As the FCC expresses its intent to apply monopoly-style regulations on competitive broadband services, hundreds of lawmakers on the Hill continue to express their concerns. One letter (click here … 20100526-jdd-ltr-to-genachowski-on-reclassification-signed-doc) was written by a chief Democrat lawmaker, Rep. John Dingell; and another letter was sent to the FCC and coauthored by others members http://voices.washingtonpost.com/posttech/barton.pdf.  Just last week, two other letters co-authored by many members were [...]

The Florida Governor has once again vetoed legislation that would have helped protect homeowners in the state.  The veto preserves the current regulatory policy of underfunding insurers (including the state’s own insurer-of-last-resort) from having sufficient capital reserves to pay for homeowners for their losses.  The legislation would have permitted insurance companies to collect modestly higher premiums in order to guarantee [...]