CNSNews.com

02/09/05

Those who believe that campaign finance 'reform' didn't reform anything are rallying behind a newly re-introduced bill called the First Amendment Restoration Act. The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Roscoe Bartlett [R-MD], is intended to overturn portions of the McCain-Feingold law that prevent advocacy groups from running certain political ads in the days leading up to an election. Free speech advocates describe Bartlett's bill as an antidote to the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, which they see as an effort to protect incumbent politicians from criticism. 'Passing the First Amendment Restoration Act will be a good and necessary first step toward repairing the damage done to Americans' constitutional rights by so-called 'campaign finance reform' ... [and] begin to give Americans back their free speech rights,' said Reid Cox, general counsel for the Center for Individual Freedom...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp