Posted on 04/23/2010 2:33:58 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican Party asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow political parties to raise unlimited contributions, the latest outgrowth of the court's decision to unleash corporate and labor spending in federal elections.
The filing sought to undo the ban on the raising of soft money — unlimited donations from corporations, unions and others — by national party committees.
The GOP said the Supreme Court's rationale in January for removing restrictions on corporate and union spending in federal elections should lead to a similar removal of the restriction on such fundraising by national political parties.
The soft money ban was a cornerstone of the 2002 overhaul of federal campaign finance law. Just last month, a federal court in Washington said it lacked authority to overturn the soft money ban.
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People have no idea the damage McCain caused with MCCain-Feingold.
We have a Dem Congress and Obama destroying America because of MCCain-Feingold.
>the damage McCain caused
But it was Bush who signed it. Didn’t have to.
Anybody should be able to give what they want to anybody they want. Let the chips fall how they will.
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