But they might pass an administrative rule. As usual, the Demorats are up to no good. blogHOUSTON gives us a heads up from Rep. Culberson’s website:

Basically, the Democratic-controlled Committee on House Administration is drafting rules that would prohibit House members from posting content on any but “approved” websites. One can only imagine what kind of list the Dems would draw up.

According to the statement, the Democrats are looking at restricting Member content on websites outside the house.gov domain. Congressman Culberson is quickly becoming a “real time representative” by posting on Twitter.com, where he sends regular updates from the House floor and the halls of Congress, and on Qik.com, where he films and posts video updates on the Internet. This new technology allows him to bypass the mainstream media and shine sunlight into the darkest corners of Congress. If the Democrats strong-arm this rule, he would no longer be able to use these websites and our fundamental right to free speech will be taken away.”

Now bear in mind that this is the same Congress that gets to send mail for free (the “franking” privilege); meant for business but often abused during campaign season to send “informative updates” that are not “campaign materials” to everyone in the congressman’s district. Yet the Dems are trying to stifle taxpayer-free or low-cost alternatives used by its own members.

Why am I not surprised? It’s become clear since the 2004 campaign that the real name of the Democratic party is the “Socialist Worker’s Party.” Hail democracy, comrade!