Democrats HELP defeat Online Freedom of Speech Act in House [fs]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: November 4, 2005 2:16:11 AM EST
To: politech () politechbot com
Subject: [Politech] Democrats defeat Online Freedom of Speech Act in  
House [fs]

Vote tally:
http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll559.xml

Text of bill:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.01606:

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http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5929587.html

Democrats defeat election-law aid for bloggers
November 2, 2005, 7:55 PM PST

Democrats on Wednesday managed to defeat a bill aimed at amending  
U.S. election laws to immunize bloggers from hundreds of pages of  
federal regulations.

In an acrimonious debate that broke largely along party lines, more  
than three-quarters of congressional Democrats voted to oppose the  
reform bill, which had enjoyed wide support from online activists and  
Web commentators worried about having to comply with a tangled skein  
of rules.

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