Open Congress : Blog Articles for Rep. Edward Markey [D, MA-7]

Hartung: Reductions in U.S. nuclear arsenal make sense | Online ...

2012-05-28T01:00:00Z

Norm Dicks, D-Wash., — a member in good standing of the bomber lobby — blurted out that if amendment co-sponsor Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., “wants to look at something, tell him to look at land-based missiles.” This isn't ...

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Hartung: Cut costs by losing the bombs | newsday.com | peacenews ...

2012-05-28T01:00:00Z

Norm Dicks (D-Wash.) — a member in good standing of the bomber lobby — blurted out that if amendment co-sponsor Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) “wants to look at something [to cut], tell him to look at land-based missiles.” ...

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Action Alert: Last Chance To Influence Congress? | MassBike

2012-05-24T01:00:00Z

A small group of House and Senate leaders (including our own Representative Ed Markey) are still negotiating on the final transportation bill right now. The window is closing fast on our last real chance to impact the bill.

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Fuel Fix » NRC reviews allegations in Texas after Markey seeks probe

2012-05-11T01:00:00Z

Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass. (AP Photo). The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is reviewing allegations of retaliation against agency staff who raised safety concerns about a Nebraska power plant, which prompted a U.S. ...

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Privacy Lives » Blog Archive » Rep. Ed Markey: When, How Are ...

2012-05-04T01:00:00Z

Rep. Ed Markey: When, How Are Wireless Carriers Sharing Consumers' Personal Information With Law Enforcement? Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass), co-chairman of the House caucus on privacy, has sent letters (Markey page; ...

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"ATAR" Armenian Truth And Rumor: Legislators Mark Genocide in ...

2012-05-03T01:00:00Z

Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA): I am very proud to represent the 7th district of Massachusetts because my district includes the community with the third highest percentage of Armenian Americans in the Nation. … Between 1915 and ...

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Congressman Calls For Hearing On Google Street View Data ...

2012-05-03T01:00:00Z

By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld May 3, 2012 9:53 AM The fallout from the Wi-Fi snooping that occurred in Google's Street View program continues, with Congress now threatening to get into the act. Representative Ed Markey of ...

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Congressman Calls For Hearing On Google Street View Data ...

2012-05-03T01:00:00Z

Also, yesterday, Rep. Ed Markey from Massachusetts called "for an immediate Congressional hearing to get to the bottom of this very serious situation." "Google needs to fully explain to Congress and the public what it knew ...

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Ed Markey Looks Into Warrantless Cellphone Tracking - Hit & Run ...

2012-05-03T01:00:00Z

In response to a recent New York Times story about warrantless cellphone tracking, Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) wants to know how common the ... Ed Markey Looks Into Warrantless Cellphone Tracking · Jacob Sullum | May 3, 2012 ...

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Legislators Mark Genocide in Senate and House | Asbarez ...

2012-05-02T01:00:00Z

Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA): I am very proud to represent the 7th district of Massachusetts because my district includes the community with the third highest percentage of Armenian-Americans in the Nation. […] Between 1915 and ...

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Rep. Ed Markey argues cyber security bill would be ineffective and ...

2012-04-28T01:00:00Z

But Markey and other lawmakers contend the bill is an affront to civil liberty and that its protective power is limited because information sharing would be.

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Lexington Symphony Wins NEA Grant! | Lexington Symphony

2012-04-25T01:00:00Z

Congressman Ed Markey congratulated the Lexington Symphony, writing in a letter that “Orchestrating Kids Through Classics introduces children to the power of music at a young age and greatly enhances their educational ...

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Save us Chuck Woolery | Mixed response to Sabine Pass

2012-04-24T01:00:00Z

Another skeptic, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), said approving more export terminals would mean “exporting our manufacturing jobs abroad along with the fuel.” “America should exploit her competitive advantage with lower natural gas prices to ...

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Policy Salon May 1st

2012-04-24T01:00:00Z

While in law school she interned at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and was a legal fellow with Congressman Ed Markey's office. Before joining Defenders in October 2007 Sandra was legal counsel for the ...

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House Democrats Call for Action Cleaning Abandoned Uranium ...

2012-04-23T01:00:00Z

WASHINGTON (April 19, 2012) – Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) joined six House Democrats calling for “urgent action” to clean up hundreds of abandoned uranium mines that pose extreme public health risks to residents of the ...

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Bullpush Mountain, public health and EPA attacks « Coal Tattoo

2012-04-17T01:00:00Z

Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) and Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) hosted four leading scientists for Senate and House briefings on the environmental and health impacts of destructive mountaintop removal ...

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What Should U.S. Policy Be On Energy Exports? - Energy ...

2012-04-16T01:00:00Z

Congressmen backing anti-export moves, particularly Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), suggest that exporting would impose a burden on the American public. Strangely these policymakers do not argue that Detroit exporting cars or ...

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America's oil melting pot could shrink the trade deficit and boost the ...

2012-04-16T01:00:00Z

This idea has made strange bedfellows of Fox News host Bill O'Reilly and Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA). Addressing gas prices, O'Reilly claims: “They are much higher because the oil companies are shipping their ...

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Fuel Fix » Feds approve Cheniere's plan to export natural gas

2012-04-16T01:00:00Z

Congressional Democrats have proposed legislation that would ban new LNG exports. Rep. Ed Markey, D-Mass., who is pushing a ban, said the expert terminals would mean sending U.S. natural gas to China and Europe 00 ...

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FCC Fines Google $25000 | Adweek

2012-04-16T01:00:00Z

Lawmakers remain skeptical about Google's privacy practices. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) called the FCC's fine “a mere slap on the wrist” for a company that recently reported first-quarter revenue of more than $10.6 billion.

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