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Rudy Takala: Posted on Monday, September 5, 2016 11:20 AM
In the Washington Examiner.
The Federal Election Commission was formed by Congress in 1975 to regulate federal campaign spending limits. As Supreme Court decisions have loosened limits on campaign spending over the past decade, the role of the agency in regulating political speech has become an increasingly contentious issue.
By law, the commission is divided evenly between Republicans and Democrats, which means that any action the commission takes must receive bipartisan support. Yet over the past couple of years, liberals on the commission have proposed creating new, unprecedented authorities for the agency to engage in regulatory activity. |
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Rudy Takala: Posted on Sunday, February 22, 2015 1:18 PM
 This contains more of my interview with FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman.
( CNSNews.com) -- A former elections official from California testified at a Federal Election Commission (FEC) hearing last week that the federal government should “push the limit” to increase federal oversight of political ads placed on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.
“Disclosure on the Internet needs to move quickly,” said Karen Getman, a Democrat who served as chairman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC) from 1999 to 2003. |
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Rudy Takala: Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 11:24 PM
Part II of my interview with FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman.
(CNSNews.com) – A Washington-based non-profit is urging the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to impose new regulations on political speech online, which could include issue-related content on such popular websites as YouTube and the Drudge Report, according to FEC Commissioner and former chairman Lee Goodman.
Over 40 witnesses were on the agenda to testify for or against additional FEC regulations at a public hearing held at the agency’s headquarters in Washington on Wednesday. |
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Rudy Takala: Posted on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 5:44 PM
 I interviewed FEC Commissioner Lee Goodman for CNSNews. This was also featured on Drudge today.
(CNSNews.com) -- The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is holding a hearing today to receive public feedback on whether it should create new rules regulating political speech, including political speech on the Internet that one commissioner warned could affect blogs, YouTube videos and even websites like the Drudge Report.
The hearing is a response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in McCutcheon v. |
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