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My Fourth of July Present to you: the geeky Congresswoman (Scobleizer)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:47:03 GMT

Get in a patriotic mood by listening to our conversation with Zoe Lofgren, the world’s geekiest politician (she’s a Congresswoman from Silicon Valley). This is part of our trip to Washington DC. “We’re boring,” she said, when I noted that Andrew Feinberg chastized me and other tech bloggers for not going to Washington DC more often [...]

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New Net Neutrality Legislation Includes Antitrust Remedies (New York Supreme Court Criminal Ter)

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:13:49 GMT

Source: Lexology, June 4, 2008. New net neutrality legislation includes antitrust remedies Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP "House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) are cosponsors of newly introduced net neutrality legislation."

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Editorials Address Immigrant Detainee Health Care Issues (Medical News Today)

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Summaries appear below of an editorial and an opinion piece addressing reports that examined inadequate health care for immigrants detained at U.S. immigration detention centers. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) this month introduced a bill (

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Editorial, Opinion Piece Address Recent Reports, Concerns About Health Care In U.S. Immigration Detention Centers (Medical News Today)

Wed, 21 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Summaries appear below of an editorial and an opinion piece addressing a four-part series published last week by the Washington Post that examined inadequate health care for immigrants detained at U.S. immigration detention centers. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) this month introduced a

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Up To No Good, As Usual (Sweet Spirits of Ammonia)

noreply@blogger.com (BobG) — Sun, 18 May 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Two of California's biggest illegal lovers are up to no good . Dianne Feinstein and Zoe Lofgren are busy doing runarounds to bring in foreign workers. Feinstein has attached a farm guest-worker program to the giant Iraq spending bill giving temporary legal status to 1.3 million farmworkers over the next five years. There are complaints that an existing guest worker program called H2A is cumbersome...

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With H-1B in limbo, Congressional backers push Green Card fix (Democratic Underground)

Thu, 15 May 2008 02:03:54 GMT

Source: [b]Computer World[/b] Head of key House committee has introduced three bills in two months May 14, 2008 (Computerworld) Efforts to increase the H-1B cap have been stuck in a legislative swamp, but U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) has introduced three bills in the last few weeks to help f...

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With H-1B in limbo, Congressional backers push Green Card fix (Computer World)

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:00:00 GMT

U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, who heads the key House Subcommittee on Immigration, has introduced three bills in two months in hopes of dredging the current H-1B swamp. And she's got bilateral backing for her plan.

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Net Neutrality Bill Reintroduced in Congress (iPod Observer)

Fri, 09 May 2008 18:15:00 GMT

Representative John Conyers (D., Mich) and Zoe Lofgren (D., Calif) have reintroduced a bill that would subject broadband providers to antitrust violations if they block, filter or slow Internet traffic.

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Zoe Lofgren steps up for Net neutrality (p2pnet)

Fri, 09 May 2008 14:57:33 GMT

p2pnet news | Freedom:- US house judiciary committee chairman John Conyers and California’s Zoe Lofgren are doing what they can to stop powerful anti-consumer ISPs from discriminating against content in the Net neutrality battle. They want to introduce a bill to compel US broadband providers to operate their networks, “in a reasonable and nondiscriminatory manner so [...]

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New Net Neutrality Bill Proposed (Hot Hardware)

Fri, 09 May 2008 07:22:00 GMT

The ISP network throttling debate continues on Capital Hill: News.com reports that two Democratic Congressmen, John Conyers from Michigan and Zoe Lofgren from California, have introduced new legislation designed to prevent network providers from prioritizing Internet traffic and content.Just like last time, the bill would rewrite U.S. antitrust law to prohibit network operators like AT&T and...

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New Legislation Would Require Mandatory Federal Standards For Physical, Mental Health Care For Detained Immigrants (Medical News Today)

Thu, 08 May 2008 19:00:00 GMT

House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law Chair Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) on Tuesday announced that she has introduced a bill (HR 5950) to establish mandatory standards for medical care for immigrants in detention centers, the New York Times reports.

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ACLU Welcomes Immigration Detention Medical Treatment Legislation (YubaNet.com)

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:54:51 GMT

The American Civil Liberties Union applauds Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) for introducing H.R. 5950, the Detainee Basic Medical Care Act of 2008. This legislation requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop procedures to ensure adequate medical care for all detainees held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The legislation also requires ICE to report detainee...

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House bill aims to ban new cell phone taxes (Textually)

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:03:21 GMT

A bipartisan bill introduced Tuesday in the House of Representatives would ban new state or local takes on mobile phone services for a period of five years. Sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and five co-sponsors, the bill is known as the Cell Tax Fairness Act (HR 5793 ) [via News Blog ]

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Representative Zoe Lofgren Champions Consumers' Rights (PR News Wire )

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:09:00 GMT

... "repair clause" to United States design patent law is critical to preserving consumer choice, Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-16) has introduced H.R. 5638. This legislation would amend Title 35, U.S. Code (Patents) to provide design patent exemption for alternative repair parts used for the purpose of repairing a vehicle to its original appearance. Co-sponsors of H.R. 5638 include Representatives...

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CTIA Asks Congress for Hiatus of Wireless Taxes (Wireless and Mobile News)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:06:27 GMT

CTIA, The Wireless Association and its member companies are urging Congress to pass legislation requiring a five-year hiatus on new discriminatory state and local wireless taxes. To achieve this goal, Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Chris Cannon (R-UT) introduced the...

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House bill aims to ban new cell phone taxes (Crave RSS)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:47:00 GMT

Taxes on cell phone services are the target of a bipartisan bill introduced yesterday in the House of Representatives. Sponsored by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and five cosponsors, the Cell Tax Fairness Act (H.R.5793 ) would ban new state or local takes on mobile phone services for a period ...

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Hungry For Impeachment Hearings? (Indybay newswire)

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:20:59 GMT

Palo Alto and San Jose offices of Congressmembers Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda and Zoe Lofgren (member of Judiciary Committee)

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Rep. Zoe Lofgren Visits the Googleplex (Google Public Policy Blog)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:43:00 GMT

Posted by Liz Eraker, Policy Analyst Last week we welcomed another one of Silicon Valley's representatives to the Googleplex, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), for a fireside chat with our CEO Eric Schmidt. Covering the 16th district just south of our Mountain View headquarters (Rep. Lofgren thanked Eric for keeping so many of her constituents employed), she has been a longstanding champion...

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Isn't It Better To Keep Smart Foreign Workers In The US Than Sending Them Home To Compete? (Techdirt)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:36:00 GMT

It's amazing how short-sighted some people can be on the immigration question. Rep. Zoe Lofgren has a wonderful idea, suggesting that we make it much easier for skilled foreign workers to establish residency if they get a job in the US . It's difficult to see why anyone would oppose this. Keeping those workers in the US, working for US companies, means that they're contributing to the American...

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Rep. Lofgren wants residency for foreign engineers (Cnet)

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:58:00 GMT

SAN JOSE--Foreign-born engineering, science, and math students in the United States should be automatically granted legal residency when they get a job in this country, said California Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) Lofgren spoke to an audience Friday at the Joint Venture: Silicon Valley conference about threats to innovation in the ...

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