And in a night full of victories....

From an email I received from Grassroots Freedom:

WE WON!!

The grassroots legislation, H.R. 2093, was not included in the lobbying reform legislation passed by the United States House of Representatives.

Thank you for your emails, phone calls, petitions and letters to your representatives. They worked, and that is why the grassroots legislation was so dangerous – it would have hampered the ability of ordinary citizens to know about and fight bad legislation.

The people spoke, and Washington heard despite insider lobbyists and others with vested interests against the grassroots trying to harm and take away our fundamental First Amendment rights.

Make no mistake about it, this grassroots bill was defeated by the grassroots. That was real democracy in action. Wealthy, Washington-based special interests tried many tricks to pass the legislation because regulating the grassroots would give them more control over what goes on in our Capital, and people like us a great deal less.

We’re likely to see similar legislation down the road.

But for now, you and the tens of thousands of citizens who contacted Congress in opposition to this legislation deserve great thanks. And we at GrassrootsFreedom.com appreciate the bloggers and others who helped spread the word, and told the truth.

Sincerely yours,

Mark Fitzgibbons
GrassrootsFreedom.com