-of-the-indy-2007/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-26:/commentary/1391771</id>
    <updated>2007-12-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Indypendent,&amp;nbsp;NY</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Exposing the &amp;#8220;Thought Crimes Act&amp;#8221;: Jessica Lee&amp;#8217;s intrepid reporting brings to light the Homegrown Extremism and Violent Radicalization Act (HR 1955), ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indypendent.org/2007/12/27/best-of-the-indy-2007/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Are You Scheduled for Political Termination? HR 1955 &amp;amp; S.1959</title>
    <link href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/24/18468777.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-25:/commentary/1391617</id>
    <updated>2007-12-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Several vague provisions in HR 1955 and S.1959 such as &amp;#8220;facilitate&amp;#8221; could be used by Government to add thousands of activist organizations and millions of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/24/18468777.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Dangers of the &amp;#8220;Thought Crimes&amp;#8221; Bill -- Interview with Law ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/24/18468719.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-24:/commentary/1391429</id>
    <updated>2007-12-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... the US House of Representatives passed a bill called the &amp;#8220;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007&amp;#8221; (HR 1955). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/24/18468719.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Controversial writer kicks off JC literary salon 'Beauty Myth ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19140963&amp;amp;amp;BRD=1291&amp;amp;amp;PAG=461&amp;amp;amp;dept_id=523586&amp;amp;amp;rfi=6" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-23:/commentary/1391252</id>
    <updated>2007-12-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Hudson Reporter,&amp;nbsp;NJ</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Actually, it is HR 1955 that she was referring to, which is also known as The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hudsonreporter.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19140963&amp;amp;BRD=1291&amp;amp;PAG=461&amp;amp;dept_id=523586&amp;amp;rfi=6&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>America: A Police State Under the Christmas Tree</title>
    <link href="http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/2028/81/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-23:/commentary/1391595</id>
    <updated>2007-12-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Pacific Free Press,&amp;nbsp;Canada</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
From HR 1955 and other post-9/11 laws, authorities now have the same power to target anti-war protesters or anyone expressing views this Act alone calls ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pacificfreepress.com/content/view/2028/81/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Rule by Fear or Rule by Law?</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailyscare.com/2674/rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-23:/commentary/1391220</id>
    <updated>2007-12-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Daily Scare,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Her Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR 1955), which recently passed the House by the lopsided vote of 404-6, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailyscare.com/2674/rule-by-fear-or-rule-by-law&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>McKinney, Green Party and the Reconstruction Movement Represent ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/22/18468490.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-22:/commentary/1390984</id>
    <updated>2007-12-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
They think, and this thinking is not under threat of criminalization by HR 1955 or S1959 Violent Radicalization and Homeland Terrorism Bill, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/22/18468490.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Season of fear seems never-ending</title>
    <link href="http://www.columbian.com/opinion/news/2007/12/12212007_Season-of-fear-seems-never-ending.cfm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-21:/commentary/1390489</id>
    <updated>2007-12-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Columbian,&amp;nbsp;WA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Brian Baird, D-Vancouver, voted for the House version, HR 1955.) But Rep. Kucinich, the most liberal of the presidential candidates, was one of the six that ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.columbian.com/opinion/news/2007/12/12212007_Season-of-fear-seems-never-ending.cfm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Inherent powers, ignoble history make new idea anything but innocuous</title>
    <link href="http://www.twincities.com/ci_7762617?source=most_emailed" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-20:/commentary/1389599</id>
    <updated>2007-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Pioneer Press,&amp;nbsp;MN</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Under media radar, the Democrat-sponsored &quot;Prevention of Violent Radicalism and Homegrown Terrorism&quot; bill (HR 1955) passed the House at the end of October ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.twincities.com/ci_7762617?source=most_emailed&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A STRATEGIC ACTION PLAN TO STOP S. 1959 FROM PASSING INTO LAW ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kathryn__071219_a_strategic_action_p.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-20:/commentary/1390137</id>
    <updated>2007-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Payne were all at a house party where a friend of mine attended, who responded to the concern about S. 1959/HR 1955 by saying things like &amp;#8220;oh, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kathryn__071219_a_strategic_action_p.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Rule by Fear or Rule by Law?</title>
    <link href="http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=6892" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-20:/commentary/1389629</id>
    <updated>2007-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Santa Monica Mirror,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Her Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR 1955), which recently passed the House by the lopsided vote of 404-6, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.smmirror.com/MainPages/DisplayArticleDetails.asp?eid=6892&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Complicity in the Use of Torture</title>
    <link href="http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/122007Carlotti.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-20:/commentary/1389600</id>
    <updated>2007-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Baltimore Chronicle,&amp;nbsp;MD</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... who wrote HR 1955 (now S1959), the &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007&quot; to put a cap on, and to label as criminal, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/122007Carlotti.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>MAXINE &amp;amp; TED - Don't Call Us If You Call Us Terrorists!</title>
    <link href="http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/3073/81/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-20:/commentary/1389673</id>
    <updated>2007-12-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Atlantic Free Press,&amp;nbsp;Netherlands</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Despite the ambiguity of the language in HR 1955, it still passed the House by an overwhelming 404 to 6 - rammed through by Jane Harman, under the guise of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/3073/81/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Comrade George Jackson Warned Us</title>
    <link href="http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;amp;id=473&amp;amp;amp;Itemid=1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-19:/commentary/1388824</id>
    <updated>2007-12-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Black Agenda Report,&amp;nbsp;NJ</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 1955, &quot;The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act&quot; passed overwhelmingly in the House of Representative on October 23, 2007. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=473&amp;amp;Itemid=1&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Maxine &amp;amp; Ted -- Don't Call Us If You Call Us Terrorists!</title>
    <link href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-milazzo/maxine-ted-dont-cal_b_77515.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-19:/commentary/1388855</id>
    <updated>2007-12-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Huffington Post,&amp;nbsp;NY</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Despite the ambiguity of the language in HR 1955, it still passed the House by an overwhelming 404 to 6 -- rammed through by Jane Harman, under the guise of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/linda-milazzo/maxine-ted-dont-cal_b_77515.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress Brings You... Thought Control on the Internet</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_michael__071218_congress_brings_you_.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/commentary/1387729</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
We're told that House Resolution 1955 (HR 1955) will be an essential tool enabling law enforcement to peg the sources of &quot;homegrown terrorism&quot; on the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_michael__071218_congress_brings_you_.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>SF 9/11 Truth Tea Party Dumps Tyranny!</title>
    <link href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/18/18467730.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/commentary/1387899</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Dylan Avery and Jason Bermas, two of the filmmakers who created the Internet blockbuster film &quot;Loose Change&quot; discussed the recently passed HR 1955: The ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/18/18467730.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>OPPOSE CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION THAT ABRIDGES SPEECH AND THE ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_william__071218_oppose_congressional.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/commentary/1387898</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Your letter states, &quot;The bill (HR 1955) does not include any new criminal law or penalties pertaining to terrorism or terrorist ideology, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_william__071218_oppose_congressional.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Michael Collins: Thought Control on the Internet</title>
    <link href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00247.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-18:/commentary/1387823</id>
    <updated>2007-12-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Scoop.co.nz,&amp;nbsp;New Zealand</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
We're told that House Resolution 1955 (HR 1955) will be an essential tool enabling law enforcement to peg the sources of &quot;homegrown terrorism&quot; on the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00247.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congress paves road to hell</title>
    <link href="http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071217/OPINION/712170312" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-17:/commentary/1387265</id>
    <updated>2007-12-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>St. George Daily Spectrum,&amp;nbsp;UT</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
This is especially true following its near unanimous passage on Oct. 23 of HR 1955: the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071217/OPINION/712170312&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ron Paul is the patriot we need</title>
    <link href="http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071217/OPINION03/712170301" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-17:/commentary/1387266</id>
    <updated>2007-12-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Mansfield News Journal,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
He recently spoke against HR 1955, the &quot;Violent Radicalization &amp;amp; Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act&quot; he said was brought to vote under suspension of regular ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071217/OPINION03/712170301&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Police State America - A Look Back And Ahead</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailyscare.com/2624/police-state-america-a-look-back-and-ahead" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-17:/commentary/1389692</id>
    <updated>2007-12-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Daily Scare,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
From HR 1955 and other post-9/11 laws, authorities now have the same power to target anti-war protesters or anyone expressing views this Act alone calls ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailyscare.com/2624/police-state-america-a-look-back-and-ahead&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Police State America</title>
    <link href="http://www.counterpunch.org/lendman12172007.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-17:/commentary/1387927</id>
    <updated>2007-12-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CounterPunch,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
From HR 1955 and other post-9/11 laws, authorities now have the same power to target anti-war protesters or anyone expressing views this Act alone calls ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterpunch.org/lendman12172007.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The War OF Terror: Cracking the Government's Secret &quot;Terrorist ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kathryn__071214_the_war_of_terror_3a_c.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-16:/commentary/1386953</id>
    <updated>2007-12-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
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I am writing to you regarding the bill (HR 1955) which you drafted and introduced to the House, Rep. Harmon and which you Sen. Collins are introducing to ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kathryn__071214_the_war_of_terror_3a_c.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>COMPLICITY IN THE USE OF TORTURE</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_william__071214_complicity_in_the_us.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-16:/commentary/1387863</id>
    <updated>2007-12-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... and Jane Harman that wrote HR 1955 (now S1959) &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007&quot; to put a cap on, to criminally ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_william__071214_complicity_in_the_us.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Obama Supports Homegrown Terrorism Bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_jessica__071215_obama_support_homegr.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-15:/commentary/1387926</id>
    <updated>2007-12-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House version of the bill, HR 1955, passed Oct. 23 by a vote of 404-6 under the &amp;#8220;suspension of the rules,&amp;#8221; a provision that is available to quickly pass ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_jessica__071215_obama_support_homegr.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Complicity In the Use of Torture</title>
    <link href="http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/12/15/complicity_in_the_use_of_torture" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-15:/commentary/1386178</id>
    <updated>2007-12-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The People's Voice,&amp;nbsp;TN</name>
    </author>
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... and the Palestine beyond the internationally recognized 1948 and 1967 border between Palestine and Israel; and Jane Harman that wrote HR 1955(now S1959) ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/12/15/complicity_in_the_use_of_torture&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>POLITICS, STRANGE BEDFELLOWS AND RON PAUL</title>
    <link href="http://www.newswithviews.com/Betty/Freauf111.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-14:/commentary/1384800</id>
    <updated>2007-12-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>NewsWithViews.com,&amp;nbsp;OR</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
(HR 1955 &amp;amp; S 1959). After he left the air, she said, &amp;#8220;You wouldn&amp;#8217;t think we have any thing in common and yet we all do.&quot; The language in this bill is so ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newswithviews.com/Betty/Freauf111.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A rotten new bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.workers.org/2007/editorials/rotten-1220" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-14:/commentary/1384799</id>
    <updated>2007-12-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Workers World</name>
    </author>
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While HR 1955 is supposed to be directed against &amp;#8220;terrorism,&amp;#8221; its language is so vague and broad that civil liberties activists rightly note that these ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workers.org/2007/editorials/rotten-1220&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Obama &amp;#8220;Undecided&amp;#8221; on S. 1959</title>
    <link href="http://www.indypendent.org/2007/12/14/obama-undecided-on-s-1959/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-14:/commentary/1385429</id>
    <updated>2007-12-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Indypendent,&amp;nbsp;NY</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House version of the bill, HR 1955, passed Oct. 23 by a vote of 404-6 under the &amp;#8220;suspension of the rules,&amp;#8221; a provision that is available to quickly pass ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indypendent.org/2007/12/14/obama-undecided-on-s-1959/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Who Can You Believe in the Torture Wars?</title>
    <link href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&amp;amp;amp;docID=hsnews-000002643554" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-14:/commentary/1385430</id>
    <updated>2007-12-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CQPolitics.com,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Radical: Legislation to create a &amp;#8220;National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism&amp;#8221; ( HR 1955 ) died a quiet death in ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&amp;amp;docID=hsnews-000002643554&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Why Should S. 1959 aka the &quot;Thought Crime&quot; Bill Be Exempt from FACA?</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_erik_lar_071212_why_should_s__1959_a.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-13:/commentary/1384704</id>
    <updated>2007-12-13T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
This pending legislation recently moved to the Senate, after the House passed it 404-6, as HR 1955. Why should the FAC Act not apply? ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_erik_lar_071212_why_should_s__1959_a.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>HR 1955: The 'Center of Excellence' Is Watching You</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailyscare.com/2579/h-r-1955-the-center-of-excellence-is-watching-you" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-11:/commentary/1383550</id>
    <updated>2007-12-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Daily Scare,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
By Tim Hollis Guilty of every offense resident in its newspeakian lingo, radical extremist legislators have criminalized the eighty-nine per cent of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailyscare.com/2579/h-r-1955-the-center-of-excellence-is-watching-you&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A Tutorial in Orwellian Newspeak</title>
    <link href="http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/opinion/?id=23475" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-11:/commentary/1435590</id>
    <updated>2007-12-11T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Middle East Online,&amp;nbsp;UK</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
After its opening &amp;#8220;tribute&amp;#8221; to Orwell, HR 1955 is strategically peppered with Newspeak regarding the establishment of a National Commission and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/opinion/?id=23475&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Obama Supports Homegrown Terrorism Bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.indypendent.org/2007/12/10/obama-supports-homegrown-terrorism-bill/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-10:/commentary/1383267</id>
    <updated>2007-12-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Indypendent,&amp;nbsp;NY</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House version of the bill, HR 1955, passed Oct. 23 by a vote of 404-6 under the &amp;#8220;suspension of the rules,&amp;#8221; a provision that is available to quickly pass ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indypendent.org/2007/12/10/obama-supports-homegrown-terrorism-bill/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hear Boston 9/11 Truth on the radio with other guests, Monday</title>
    <link href="http://www.bostonnow.com/blogs/pitbullpimple/2007/12/10/hear-boston-911-truth-on-the-radio-with-other-guests-monday-0" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-10:/commentary/1383268</id>
    <updated>2007-12-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BostonNOW,&amp;nbsp;MA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 1955, in its heavy-handed measures to prevent homegrown terrorism, is reminiscent of &quot;A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition&quot;issued by ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bostonnow.com/blogs/pitbullpimple/2007/12/10/hear-boston-911-truth-on-the-radio-with-other-guests-monday-0&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>This Is a Test</title>
    <link href="http://www.nolanchart.com/article437.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-10:/commentary/1383250</id>
    <updated>2007-12-10T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Nolan Chart LLC,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
That final step is HR 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, (Oct 23, 2007: This bill passed in the House of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nolanchart.com/article437.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Petition Opposing HR 1955/S. 1959</title>
    <link href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/07/18465698.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-08:/commentary/1382742</id>
    <updated>2007-12-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
by Cha-Cha Connor We the undersigned strongly oppose the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, HR. 1955 / S. 1959. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/07/18465698.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act: A Tutorial in Orwellian ...</title>
    <link href="http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_25621.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-08:/commentary/1382767</id>
    <updated>2007-12-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Axis of Logic,&amp;nbsp;MA</name>
    </author>
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After its opening &amp;#8220;tribute&amp;#8221; to Orwell, HR 1955 is strategically peppered with Newspeak regarding the establishment of a National Commission and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/article_25621.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Remarks on Violent Radicalization &amp;amp; Homegrown Terrorism Prevention ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul428.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-07:/commentary/1381892</id>
    <updated>2007-12-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Lew Rockwell,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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by Ron Paul by Ron Paul Mr. Speaker, I regret that I was unavoidably out of town on October 23, 2007, when a vote was taken on HR 1955, the Violent ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul428.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Includes House and Senate bills, HR 1955 and S. 1959</title>
    <link href="http://cryptome.org/1984update.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-07:/commentary/1382374</id>
    <updated>2007-12-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Cryptome.org</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... House Bills] [From the US Government Printing Office via GPO Access] [DOCID: h1955rfs.txt] [Referred in Senate] 110th CONGRESS 1st Session HR 1955 ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cryptome.org/1984update.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Facebook group protests US House bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.themaneater.com/article.php?id=28488" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-07:/commentary/1382415</id>
    <updated>2007-12-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>UM Maneater,&amp;nbsp;MO</name>
    </author>
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Tyler College sophomore Ryan Steele, the creator of another protest group called &amp;#8220;Students Against HR 1955,&amp;#8221; said he thought the bill broke with the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.themaneater.com/article.php?id=28488&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>9/11 Truth Radio Show w' Jason King, Mia Hamel, &amp;amp; Dylan Avery ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/06/18465456.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-06:/commentary/1381786</id>
    <updated>2007-12-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 1955, in its heavy-handed measures to prevent homegrown terrorism, is reminiscent of &amp;#8220;A Proclamation for Suppressing Rebellion and Sedition&amp;#8221; issued by ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/12/06/18465456.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ron Paul fights corporate greed</title>
    <link href="http://www.mtsusidelines.com/home/news/2007/12/06/Opinions/Ron-Paul.Fights.Corporate.Greed-3135247.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-05:/commentary/1381444</id>
    <updated>2007-12-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sidelines Online (subscription),&amp;nbsp;TN</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Right now, HR 1955, a bill lovingly entitled &quot;The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007&quot; has passed the House of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.mtsusidelines.com/home/news/2007/12/06/Opinions/Ron-Paul.Fights.Corporate.Greed-3135247.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tin Foil Can't Help You Now</title>
    <link href="http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2007/12/04/tin-foil-cant-help-you-now/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-05:/commentary/1381247</id>
    <updated>2007-12-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>AOL News Newsbloggers,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
This is the world of HR 1955, a bill recently passed in the US House of Representatives. The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2007/12/04/tin-foil-cant-help-you-now/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Opinions: We don't need no thought control</title>
    <link href="http://www.statepress.com/issues/2007/12/04/opinions/703021" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-04:/commentary/1381811</id>
    <updated>2007-12-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Web Devil</name>
    </author>
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This act, also known as HR 1955, could be another notch in the Bush Administration's belt of attempts to strip citizens of their civil liberties. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.statepress.com/issues/2007/12/04/opinions/703021&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Home grown terror law threatens Muslims, further erodes rights for ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_4152.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-04:/commentary/1380944</id>
    <updated>2007-12-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>FinalCall.com,&amp;nbsp;IL</name>
    </author>
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Much of the youth&amp;#8217;s political activism regarding Jena 6 occurred by use of the internet, HR 1955 has noted the internet as a vehicle for &amp;#8220;radicalization. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.finalcall.com/artman/publish/article_4152.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Vague bill slips through House, threatens freedoms</title>
    <link href="http://www.thenorthernlight.org/news/2007/12/04/CallToAction/Vague.Bill.Slips.Through.House.Threatens.Freedoms-3131647.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-04:/commentary/1380957</id>
    <updated>2007-12-04T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>UAA Northern Light,&amp;nbsp;AK</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 1955, or &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007,&quot; received 404 &quot;yea&quot; votes from the 435 members of the House. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thenorthernlight.org/news/2007/12/04/CallToAction/Vague.Bill.Slips.Through.House.Threatens.Freedoms-3131647.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Linda Milazzo: Meet the New American Revolutionaries!</title>
    <link href="http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/1461" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-03:/commentary/1381715</id>
    <updated>2007-12-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BuzzFlash,&amp;nbsp;IL</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
by Linda Milazzo With our beloved Constitution under attack, and new legislation (HR 1955 and S. 1959) that will further usurp our freedoms, Americans are ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/1461&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Meet the New American Revolutionaries!</title>
    <link href="http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2967/81/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-03:/commentary/1420121</id>
    <updated>2007-12-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Atlantic Free Press,&amp;nbsp;Netherlands</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
by Linda Milazzo With our beloved Constitution under attack, and new legislation (HR 1955 and S. 1959) that will further usurp our freedoms, Americans are ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2967/81/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act: A Tutorial in Orwellian ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2954/81/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-02:/commentary/1380977</id>
    <updated>2007-12-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Atlantic Free Press,&amp;nbsp;Netherlands</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
After its opening &amp;#8220;tribute&amp;#8221; to Orwell, HR 1955 is strategically peppered with Newspeak regarding the establishment of a National Commission and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2954/81/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00024.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-02:/commentary/1379249</id>
    <updated>2007-12-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Scoop.co.nz,&amp;nbsp;New Zealand</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
After its opening &amp;#8220;tribute&amp;#8221; to Orwell, HR 1955 is strategically peppered with Newspeak regarding the establishment of a National Commission and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0712/S00024.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>MEET THE NEW AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES!</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_linda_mi_071202_meet_the_new_america.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-02:/commentary/1379248</id>
    <updated>2007-12-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
by Linda Milazzo With our beloved Constitution under attack, and new legislation (HR 1955 and S. 1959) that will further usurp our freedoms, Americans are ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_linda_mi_071202_meet_the_new_america.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>US House passes Democrat-crafted &amp;#8220;homegrown terrorism prevention ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;amp;amp;aid=7520" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-02:/commentary/1380908</id>
    <updated>2007-12-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Center for Research on Globalization,&amp;nbsp;Canada</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The bill, HR 1955, &amp;#8220;The Violent Radicalization Homegrown Terrorism Act of 2007,&amp;#8221; was crafted and sponsored by Democrat Jane Harman of California and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;amp;aid=7520&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Taking Direct Action to the Max</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kevin_go_071201_taking_direct_action.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-01:/commentary/1376669</id>
    <updated>2007-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
S. 1959, introduced in the Senate, and HR 1955, which passed 404-6 in the House, both put forth in motion plans to institute greater infringements on our ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kevin_go_071201_taking_direct_action.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>US House passes Democrat-crafted &amp;#8220;homegrown terrorism prevention ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/dec2007/home-d01.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-12-01:/commentary/1375724</id>
    <updated>2007-12-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>World Socialist Web Site,&amp;nbsp;MI</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The bill, HR 1955, &amp;#8220;The Violent Radicalization Homegrown Terrorism Act of 2007,&amp;#8221; was crafted and sponsored by Democrat Jane Harman of California and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/dec2007/home-d01.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act</title>
    <link href="http://mwcnews.net/content/view/18442/26/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-30:/commentary/1375723</id>
    <updated>2007-11-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>MWC News,&amp;nbsp;Canada</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
After its opening &quot;tribute&quot; to Orwell, HR 1955 is strategically peppered with Newspeak regarding the establishment of a National Commission and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mwcnews.net/content/view/18442/26/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>News for nerds, stuff that matters</title>
    <link href="http://politics.slashdot.org/index.pl?issue=20071129" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-30:/commentary/1372544</id>
    <updated>2007-11-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Slashdot</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
gaybliss writes &quot;The US House of Representatives passed a bill (HR 1955) last month, by a vote of 404 to 6, that says the Internet is a terrorist tool and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://politics.slashdot.org/index.pl?issue=20071129&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act: A Tutorial in Orwellian ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailyscare.com/2510/the-homegrown-terrorism-prevention-act-a-tutorial-in-orwellian-newspeak" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-30:/commentary/1378290</id>
    <updated>2007-11-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Daily Scare,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
After its opening &amp;#8220;tribute&amp;#8221; to Orwell, HR 1955 is strategically peppered with Newspeak regarding the establishment of a National Commission and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailyscare.com/2510/the-homegrown-terrorism-prevention-act-a-tutorial-in-orwellian-newspeak&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Homegrown Terror Bill Targeted in Senate</title>
    <link href="http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=52019" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-30:/commentary/1379250</id>
    <updated>2007-11-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Free Market News Network,&amp;nbsp;FL</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
On the surface, the House-passed bill, HR 1955, may appear innocuous. It would create a commission to examine the causes of violent radicalization, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=52019&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act: A Tutorial in Orwellian ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_robert_w_071130_the_homegrown_terror.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-30:/commentary/1380907</id>
    <updated>2007-11-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews,&amp;nbsp;PA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
After its opening &amp;#8220;tribute&amp;#8221; to Orwell, HR 1955 is strategically peppered with Newspeak regarding the establishment of a National Commission and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_robert_w_071130_the_homegrown_terror.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>News for nerds, stuff that matters</title>
    <link href="http://politics.slashdot.org/index.pl?issue=20071128" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-29:/commentary/1369487</id>
    <updated>2007-11-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Slashdot</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
gaybliss writes &quot;The US House of Representatives passed a bill (HR 1955) last month, by a vote of 404 to 6, that says the Internet is a terrorist tool and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://politics.slashdot.org/index.pl?issue=20071128&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Harman, ACLU Exchange Barbs Over Terrorism Commission</title>
    <link href="http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&amp;amp;amp;docID=hsnews-000002633756" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-29:/commentary/1369698</id>
    <updated>2007-11-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CQPolitics.com,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
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&amp;#8220;HR 1955 is not about interfering with speech or belief,&amp;#8221; Harman said. &amp;#8220;The hearing record makes that abundantly clear. Radical speech, as I have said ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&amp;amp;docID=hsnews-000002633756&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Will HR 1955 be a redefinition of mccarthyism?</title>
    <link href="http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/mariwinn1196366486" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-29:/commentary/1370768</id>
    <updated>2007-11-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Joplin Independent,&amp;nbsp;MO</name>
    </author>
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by Mari Winn Taylor Groups, like Truthout, are cranking up their appeal to their followers to contact Senators asking them to veto HR 1955, &quot;The Violent ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/mariwinn1196366486&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Rights advocates target domestic terrorism bill in Senate</title>
    <link href="http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1107/112907cdpm2.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-29:/commentary/1377286</id>
    <updated>2007-11-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>GovExec.com,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
On the surface, the House-passed bill, HR 1955, may appear innocuous. It would create a commission to examine the causes of violent radicalization, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1107/112907cdpm2.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>ACLU Statement on the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1128-18.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-29:/commentary/1379866</id>
    <updated>2007-11-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Common Dreams (press release),&amp;nbsp;ME</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The ACLU has raised multiple concerns with HR 1955 at different points during the last 13 months. We appreciate the steps that have been made to improve the ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1128-18.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Internet Blockbuster, Loose Change - Final Cut, Bay Area Premieres</title>
    <link href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/28/18464176.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-29:/commentary/1369699</id>
    <updated>2007-11-29T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... the Military Commissions Act, Presidential Directive 51, and HR 1955 (the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/28/18464176.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Letter Box</title>
    <link href="http://www.reformer.com/ci_7577544?source=most_emailed" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-28:/commentary/1366904</id>
    <updated>2007-11-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Brattleboro Reformer,&amp;nbsp; United States</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Peter Welch regarding his yea vote on HR 1955: The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act of 2007. This bill is a further extension of Patriot ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reformer.com/ci_7577544?source=most_emailed&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Activist raps vote by Welch</title>
    <link href="http://www.reformer.com/headlines/ci_7577559" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-28:/commentary/1366903</id>
    <updated>2007-11-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Brattleboro Reformer,&amp;nbsp; United States</name>
    </author>
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Though it may be hard to determine what the results of HR 1955 might be, said Gilbert, it might actually help to clarify &quot;some of these ideas that people ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reformer.com/headlines/ci_7577559&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>US House Says the Internet is Terrorist Threat</title>
    <link href="http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/07/11/28/1449249.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-28:/commentary/1368244</id>
    <updated>2007-11-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Knoxville Voice</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
gaybliss writes &quot;The US House of Representatives passed a bill (HR 1955) last month, by a vote of 404 to 6, that defines the Internet as a terrorist tool ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://politics.slashdot.org/politics/07/11/28/1449249.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>ACLU Statement on the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/32886prs20071128.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-28:/commentary/1369163</id>
    <updated>2007-11-28T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>ACLU (press release),&amp;nbsp;NY</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Washington, DC &amp;#8211; The ACLU continues to have serious concerns regarding the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR 1955). ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/32886prs20071128.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Help stop vaguely worded thought-crime bill that could make this ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.knoxvoice.com/blogs/truthserum/2007/11/27/help-stop-vaguely-worded-thought-crime-bill-that-could-make-this-blog-illegal/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-27:/commentary/1365168</id>
    <updated>2007-11-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Knoxville Voice</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
In that email, she bemoaned, &amp;#8220;the near-unanimous passage of HR 1955 by the House of Representatives, achieved by suspending the rules of Congress, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.knoxvoice.com/blogs/truthserum/2007/11/27/help-stop-vaguely-worded-thought-crime-bill-that-could-make-this-blog-illegal/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bringing the War on Terrorism Home</title>
    <link href="http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/bringing-the-war-on-terrorism-home/1837/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-26:/commentary/1363368</id>
    <updated>2007-11-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>RINF.COM,&amp;nbsp;UK</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The proposed law, The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR 1955), was passed by the House of Representative in a 404-6 ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rinf.com/alt-news/war-terrorism/bringing-the-war-on-terrorism-home/1837/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Kucinich Opposes The Assault on the Freedom of Speech by the Congress</title>
    <link href="http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/11/25/kucinich_opposes_the_assault_on_the_free" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-25:/commentary/1359381</id>
    <updated>2007-11-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The People's Voice,&amp;nbsp;TN</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The house of representatives of the Congress, with the exception of six of its members including Representative Kucinich, passed HR 1955 which sole effect ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/11/25/kucinich_opposes_the_assault_on_the_free&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Internet Found Guilty of Promoting Terrorism</title>
    <link href="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=43742" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-24:/commentary/1358170</id>
    <updated>2007-11-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
According to HR 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, the Internet is guilty of promoting terrorism, and is subject ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=43742&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I'm Thankful For Ron Paul</title>
    <link href="http://www.nolanchart.com/article305.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-22:/commentary/1354223</id>
    <updated>2007-11-22T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Nolan Chart LLC,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House of Representatives on Oct 23, 2007, by an overwhelming margin of 404-6, voted for HR 1955 entitled the &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nolanchart.com/article305.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Big Brother: House passes the &quot;Violent Radicalization and ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/21/18462572.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-21:/commentary/1358555</id>
    <updated>2007-11-21T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
by Ecotopian Yeti by Lee Rogers The US House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/21/18462572.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Mentes Peligrosas: Confession of an American Thought Criminal</title>
    <link href="http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2007/11/15/194158/67" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-19:/commentary/1355476</id>
    <updated>2007-11-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Political Cortex,&amp;nbsp;NY</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Within the Orwellian construct of HR 1955, I have not decided whether I am a violent radical or a homegrown terrorist. Perhaps the powers that be will deem ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.politicalcortex.com/story/2007/11/15/194158/67&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Internet Found Guilty of Promoting Terrorism</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_barbara__071119_internet_found_guilt.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-19:/commentary/1348339</id>
    <updated>2007-11-19T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>History News Network</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
by Barbara Peterson Page 1 of 2 page(s) According to HR 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, the Internet is guilty ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_barbara__071119_internet_found_guilt.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Bill Both Birchers and Leftwingers Oppose: For Good Reason</title>
    <link href="http://www.hnn.us/articles/44578.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-18:/commentary/1353982</id>
    <updated>2007-11-18T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>History News Network,&amp;nbsp;WA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Jane Harman's &quot;Thought Police&quot; bill, HR 1955, passed the House 404-6 late last month and now rests in Sen. Joe Lieberman's Homeland Security Committee. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hnn.us/articles/44578.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Mentes Peligrosas: Confession of an American Thought Criminal</title>
    <link href="http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2844/81/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-17:/commentary/1348340</id>
    <updated>2007-11-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Atlantic Free Press,&amp;nbsp;Netherlands</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Within the Orwellian construct of HR 1955, I have not decided whether I am a violent radical or a homegrown terrorist. Perhaps the powers that be will deem ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2844/81/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Complaints Flood CNN After Beck Smears Ron Paul Supporters As ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2007/161107_beck_smears.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-17:/commentary/1348341</id>
    <updated>2007-11-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Prison Planet.com</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
In the current context, this unified assault also dovetails with the advance of HR 1955, entitled the &amp;#8220;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/november2007/161107_beck_smears.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The US Congress Legislates Genocide Of The Mind</title>
    <link href="http://uruknet.info/?p=m38340&amp;amp;amp;s1=h1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-17:/commentary/1348342</id>
    <updated>2007-11-17T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>uruknet.info,&amp;nbsp;Italy</name>
    </author>
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HR 1955 as recently passed by the House of Representatives is in effect a Thought Crime Prevention Bill. This action simply stops my mind. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://uruknet.info/?p=m38340&amp;amp;s1=h1&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>LAPD cuts mapping from anti-terrorism plan</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailytrojan.com/news/2007/11/16/News/Lapd-Cuts.Mapping.From.AntiTerrorism.Plan-3106942.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-16:/commentary/1348344</id>
    <updated>2007-11-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Daily Trojan Online,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Oct. 30 in favor of HR 1955, which is currently being debated in the Senate. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailytrojan.com/news/2007/11/16/News/Lapd-Cuts.Mapping.From.AntiTerrorism.Plan-3106942.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Mentes Peligrosas: Confession Of An American Thought Criminal</title>
    <link href="http://www.countercurrents.org/miller161107.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-16:/commentary/1385456</id>
    <updated>2007-11-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CounterCurrents.org,&amp;nbsp;India</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Within the Orwellian construct of HR 1955, I have not decided whether I am a violent radical or a homegrown terrorist. Perhaps the powers that be will deem ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.countercurrents.org/miller161107.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>&quot;Thought Crime Bill&quot; Could Ensnare Peaceful Activists</title>
    <link href="http://www.bostonnow.com/blogs/pitbullpimple/2007/11/16/quotthought-crime-billquot-could-ensnare-peaceful-activists" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-16:/commentary/1348343</id>
    <updated>2007-11-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BostonNOW,&amp;nbsp;MA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The bill is HR 1955: Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 and passed Congress after a bipartisan vote on October 23rd. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bostonnow.com/blogs/pitbullpimple/2007/11/16/quotthought-crime-billquot-could-ensnare-peaceful-activists&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>It's the thought that counts</title>
    <link href="http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=598580" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-15:/commentary/1337077</id>
    <updated>2007-11-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Sacramento News &amp;amp; Review,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Or just HR 1955 for Googling purposes. The bill, if it becomes law, would establish a commission to study and figure out ways to prevent the kind of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=598580&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Would your personal beliefs brand you a &amp;#8216;Homegrown&amp;#8217; terrorist?</title>
    <link href="http://xeniagazette.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=17&amp;amp;amp;SubSectionID=452&amp;amp;amp;ArticleID=157282&amp;amp;amp;TM=49571.18" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-14:/commentary/1337075</id>
    <updated>2007-11-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Xenia Gazette,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 1955 is, to date, one of the most damning to our constitutional rights. If this gets by the Senate, our freedom of expression will be obliterated&amp;#8221;, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://xeniagazette.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=17&amp;amp;SubSectionID=452&amp;amp;ArticleID=157282&amp;amp;TM=49571.18&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Confession of an American Thought Criminal</title>
    <link href="http://rinf.com/alt-news/contributions/confession-of-an-american-thought-criminal/1747/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-14:/commentary/1337076</id>
    <updated>2007-11-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>RINF.COM,&amp;nbsp;UK</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Within the Orwellian construct of HR 1955, I have not decided whether I am a violent radical or a homegrown terrorist. Perhaps the powers that be will deem ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rinf.com/alt-news/contributions/confession-of-an-american-thought-criminal/1747/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bill's passage would end our democracy</title>
    <link href="http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071109/NEWS/711090332/1017/OPINION02/NEWS/Bill_s_passage_would_end_our_democracy" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-09:/commentary/1331556</id>
    <updated>2007-11-09T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BlueRidgeNow.com,&amp;nbsp;NC</name>
    </author>
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To The Editor: The US House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955, titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20071109/NEWS/711090332/1017/OPINION02/NEWS/Bill_s_passage_would_end_our_democracy&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Local Subway resturaunts offer student discounts</title>
    <link href="http://www.talonmarks.com/home/news/2007/11/07/News/Local.Subway.Resturaunts.Offer.Student.Discounts-3082107.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-08:/commentary/1329204</id>
    <updated>2007-11-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Talon Marks (subscription),&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Barrita closed the Cabinet meeting, telling members about the new bill that passed through the House of Representatives, HR 1955, the Violent Radicalization ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.talonmarks.com/home/news/2007/11/07/News/Local.Subway.Resturaunts.Offer.Student.Discounts-3082107.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Talking About My Generation</title>
    <link href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/merola1.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-08:/commentary/1328689</id>
    <updated>2007-11-08T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Lew Rockwell,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
On October 23, the US House of Representatives passed &quot;HR 1955,&quot; otherwise known as &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/merola1.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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    <title>Senate May Vote on &quot;Thought Crimes&quot; Act</title>
    <link href="http://www.jbs.org/node/6239" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-07:/commentary/1327223</id>
    <updated>2007-11-07T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>John Birch Society,&amp;nbsp;WI</name>
    </author>
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By JBS Staff On October 23, the House of Representatives passed HR 1955, the &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007&quot; by a ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.jbs.org/node/6239&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Digital Thought Police</title>
    <link href="http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4226614.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-06:/commentary/1324292</id>
    <updated>2007-11-06T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Popular Mechanics</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The US House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4226614.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>AMERICANS' NEW RELIGION</title>
    <link href="http://www.newswithviews.com/Cuddy/dennis114.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-05:/commentary/1312403</id>
    <updated>2007-11-05T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>NewsWithViews.com,&amp;nbsp;OR</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D. (Note: On October 23, 2007, the US House of Representatives passed HR 1955, titled &quot;The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newswithviews.com/Cuddy/dennis114.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Shame and Duplicity</title>
    <link href="http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/11/03/congressional_shame_and_duplicity_1" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-03:/commentary/1325514</id>
    <updated>2007-11-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The People's Voice,&amp;nbsp;TN</name>
    </author>
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Almost without notice, the House overwhelmingly (404 - 6) passed the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR 1955) on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/11/03/congressional_shame_and_duplicity_1&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>BOMBING IMPROPER THOUGHTS</title>
    <link href="http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/11/03/bombing_improper_thoughts" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-03:/commentary/1308071</id>
    <updated>2007-11-03T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The People's Voice,&amp;nbsp;TN</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Act,&quot; HR 1955, was passed on October 23, by the House of Representatives. This bill creates a commission ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/11/03/bombing_improper_thoughts&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Shame and Duplicity</title>
    <link href="http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&amp;amp;amp;ItemID=14192" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-02:/commentary/1324293</id>
    <updated>2007-11-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>ZNet,&amp;nbsp;MA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Almost without notice, the House overwhelmingly (404 - 6) passed the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR 1955) on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=72&amp;amp;ItemID=14192&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Shame and Duplicity</title>
    <link href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/02/18457738.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-02:/commentary/1305806</id>
    <updated>2007-11-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Almost without notice, the House overwhelmingly (404 - 6) passed the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR 1955) on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/02/18457738.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Big Brother: House passes the &quot;Violent Radicalization and ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;amp;amp;aid=7243" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-02:/commentary/1311480</id>
    <updated>2007-11-02T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Scoop.co.nz</name>
    </author>
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by Lee Rogers The US House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;amp;aid=7243&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Shame And Duplicity</title>
    <link href="http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman011107.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-01:/commentary/1303156</id>
    <updated>2007-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CounterCurrents.org,&amp;nbsp;India</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Almost without notice, the House overwhelmingly (404 - 6) passed the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR 1955) on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman011107.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Congressional Shame and Duplicity</title>
    <link href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;amp;amp;aid=7232" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-11-01:/commentary/1302881</id>
    <updated>2007-11-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Center for Research on Globalization,&amp;nbsp;Canada</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Almost without notice, the House overwhelmingly (404 - 6) passed the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (HR 1955) on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&amp;amp;aid=7232&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Thought Police: How Brain Scans Could Invade Your Private Life</title>
    <link href="http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4226614.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-31:/commentary/1300158</id>
    <updated>2007-10-31T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Popular Mechanics</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The US House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/research/4226614.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>why hr 1955 was rammed through under cover of fire</title>
    <link href="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=41549" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-30:/commentary/1366497</id>
    <updated>2007-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>American Chronicle,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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... educated christians. the full manual is scanned here. the timing of the passage of hr 1955 was no accident; see roll call of votes here. the fact that ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=41549&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>- Dodd, Biden, Obama To Oppose Mukasey For Attorney General</title>
    <link href="http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/30/1340252" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-30:/commentary/1297139</id>
    <updated>2007-10-30T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Democracy Now,&amp;nbsp;NY</name>
    </author>
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Ward Churchill: &quot;HR 1955, as I understand it, provides a basis for subjective interpretation of dissident speech that allows those in power to criminally ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/30/1340252&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>Put On the Cuffs, I'm Guilty as Charged</title>
    <link href="http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_jim_free_071027_put_on_the_cuffs_2c_i_.htm" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-27:/commentary/1285751</id>
    <updated>2007-10-27T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Bay Area Indymedia</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Jane Harman, a Democratic member of the House from California, has just gotten together with fellow members to pass HR 1955 RFS. Just four days ago, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_jim_free_071027_put_on_the_cuffs_2c_i_.htm&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Politics of Paranoia</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailyscare.com/2328/the-politics-of-paranoia" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-26:/commentary/1296569</id>
    <updated>2007-10-26T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Daily Scare,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Dan Smith Congresswoman Jane Harman has introduced legislation--HR 1955: &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism&quot;--that is expected to be referred ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailyscare.com/2328/the-politics-of-paranoia&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Jane Harman's War on the First Amendment</title>
    <link href="http://www.counterpunch.org/smith10252007.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-25:/commentary/1276137</id>
    <updated>2007-10-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>CounterPunch,&amp;nbsp;CA</name>
    </author>
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DAN SMITH Congresswoman Jane Harman has introduced legislation--HR 1955: &quot;Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism&quot;--that is expected to be referred ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.counterpunch.org/smith10252007.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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  <entry>
    <title>House Passes Thought Crime Prevention Bill</title>
    <link href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/25/18456040.php" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-25:/commentary/1290113</id>
    <updated>2007-10-25T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>OpEdNews</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
by Jefferson (A)bbey The US House of Representatives recently passed HR 1955 titled the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/10/25/18456040.php&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terror Bill Passes House</title>
    <link href="http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,206284.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-24:/commentary/1272938</id>
    <updated>2007-10-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Congressional Quarterly</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
Jane Harman (D-CA), Chair of the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment announced passage of HR 1955, the &quot;Violent ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,206284.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>violent radicalization and homegrown terror bill passes house</title>
    <link href="http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/307" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-24:/commentary/1356601</id>
    <updated>2007-10-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>BuzzFlash,&amp;nbsp;IL</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... and rep. jane harman (d-ca), chair of the subcommittee on intelligence, information sharing and terrorism risk assessment announced passage of hr 1955, ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/alerts/307&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>House Passes Bill Intended to Prevent 'Homegrown Terrorism'</title>
    <link href="http://www.crosswalk.com/news/11557693/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-24:/commentary/1285739</id>
    <updated>2007-10-24T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Crosswalk.com,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
HR 1955 creates (but does not fund) a national commission to examine the causes of violent radicalization and homegrown terrorism and propose ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.crosswalk.com/news/11557693/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Commission Would Study &amp;#8216;Homegrown&amp;#8217; Terrorism</title>
    <link href="http://public.cq.com/docs/cqt/news110-000002610404.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-23:/commentary/1269011</id>
    <updated>2007-10-23T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Congressional Quarterly,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The bill ( HR 1955 ) includes no authorization of funds for the commission. Jane Harman , D-Calif., chairwoman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://public.cq.com/docs/cqt/news110-000002610404.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Brainwashing the hero-worshipping society</title>
    <link href="http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2318.shtml" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-20:/commentary/1004615</id>
    <updated>2007-08-20T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Online Journal,&amp;nbsp;FL</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... answers to a secret higher authority is an &amp;#8220;extremist belief system,&amp;#8221; according to the authors of the &amp;#8220;Prevention of Homegrown Terrorism Act &amp;#8211; HR 1955. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_2318.shtml&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Brainwashing the Hero-Worshipping Society</title>
    <link href="http://www.dailyscare.com/1918/brainwashing-the-hero-worshipping-society" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-15:/commentary/1108755</id>
    <updated>2007-08-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The Daily Scare,&amp;nbsp;OH</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... answers to a secret higher authority is an &amp;#8220;extremist belief system,&amp;#8221; according to the authors of the &amp;#8220;Prevention of Homegrown Terrorism Act &amp;#8211; HR 1955. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dailyscare.com/1918/brainwashing-the-hero-worshipping-society&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Brainwashing the Hero-Worshipping Society</title>
    <link href="http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/08/14/brainwashing_the_hero_worshipping_societ" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-14:/commentary/981406</id>
    <updated>2007-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>The People's Voice,&amp;nbsp;TN</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... answers to a secret higher authority is an &quot;extremist belief system,&quot; according to the authors of the &quot;Prevention of Homegrown Terrorism Act &amp;#8211; HR 1955. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thepeoplesvoice.org/cgi-bin/blogs/voices.php/2007/08/14/brainwashing_the_hero_worshipping_societ&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Brainwashing the Hero-Worshipping Society</title>
    <link href="http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2178/81/" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-14:/commentary/1104957</id>
    <updated>2007-08-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Atlantic Free Press,&amp;nbsp;Netherlands</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
... answers to a secret higher authority is an &amp;#8220;extremist belief system,&amp;#8221; according to the authors of the &amp;#8220;Prevention of Homegrown Terrorism Act &amp;#8211; HR 1955. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.atlanticfreepress.com/content/view/2178/81/&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Homeland Security Committee to Consider 2 Bills Today</title>
    <link href="http://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=510&amp;amp;amp;newsid905=55823" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-08-01:/commentary/934698</id>
    <updated>2007-08-01T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Helicopter Association International,&amp;nbsp;VA</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
The House Homeland Security Committee is expected to consider and approve without amendment two bills (HR 1955 and HR 1413) today, August 1. ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rotor.com/Default.aspx?tabid=510&amp;amp;newsid905=55823&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act Amendment Targets Radical ...</title>
    <link href="http://www.chatmag.com/news/061607-homegrown-terrorism-chat-room-targeting.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-16:/commentary/802403</id>
    <updated>2007-06-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Chatmag.com,&amp;nbsp;FL</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
An amendment to the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act (HR 1955) would seat the Commission, and it is recommended by several key panelists testifying before ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.chatmag.com/news/061607-homegrown-terrorism-chat-room-targeting.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Amendment Addresses Concerns of Homegrown Terrorism</title>
    <link href="http://public.cq.com/docs/hs/hsnews110-000002532316.html" rel="alternate"/>
    <id>tag:opencongress.org,2007-06-14:/commentary/802404</id>
    <updated>2007-06-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <author>
      <name>Congressional Quarterly,&amp;nbsp;DC</name>
    </author>
    <content type="html">
An amendment to the Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act ( HR 1955 ) would create a national commission to study the origins of violent radicalization and ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://public.cq.com/docs/hs/hsnews110-000002532316.html&quot;&gt;Go to article&lt;/a&gt;    </content>
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