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Automatic 527 Regulation
BY Sarah Laskow | July 11, 2008
Paul S. Ryan, the Federal Election Commission program director at the Campaign Legal Center, argues that any group registered as a 527 should, by default, be regulated as a political committee.
Contribution Limits Legal — For Now
BY Sarah Laskow | July 01, 2008
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., denied a request by SpeechNow.org, a conservative-leaning 527 group, to invalidate the contribution limits that apply to the group.
Nit-Picky Pickens
BY Sarah Laskow | June 26, 2008
A group of Vietnam veterans are still fighting against the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign that questioned John Kerry’s war record in 2004. The vets sent a letter to T. Boone Pickens, the Texas oilman who funded the Swiftees, rebutting several of the accusations against Kerry, The New York Times reports.
More >The Fund Stops Here
BY Caitlin Ginley | June 26, 2008
The Democratic-aligned Fund for America is the latest outside group to fold under Barack Obama’s request, and will shut down today, The Washington Post reports.
Save Our Smears
BY Taylor Rausch | June 20, 2008
No third-party group has yet launched a smear campaign against Barack Obama, but GOP strategists contend that the ploys are simmering, The Politico reports — they just don’t know who’s going to do it. Third-party groups attribute their silence to John McCain’s distaste for such campaign tactics.
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