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  • Judge Rules FEC Minsinterpreted Campaign Law

    09/20/2004 5:58:26 PM PDT · by neverdem · 4 replies · 396+ views
    LA Times ^ | September 20, 2004 | Lisa Getter
    Jurist says the Federal Elections Commission even may be fostering corruption. WASHINGTON — A federal judge has ruled that the Federal Election Commission repeatedly misinterpreted the 2002 campaign finance reform legislation when it issued rules implementing the law, creating in at least one case "an immense loophole" that could "foster corruption." But the decision will likely have no impact on this year's election, experts said today. Still, the ruling by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, who oversaw the Microsoft settlement, was yet another blow to the beleaguered agency, which has come under fire from key members of Congress and reformers...
  • 11 Republican Senators, 41 Republican House Members and One Republican President Signed BCRA-2002

    12/10/2003 8:57:44 PM PST · by jwalsh07 · 129 replies · 1,310+ views
    Congress | 12/10/03 | John Walsh
    11 Republican Senators who voted for the BCFA of 2002:McCain, Fitzgerald, Lugar, Collins, Snowe, Cochran, Domenicic, Spector, Chafee, Thompson Warner41 Republican House Members voted for the BCFA of 2002:Bohlert, Bono, Capito, Castle, Ferguson, Foley, Frelinghausen, Ganske, Gilchrest, Gilman, Graham, Greenwood, Grucci, Houghton, Horn, Johnson(CT), Johnson(IL), Kirk, LaTourette, Leach, LoBiondo, McHugh, Morella, Osborne, Ose, Petri, Platts, Quinn, Ramstad, Ros-Lehtinen, Sanders, Shays, Simmons, Smith(Mi), Thune, Upton, Walsh(not my clan), Wamp, Weldon(Pa), WolfOne President Signed BCRA of 2002:President Bush