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To add to some of the good news we have heard out of the Virginia Legislature, a little good news from Washington. Grassroots organizations will not be forced to register their actions and members - i.e. free speech registration and suppression.
From a CNN article on the Senate ethics and lobbying reform bill.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/18/senate.ethics.ap/index.html
The Senate, on a 55-43 vote, approved an amendment pushed by Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, to strip a provision requiring reporting of "grass-roots" lobbying.
Backers said it would shine light on special interest groups that use "hired guns" to organize mass mailings, phone-ins or e-mail campaigns.
Opponents, including the American Civil Liberties Union and conservative groups such as the Traditional Values Coalition, argued that it was a free speech issue, discouraging people or groups from organizing petition drives.
To add to some of the good news we have heard out of the Virginia Legislature, a little good news from Washington. Grassroots organizations will not be forced to register their actions and members - i.e. free speech registration and suppression.
From a CNN article on the Senate ethics and lobbying reform bill.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/18/senate.ethics.ap/index.html
The Senate, on a 55-43 vote, approved an amendment pushed by Sen. Robert Bennett, R-Utah, to strip a provision requiring reporting of "grass-roots" lobbying.
Backers said it would shine light on special interest groups that use "hired guns" to organize mass mailings, phone-ins or e-mail campaigns.
Opponents, including the American Civil Liberties Union and conservative groups such as the Traditional Values Coalition, argued that it was a free speech issue, discouraging people or groups from organizing petition drives.