Legislating with bloggers in mind

Senator John Cornyn of Texas (along with Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont) has introduced legislation to overhaul the U.S. Freedom of Information Act in order to improve the public’s access to information about the federal government. Mark Tapscott of the Heritage Foundation says that Senator Cornyn and his staff had bloggers in mind while drafting the legislation. Indeed, when he introduced his proposal on the Senate floor, Cornyn mentioned blogs:

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