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Public
Policy

Campaign Finance Reform
- FEC rule allows issue ads with disclsoure....11/26/07
- House passes restrictions on Section
527organizations....4/10/06
- District Court tells FEC to
review Section 527decision....4/10/06
- FEC Exempts Political Activity on the Internet -- the unanimous decision
exempts most Internet communications from campaign finance regulations.
It will, however, require disclosure of paid political advertising placed
on another person’s website. Read the final
rule (PDF) on the FEC website....3/27/06
- FEC Drops
501(c)(3) exemption for electioneering communications....12/21/05
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FEC brochure on electioneering communications (PDF)...updated 8/07
- FEC final rule on coordinated
expenditures (PDF)...1/3/03
- Independent Sector letter
to the FEC regarding coordinated expenditures ...10/11/02
- Electioneering communications
Final rule (PDF) and
explanation approved by FEC...10/10/02
- Independent Sector comments
on FEC proposed rules on electioneering communications...8/21/02
- Independent
Sector letter to the
FEC regarding electioneering communications...5/14/02
- Summary of provisions (PDF)
in the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (Public Law No. 107-155) that
would affect tax-exempt organizations, prepared by Caplin & Drysdale...6/5/02
- Statement (PDF)
made by Rep. Marty Meehan in the Congressional Record at the
request of IS, Common Cause, and OMB Watch, regarding exceptions to
"electioneering communications" in H.R. 2356...2/13/02
- Tax-Exempt Organizations and Campaign
Activities (PDF), a side-by-side chart
of various tax-exempt groups and the campaign and lobbying laws governing
them, from Power, Politics, and Nonprofits, prepared by Caplin
& Drysdale...12/19/01
- Independent
Sector Policy Position Statement on campaign finance
bill...7/24/01
- Policy briefing paper (PDF)
prepared by Jonathan Krasno, visiting fellow at Yale University's
Institution for Social and Policy Studies...6/5/01
- Policy brief (PDF)
examining the underlying issues of campaign finance reform, prepared
by Caplin and Drysdale...6/5/01
- Independent
Sector letter to Senators McCain, Feingold, and Lieberman
regarding Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2001...3/15/01
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