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Champion for the unborn Posted: June 14, 2004 1:00 a.m. Eastern © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com It was 1967. California state Sen. Tony Beilenson, a Democrat, along with legislators like Howard Berman and Henry Waxman, were pushing a bill to legalize abortion of unborn babies. The bill was promoted as a very restricted measure and Ronald Reagan signed it into law. Years later, Reagan lamented his role in legalizing abortion in California and became a solid champion promoting the culture of life. It was during Reagan's watch that the Republican Party drafted the party platform affirming the right to life. When Reagan...

<p>A bipartisan delegation of U.S. congressmen visiting Mexico Wednesday said they expect quick passage -- perhaps as soon as December -- of a bill that would help some immigrant agricultural workers gain legal residency.</p> <p>However, the delegation, which is to meet with Mexican President Vicente Fox Friday, said broader immigration reform is still far off.</p>

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Lynn C. Woolsey (D-Petaluma) is a strong "no" vote on going to war with Iraq. Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Mission Hills) is a solid "yes." Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher of Alamo, like many other Democrats on Capitol Hill, wishes the whole issue could be decided after November's elections. The state's Republican lawmakers, meanwhile, have raised no qualms about President Bush's Iraq policy. California's congressional delegation is, in short, a microcosm of Congress as a whole as it grapples with Bush's request for a resolution authorizing use of force against Iraq. "The snapshot is: Republicans are supportive of...

<p>If you or I asked Congress for permission to legally hack other people's computers, we'd be laughed off Capitol Hill. Then we'd be investigated by the FBI and every other agency concerned with criminal violations of privacy and security.</p> <p>Then again, you and I aren't part of the movie and music business. We aren't as powerful as an industry that knows no bounds in its paranoia and greed, a cartel that boasts enough money and public-relations talent to turn Congress into a marionette.</p>

Record makers could win the right to carry out hack attacks on music sharing services if a US proposal becomes law. Californian congressman Howard Berman has drawn up a bill that would legalise the disruption of peer-to-peer networks by companies who are trying to stop people pirating copyrighted materials. If his idea becomes law, record companies will be able to carry out a variety of attacks on the sharing services to make them unusable or so irritating to use that people abandon them. Existing legislation makes it an offence for anyone to carry out many of the attacks mooted in...