OpenMarket (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) is once again proving that she has no understanding of either the wireless phone industry, the rationale behind contract law, or basic economics. Verizon Wireless announced last week that it was changing its early contract-termination fee for…
MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | yesterday
... winning in the MN-06 district. Most importantly, Zach Rogvold is the campaign manager. He ran Amy Klobuchar's field operation in the 6th district in 2006. Amy beat rising Republican star Mark Kennedy in his own district. Kennedy held Princess Sparklepony's seat prior to running for the Senate. The grassroots effort, the direct voter contact, is going to be the most important part of this...
MacDailyNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
Minnesota Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar said on Monday that she will introduce a measure to prevent...
Phone Scoop (Free subscription) | yesterday
Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota has said that she plans to introduce new legislation to prevent wireless carriers from unfairly raising penalties on costumers who cancel their contracts early. Last week, Verizon Wireless confirmed its plans to raise Early ... (follow link to read)
Ars Technica (Free subscription) | yesterday
Verizon has gotten on the bad side of US Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), who publicly criticized the company this week for its decision to significantly jack up early termination fees (ETFs) for some customers. Not only did Klobuchar send a letter to Verizon president and CEO Lowell C. McAdam calling the move "anti-consumer and anti-competitive," she also wrote the Federal Communications...
Electronista (Free subscription) | yesterday
Minnesota Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar said on Monday that she will introduce a measure to prevent US cellular carriers from raising their early termination fees (ETFs) quickly. The move is a direct reaction to Verizon's decision to double ETF rates for "advanced devices" like the Droid to deter customers from exiting their service early. Klobuchar claims the rate hike has...
MAC News Network (Free subscription) | yesterday
Minnesota Democrat Senator Amy Klobuchar said on Monday that she will introduce a measure to prevent US cellular carriers from raising their early termination fees (ETFs) quickly. The move is a direct reaction to Verizon's decision to double ETF rates for "advanced devices" like the Droid to deter customers from exiting their service early. Klobuchar claims the rate hike has...
Medicare Update (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
On October 28, 2009, Senator Ted Kaufman (along with co-sponsoring Senators Patrick Leahy, Arlen Specter, Herb Kohl, Chuck Schumer, and Amy Klobuchar) introduced the Health Care Fraud Enforcement Act of 2009 (S.1959). As drafted, S.1959 aims to strengthen the U.S. government's capacity to investigate and prosecute waste, fraud and abuse in government health care programs and private health insurance....
Mercury Rising 鳯女 (Free subscription) | yesterday
... with Minnesota candidates and organizations, including Vice President Walter Mondale, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak, State Senator Ted Mondale, the Minnesota DFL Party, Education Minnesota, the Humphrey Institute at the University of Minnesota and Growth and Justice. GQRR is a Democratic polling firm that provides research and strategic advice, with experience in over...
Post I.T. (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) sent a letter Monday to Verizon Wireless CEO Lowell McAdam, saying the company's decision to double the penalties it charges smart phone subscribers for canceling subscriptions early is "anti-competitive and anti-consumer." As reported last week, Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless service provider, has decided to raise its early termination...
Right Coast (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
... (Chairman) Max Baucus Thomas R. Carper Frank R. Lautenberg Benjamin L. Cardin Bernard Sanders Amy Klobuchar Sheldon Whitehouse Tom Udall Jeff Merkley Kirsten Gillibrand Arlen Specter Senate Minority Committee Members James M. Inhofe George V. Voinovich David Vitter John Barrasso Mike Crapo Christopher S. Bond Lamar Alexander If one of your senators is on the list, please enter your information...
Invincible Armor (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... because it is so horrible and a Senate that doesn't want it to see the light of day. Sen. Amy Klobuchar , D-Minn., who was prepared to push a host of changes, said she was “voting to bring this bill out of committee (anyway) because we need a signal to the world that America wants to be a leader” in combating global warming. How about America being, not signaling, the world leader...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... the move they had dubbed the “nuclear option,” saying it was unprecedented. ... Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., who was prepared to push a host of changes, said she was “voting to bring this bill out of committee (anyway) because we need a signal to the world that America wants to be a leader” in combating global warming. The constant crusader AL GORE, climate change...
Tom Nelson (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... countered. "I've got colleagues that just don't have time." ... Later, calling on Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) for a statement, she offered: "Take as much time as you'll consume, because we don't have anybody else here." ... Eventually, even the Democrats left, except for Boxer . "I guess at this point I'm going to just sit here and wait till they show up,"...
Political Activity Law (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Washington Times reports on a finance event reportedly thrown by lobbyist Heather Podesta. For the DSCC dinner, to be held at the $2 million Woodley Park home of Mrs. Podesta and lobbyist husband Tony, five senators will be in the house: Amy Klobuchar, Mary L. Landrieu, Jeanne Shaheen, Maria Cantwell and Kay Hagan. “Our meal [...]
