Joe Manchin's "highly suspicious" reversal on voting bill follows donation from corporate lobby

[iarwain]

I read their position paper. They mention public-interest organizations and individual speech.

They do not mention money at all. Nor do they mention anonymity.

Below is the link to the ACLU's letter to the Rules Committee on HR1 outlining their objections. It's thirteen pages long. The words they use are donations and privacy. They consider this free speech protected by the First Amendment and point to Supreme Court decisions affirming that.

The ACLU's argument is not my argument, my objection is the Federal government taking over power from the state's. But that doesn't mean I disagree with them either.

ACLU Letter to House Rules Committee on H.R. 1

 

[Fantine]

It's not your argument because the ACLU suggests about 95% of HR1, something which you failed to mention.

And they mention public interest organizations and individuals, not corporations like Koch Industries who want to buy elections anonymously with their SuperPacs.