Testifying at a House hearing about the campaign finance reform bill narrowly approved by the Senate in April, American Civil Liberties Union president Nadine Strossen blasted the proposal as no less than “a recipe for political repression.”
Strossen was one of a number of people from across the political spectrum to testify against the bill, which the House will consider beginning in early July.
Strossen told the hearing that, “This legislation is going to completely obliterate effective issue advocacy. What this legislation does is make it a crime for citizens’ groups to criticize government.”
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Legal experts rip U.S. Campaign Finance Bill. John Whitesides, Reuters, June 12, 2001.