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Free Speech : Legislative Documents

ACLU Letter to Members Urging Opposition to HR 3143, the International Consumer Protection Act (10/01/2004)

ACLU Comments to the Federal Communications Commission re: MB Docket No. 04-261, the Matter of Violent Television Programming and Its Impact on Children (09/15/2004)

ACLU Letter On Combined Federal Campaign "Black List" (07/31/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Commitee Expressing Concerns about S. 2281, the VOIP Regulatory Freedom Act of 2004 (07/21/2004)

ACLU Letter to Congress Urging Support of the Sanders-Paul Amendment or the "Freedom to Read" Amendment, Which Would Help Restore the Privacy and First Amendment Rights of Library and Bookstore Patrons (07/06/2004)

Testimony By Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Office, Before the Democratic Party Platform Committee (06/19/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (06/16/2004)

ACLU Memo on the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime (06/16/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Expressing Concerns with the Smith Hate Crimes Amendment to the Defense Department Authorization Bill (06/15/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Ways and Means Committee Urging Members to Support the Lewis Amendment to Strike Certain Provisions from H.R. 4520, the "American Jobs Creation Act of 2004" (06/11/2004)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S.J. Res. 4, the Constitutional Amendment on Flag Desecration (06/07/2004)

Coalition Letter to House Judiciary Chairman Sensenbrenner and Ranking Member Conyers Expressing Concerns and Urging the Committee to Delay the Markup of H.R. 3754, "The Fraudulent Online Identity Sanctions Act" (05/04/2004)

ACLU Testimony of Marvin J. Johnson, Legislative Counsel, at a Hearing on the Committee Print to Amend the Federal Trademark Dilution Act Before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the House Committee on the Judiciary (04/21/2004)

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