Posted on 10/08/2002 10:46:35 PM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:57:43 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Rep. Christopher Shays and other advocates of overhauling campaign finance laws filed suit yesterday, hoping to overturn the Federal Election Commission's new regulations implementing their law.
Mr. Shays, Connecticut Republican, and his allies persuaded Congress to pass and the president to sign their bill in March, but campaign finance reform advocates say the FEC has drawn the regulations so that they actually retain many of the loopholes lawmakers hoped to close.
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