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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Senate Commerce Committee

Senate Commerce Committee stories: 5 news summaries

(Newser) - It's nice to see Congress looking out for the cell phone customer with hearings on carrier exclusivity, but there's plenty of dubious practices in the business they should look into before they worry about getting us all Verizon iPhones, David Pogue writes in the New York Times. 
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cell phones • Verizon • consumer protection • cell phone industry • Senate Commerce Committee • David Pogue • anticompetitive

ANALYSIS

McCain Fumbles for Right Tone on Economy

Seeks to overcome charges he's out of touch, can't see trouble

Sep 17, 08 5:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain struck his latest discordant note on Monday when he described the economy's fundamentals as "strong" even as the financial system shuddered under hammer blows. McCain swiftly backpedaled, calling America's workers its fundamentals, but the issue highlights the candidate's struggle to overcome Democratic charges that he's out of... More »

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John McCain • credit crisis • Senate Commerce Committee • campaign issues • economy

Mac Fathered BlackBerry,
Staffer Claims

Dems scoff at Gore moment; aide calls it 'boneheaded joke'

Sep 16, 08 1:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign was quick to mock a staffer’s claim today that John McCain helped create the BlackBerry, the Hill reports. An aide suggested that the Republican’s service on the Senate Commerce Committee, which concerns itself with telecommunications, qualified him as a father of the ubiquitous device—... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Al Gore • BlackBerry • Senate Commerce Committee • Election 2008 • Bill Burton • Doug Holtz-Eakin

ANALYSIS

Saint John Still Tainted by Senate Murk

Ethics crusader is still no stranger to
lobbying culture

Mar 27, 08 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - With John McCain the presumptive Republican nominee, Democrats are rushing to expose chinks in the Arizona senator's saintly armor, Michael Scherer reports in Time. Though McCain talks tough about special interests, he has often appeared to have done their bidding. He once, for example, wrote a letter on behalf of... More »

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John McCain • Howard Dean • McCain Feingold • Dish Network • Campaign Finance Reform • lobbyist • Democratic National Committee • lobbying • FedEx • Senate Commerce Committee • McCain 2008 • AT&T • Vicki Iseman • Keating Five • Qwest Communications • 1996 Telecommunications Act • Federal Communications Commission • Public Citizen

Web Radio Takes Fight to Senate

Negotiations have stalled in new royalty plan, they say

Oct 24, 07 12:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Internet radio hangs in the balance, webcasters say, but the Senate Commerce Committee, which holds radio hearings today, can save it by reviving bills setting royalty rates for online broadcasters as low as satellite radio's. Legislators introduced the bills this spring, the Post explains, when the Copyright Royalty Board jacked... More »

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radio • satellite radio • web radio • Pandora • Senate Commerce Committee

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