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Bill to restrict grass-roots activism?
Pro-life advocate sees proposal as attempt to limit contact with lawmakers
Posted: April 12, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
A bill that some activist organizations say would inhibit the right of ordinary Americans to petition their representatives in Congress is making its way through the legislative process in Washington, D.C.
The Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006, S.2349, passed the Senate 90-8, and a House version of the bill could come up for a vote in two weeks, Douglas Johnson, legislative director of National Right to Life, told LifeSiteNews.
The bill “would regulate for the first time grass-roots activism,” Johnson told the newssite. The legislation defines “grass-roots lobbying” as “the voluntary efforts of members of the general public to communicate their own views on an issue to federal officials or to encourage other members of the general public to do the same.”
worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49697
Pro-life advocate sees proposal as attempt to limit contact with lawmakers
Posted: April 12, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com
A bill that some activist organizations say would inhibit the right of ordinary Americans to petition their representatives in Congress is making its way through the legislative process in Washington, D.C.
The Legislative Transparency and Accountability Act of 2006, S.2349, passed the Senate 90-8, and a House version of the bill could come up for a vote in two weeks, Douglas Johnson, legislative director of National Right to Life, told LifeSiteNews.
The bill “would regulate for the first time grass-roots activism,” Johnson told the newssite. The legislation defines “grass-roots lobbying” as “the voluntary efforts of members of the general public to communicate their own views on an issue to federal officials or to encourage other members of the general public to do the same.”
worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=49697