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November 03, 2005BELTWAY BLOGROLL
Today's Trivia: 47 House References To 'Blog'
Yesterday's House debate about campaign finance marked another milestone for bloggers. Although they technically lost the vote on a bill they inspired, they briefly won the unprecedented attention of "the people's house" in American democracy.
I took the time to check the official transcript of the debate this morning, and lawmakers mentioned the words "blog," "bloggers" or some related terms nearly four dozen times (including in the speeches inserted into the Congressional Record but not spoken on the floor). That is quite an achievement -- one that demonstrates yet again that while bloggers currently lack noteworthy influence on major issues, they are driving the hottest campaign finance debate of the day.
The achievement merits detailed attention here, so I am going to reprint from the Record excerpts of yesterday's debate. You can read them in a forthcoming series of posts, slugged with the members' names.
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