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        <fullName>Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Free All Speech Act of 2014 - Requires any law that restricts political speech of American citizens to apply with equal force to media corporations (such as the New York Times, the American Broadcasting Company [ABC], the National Broadcasting Company [NBC], and the CBS Television Network). </p> <p>Prohibits such a law from having any force or effect with respect to American citizens to the extent that its application to a media corporation is found unconstitutional.</p>]]></text>
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