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Senator’s Bill Would Expand Shuttle Program

March 4th, 2010 | No Comments

In hopes of throwing a major kink into President Obama’s plans to scratch the space shuttle fleet at the end of the year, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson introduces legislation to keep the shuttles flying until at least 2013.
– The Obama administration’s plans to mothball the space shuttle fleet at
the end of 2010 would be derailed by legislation introduced March 3 by
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX). Under Hutchinson’s bill, U.S. manned
spaceflight would continue until at least 2013.

Four more
shuttle missions are…



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Republicans Drop Anti-Net Neutrality Effort

September 23rd, 2009 | No Comments

Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison’s amendment to block FCC funding for implementing new network neutrality regulations proves short-lived.
– A move by Republican senators to block funding to the Federal Communications Commission for developing or implementing new network neutrality regulations is apparently over almost as quickly as it began.

Unhappy with FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s Sept. 21 proposal to extend and codify the ag…


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Republicans Move to Block Network Neutrality

September 21st, 2009 | No Comments

Senate Republicans react quickly to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s proposal to expand the Federal Communications Commission’s network neutrality authority. Working on an unrelated appropriations bill, Republican senators push an amendment to deny the FCC funds for developing or implementing new Internet regulations.
– Just hours after Federal Communications
Commission Chairman Julius
Genachowski proposed expanding the network neutrality authority of the
agency Sept. 21, Senate Republicans moved to block the initiative. Using an
appropriations bill as a vehicle, Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison introduced an
amendme…


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