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I also noticed it seems blocked from access outside the US...

so what would happen if a traveling american wants to access it?

edit: FYI I'm trying from Kenya. edit2: Using my phone I'm able to switch between wifi, and mobile and on mobile it is unblocked. hmmm

Also for those who don't see the Access Denied page but are curious, here is what it reads in full.

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Access Denied

You don't have permission to access "http://serve-403-www.senate.gov/" on this server. Reference #xx.xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxxxx.xxxxxxxx

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It seems it has little to do with geography. It's an IP thing.

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Not blocked in the Netherlands, but it opens the https version , which displays the following error: The submitted https request was not able to be completed at this time. Please retry your request using http. This may require disabling some browser based plug-ins.

Clicking the provided link causes a redirect loop(i.e. the http version redirects back to https)

>Clicking the provided link causes a redirect loop

Disabling HTTPS-Everywhere fixed that for me.

That looks like an Akamai error message (yup, www.senate.gov is a CNAME for e483.g.akamaiedge.net). Akamai has a bunch of (frankly ridiculous) heuristics for developing IP blacklists. So likely whatever network you're on got blacklisted for some inscrutable reason.

Nope, I'm in Italy and can access it from here.

UK here. No problems viewing the https and http pages.

Also UK, but get the access denied. (BT Internet)

Just tried from Kenya and did not see any "ACCESS DENIED".

This is what I am seeing: "Request unable to be completed. The submitted https request was not able to be completed at this time. Please retry your request using http. This may require disabling some browser based plug-ins."

Maybe something to do with your browser?

Edit: typo.

or that is the very man-in-the-middle attack https would have prevented... we will never know.

Portugal, no probs, are you confusing 'blocked' with the stupid message redirecting to http?

Which country are you in? now i'm curious? China?!

nope, "ACCESS DENIED"

and also I accessed the site from the US (tunnel ;-) and it was unblocked, and then I saw the redirect to http.

Sorry, most likely I edited my comment after u replied. Which country are u in?

Kenya

I can't access it from Portugal

It's more likely that the server isn't expecting a bunch of techies from hackernews to be hammering it! :)

nothing issue malaysia for http if https

The submitted https request was not able to be completed at this time. Please retry your request using http. This may require disabling some browser based plug-ins.

I'm a traveling American, and I can't see it in Singapore.

Same message here (France). Are you a Tor node by any chance?

I can see the http version in Japan.

I can't see either version in Tokyo. Both give me access denied.

That's odd. I'm on Softbank for both broadband and mobile.

I am in Tokyo and both versions are blocked for me.

I'm in Nagoya. Maybe that is the reason? It's so odd——I just confirmed that this works for me: http://www.senate.gov/index.htm

No problems from Hong Kong.

It works from Italy.

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