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InternetNews November 19, 2004 Roy Mark	House Approves Internet Access Tax Ban President Bush promised to sign four-year prohibition on connection taxes.
InternetNews November 18, 2004 Roy Mark	Congress OKs Funding U.S. Supercomputers Congress gave its final approval Wednesday to a high-performance computing bill that dedicates $165 million over the next three years to support U.S. development of the world's fastest supercomputers.
InternetNews November 17, 2004 Roy Mark	Senate Brokers Internet Access Tax Deal Senate negotiators said late Wednesday afternoon that they had cleared the way for Congress to approve a new Internet access tax moratorium that will ban tariffs on most dial-up and broadband connections for the next four years.
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Robert Kuttner	The Budget Mess Bush Can No Longer Ignore The U.S. economy can't grow its way out of such big deficits.
ifeminists November 17, 2004 Carey Roberts	Election Results Bode Poorly for the Rad-Fem Movement The Sisterhood in America finds itself on the losing side of its own issues, is witnessing the widescale erosion of its voting base, and must now resort to dis-information tactics to staunch the exodus.
InternetNews November 17, 2004 Roy Mark	Adelstein Gets The Nod for Another FCC Term President Bush nominated Democrat Jonathan Adelstein Tuesday for a new five-year term on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee plans a Thursday confirmation hearing on the nomination.
InternetNews November 16, 2004 Roy Mark	Tech Hopes Dim With Lame Duck Congress A final, four-day session leaves little time for new Internet access tax moratorium and other items on tech agenda.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Insider Trading on Capitol Hill? Are some of our senators taking advantage of their inside scoop?
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Gleckman & McNamee	What's Ahead For Social Security President George W. Bush has interpreted his reelection as a mandate to restructure the troubled Social Security system. Can Bush's proposed private accounts fix the system's fiscal troubles?
BusinessWeek November 22, 2004 Mehring & Arndt	Nice Tax Break While It Lasted In March, 2002, Congress passed a bill that let companies take an immediate bonus depreciation allowance on capital investments such as computers and cars. But that bonus is now set to end on January 1.
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