Liberty Alone

There has just been a vote in the US Senate over a nasty little section of a Lobbying Bill.
The aim was to make all political bloggers or grassroots campaigners whose sties are read by more than 500 individuals register with Congress as lobbyists and to report quarterly to Congress.

This is quite clearly ridiculous and an infringement on free speech.
Thankfully a Republican amendment to remove the clause was proposed and has been passed, with 7 Democrats voting in favour of the amendment, the rest voting to keep the clause unchanged.

I wonder whether this was a case of ideology on the Democrat’s part, in which case I dread to imagine what else they’ll attempt, but I suspect it was a case of partisan politics. The Republicans are on one side so the Democrats must oppose it. That hardly promotes a healthy democracy or good law. I sense another country which needs radical electoral reform…

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