Bill to Treat Bloggers as Lobbyists Defeated

Lawrence Person writes "The attempt to require political bloggers to register as lobbyists previously reported by Slashdot has been stripped out of the lobbying reform bill. The vote was 55 to 43 to defeat the provision. All 48 Republicans, as well as 7 Democrats, voted against requiring bloggers to register; all 43 votes in favor of keeping the registration provision were by Democrats."

Not typical democrat behavior?

[ChyGrrl]

This really surprises me, I'd have expected the republicans to have been more interested in the panoptic registering of bloggers. Can someone explain why this bill was pushed by the democrats?

Re:I feel a great distubance

[Broken scope]

I modded you funny then realized it was Alderan. Dammit. That was my last mod point.

Re:I feel a great distubance

[ArcherB]

I modded you funny then realized it was Alderan. Dammit. That was my last mod point.

Dammit! You're right. "Dantooine is too remote to make an effective demonstration. But don't worry. We will deal with your Rebel friends soon enough." Damn Tarkin!

Sorry to make you cough up your mod point, but "What's in a name? That which we call a Alderan by another name would explode as sweet"

Re:Democrats

[DAldredge]

I wasn't aware that "our side" was the Democrats. Did I miss the memo?

Re:Conspiracy theorize all you want

[Anonymous Coward]

A quick note: This was not a "All bloggers need to be registered as lobbists" like the FUD headline states.

This was a "Paid fake bloggers need to register as corporate shills" bill.

This was a GOOD bill, guys. You can tell because the Republicans voted AGAINST it.

Re:Can't resist... Agreeing with republicans...

[dangitman]

At least conservatives explain why they think you're wrong. Liberals spit and call you a Nazi.

That's head-spinningly ironic, given liberals' tendency to explain their position at length, and conservatives' tendency to use ad hominem in place of debate, and make their srguments up out of thin air. See your post that I am replying to as an example of such non-factual argument.

Re:First Amendment

[Rob the Bold]

What's so frickin' hard about this?

They're debating who counts as people.

Re:Democrats

[Cat_Byte]

I represent the newly formed 'ember' party. Our flag is the burning embers of a once-hugged tree. Our motto, 'A beer in every cooler'. Our world political stance, 'If you don't like us, we'll gladly stop sending the tax payer $$ you unappreciative bastards.' Our terrorist statement, 'If you touch us or our short list of loyal friends, all your base are belong to us'.

Re:Conspiracy theorize all you want

[RevDobbs]

I'm getting a real kick out of the new fealing of brotherly love and respect here on slashdot.

Dumbasses.

Re:Members, employees, etc.

[OmnipotentEntity]

I misread that too, I thought he said Coup, and I was getting my guns cleaned and ready for the final struggle against tyranny.

Then I woke up a bit more.