Senate Bill S.1, Section 220, has been defeated by an amendment to the bill a week before its passage.
Mark Fitzgibbons, on behalf of Richard Viguerie, a "conservative figurehead and writer", head of GrassrootsFreedom.com as well as chairman of American Target Advertising, decried the bill in a press release entitled "Congress to send Critics to Jail" in terms that screamed "Liberals PAY ATTENTION!":
In what sounds like a comedy sketch from Jon Stewart's Daily Show, but
isn't, the U. S. Senate would impose criminal penalties, even jail time, on grassroots causes and citizens who criticize Congress.
...
"Congress is trying to blame the grassroots, which are American
citizens engaging in their First Amendment rights, for Washington's
internal corruption problems."
[emphasis mine]
Too bad the blogging community just got punk'd.
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