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Date: January 12th, 2009

Senate decides to just ignore that signature requirement for Burris

12 January, 2009 (22:33) | Politics | By: ricjames

Well, I spoke of a catch-22 between the US Senate and the State of Illinois over the appointment to the Senate of Roland Burris by soon-to-be-impeached IL Gov. Blagojevich a coupld of days ago. Seems the Senate decided to get out of it by deciding to just skip on their own Rule II. U.S. Senate [...]

Total national cell phone usage while driving ban urged

12 January, 2009 (12:14) | Politics, Technology | By: ricjames

The National Safety Council, a private organization based in Itasca, IL, has released a demand that government make illegal the act of talking on a cell phone while driving. Anywhere, anytime, and with any technology – handsfree or not. A national safety group is advocating a total ban on cell phone use while driving, saying [...]