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I .. ...... - ... ..... .... .. .. ..... .... .. ... .. ' ... .......... ........ '. .........,. .... ............... .. ,.. .. .. ... ............ .. .. ........ ... .! . ..... .. ....... I ,: ................ ... ... ...... ...... .. ...I. .. .. .. .... ............. ......... , .' : ............... : :._. .... .. ........ '..I .., I ... ' .' . .' .. ...... oq ............... .. .,.; .. '_ ... ... ,. , :., ' . ......... y ..... ... ..a4 '. , ' . ... .! ............. ... ...... .. .... &'. ... ... ,. ... ,P . ,.,Attachm.ent.;A *. .. :i+.. ... ......'.. .., .... _. ........ .. ' .. .. .. .... ..: ..... .. Statement of Senator John McCain, Senate Committee on Rules I Wednesday, March IO, 2004 In its recent opinion in Mcconnell v. FEC, the Supreme Court wisely noted that money, like water, is going to seek a way’toleak back into the system. .We already see that. Now that -the-.. .. -. -. .... parties have been taken out of the soft money business, there are efforts by political operators.to redirect some of that money to groups that operate as political organizations under Section 527 of the IRS Code, or so-called “Section 527” groups. The game is the same: these groups are raising huge corporate and union contributions, and .I multi-million dollar donations from wealthy individuals, and want to spend that money on so- , called “issue” ads that promote or attack federal candidates, and voter mobilization efforts , intended to influence federal elections. The tax laws say’that a 527 group is a “poiitical organization” that is organized and
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