GOP FEC Commissioner Caroline Hunter blocks publication of FEC Weekly Digest
SavageHat Retweeted
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Funny story. The @FEC puts out a "Weekly Digest" of everything we do, an immensely helpful public resource. Check it out, and subscribe, here:
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This week, I published a Draft Interpretive Rule Concerning Prohibited Activities Involving Foreign Nationals" on the http://fec.gov web site:
https://www.fec.gov/documents/1796/mtgdoc_19-41-A.pdf
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GOP FEC Commissioner Caroline Hunter took the altogether unprecedented step of objecting to its being added to the Digest and blocked publication of the whole Digest as a result.
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I always thought these anti-regulatory people liked the First Amendment well enough. I guess they think it's just for corporations.
I'm not fond of anyone trying to suppress my speech.
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And I think the public should absolutely not miss out on this week's Digest. So! Because Commissioner Hunter has blocked the Commission from publishing the FEC's Weekly Digest, I have decided to publish the information myself here on Twitter.
Here it is:
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Here's what's happening over at the FEC's Twitter account:
The FEC's Weekly Digest is now available.