Lobby Reform Act of 1977: Hearings Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First and Second Session on S. 1785 ... S. 2026 ... August 2, 1977, February 6 and 7, 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - 575 halaman |
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Halaman 262 - Thus we consider this case against the background of a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.
Halaman 212 - ... by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than twelve months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Halaman 212 - In the case of any newspaper or other regularly published periodical (including any individual who owns, publishes, or Is employed by any such newspaper or periodical) which in the ordinary course of business publishes news items, editorials, or other comments, or paid advertisements, which directly or Indirectly urge...
Halaman 248 - A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or, perhaps, both. Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
Halaman 211 - expenditure" includes a payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift of money or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure. (c) The term "person" includes an individual, partnership, committee, association, corporation, and any other organization or group of persons.
Halaman 212 - Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate and shall give to those officers...
Halaman 260 - Surely it cannot be denied that giving the scope to the resolution for which the Government contends, that is, deriving from it the power to inquire into all efforts of private individuals to influence public opinion through books and periodicals, however remote the radiations of influence which they may exert upon the ultimate legislative process, raises doubts of constitutionality in view of the prohibition of the First Amendment.
Halaman 190 - The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and The Washington Star.
Halaman 176 - Yet full realization of the American ideal of government by elected representatives depends to no small extent on their ability to properly evaluate such pressures. Otherwise the voice of the people may all too easily be drowned out by the voice of special interest groups seeking favored treatment while masquerading as proponents of the public weal.
Halaman 211 - ... (2) the total sum of the contributions made to or for such person during the calendar year and not stated under paragraph (1); (3) the total sum of all contributions made to or for such person during the calendar year...