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Mickey Kaus:

...I was reminded of the controversy earlier this year over Section 202 [sic: actually Section 220 -o.g.] of the lobbying reform bill--which some alleged would have required professional bloggers who try to drum up grassroots outrage to register--and the WSJ inquiry seemed a bit less funny and a bit more ominous. ... You don't think Trent Lott would love to throw bureaucratic wrenches into the grassroots machinery that disrupted his bipartisan comprehensive immigration plans? [link and bolding in original -o.g.]

In early January, S.1 required the  reporting of "paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying," defining "paid" merely as communications to 500 or more members of the public, with no other qualifiers.  The bill has since passed the Senate, with the cited language absent.  [S.1 results page].  Kaus seems to be suggesting that it might return (during House action or in conference) because Incumbistan is seething over the citizen pressure that led to the immigration bill defeat.

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