Especially when the LARGEST 527 included in the report is the Republican Governors Association, which CPI says spent the funds on off-year Governors races, rather than federal activity!

	-----Original Message----- 
	From: owner-election-law_gl@majordomo.lls.edu on behalf of Thomas Mann 
	Sent: Tue 2/10/2004 3:21 PM 
	To: Holman@aol.com; election-law@majordomo.lls.edu 
	Cc: 
	Subject: Re: Fundraising by 527s
	
	

	And that fundraising by 527s pales in comparison with what the parties 
	have been able to raise in hard-money only.  Talk about hype! 

	>>> <Holman@aol.com> 02/10/04 02:33PM >>> 
	Since the role of soft money fundraising by Section 527s has been such 
	a 
	controversial topic, I thought it significant to point out the actual 
	fundraising 
	figures for these groups in 2003. Despite the Center for Public 
	Integrity's 
	sensational headline on their press release -- "Political Nonprofits 
	Rake in 
	Donations at a Record Pace, from Left to Right" -- the actual numbers 
	the study 
	reports is that 527s raised $86 million in 2003, as opposed to raising 
	$83 
	million in 2001. In other words, 527s have not been able to raise more 
	soft money 
	under BCRA, even with the grand proclamations of George Soros, at least 
	not to 
	date. 


	Craig Holman, Ph.D. 
	Public Citizen 
	215 Pennsylvania Ave., SE 
	Washington, D.C. 20003 
	TEL: 202-454-5182 
	FAX: 202-547-7392 
	Holman@aol.com 




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