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"A Setback For Bloggers" - H.R. 1605

Bloggers were the focus of attention for about an hour in the House yesterday, and they managed to win the backing of 225 lawmakers for a bill designed to limit the application of campaign finance law to blogs and other Internet communications.
But the final tally, 225-187, fell 47 votes short of the two-thirds majority necessary to pass the Online Freedom of Speech Act under a procedure designed to expedite passage. For now, that puts the debate about applying campaign finance law back at the Federal Election Commission, where a court-mandated rulemaking has been under way since this summer.

Yesterday's House vote is not technically a defeat for the legislation....

"A Setback For Bloggers," Beltway Blogroll, November 3, 2005

Thomas

SHORT TITLE(S) AS INTRODUCED:
Online Freedom of Speech Act

OFFICIAL TITLE AS INTRODUCED:
To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication.

H.R.1606, Title: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to exclude communications over the Internet from the definition of public communication.

"Online Freedom of Speech Act under fire," by Charles Jade, ars techinca, November 2, 2005
"Online Freedom of Speech Act Introduced in House," by krempasky, RedState.org, April 13, 2005
"The Digital Money Mill," Editorial, The New York Times, November 1, 2005
"Why 1606 failed," by kos, daily kos, November 4, 2005
"Online Freedom of Speech: Further Thoughts," by Adam B, daily kos, November 4, 2005
"A Vote for Free Speech," by John Samples, CATO, November 2, 2005
"ACLU Letter to the House of Representatives Urging a 'Yes' Vote on H.R. 1606, the 'Online Freedom of Speech Act'," ACLU, November 2, 2005
"Hensarling: The Day After," by Bob Bauer, More Soft Money Hard Law, November 3, 2005
"System Failure: Congress should have passed the Online Freedom of Speech Act," by Allison R. Hayward, National Review Online, November 4, 2005

November 6, 2005 12:05 AM Fourth Estate

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