Back in 2002, at H2K2 Cult of the Dead Cow and Hacktivismo (http://hacktivismo.com/) talked about a "new" protocol called Six/Four- aimed at circumventing the censoring in China and other places in the world by using simple tunneling to proxies. I believe the project flopped but was still a step in the right direction.
Actually, in the house, all amendments must be germane (on the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance). This prevents such amendments from being introduced and creating "Christmas Tree Bills." Unfortunately, in the Senate, there is no such rule.
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Back in 2002, at H2K2 Cult of the Dead Cow and Hacktivismo (http://hacktivismo.com/) talked about a "new" protocol called Six/Four- aimed at circumventing the censoring in China and other places in the world by using simple tunneling to proxies. I believe the project flopped but was still a step in the right direction.
They tried the line item veto once- then found it was unconstitutional. Besides- do you think "W" would stop a bill that would help big business?
Actually, in the house, all amendments must be germane (on the subject of the pending bill or other business; a strict standard of relevance). This prevents such amendments from being introduced and creating "Christmas Tree Bills." Unfortunately, in the Senate, there is no such rule.