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527 Political Organizations
March 2004
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BNA Analysis
Special
Report: Analysis & Opinion: The New Loophole?: 527s, Political
Committees, and McCain-Feingold By Edward B. Foley1 and Donald
Tobin2
Federal Government
Supreme Court Ruling
McConnell
v. FEC comprehensive case materials from Stanford Law School
Congressional Hearing and Testimony
COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION
UNITED STATES SENATE Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Hearing to examine the Scope and Operation of Organizations Registered
under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code
Opening
Statement - The Honorable Trent Lott - Chairman, Senate Committee
on Rules and Administration
Opening
Statement - The Honorable Christopher Dodd - Ranking Member,
Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
WITNESS LIST
The
Honorable Russell D. Feingold (Statement) United States Senate
Washington, DC
The
Honorable John McCain (Statement) United States Senate Washington,
DC
Lawrence
Noble (Statement) The Center for Responsive Politics Washington,
DC
Edward
B. Foley (Statement) Moritz College of Law Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Congressional Research Service Reports
Campaign
Finance: Constitutional and Legal Issues of Soft Money
Updated February 4, 2004 L. Paige Whitaker American Law Division
Federal Election Commission
Bipartisan
Campaign Reform Act of 2002
Political
Committee Status Notice of Proposed Rulemaking [3/11/2004]
Draft
NPRM on Open
Meeting Agenda [3/4/2004]
Ex
Parte Communication on Draft NPRM
Statements of FEC Members on 527 Organizations
Republican
National Lawyers Association CLE Presentation
March 19, 2004 Bradley A. Smith, Chairman
Federal Election Commission
FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION
Chairman Bradley A. Smith
Remarks:
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Political Committee Status
March 4, 2004
Ellen Weintraub
Notice
of Proposed Rulemaking on Political Committee Status Statement for
the Record Vice Chair Ellen L. Weintraub
March 4, 2004
Michael E. Toner, Proposed
Rules Regarding Political Committee Status, March 4, 2004
Advisory
Opinion 2003-37, concerning the funding and staffing of various
GOTV activities planned by an unincorporated section 527 organization
with both federal and nonfederal accounts (Issued February 19,
2004, to Americans for a Better Country).
Request
Comments on request
and AO drafts, and ex parte communications
Request materials
Draft(s)
considered by Commission on February 5, 2004
Minutes
of meeting of February 5, 2004
Draft(s)
considered by Commission on February 18, 2004
Minutes
of meeting of February 18, 2004
Nongovernmental Organizations
American
Coming Together
Moveon.org
Brookings
Political
Party Finance under BCRA: An Initial Assessment Brookings Institution,
March 11, 2004
Anthony Corrado, Visiting Fellow, Governance Studies
Separating
Myth From Reality in McConnell v. FEC
Election Law Journal, March 2004
Thomas E. Mann, W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow, Governance
Studies Norman J. Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise
Institute
FECWatch.org
CRP
Files Complaint Against Section 527 Organizations Using Soft Money
for Federal Elections
Compliant
Center for Responsive Politics
What
Are So-Called “527 Organizations,” and Will They Influence
2004 Elections?
America
Coming Together, 2004 Election Cycle
Leadership
Forum, 2004 Election Cycle
527
Committee Activity Top 50 Organizations
Media
Fund, 2004 Election Cycle
Public Citizen Analysis:
The
February 2004 FEC Ruling on 527s and Other Non-Profit Political
Groups
FEC Applies Hard Money/Soft Money Allocation Rules to PACs; Leans
Toward Greater Regulation of Independent Groups Craig Holman
Legislative Representative Public Citizen
Republican National Committee
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