February 22, 2000

Rosemary C. Smith,

Assistant General Counsel

Federal Election Commission

999 E Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20463

Re: Proposed Rules on General Public Communications Coordinated with Candidates: Comments of Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law

Dear Ms. Smith:

Opponents of campaign finance reform are seeking to kill the Shays-Meehan bill (H.R. 417) by attaching poison pill amendments that no true supporter of democracy should swallow.

The Brennan Center's comments on the proposed rules for the presidential public financing system

Letter written by Brennan Center leadership to Senators to rebut letters from the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), dated February 17
and February 20, 1998, in opposition to the Snowe-Jeffords Amendment to the McCain-Feingold Bill.