"Justice Softens Stand on BCRA"
Roll Call offers this
report
(paid subscription required), which begins: "Senior Justice Department
officials said Friday they do not intend to prosecute violations of
federal campaign finance laws involving political speech, signalling
that the more controversial and complex areas of the new law including
the ban on soft money, coordination and issue ads may be off-limits for
criminal charges."
"Opting Out"
The New York Times offers this
Week in Review article about the public financing system.
Kerry Opts Out of Public Financing Too
See this
Washington Post report.
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