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To: long-gone who wrote (67667)4/16/2001 8:54:21 AM
From: Rarebird  Read Replies (1) of 116760
 
59 U.S. Senators voted for the McCain-Feingold bill.

Do you know what is in this bill? This bill excludes what are called "issue ads" in the last 60 days of an election campaign. This is not only a plain denial of the Constitutional Right to Free Speech - it PROHIBITS - Free Speech. If any American disagrees or takes issue with what a politician has said, done or promised to do and (at his or her own cost) takes out a newspaper ad or prints a flyer or buys ad time on radio or TV to say so, he or she will be breaking the law, if it is done within 60 days of election day. Clearly, if this bill passes, the only Americans who will be heard are the politicians.

The second issue contained within this bill is a prohibition upon "coordinate activity". This item introduces year-round restrictions on the rights of groups to communicate about Federal politicians - using ANY method. Let's say that you want to keep an ongoing watch upon something which concerns you. Since the issue is important to you, you search for a site on the Internet run by a group that issues bulletins and alerts. Well, if this "campaign finance" bill is passed, you won't find such a group (at least not INSIDE the U.S.) because they will be prohibited - BY LAW.

Will Bush sign this bill?

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