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To: Cboldt
It just amazes me that the FEC has said they won't rule on 527's until AFTER the elections......
4 posted on 09/16/2004 6:04:37 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
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To: OXENinFLA
It just amazes me that the FEC has said they won't rule on 527's until AFTER the elections...

I am amazed that Congress and GWB have promulgated laws that were designed to limit advocacy organizations access to air time, while permitting licensed media outlets to say whatever the heck they want.

I want less regulation, not more. The only laws that need to be in place are those that require transparency of donor and donation amount.

9 posted on 09/16/2004 6:09:22 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: OXENinFLA

It amazes me the plaintiffs weren't McCain or Feingold.


10 posted on 09/16/2004 6:10:19 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (Real gun control is - all shots inside the ten ring)
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To: OXENinFLA

I realize it's a bit late, but for what it's worth, the FEC *did* rule on 527s, in August, holding basically that 527s were still governed by the same rules under which they have always been governed, pre-McCain-Feingold, but changing some of the ways in which federal PACS (all federal PACs - for example, Americans Coming Together - are 527s, but not all 527s - for example, Swift Boat Vets, Media Fund- are federal PACs, and some groups -MoveOn - have both a federal PAC and a 527) operate, with those changes effective after the election.


20 posted on 09/28/2004 7:06:34 PM PDT by Gen. Longstreet
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