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Bill to Treat Bloggers as Lobbyists Defeated

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the common-sense-prevails dept.

Lawrence Person writes "The attempt to require political bloggers to register as lobbyists previously reported by Slashdot has been stripped out of the lobbying reform bill. The vote was 55 to 43 to defeat the provision. All 48 Republicans, as well as 7 Democrats, voted against requiring bloggers to register; all 43 votes in favor of keeping the registration provision were by Democrats."

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  1. Re:Democrats by DAldredge · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wasn't aware that "our side" was the Democrats. Did I miss the memo?

  2. Re:Can't resist... Agreeing with republicans... by dangitman · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least conservatives explain why they think you're wrong. Liberals spit and call you a Nazi.

    That's head-spinningly ironic, given liberals' tendency to explain their position at length, and conservatives' tendency to use ad hominem in place of debate, and make their srguments up out of thin air. See your post that I am replying to as an example of such non-factual argument.

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    ... and then they built the supercollider.