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ACTION ALERT: United States to Vote on McCain-Feingold Bill.(Brief Article)
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take up the McCain-Feingold bill (S. 27) or other legislation to restrict free speech about politicians in July.
It is important that all House members - - both pro-life and pro-abortion - - hear from constituents who believe that the First Amendment protects the right to free speech about federal politicians.
All available means of activating grassroots networks should be utilized to galvanize citizen activity on this issue, including telephone trees, church bulletins, call-ins to appropriate radio shows, and letters for publication in local newspapers.
The information in the article that begins on page one provides basic information on the bill. While letters should be in your own words, the key point is that the McCain-Feingold bill severely restricts the right of citizen groups to collect and spend money to inform the public about what members of Congress are doing in Washington, including alerting citizens about upcoming votes on key issues in Congress.
Additional information on the ways in which the bill would harm NRLC and other pro-life groups is available at the NRLC website at www.nrlc.org/Federal/Free_Speech/index.html.
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