Summary
The House last night defeated a bill that would have exempted the Internet from campaign finance regulations, which means the Federal Election Commission will probably have to write rules to govern what bloggers and others do on their Web sites.
Under the House rules for debate yesterday the bill needed to achieve a two-thirds vote. It received 225 votes in favor, and 182 votes opposed. Voting "yes" were 46 Democrats and 179 Republicans, while 143 Democrats, 38 Republicans and 1 independent opposed the bill.See the full content of this document
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Bill to Prevent Regulation of Web Defeated
The bill's sponsor, Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Texas Republican, said the vote shows there's majority support, and said he will try again soon.
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