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Online Freedom of Speech Act Introduced in House

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the speak-freely dept.

Fox Cutter writes "Today in the House of Representatives, Congressman Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) introduced a companion piece of legislation to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's bill (S.678) to exclude the Internet from the definition of 'public communication' in the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2002." If the bill passes, this would free the internet from FEC regulation.

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  1. Just what you need! by Qwavel · · Score: 0, Offtopic


    More money in politics, yeah!

    I say 'you' because I'm here in Canada where we still have a semblance of democracy left. Or so I thought, but recently a classic and rather large scale case of political corruption has been uncovered here (Tom Delay style).

    The one good thing I can find in this whole affair is that people here don't seem to have accepted this sort of corruption here to the degree they have in the states.

  2. Re:Memo received by RollingThunder · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Threads like this really need "-1, Asshole having a bad hair day" moderation option.

  3. Re:Fair Speech by ghettoboy22 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's probably the same constitution that seperates church and state.

    yeah yeah mod me down as offtopic, I have karma to burn.