What does that mean?
An ad can't be paid for, unless it's counted as a expenditure??
An expenditure is a cost.
Is the whole bill null and void if I claim that I spent money on the ad I paid for?
That's right. It is a lame attempt to skirt the 1973 court decision based on the false definitions of expenditures vs donations. That is why the issue will be moot the moment the USSC gets hold of it. The Supremes don't like their past decisions monkeyed with. I have a feeling that the entire bill could be found unconstitutional. The beauty of that is, CFR is a dead issue instead of being brought up over and over and over again.