Online Freedom of Speech Act
I'm something of a skeptic when it comes to how great the Republicans are and why you should almost always vote for them above Democrats, but this votes like this keep hope alive for the party. This vote was for the Online Freedom of Speech Act, which excludes internet communications from the onerous McCain-Feingold speech restrictions. The act says in its entirety,
The act failed on a motion to suspend the rules and pass, but should suceed on the next vote if it is not amended to death.
The vote was as follows (see voting list by congressman here):Paragraph (22) of section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431(22)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Such term shall not include communications over the Internet.”.
Yeas Nays PRES NV
Republican 179 38 13
Democratic 46 143 13
Independent 1
TOTALS 225 182 26
The act failed on a motion to suspend the rules and pass, but should suceed on the next vote if it is not amended to death.
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