U.S. House of Representatives may act within
weeks to restrict "grassroots lobbying" and right to communicate with
federal officials
Part Two of Three
WASHINGTON (March 6, 2007) -- The U.S. House of
Representatives may act within weeks on legislation that
would restrict so-called "grassroots lobbying," and also on
legislation that would restrict the right of private
citizens to communicate with officials of the federal
Executive Branch.
Please communicate immediately with your representative in
the U.S. House in opposition to restrictions on "grassroots
lobbying" and in opposition to the Waxman-Davis "Executive
Branch Reform Act" (H.R. 984). For essential details on
what is happening, and to access easy-to-use tools to
transmit appropriate e-mails and phone calls on these bills,
go to the NRLC Legislative Action Center here:
http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/alert/?alertid=9319341&type=CO
For more detailed background information on these issues, see:
-- National Right to Life update (February 1, 2007) on stepped-up
congressional attacks on "grassroots lobbying":
http://www.nrlc.org/FreeSpeech/NRLCFightsforGrassrootsLobbying.html
-- NRLC memo explaining the Waxman-Davis "Executive Branch
Reform Act" (H.R. 984) (February 20, 2007) (PDF format):
http://www.nrlc.org/FreeSpeech/WaxmanDavisArticle.pdf
-- News clip: The Hill (March 6, 2007):
"Anti-abortion-rights group takes aim at disclosure bill," by
Jeffrey Young.
