http://www.mail.com/people/2952-zoe-lofgren.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/2952-zoe-lofgren.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093654-congress-mixed-advice-regulating-drones.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The growing use of unmanned surveillance "eyes in the sky" aircraft raises a thicket of privacy concerns, but Congress is getting mixed advice on what, if anything, to do about it. A future with domestic drones may be inevitable. While civilian drone use is currently limited to government agencies and some public universities, a law pass... Fri, 17 May 2013 18:45:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2093654-congress-mixed-advice-regulating-drones.html 2013-05-17T18:45:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090950-house-immigration-group-reaches-deal.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of House members announced a deal Thursday on sweeping immigration legislation, a breakthrough that could boost chances for one of President Barack Obama's top second-term priorities. It came after months of secretive talks among the four Republican and four Democratic House members had seemed to stall in recent days e... Fri, 17 May 2013 00:27:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090950-house-immigration-group-reaches-deal.html 2013-05-17T00:27:37Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088342-gop-dems-challenge-holder-subpoenas-to-ap.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans and Democrats on Wednesday challenged Attorney General Eric Holder over the Justice Department's handling of the investigation of national security leaks and its failure to talk to The Associated Press before issuing subpoenas for the news service's telephone records. In exchanges that often turned testy, Holder... Wed, 15 May 2013 20:27:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2088342-gop-dems-challenge-holder-subpoenas-to-ap.html 2013-05-15T20:27:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2051650-soft-spoken-virginian-holds-sway-immigration.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Depending on whom you ask, Rep. Bob Goodlatte is either trying to stand in the way of landmark immigration legislation or he illustrates the new face of the GOP trying to find common ground on a contentious issue. Either way, the soft-spoken collector of elephant figurines and signed baseballs is asserting his pivotal role in the immigra... Mon, 29 Apr 2013 20:24:04 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2051650-soft-spoken-virginian-holds-sway-immigration.html 2013-04-29T20:24:04Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2037788-rangel-files-suit-to-overturn-censure.html WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Democrat Charles Rangel on Monday filed a lawsuit in federal court seeking to overturn a 2010 House decision to censure him for financial wrongdoing. The suit contends that staff and members of the House Ethics Committee that conducted the probe against the Harlem lawmaker willfully suppressed evidence of misconduct in how the i... Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:51:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2037788-rangel-files-suit-to-overturn-censure.html 2013-04-22T21:51:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1999912-house-group-finalizing-immigration-bill.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Republicans and Democrats in the House is finalizing a sweeping immigration bill that offers work permits and the eventual prospect of citizenship to millions of people living illegally in the United States, aides say. That path to citizenship, however, is likely to take at least 15 years for many, longer than envisioned by Senate immigration neg... Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:44:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1999912-house-group-finalizing-immigration-bill.html 2013-04-05T15:44:10Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1917270-bipartisan-agreement-farm-workers.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats said Tuesday that farmers should be allowed to hire foreign workers more easily as Congress reworks U.S. immigration laws. But there was some disagreement on how it should happen. Lawmakers and witnesses at a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing said the visa program that lets farmers hire foreign agricultural w... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 22:05:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1917270-bipartisan-agreement-farm-workers.html 2013-02-26T22:05:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857508-house-members-negotiate-proposal-immigration.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of a half-dozen House members, equally divided between Democrats and Republicans, is nearing completion of wide-ranging immigration legislation similar to proposals by Senate negotiators and President Barack Obama, including a pathway to legal immigration status for 11 million illegal immigrants already in the U.S. The group inte... Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:37:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1857508-house-members-negotiate-proposal-immigration.html 2013-01-30T21:37:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766380-un-telecom-chief-surprised-us-led-treaty-snub.html DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Envoys from nearly 90 nations signed Friday the first new U.N. telecommunications treaty since the Internet age, but the U.S. and other Western nations refused to join after claiming it endorses greater government control over cyberspace. The head of the U.N. telecoms group pushed back against the American assertions, de... Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:32:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1766380-un-telecom-chief-surprised-us-led-treaty-snub.html 2012-12-14T13:32:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1733480-house-votes-to-offer-advanced-degree-visas.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Testing the waters of what is expected to be a turbulent battle over immigration policy next year, the House voted Friday to make green cards accessible to foreign students graduating with advanced science and math degrees from U.S. universities. But even this limited step, strongly backed by the high-tech industry and enjoying some bipa... Fri, 30 Nov 2012 18:25:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/1733480-house-votes-to-offer-advanced-degree-visas.html 2012-11-30T18:25:00Z