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Charles Peters of the Washington Monthly points out in the Washington Post delineates:

From Beantown’s paper:

From Theo Emery:

Ben Cunningham has made an important discovery. Even if John McCain’s idea for a reduction in the gas tax becomes a reality, Tennesseans won’t see any relief at the pump.

The House Committee on Small Business is talking about using the tax code to stimulate small businesses the economy. From their news release (via beSpacific and Ben Cunningham):

Yesterday the EFF filed a brief (download PDF) on behalf of eBay seller Troy Augusto, who is the defendant in a suit brought by Universal Music Group.

State Senator Doug Jackson, of Colbert fame, has a bill which would allow homeowners to remove racist, dated provisions from their deeds:

Lamar Alexander writes up his objections to the unfunded provisions of the Real ID act in the Hill’s Congress blog:

How involved should our government be in directing product safety? The Senate believes that the Consumer Product Safety Commission should be properly funded to be able to do the work it was set up to do.

Joe Powell has a bit of beef with the new compromise cable bill which would create a opportunity to give AT&T the statewide franchise it wants while giving local governments a say in the process: