Today's Fresh Blogs...

• Senator pushes for expansion of "V-chip" video censorship technology

  Published: August 4, 2007, 2:01 pm

  Tags: Classification, Democrat, Dvd, Mark Pryor, Markpryor, V Chip

  Senator for Arkansas -- Mark Pryor is his name -- wants to expand on the "V-chip" video content blocking program, and create a tracking system that could enable parents to censor content on platforms including TV, DVD, and the internet. A new bill proposed by Senator Pryor calls for the FCC to look into ways of blocking "indecent and

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• The $5 million "victory", and its effects on Arkansas

  Published: August 12, 2007, 3:59 pm

  Tags: Mitt Romney, President, 2008 Elections, Ar Sen, Arkansas, Senate, Mike Huckabee, Mark Pryor

  shift over to a challenge of Mark Pryor's Democratic-held Senate seat. And while Pryor would've likely won, it would've meant real money spent in defense of a race we otherwise have sewn up. Now, with this showing, not only is Huckabee motivated to stay in the race, but he also looks very attractive as a potential vice presidential candidate

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• Head of CPSC Opposes Measure

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Head, Cpsc, Opposes, Measure, Nancy Nord, Joseph Mcguire, Mark Pryor, Nike Inc, Ann Brown, Bill Clinton, Dick Durbin, Gaithersburg, Association Of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Consumer Federation Of America, National Association Of Manufacturers, U S Consumer Produc

  The acting chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission yesterday sided with business groups in opposing a Senate proposal that would make it easier for the agency to disclose potential product hazards.

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• Product Safety Chief Sees Setbacks in Senate Bill

  Published: October 26, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Product, Safety, Chief, Sees, Setbacks, Senate, Bill, Mark Pryor, Nancy Nord, Daniel Inouye, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission

  The chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission says a Senate bill that would more than double the agency's budget and expand its authority would be too difficult for the agency to implement and "put the American people at greater risk."

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• U.S. Plans Tougher Inspection Of Imports

  Published: November 7, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Plans, Tougher, Inspection, Imports, The White House, United States, Food And Drug Administration, Edmund Mierzwinski, George W Bush, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission, Cal Dooley, Chris Waldrop, Diana Degette, Gaithersburg, Mark Pryor, Michael Leavitt, Rober

  Following recent recalls of Chinese-made tires, toothpaste and toys, the Bush administration yesterday announced a plan to improve the safety of what Americans buy and eat by intervening before imports reach the United States.

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• 'Did You Push My Button? Yes. Am I Going to Talk? You Bet.'

  Published: November 23, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Did, You, Push, Button, Yes, Going, Talk, Bet, Donald H Rumsfeld, George W Bush, Iraq, Colin Powell, Jay Z, Saddam Hussein, United Nations, Alaska, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Iowa, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Christopher Dodd, Evan Bayh, Lisa Murkowski, Mark Pryor, Robert Ben

  It's holiday shopping time, and you're once again scurrying about looking for something besides the usual earrings, ties, shirts or sweaters.

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• The Democrats Who Support George Bush's War

  Published: December 19, 2007, 8:02 pm

  Tags: Daniel Akaka, Max Baucus, Evan Bayh, Thomas Carper, Bob Casey, Kent Conrad, Byron Dorgan, Daniel Inouye, Tim Johnson, Mary Landrieu, Carl Levin, Blanche Lincoln, Claire Mccaskill, Barbara Mikulski, Bill Nelson, Ben Nelson, Mark Pryor, John Rockefeller, Ken Salazar, Jon Test

  the fact that every benchmark laid out by Bush has failed, we're winning.  And with only forty or so soldiers dying in Iraq every month, what better way to support the troops than voting to keep them there indefinitely? Well, not all of the troops, because just since that Magical September, 45 soldiers from these Democratic senators'

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• Senators Agree on Product Safety Bill

  Published: February 16, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senators, Agree, Product, Safety, Bill, Mark Pryor, Rosario Palmieri, Daniel Inouye, Diana Degette, Ellen Bloom, Joan Claybrook, Lisa Ackerman, Rachel Weintraub, Ted Stevens, Consumer Federation Of America, Consumers Union Of U S Inc, National Association Of Manufactu

  Lawmakers reached an agreement yesterday on a Senate bill that clears the way for the first major overhaul of the nation's consumer product safety system in a generation.

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• Senate Votes For Safer Products

  Published: March 7, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate, Votes, For, Safer, Products, United States, New Jersey, Mattel Inc, Andrew Hartung, Carter Keithley, Mark Pryor, Nancy A Nord, The White House, China, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission

  The Senate yesterday approved the most far-reaching changes to the nation's product safety system in a generation, responding to recalls of millions of lead-laced toys that rattled consumers last year.

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• Senate Votes For Safer Products

  Published: March 7, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate, Votes, For, Safer, Products, United States, New Jersey, Mattel Inc, Andrew Hartung, Carter Keithley, Mark Pryor, Nancy A Nord, The White House, China, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission

  The Senate yesterday approved the most far-reaching changes to the nation's product safety system in a generation, responding to recalls of millions of lead-laced toys that rattled consumers last year.

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• Senate Votes For Safer Products

  Published: March 7, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Senate, Votes, For, Safer, Products, United States, New Jersey, Mattel Inc, Andrew Hartung, Carter Keithley, Mark Pryor, Nancy A Nord, The White House, China, U S Consumer Product Safety Commission

  The Senate yesterday approved the most far-reaching changes to the nation's product safety system in a generation, responding to recalls of millions of lead-laced toys that rattled consumers last year.

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• Republicans See Storm Clouds Gathering

  Published: March 16, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Republicans, See, Storm, Clouds, Gathering, National Republican Congressional Committee, U S Republican Party, George W Bush, New Jersey, Bill Foster, Jim Oberweis, John Mccain, Neil Newhouse, Tom Cole, Illinois, South Dakota, Mark Pryor, Stuart Rothenberg, New Mexico, Alas

  While all eyes were on the presidential campaign and the demise of New York Gov. Eliot L. Spitzer (D) last week, Republicans on Capitol Hill were suffering a run of bad news that could hold dire implications for the campaign season.

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• Earmark Spending Makes a Comeback

  Published: June 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Earmark, Spending, Makes, Comeback, Carl Levin, Joseph Lieberman, Jeff Flake, Saxby Chambliss, Silvestre Reyes, Todd Akin, Capitol Hill, Barack Obama, Blanche Lincoln, Christopher Dodd, Duncan Hunter, Elizabeth Dole, Geoff Davis, Jeff Sessions, Mark Pryor, Mel Martinez

  More than a year after Congress pledged to curb pork barrel funding known as earmarks, lawmakers are gearing up for another spending binge, directing billions toward organizations and companies in their home districts.

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• Earmark Spending Makes a Comeback

  Published: June 13, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: Earmark, Spending, Makes, Comeback, Carl Levin, Joseph Lieberman, Jeff Flake, Saxby Chambliss, Silvestre Reyes, Todd Akin, Capitol Hill, Barack Obama, Blanche Lincoln, Christopher Dodd, Duncan Hunter, Elizabeth Dole, Geoff Davis, Jeff Sessions, Mark Pryor, Mel Martinez

  More than a year after Congress pledged to curb pork barrel funding known as earmarks, lawmakers are gearing up for another spending binge, directing billions toward organizations and companies in their home districts.

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