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Washington, DC—The Republican National Committee and the Bush Cheney campaign today announced they are filing a complaint against third party 527 groups and the John Kerry for President campaign. “Senator Kerry, who supported the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act (BCRA) is now the beneficiary of the single largest conspiracy to violate campaign finance laws in history,” said RNC Chief Counsel Jill Holtzman Vogel. The complaint which will be filed with the Federal Election Commission today outlines violations of campaign finance law including using soft money to advocate for or against a candidate for federal office and illegally coordinating campaign activity...

WASHINGTON - Interest groups raising big donations to spend in this year's elections could face tough new limits under a proposal federal officials will begin considering this week. The Federal Election Commission is weighing how a new campaign finance law affects nonparty groups that raise corporate, union and unlimited "soft money" donations and are active at election time. Several commissioners call it the most important decision they will make this year. The FEC is considering a wide range of options, from placing broad limits on soft money groups to sticking to the status quo and waiting to see what the...