Bill Bennett: “I simply want to make this point with respect to the threshold that causes people to come under the provisions of the…”

“I simply want to make this point with respect to the threshold that causes people to come under the provisions of the bill. There is, indeed, a $10,000 minimum for a 3-month period threshold in the bill, but section 220(b)(1) explicitly removes ``paid efforts to stimulate grassroots lobbying'' from the scope of this exemption. In other words, $1 per quarter spent to stimulate citizens to communicate with their representatives in Congress triggers the registration and reporting requirement for an individual who meets the other four numbered criteria. I agree with the Senator from California. This is very badly drafted and needs an awful lot of work, which is why I think the best thing to do with it is simply strike it.”