On the recordSeptember 14, 1999
Shays-Meehan is clear about voter guides. What the Doolittle amendment does is to essentially gut Shays-Meehan in terms of sham issue ads. The gentleman from California says he wants a bright line so only certain words would be covered. In first amendment instances, there are no bright lines in terms of free speech, that you can only use such words or you cannot. In terms of censorship, the Supreme Court standard does not have a bright line, allowing only this word or that word. What the gentleman from California would do would be to gut the heart of this bill. Vote ``no.''
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