No Twitter Makes Congressman Bitter

by PEP | July 16, 2008 at 05:04 am | 58 views | add comment | 0 recommendations

Ahh, the internet--and the ubiqutuous ways of social networking, like birds on a wire, chatter, chatter. Or so the House of Representatives sees it.

But Rep. John Culberson (R-Tex) sees it differently. He Twitters, and a tweety little war has erupted over use of the service.

Is the Democratic leadership of the House, via the Congressional Commission on Mailing Standards, stifling free speech?

Texas Rep. John Culberson uses his Blackberry to post blurbs about his work onto Twitter, a social networking site on the Internet. The Internet has set him free from unfair media reports and other barriers between him and his constituents, enabling him to better represent them in Congress, he says.

But Culberson's actions have put him in possible violation of House rules that appear to ban blogging or other work-related activities on non-House Web sites.

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