Blogging the campaign trail …

On the legsilature side of things....

There has been much debate over campaign finance in relation to the Internet. Should blogs be included or not?

Wednesday the House voted on a bill that would have excluded blogs, emails, etc from FEC regulation but it was 47 votes short of passing.


Some lawmakers claim that the Internet has opened up a new loophole for unregulated and uncontrolled campaign spending. While this might be true, should the government have the right to regulate this? And where does the line end? If someone forwards a candidate’s press release to an email list serve…will they be fined?

The bill was introduced by Jeb Hensarling-R, Texas. Harry Reid, Senate Dem majority leader has introduced a companion bill BUT the Senate has yet to look at it.

We'll see what happens.. otherwise the government is in control.