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PoliticalNews.me - Sep 12,2014 - Alexander: Democrats and Obama Propose to Restrict Free Speech for Everyone But the Really Rich
Says under plan to change First Amendment, the government could "tell a gun owner in Johnson City that he can't spend money to advocate in defense of his Second Amendment rights" or could stop political movements like the Tea Party
"This proposal would give members of Congress the power to silence the groups or organizations that threaten their re-election. …Congress could tell Tennessee Right to Life that it can't advertise to protect the rights of the unborn. Congress could decide that such speech should be restricted or prohibited because incumbents fear it is really an endorsement of a candidate for office." - Lamar Alexander
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 - U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) said today that a proposal supported by 48 Senate Democrats and the president would give Congress the power to decide "which Americans can speak in elections, what they can say, when they can say it, and how they say it."
"Ordinary Tennesseans would lose their ability to broadcast their views, but billionaires could buy a TV station or a newspaper and say whatever they think, and millionaire candidates can fund their own campaigns," Alexander said. "Billionaires and millionaires would be the only ones exempt from the gag rule proposed by the Democrats."
S.J. Res. 19 is a Senate resolution supported by 48 Senate Democrats and President Obama to change the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to allow Congress and states to limit the raising and spending of money to influence elections.
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