Now this is kinda funny!

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December 24, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

Light blogging through the New Year doesn't mean that we can't share a good laugh.  Fortunately, the humorless "reform" community is always there to ...

WRTL v. FEC: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

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December 22, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

In a bit of welcome news for the Free Speech Community, a special three judge district court has ruled ...

Millionaire’s Amendment MUR Madness

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December 21, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

We always knew that the so-called "Millionaire's Amendment" was a silly law, but if the FEC's most recent pronouncement on the law's requirements is ...

Disclosure versus Snooping: Do ‘reformers’ know the difference?

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December 19, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

The Federal Election Commission has adopted new guidelines requiring political committees to include more information about the purposes of their various disbursements.  It goes ...

Oh that Pesky First Amendment!: The New York Times’ Take

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December 18, 2006   •  By Brad Smith   •  ,

The New York Times once again pulls out its Thesaurus of invective to tackle the issue of campaign finance reform.  Next time, we suggest they ...

Never Happy

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December 14, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center are unhappy.  They describe the FEC’s ruling yesterday as “too little, ...

Remembering the Rationale

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December 13, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

Why are so many so eager to invoke McConnell when interpreting FECA?

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Not a “loophole” anymore

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November 30, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

In the past, articles in the online magazine Salon.com have referred to 527 groups as "shadowy", "stealth PACs", that "clearly enjoy a loophole ...

[Re]gress for America

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November 29, 2006   •  By Steve Hoersting   •  ,

The FEC declined to answer Progress for America's request for advice by a vote of 4-2 (Chairman Toner, Comm'r von Spakovsky dissenting), calling it ...

If you can’t beat ’em, sue ’em

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November 28, 2006   •  By IFS staff   •  ,

A pair of lawsuits seek to nullify the reelections of five Alabama state senators for alleged failure to comply with state campaign finance reporting ...

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