FEC raises the stakes for blog bill
The Hill ^ | 3/16/06 | Elana Schor
Posted on 03/15/2006 9:44:41 PM EST by JeanS
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The Federal Election Commission (FEC) yesterday postponed a controversial decision on subjecting Internet political speech to campaign-finance regulations, raising the stakes for today’s scheduled House vote on a bill that exempts all blogs, Web ads and other online communications.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1597162/posts
Well...according to that, Free Republic wouldn't be exempt...because there are a whole lot more than $10, 000 a year expenditures...
Also, did you notice the article referenced Daily Kos..and Redstate as "partners"?
We missed that thread.
Really need a ping list for IMPORTANT information.
Are donations made by Free Republic to specific campaigns or specific candidates? IOW, would Free Republic (as opposed to Jim Robinson, private citizen) make a donation to Candidate XYZ in the next Presidential election on behalf of all Freepers?
If not, then why could we be regulated as part of CFR:? Is they answer simply nothing more than because they say it is? In an earllier time I would blow this off and say the courts would never uphold this. Of course, that was before CFR.