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Reid Launches First Post-Primary Spot Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid is up with his first post-primary ad, making the case that only he can produce and provide for NV. "What you see here are hundreds of jobs," says Tim Gardner, a construction worker who was unemployed until recently. "These solar jobs wouldn't be here without Harry Reid. It's that simple." The new spot, which focuses on a solar power plant in rural NV that's produced 300 new jobs, is the latest positive ad Reid's campaign has run. Already, Reid's campaign has spent more than $1.5M on ads, though his approval ratings remain low. Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 10:56am
Bennett Will Back Rival Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT) isn't going back to the Senate next year after losing his bid for renomination, but he wants a hand in selecting who will take his seat. Bennett will endorse business consultant Tim Bridgewater (R), according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Bennett joins 2 other candidates in backing Bridgewater, who faces attorney Mike Lee (R) in the June 22 primary. Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 10:21am
More Sparring Over FCC Broadband Regulation Republicans in both chambers are seeking to block FCC funding from being used to implement controversial regulatory proposals being championed by the agency's Democratic chairman, Julius Genachowski, CongressDaily reported. During a Wednesday hearing before the House Financial Services Appropriations Subcommittee, Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, vowed to amend the agency's FY11 request of $352.5 million with language barring the commission from regulating the Internet. Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:56am
Facebook, PTA To Promote Safe Surfing Facebook and the National PTA announced a partnership Thursday aimed at promoting safe and responsible Internet surfing for children, parents and teachers. The social networking site and the National PTA say they will work together to develop a "comprehensive" program aimed at tackling such issues as Internet security, cyber bullying and responsible online citizenship. The National PTA will promote the program through its 24,000 local PTA groups nationwide, while Facebook also will raise awareness about the effort among its users and through its safety center. Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:38am
Florida Outsiders Roil Primary Contests Until now, FL AG Bill McCollum (R) and Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) only had to worry about their general election opponents. But thanks to wealthy independent candidates who have launched big ad campaigns, McCollum and Meek may not even make it to the general election, according to a new survey. Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:08am
Security Hole Exposes AT&T Customer Information From this morning's Earlybird: • "AT&T Inc. acknowledged Wednesday that a security hole in its website had exposed iPad users' email addresses, a breach that highlights how corporations still have problems protecting private information," the Wall Street Journal (subscription) reports. • "Key senators are expected to introduce sweeping legislation today aimed at protecting critical federal and private computer networks," CongressDailyAM (subscription) reports. Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 8:30am
Thursday's Starting Lineup Good Thursday morning, and congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks on winning the Stanley Cup finals. Somewhere, Michael Wilbon is still celebrating. Here's today's Starting Lineup, previewing the people who will make a difference in politics today: CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS: This afternoon, Pres. Obama will meet with top party leaders to discuss the upcoming Congressional work period. The stretch between this week and the end of July, when members abandon DC for a month, is likely to be the last opportunity before the midterms to get anything done. Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 7:11am
House Race Rankings Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 12:00am
Panel Backs Bill Targeting Misleading Online Tactics The Senate Commerce Committee approved three bills Wednesday aimed at curbing texting and cell phone use while driving, loud television commercials and misleading online marketing tactics. The bills include legislation offered by Senate Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller, D-W.Va., that would bar companies from automatically passing a consumer's credit or debit card information to a third-party online partner and also require such third-party merchants to clearly disclose the terms of their offers to consumers. Posted: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 6:35pm
Lawmakers Voice Concern Over Cloud Computing Compliance Two key House lawmakers say the federal government's push to move agencies to cloud computing suffers from a lack of clear standards and uncertain costs, Nextgov.com reported. In a letter Wednesday to General Services Administration Chief Information Officer Casey Coleman, Reps. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., and Diane Watson, D-Calif., expressed concern about the absence of clear policies, procedures and standards to support the federal government's initiative to move many agency networks to platforms operated by contractors, or in the cloud. Posted: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 5:28pm

Reid Launches First Post-Primary Spot

Senate Maj. Leader Harry Reid is up with his first post-primary ad, making the case that only he can produce and provide for NV.

"What you see here are hundreds of jobs," says Tim Gardner, a construction worker who was unemployed until recently. "These solar jobs wouldn't be here without Harry Reid. It's that simple."

The new spot, which focuses on a solar power plant in rural NV that's produced 300 new jobs, is the latest positive ad Reid's campaign has run. Already, Reid's campaign has spent more than $1.5M on ads, though his approval ratings remain low.

Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 10:56am

Bennett Will Back Rival

Sen. Bob Bennett (R-UT) isn't going back to the Senate next year after losing his bid for renomination, but he wants a hand in selecting who will take his seat.

Bennett will endorse business consultant Tim Bridgewater (R), according to the Salt Lake Tribune. Bennett joins 2 other candidates in backing Bridgewater, who faces attorney Mike Lee (R) in the June 22 primary.

Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 10:21am

More Sparring Over FCC Broadband Regulation

Republicans in both chambers are seeking to block FCC funding from being used to implement controversial regulatory proposals being championed by the agency's Democratic chairman, Julius Genachowski, CongressDaily reported. During a Wednesday hearing before the House Financial Services Appropriations Subcommittee, Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas, vowed to amend the agency's FY11 request of $352.5 million with language barring the commission from regulating the Internet.

Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:56am

Facebook, PTA To Promote Safe Surfing

Facebook and the National PTA announced a partnership Thursday aimed at promoting safe and responsible Internet surfing for children, parents and teachers. The social networking site and the National PTA say they will work together to develop a "comprehensive" program aimed at tackling such issues as Internet security, cyber bullying and responsible online citizenship. The National PTA will promote the program through its 24,000 local PTA groups nationwide, while Facebook also will raise awareness about the effort among its users and through its safety center.

Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:38am

Florida Outsiders Roil Primary Contests

Until now, FL AG Bill McCollum (R) and Rep. Kendrick Meek (D) only had to worry about their general election opponents. But thanks to wealthy independent candidates who have launched big ad campaigns, McCollum and Meek may not even make it to the general election, according to a new survey.

Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 9:08am

Security Hole Exposes AT&T Customer Information

From this morning's Earlybird: • "AT&T Inc. acknowledged Wednesday that a security hole in its website had exposed iPad users' email addresses, a breach that highlights how corporations still have problems protecting private information," the Wall Street Journal (subscription) reports. • "Key senators are expected to introduce sweeping legislation today aimed at protecting critical federal and private computer networks," CongressDailyAM (subscription) reports.

Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 8:30am

Thursday's Starting Lineup

Good Thursday morning, and congratulations to the Chicago Blackhawks on winning the Stanley Cup finals. Somewhere, Michael Wilbon is still celebrating.

Here's today's Starting Lineup, previewing the people who will make a difference in politics today:

CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS: This afternoon, Pres. Obama will meet with top party leaders to discuss the upcoming Congressional work period. The stretch between this week and the end of July, when members abandon DC for a month, is likely to be the last opportunity before the midterms to get anything done.

Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 7:11am

House Race Rankings

Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2010 - 12:00am

Panel Backs Bill Targeting Misleading Online Tactics

The Senate Commerce Committee approved three bills Wednesday aimed at curbing texting and cell phone use while driving, loud television commercials and misleading online marketing tactics. The bills include legislation offered by Senate Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller, D-W.Va., that would bar companies from automatically passing a consumer's credit or debit card information to a third-party online partner and also require such third-party merchants to clearly disclose the terms of their offers to consumers.

Posted: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 6:35pm

Lawmakers Voice Concern Over Cloud Computing Compliance

Two key House lawmakers say the federal government's push to move agencies to cloud computing suffers from a lack of clear standards and uncertain costs, Nextgov.com reported. In a letter Wednesday to General Services Administration Chief Information Officer Casey Coleman, Reps. Edolphus Towns, D-N.Y., and Diane Watson, D-Calif., expressed concern about the absence of clear policies, procedures and standards to support the federal government's initiative to move many agency networks to platforms operated by contractors, or in the cloud.

Posted: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 - 5:28pm

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