The House on Tuesday voted to level off the abrupt spikes in volume felt by television viewers during commercial breaks. The bill — approved by a voice vote — is aimed at stopping TV ads from playing noticeably louder than programs. "It's very frustrating," said Rep ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A group of U.S. House of Representatives Republicans urged the Federal Communications Commission to conduct a market analysis before proposing a new rule to maintain an open Internet. In a letter Monday to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, 20 Republicans asked the FCC if the agency will be examining networks, services, consumer electronics equipment, applications, as well as ...

Updated Monday, March 16, 2009 at 5:24 p.m. EST Three U.S. congressmen are drafting a bill that would require companies to disclose to users that their internet activity is being ...

Thursday's championship football game between No. 2 Florida and No. 1 Oklahoma is obviously a big game, but big enough to shut down Congress? Rep. Cliff Stearns hopes so. Stearns, a Republican from Ocala, wrote to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday asking her to ...