House Defeats Bill on Political Blogs
Personally, I don't give a damn about this troubling turn of events, but I'll tell you this -- I'll voice my political views whenever, and however, I see fit, whether it be on the Internet, or not. I personally see this as an affront to my 1st Amendment rights.
Actually, Yes -- I do care. I've fought in the Armed Forces of this country to defend these rights -- and I'd like to be able to exercise them should I see fit.
This makes me rather angry...
I can't wait to hear what the EFF and the CDT has to say on this matter.
An AP newswire article by Jill Abrams, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
Online political expression should not be exempt from campaign finance law, the House decided Wednesday as lawmakers warned that the Internet has opened up a new loophole for uncontrolled spending on elections.
The House voted 225-182 for a bill that would have excluded blogs, e-mails and other Internet communications from regulation by the Federal Election Commission. That was 47 votes short of the two-thirds majority needed under a procedure that limited debate time and allowed no amendments.
The vote in effect clears the way for the FEC to move ahead with court-mandated rule-making to govern political speech and campaign spending on the Internet.
posted by Fergie @ 11/02/2005 05:34:00 PM
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