Appeals Court Won't Reconsider Campaign Finance Decision

WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission must begin work on writing tougher campaign finance rules to govern the 2006 elections after a federal appeals court declined to intervene in a challenge.

In a one-page order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit declined to reconsider a decision requiring the FEC to write new rules to carry out a 2002 campaign finance law.

The FEC requested the full court's review in August after a three-judge panel upheld U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's 2004 ruling striking down several FEC rules interpreting the new law.

Commissioner Michael Toner () said Friday's order means the FEC must start drafting tougher rules on political donations, including how Internet activity will be regulated. The FEC could still appeal to the Supreme Court, but has not indicated whether it will do so.

The law, approved by Congress and signed by President Bush () in 2002, bans congressional and presidential candidates and national party committees from raising corporate and union money. It also bans unlimited donations from any source.

The law also bans the use of corporate and union money for election-time ads, among other new limits.

Bush should've never signed it, and we shouldn't have given him a pass when he did. It's been planned all along.. the only parts of the constitution he defends are those related to executive powers. The rest of us can take a flying leap. Freedom of Political Speech. Eminent Domain. Foreign invasion. Border control. Sovereignty of the American vote and voice.

No I will not accept Bush apologists as anything different than Clinton ones. Bush is not a conservative. He's a compassionate conservative which has translated into Globalist. We should've known this when he refused to address illegal immigration, and pushed CAFTA, signed on with the CFR folks. Don't bother flaming me. I'm already burnt by the behaviour of this President, this Congress, and the Republican party that WAS supposed to protect the constitution. Their goal is to bleed and distroy the middle class.

Harriet Miers was a pick for a judge of the future.. one who continue to help both the pubs and dems dismantle the constitution and remove all individual rights guaranteed and give all power to the government.. to embrace the ICC, and international law.... exactly what the founding fathers feared would happen.. Do NOT apologize for this President, a Theif of the People Power.

I voted for him twice so save your breath. Now just save your pennies. Your voice means NOTHING to a fully corrupted congress that do not speak for the people, but rather swear allegiance to an ideology of government power over the people, and will have to do so till their last breath, or be taken down by the "two" (one) political parties. The Party of Government.

Tax cut? Sure, how much is the 2nd amendment worth to you?? End the death tax in exchange for the 2nd amendment... deal??

This diatribe was not personally directed (in full) to you acapesket... it was just some THINKING points for the party over people folks.

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