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  • McCain does about-face on grassroots reform bill

    01/18/2007 7:47:15 AM PST · by neverdem · 184 replies · 5,596+ views
    The Hill ^ | January 18, 2007 | Alexander Bolton
    Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has told conservative activists that he will vote to strip a key provision on grassroots lobbying from the reform package he previously supported. The provision would require grassroots organizations to report on their fundraising activities and is strongly opposed by groups such as the National Right to Life Committee, Gun Owners of America, and the American Civil Liberties Union. While grassroots groups on both sides of the political spectrum oppose the proposal, social conservative leaders such as Dr. James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, who broadcasts a radio program to hundreds of thousands of...
  • Republicans & Democrats Want To Make Criminals Out of Bloggers

    01/18/2007 4:50:46 AM PST · by roguejew1965 · 43 replies · 1,275+ views
    MensNewsDaily.Com ^ | 01/18/07 | Ze'ev Haas
    Thomas Paine is turning over in his grave as we speak. Both Republicans and Democrats are looking to squash our Constitutional Freedom to criticize our own government, a G-d given right that patriotic men and women fought and died for. Section 220 of S. 1, the lobbying reform bill before the Senate, would require grassroots causes, even bloggers, who communicate to 500 or more members of the public on policy matters, to register and report quarterly to Congress, as lobbyists are required.