National campaign finance reform advocates urged the FEC to limit exemptions to funding restrictions and retain existing disclosure of electioneering communications.
It is all but certain that corporations and unions will pour hundreds of millions of dollars in treasury funds into electioneering communications in the next election.
Originally published on the Huffington Post, June 29, 2007
Anyone concerned about the role of money in politics should be worried about the conclusions reached earlier this week by the Supreme Court in FEC v. Wisconsin Right to Life Inc. ("WRTL"). For all practical purposes, corporations and unions have been given a green light to spend unlimited money on political ads again.
