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Saturday, July 12, 2008 --- 47 days ago http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/wired27b/~3/332164685/pelosi-new-bipa.html
 "We share the goal of modernizing the antiquated franking regulations to address the rapidly changing realities of communications in the internet age," wrote House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Ca. to Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, in a Thursday letter. Photo: Associated Press/Dennis Cook House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday moved to quash allegations swirling on the internet that House Democrats are trying to gag their Republican colleagues online. The "Twitter Dome Scandal," as TechPresident blogger Nancy Scola calls it , began this Tuesday, when Texas Republican House member John Culberson, 52, issued the following Tweet : "I just learned the Dems are trying to censor Congressmen's ability to use Twitter Qik YouTube, Utterz etc -- outrageous and I will fight them." "Before I could post a Tweet I would have to get approval of the twits that run the House!" tweeted Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas. Picture: Courtesy John Culberson That tweet, and this post from the conservative group blog The Next Right , was followed by several others by Culberson on the subject that day. They set off a chain of posts all over the blogosphere, spreading the idea that House Democrats were trying to put the brakes on their Republican colleagues' internet communications. The Sunlight Foundation, a non-partisan open-government group, set up an online petition on Twitter as well as a web page to ask House leaders to re-consider its rules. All t ... |
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