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There's a story coming out of rightblogistan (see, for example, Richard Viguerie's take) that's raising some disturbing questions about S 1 - the senate lobbying reform bill. Apparently, Section 220 of this bill may require that any group that talks politics to an audience of over 500 people (and tells them to contact Congress) would have to register as a lobbying organization, and meet some very burdensome requirements. Vitter and Bennett (oi!) are launching an effort to scrub this section of the bill. But here's the thing: I'm not a good enough legal scholar to test the validity of the Republican argument. So, I figured this would be a good question to put before the community. Any legal scholars around here know if there's anything to these claims?
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