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Posted by HRE (Member # 6263) on :

I'm going to be writing a piece soon about legislation passed by Congress with special exemptions or benefits for the Congressmen.

For example, they passed the National Do-Not-Call Registry, but added a clause that exempted political messages.

Other bills would include pay raises, tax exemptions, and the like.

I've searched Google high and low with no results, so I've come back to Hatrack. Any help at all would be appreciated.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Well, any overly-complicated piece of legislature will help the lawers, and the majority of politicians are lawers. [Dont Know]

I've got nothing.

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

That's it, MPH. You're on the list!

[Smile]

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

Doh!

Posted by Kasie H (Member # 2120) on :

You're in murky territory on this one. Do you want stuff that *directly* benefits politicans, or stuff that benefits constituencies and indirectly the politican by allowing him to get reelected (aka pork)?

If it's the second, I'd start by taking a look at last year's omnibus bill...

Posted by Zamphyr (Member # 6213) on :

Gogo Google

http://www.house.gov/rules/jcoc2ae.htm

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

If it's the second, you can look at pretty much every piece of legislation ever. There are very few exceptions.

Dagonee

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Check into Congressional Benefits packages.

In particular, their Retirement Pay and their Health Care.

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

While the SupremeCourt has recognized the governments' right to limit commercial speech, it has also been extremely protective of political speech. Without that exemption, it is very very likely that the SupremeCourt would have tossed the DoNotCallRegistry law out in its entirety.

[ July 29, 2004, 12:45 PM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Yep. Very likely indeed.

Posted by Jutsa Notha Name (Member # 4485) on :

Is this piece going to include citations of sources? [Wink]

Posted by HRE (Member # 6263) on :

It will include a bibliography at the least, and a citation if anyone shows me how.

I learn from my mistakes. [Wink]