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Free Speech : Legislative Documents

ACLU Letter to the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet Expressing Concerns About H.R. 3717, the Broadcast Decency Enforcement Act of 2004 (02/10/2004)

Coalition Letter to the Federal Election Commission Secretary Expressing Concerns about Draft Advisory Opinion 2003-37, as It Applies to Federal Political Committees, Nonfederal Political Organizations and Other Nonprofit Corporations (02/04/2004)

ACLU Letter to the IRS Expressing Concerns about Revenue Ruling 2004-6 with Regard to Political Speech and the Definition of What Is or Is Not an "Exempt Function" (01/26/2004)

ACLU Letter to the House Urging Support for H.R. 1155, the Civil Rights Tax Relief Act (12/15/2003)

ACLU Letter to the Senate Urging Support of S. 557, the Civil Rights Tax Relief Act (12/09/2003)

ACLU Letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Urging Opposition to the "Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act" (09/15/2003)

Letter to the Senate Urging Support of S.J. Res. 17, Disapproving the Rule Submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with Respect to Broadcast Media Ownership (09/15/2003)

Letter to the Senate Urging Opposition to S.877, the "Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003" (07/30/2003)

Letter to the Federal Communications Commission on the 2002 Biennial Regulatory Review of the Commission's Broadcast Ownership Rules and Other Rules Adopted Pursuant to Section 202 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, MB Docket No. 02-277 (05/22/2003)

Testimony of Gary E. May Before the House Judiciary Constitution Subcommittee on the Proposed Constitutional Amendment to Ban Flag Desecration (05/07/2003)

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