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Free Speech : Campaign Finance Reform : Legislative Documents

Sign On Letter to the House of Representatives Urging Opposition to Efforts to Regulate Grassroots "Lobbying" (05/04/2007)

ACLU Letter to the House of Representatives Urging a "Yes" Vote on H.R. 1606, the "Online Freedom of Speech Act" (11/02/2005)

Coalition Letter to the Federal Election Commission Secretary Expressing Concerns about Draft Advisory Opinion 2003-37, as It Applies to Federal Political Committees, Nonfederal Political Organizations and Other Nonprofit Corporations (02/04/2004)

ACLU Letter to the IRS Expressing Concerns about Revenue Ruling 2004-6 with Regard to Political Speech and the Definition of What Is or Is Not an "Exempt Function" (01/26/2004)

Coalition Letter to the House Urging Opposition to Shays-Meehan Bill (02/13/2002)

Letter to the House Urging Opposition to the Armey Amendment to Shays-Meehan Bill (02/13/2002)

Letter to the House in Opposition to the Shays-Meehan bill, the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001 (02/12/2002)

ACLU Campaign Finance Reform Fact Sheet (02/12/2002)

Testimony of ACLU President Nadine Strossen Before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitutional Issues of Campaign Finance Reform Legislation (06/12/2001)

Letter to the Senate in Opposition to the McCain-Feingold Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act of 2001 (03/20/2001)

Testimony of Washington Office Director Laura Murphy on Campaign Finance Reform Legislation Before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (04/26/2000)

Testimony of Executive Director Ira Glasser on Campaign Finance Reform Legislation Before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (03/22/2000)

Letter to the FEC on the Federal Election Campaign Act to the Internet (01/06/2000)

Letter to Senator McConnell Opposing Soft Money Restrictions in S. 1593 (10/13/1999)

Coalition Letter to Congress on Campaign Finance Reform and the Rights of Lawful Permanent Residents (08/26/1999)

Testimony of Washington Office Director Laura Murphy on the First Amendment Implications of Campaign Finance Reform Before the House Committee on Administration (07/22/1999)

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