I want to see peace in the congo. The same minerals are used to make common electronics,that are sold all over the world. But in 2010, after months of lobbying by Advocacy Groups an obscure resolution called section 1502, was dropped into the doddfrank wall street reform act. It means publicly traded companies are now required to track whether their products contain conflict minerals from congo. Some of the top tech brands are taking credit for reducing violence here with the Worlds Largest chipmaker intel even claiming that some of their products are now 100 conflict free. Were proud to say the worlds first commercially available conflict free microprocessors do just that. But how sure can they be . Fault lines travels to eastern congo to investigate. John kanyoni is the owner of a leading Trading House in goma. He makes his living selling tin and tantalum to international companies. In 2010 he warned that the dodd frank law would backfire. But he says he was up against a powerful lob
I want to see peace in the congo. The same minerals are used to make common electronics,that are sold all over the world. But in 2010, after months of lobbying by Advocacy Groups an obscure resolution called section 1502, was dropped into the doddfrank wall street reform act. It means publicly traded companies are now required to track whether their products contain conflict minerals from congo. Some of the top tech brands are taking credit for reducing violence here with the Worlds Largest chipmaker intel even claiming that some of their products are now 100 conflict free. Were proud to say the worlds first commercially available conflict free microprocessors do just that. But how sure can they be . Fault lines travels to eastern congo to investigate. John kanyoni is the owner of a leading Trading House in goma. He makes his living selling tin and tantalum to international companies. In 2010 he warned that the dodd frank law would backfire. But he says he was up against a powerful lob
His fiveday weekend. The house wont be back in session until tuesday of next week. But its not like they dont do work over the weekend. Super long or otherwise. Many house members will go back home to their districts this weekend where, of course, theyre going to be hearing from their constituents about what we are told are the very important and apparently at the moment stalled negotiations. But in the white house and the House Republican congress, over how to, lets be sure were getting this technically correct, how to cut the deficit in the medium to longterm so as to avoid an immediate and dramatic cut in the shortterm. Yes, thats right. Now, this may well present a problem for John Boehners caucus, because john boehner sent a letter to the president this week with his own plan, which advocates what just might be the least popular policy in american politics. Okay, maybe thats hyperbole. But just be a tiny bit, i mean, mandatory gay marriage, in which every single married straight p
Heading out of the Capital Building today, you could even spot republican congressman mo brooks of alabama biking into his fiveday weekend. The house wont be back in session until tuesday of next week. But its not like they dont do work over the weekend. Super long or otherwise. Many house members will go back home to their districts this weekend where, of course, theyre going to be hearing from their constituents about what we are told are the very important and apparently at the moment stalled negotiations. But in the white house and the House Republican congress, over how to, lets be sure were getting this technically correct, how to cut the deficit in the medium to longterm so as to avoid an immediate and dramatic cut in the shortterm. Yes, thats right. Now, this may well present a problem for John Boehners caucus, because john boehner sent a letter to the president this week with his own plan, which advocates what just might be the least popular policy in american politics. Okay,
The house wont be back in session until tuesday of next week. But its not like they dont do work over the weekend. Super long or otherwise. Many house members will go back home to their districts this weekend where, of course, theyre going to be hearing from their constituents about what we are told are the very important and apparently at the moment stalled negotiations. But in the white house and the House Republican congress, over how to, lets be sure were getting this technically correct, how to cut the deficit in the medium to longterm so as to avoid an immediate and dramatic cut in the shortterm. Yes, thats right. Now, this may well present a problem for John Boehners caucus, because john boehner sent a letter to the president this week with his own plan, which advocates what just might be the least popular policy in american politics. Okay, maybe thats hyperbole. But just be a tiny bit, i mean, mandatory gay marriage, in which every single married straight person had to immediat