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noreply@blogger.com (NyCapitalRadio) — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 05:01:00 +0000

News from The Hill

Privacy hawks turn to White House in encryption fight
By Cory Bennett
Privacy advocates are leaning on the White House to counter lawmakers' renewed efforts to pass encryption-piercing legislation in the wake of the terror attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif.
Despite a lack of direct evidence the technology played a role in either incident, lawmakers continue to use both deadly plots to promote a bill that would force companies to decrypt data upon request.
The tactic has left technologists and privacy advocates frustrated, even outraged.
Read the full story here.

noreply@blogger.com (Josh) — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 04:47:00 +0000

Josh,
I’ve been saying for months that America is heading back to the 1960’s. Our college campuses are on fire and the progressives are working alongside the marxists. As a result our country is becoming destabilized and sadly, the president either does not care or has no idea what to do about it. He would rather sit back and pontificate about climate change rather than focus on the immediate threats facing our great country.
I wish I could say I was surprised, but you and I have been speaking about this for years. We saw the writing on the wall. We have seen the ‘writing on the chalkboard’. But while things are looking gloomy, I have hope. I have hope for our country because of you and because of the good people at FreedomWorks. They are the ones fighting tooth and nail for the values you and I share.
We both know our movement is at its strongest when FreedomWorks is running at full steam. But right now they need your help. They’re trying to raise $250K in the next 12 days and they won’t reach their goal unless we do our part. That's why I’m counting on you chip in $35 right now. And to make things interesting, if you do, you’ll be entered in a chance to win one of my chalkboards. See additional details and a link to the official rules at the bottom of this email.
We have seen what FreedomWorks can do. More importantly, I’ve seen what you and the freedom movement can do. This year alone, you helped kill Obama’s crony Ex-Im Bank. You helped force John Boehner, one of the most powerful men in DC, out of Congress. You’ve got the power to move heaven and earth to get the job done.
Josh, we are at our strongest when we’re united together. When we come together and support each other. That’s why I’m hoping you’ll chip in $35 right now to help them keep the fight alive. And if you do you'll be entered in a chance to win one of my chalkboards.

Josh, you can’t put a price on freedom, and you can’t put a price on friendship. We don’t abandon one of our own. Instead, we come together and support each other. And that’s why I urge you to donate $35 to FreedomWorks today. And remember if you do, you’ll be entered in a chance to win one of my chalkboards.
Yours truly,
Glenn Beck

FreedomWorks.org/Chalkboard-Sweepstakes

noreply@blogger.com (Josh) — Sun, 13 Dec 2015 04:33:00 +0000

Reminder: Obamacare is Hurting Real People

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noreply@blogger.com (NyCapitalRadio) — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:28:00 +0000

Overnight Regulation: Supreme Court split over new affirmative action challenge
December 9, 2015
Welcome to Overnight Regulation, your daily rundown of news from Capitol Hill and beyond. Here’s the latest.

THE BIG STORY

The White House is reportedly finalizing a new executive action to expand background checks on gun purchases.

Though White House press secretary Josh Earnest refused to give a timeline, senior adviser Valerie Jarrett said Wednesday that the president has asked his team to send him a completed plan “in short order,” according to The Associated Press.

Obama’s actions come in the wake of multiple mass shootings over the last few weeks. The Hill’s Jordan Fabian has the full story here.

Meanwhile Thursday, lawmakers applauded Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy's (D) plan to ban gun sales in the state to anyone on the federal government's terror-watch list.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) said Malloy's move toward executive action was the right decision.

“From 2004 to 2014, more than 2000 people on the watch list were able to legally purchase guns in America, making our communities more susceptible to gun violence and terror attacks,” she said. "Now that Connecticut has led the nation with a sensible change to gun policy, it is time for Congress to do the same."

Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.) joined DeLauro in calling on Congress to end the ban on federal funding for gun violence research.
"Doctors agree, medical professionals agree, even the author of the amendment agrees: it's time to do away with the Dickey Amendment and let our experts do what they do best — conduct research that will save some live,” he said in a news release. "For nearly 20 years, experts at the CDC have been prohibited from reaching the causes and best ways to prevent gun violence."

Thompson said the omnibus spending bill under negotiation in Congress is the perfect opportunity to repeal the Dickey Amendment.

TOMORROW’S REGS TODAY

The Obama administration will publish 187 new regulations, proposed rules, notices and other administrative actions in Thursday's edition of the Federal Register.
Keep and eye out for a proposed rule from the Department of Defense to establish a uniform policy for when law enforcement and security personnel should use force. The rule updates the use of force section in its regulations to ensure that the level of force is reasonable in intensity, duration and magnitude, and based upon the level of effort required.

The public has 60 days to comment.

noreply@blogger.com (NyCapitalRadio) — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:23:00 +0000

Privacy concerns stall final cyber push
December 10, 2015
By Cory Bennett and Katie Bo Williams

Welcome to OVERNIGHT CYBERSECURITY, your daily rundown of the biggest news in the world of hacking and data privacy. We're here to connect the dots as leaders in government, policy and industry try to counter the rise in cyber threats. What lies ahead for Congress, the administration and the latest company under siege? Whether you're a consumer, a techie or a D.C. lifer, we're here to give you ...

THE BIG STORIES:

--ARE WE DONE? I’M HUNGRY: House leadership is reviewing the compromise text of a major cybersecurity bill, indicating lawmakers could be on the cusp of moving the final legislation. Negotiators have spent the last few weeks scrambling to merge three cyber bills that all encourage businesses to share more data on hackers with the government. House Intelligence Committee ranking member Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who co-sponsored one of the bills, told The Hill a final deal could be reached Thursday night but that nothing is certain. “We’re very close on it,” he said. Unofficial discussions have been taking place since the Senate passed its Intelligence Committee-originated bill in October, six months after the House passed two complementary bills — one from the Intelligence panel, another from Homeland Security. Lawmakers from the House Intelligence and Homeland Security committees met Thursday afternoon to hammer out some outstanding details, before kicking the draft up to leadership. “I think it’s moving in a very positive direction,” House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), who cosponsored his committee’s bill, told The Hill on his way to the meeting. According to those involved in the discussions, the final language has been almost ready for several days, but an ongoing debate over privacy provisions have drawn things out at the eleventh hour. Multiple people with knowledge of the talks said Thursday that some of these thorny privacy issues remained, suggesting that leadership might make the ultimate call. But lawmakers and several people involved in the negotiations insisted nearly all discrepancies surrounding the portal had been resolved. To read our full piece, click here.

--LOCK IT DOWN: Lawmakers on Thursday said there was no evidence yet the two suspected shooters used encryption to hide from authorities in the lead-up to last week's San Bernardino, Calif., terror attack that killed 14 people. “We don’t know whether it played a part in this attack,” Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told reporters following a closed-door briefing with federal officials on the shootings. But that hasn’t ruled out the possibility, Burr and others cautioned. “That’s obviously one issue were very interested in,” House Intelligence Committee ranking member Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said. “To what degree were either encrypted devices or communications a part of the impediment of the investigation, either while the events were taking place or to our investigation now?” The recent terror attacks in San Bernardino and Paris have shed an intense spotlight on encryption. While no evidence has been uncovered that either plot was hatched via secure communications platforms, lawmakers and federal officials have used the incidents to resurface an argument that law enforcement should have guaranteed access to encrypted data. “We’ve still got a big problem out there that we’re going to have to deal with and it’s called encryption,” Burr said. To read our full piece, click here.

--NO TAKE-BACKS?: The European Union will have the right to call off a new data transfer agreement with the U.S. at any time if it believes the U.S. is not doing enough to protect citizens’ privacy, the EU Justice Commissioner said Thursday. "In the new Safe Harbour there will be a suspension clause, saying that under concrete conditions we are going to suspend [it]," Commissioner Vera Jourova said at a conference in Brussels. The original Safe Harbor agreement made it legal for U.S. firms to handle European citizens’ data by allowing them to “self-certify” that they met Europe’s stricter privacy controls. The EU high court struck down the pact in October, saying that because of its surveillance practices, the U.S. couldn’t be seen to adequately protect individuals’ privacy. Over 4,000 firms — from hospitality to social media companies — had relied on Safe Harbor to make their cross-Atlantic data transfers legal. Negotiators have been scrambling to update the agreement before Europe’s data protection authorities say they will begin taking enforcement action in January. Skeptics have warned that in the absence of strong enough privacy protections, a new Safe Harbor could be struck down as summarily as the original agreement. To read our full piece, click here.

UPDATE ON CYBER POLICY:

--NOT NOW CHIEF, I’M IN THE ZONE. The Senate Judiciary Committee has pushed consideration of a privacy rights bill that is pivotal to a pair of information-sharing agreements between the United States and the European Union.

The legislation would give European citizens the right to take legal action in the U.S. if their personal information is misused.

Its passage is a prerequisite to an “umbrella agreement” inked this fall that allows the two governments to exchange more information during terrorist and criminal investigations.

Its supporters also suggest that the legislation could have a positive impact on negotiations over a new commercial data transfer agreement between the U.S. and the EU.

The bill will be held over until the next business meeting of the committee, likely after Jan. 1, according to a staff member.

To read our full piece, click here.

noreply@blogger.com (NyCapitalRadio) — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 16:19:00 +0000


	December 11, 2015

Trump taps into growing support for Fortress America
By Peter Schroeder
Support for closing the door to the United States is growing thanks to the rise of ISIS and recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif.

Fears grow of new sectarian war in Iraq
By Kristina Wong
The Obama administration is growing worried about new sectarian bloodshed in Iraq once the military takes back territory from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.

Deal to end oil export ban in sight
By Timothy Cama and Devin Henry
An end to the ban on U.S. crude oil exports appears increasingly likely to be included in the sweeping fiscal deal being negotiated this week in Congress.

Trump: I will mandate death penalty for killing police officers
By Ben Kamisar
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday vowed to issue an executive order to mandate the death penalty for anyone who kills a police officer.

Cracks appear in Trump-Cruz truce
By Jonathan Easley
Cracks are showing in the long-held truce between Donald Trump and Ted Cruz as the simmering rivalry between the two candidates running atop GOP primary polls appears ready to spill into the open.

Cruz wins key Iowa endorsement
By Ben Kamisar
Influential Iowa conservative leader Bob Vander Plaats has endorsed Ted Cruz for president.

Black lawmakers excoriate Scalia over ‘disgusting’ remarks
By Lydia Wheeler
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's comments questioning whether some black students should attend “less-advanced” schools drew fierce criticism Thursday from a growing chorus of black lawmakers who said the remarks undermine public confidence in the bench.

House report: Obama officials misled public on Bergdahl swap
By Kristina Wong
A yearlong investigation by the House Armed Services Committee has concluded that the Obama administration broke the law in swapping five Taliban members for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl — and went out of its way to hide the negotiations as they were happening.

Dems link votes on spending bill to allowing gun violence research
By Mike Lillis and Sarah Ferris
A top House Democrat suggested Thursday that the party's support for a year-end government spending bill will hinge on Republicans' willingness to end a decades-old ban on nearly all federal research into gun violence.

Americans oppose Trump’s Muslim ban 2-1
By Bradford Richardson
Nearly six in 10 Americans oppose Donald Trump’s plan to bar Muslim immigration to the U.S. in the wake of terrorist attacks, according to a poll released on Thursday.

WBUR: Trump unscathed in NH as Christie climbs to second
By Fred Bever
Trump’s plan for a ban on Muslims entering the U.S. has not hurt him in the Granite State.

The Associated Press: Trump fans love how decisive he is
By Steve Peoples and Emily Swanson
Three-quarters of Republicans said Trump would have a chance of winning the general election if nominated.

Reuters: States back Uber’s view of drivers as contractors
By Heather Somerville and Dan Levine
The contractor provisions of the current and proposed laws in the five states have not previously been reported.

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