Update on FEC Internet regulation: vote on Thursday [fs]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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"FEC having problems drafting Internet regulations"
http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-5630949.html

Normally the Federal Election Commission, like other federal agencies, 
posts documents relating to an upcoming meeting well in advance.
But not this week. It turns out that the FEC is having a tough time 
agreeing on court-ordered regulations that could, just maybe, include a 
crackdown on bloggers and other sundry political Web sites. [...]

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"Campaign finance law must cover Internet, four politicos argue"
http://news.com.com/2061-10796_3-5631062.html

Four members of Congress are urging federal regulators not to immunize 
political Web sites and bloggers from campaign finance laws. Senators 
John McCain, R-Ariz., and Russell Feingold, D-Wisc., sent a letter to 
the Federal Election Commission on Tuesday suggesting that the agency 
create a new set of regulations that permit "robust political debate" 
without "creating loopholes" in the law. [...]

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"Internet election rules could be blocked"
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5628920.html

The Internet would be immune from campaign finance laws that could 
restrict freewheeling political discourse, according to a new proposal 
in Congress. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., has introduced legislation that 
would effectively overturn a federal judge's decision from last year 
that brought Internet politicking under the ambit of a controversial 
campaign finance law. [...]

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