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527 fix returns, passes, heads to governor

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From Sunshine State News: In stark contrast to the way lawmakers tried earlier this year to rein in shadowy electioneering groups in a broad campaign finance bill that was ultimately vetoed, the House quietly passed and sent to Gov. Charlie Crist on Thursday a second attempt to put some regulations on “527” organizations. The “electioneering communications organizations,” sometimes called 527s for the section of IRS code that deals with them, have torpedoed campaigns with little accountability since a federal court…

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Video from House committee’s discussion of SB 6

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Video from Palm Beach Post, story from Sunshine News: Hundreds of teachers turned out Monday afternoon to testify against Senate Bill 6. Among the throng was Florida Association of School Boards director Wayne Blanton. Before the doors opened to Webster Hall in the Capitol’s Knott building, amid a crush of prospective protesters, Blanton was getting warmed up. “I’m not sure you can implement (the bill). You can’t even fix it, it’s so bad,” he told Sunshine State News. SB6, sponsored…

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Video from House committee’s discussion of SB 6

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Video from Palm Beach Post, story from Sunshine News: Hundreds of teachers turned out Monday afternoon to testify against Senate Bill 6. Among the throng was Florida Association of School Boards director Wayne Blanton. Before the doors opened to Webster Hall in the Capitol’s Knott building, amid a crush of prospective protesters, Blanton was getting warmed up. “I’m not sure you can implement (the bill). You can’t even fix it, it’s so bad,” he told Sunshine State News. SB6, sponsored…

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