December  2009  

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Pelosi's Shut Up Rule Adopted by Sen. Feinstein

Posted By CotoBlogzz  12-04-2009 | 9:00 PM

Rancho Santa Margarita  - CA - We have previously reported how Speaker Pelosi has tried to amend  S448, the Freedom of Information Act with a Shut Up Rule.  Now Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-California) and Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) are jumping in the Speaker's bandwagon with thier own version of the Shut Up Rule:  An amendment  to S44 that would limit who is protected and  likely exclude from coverage many online journalists, freelancers without contracts, and students or volunteer journalists, among others. 

Considering the recent White House war of words with the Fox News Network, incuding the refusal  by the White House to allow The Fox News Network in the news pool to interview Pay Czar Kennet Feinberg and  the threat to Insurance companies and  the US Chamber of Commerce for their opposition to the administration’s policies, the   dubious guidelines released by the Federal Trade Commission aimed at supporting mainstream media while punishing independent bloggers, the importance of the reencarnation of the Speaker's Shut Up Rule takes on an added signficance.

More than ever, what is needed is an independent press and not merely lap dogs.

CotoBuzz Journal readers are encouraged to contact members of the Senate Judiciary Committee as early as possible and  tell them that you do not support any version of the Shut Up Rules..

The following is a list of Senate Judiciary Committee members (Click on names for contact information):

Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Ranking Member
Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
Edward Kaufman (D-Del.)
Richard Durbin (D-Ill.)
Charles Grassley (R-Iowa)
Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.)
Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)
Al Franken (D-Minn.)
Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
Tom Coburn (R-Okla.)
Arlen Specter (D-Pa.)
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.)
John Cornyn (R-Texas)
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Chairman
Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)
Russell Feingold (D-Wis.)

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