Jennifer Steinhauer reports that Republican lawmakers and other members of the party are using floor speeches, legislative maneuvers, media and events to denounce the law, while Democrats race to defend the policy and promote its benefits.
After Mr. Murphy's speech, state legislative leaders said they were not sold on the tax.
However, lack of consistent international legal standards and the desire to protect free speech make legislative solutions difficult.
The electioneering disclosure cases the Court cites, ante, at 7, are likewise not on point, since they involve disclosure requirements applied to political speech, not legislative action.
He's never been media-shy, yet I don't know of any interviews, speeches, or legislative initiatives that even hinted at these views.
By airing unfettered video coverage of speeches and legislative proceedings, C-SPAN gives those in office and other figures of public interest a channel through which they can reach the public without the filters of traditional media outlets.
Still for Senators Wyden and Udall, their "I told you so" moment was as frustrating on Thursday as all of the lonely floor speeches and legislative proposals that have gone nowhere, since they still cannot publicly explain the workings of the program that has set them to worrying.
Savvy viewers might be able to tell when commentators are merely parroting partisan talking points spoon-fed to them by campaign operatives, or even by the candidates themselves, during conference calls or email blasts to surrogates (the tactic is routinely used by the White House before big speeches or legislative rollouts, too).
These include Organt, L'Esprit de la Revolution, published speeches and legislative proposals, as well as military orders, notes, drafts, and private correspondence.
Scouring the congressional record for "sound-bites" to divine and disparage the motives of individual legislators also chills the freedom of legislative speech that is the hallmark of robust democratic debate.
