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Article: Are new campaign finance regulations an attack on free speech?(Up front: news and opinion from independent minds)
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- The Humanist
- Article date:
- May 1, 2004
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Recently there has been an uproar from liberal nonprofit organizations over possible new Federal Election Committee (FEC) rules that would regulate some organizations' efforts to air anti-Bush ads during this election year. The regulations are aimed at independent political committees--section 527 groups.
Republicans see this as a chance to shut off one source of Democratic campaign funds and thereby improve Republican chances for victory in November--and Democrats are aggressively challenging the proposed rules for the same reason.
Those in the campaign finance reform community see this as a rare opportunity to gain the cooperation of the party in power ...