It seems like it has been a while since Congress has passed major, substantive legislation. With gun control, immigration, and tax reform all on the front pages, it appears that legislation might be on the move. Thus, as legislation grinds through the process, it is worth remembering the need to keep legislative issues separate from
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New Wine Into Old Bottles: Adapting Text Messaging Proposal to 1970’s Era Rules Gains FEC Approval
By Lawrence H. Norton on
The Federal Election Commission approved a proposal earlier this week to allow contributions via text messaging in federal elections. With the lawmaking process ill-equipped to keep pace with developing technologies, the success of this proposal – a year-and-a-half after the FEC rejected another text-messaging proposal – suggests that the path to approval for tech entrepreneurs…