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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:Astroturfing. by ZachPruckowski · · Score: 1, Redundant

    WRONG! Here is the conditional for this law to affect you: (astroturfer == true)&&(reach >= 500)&&(salary >= 100000)

    Note the &&s (ANDs) there. They're not ||s (ORs) All three must be true, not just any one of them.