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New political fund-raising units (527s) hard to track: 8 of the top 10 are liberal
page A3 of the Boston Globe on 4/10/2002 ^
| 4/10/2002
| Robert Schlesinger, Globe Staff
Posted on 04/10/2002 7:15:03 AM PDT by rface
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:07:41 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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WASHINGTON - Any citizen with a Web browser and five minutes could find out that Jane Fonda gave nearly $40,000 to Democratic Party and abortion-rights causes over the last three years. But that search of Federal Election Commission records would miss the lion's share of the famous actress' political generosity, more than $12 million she gave in two chunks in September 2000 to a little-known group called Pro-Choice Vote.
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TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 527groups; 527s; campaignfinance; cfrlist; silenceamerica
Ashland, Missouri
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posted on
04/10/2002 7:15:03 AM PDT
by
rface
To: rface
So one of the "unintended consequences" of CFR seems to be making it easier for super rich donors to hide their support of candidates and eaiser for issue groups to hide the source of funding.
Now does this really come as a suprise to any of us?
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posted on
04/10/2002 7:25:50 AM PDT
by
steve50
To: steve50
I 'wonder' [NOT!] why the IRS is involved rather than the FEC...
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posted on
04/10/2002 7:35:26 AM PDT
by
Rowdee
To: Rowdee
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posted on
04/10/2002 7:54:54 AM PDT
by
rface
Comment #5 Removed by Moderator
To: KQQL
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