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One Swift Kick: The Role and Impact of 527 Groups in the 2004 Presidential Election
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More Bang For Its Billion, Analysis Shows.” The Washington Post, December 30, 2004, A01.
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Senator Biden has already announced publicly that he intends to run for the
presidency in 2008 and has begun visiting key states and constituencies looking for support. Furthermore, the announcement by the Senate Majority Leader Frist, that he had a differing position on stem cell research than the president led many to speculate that this might have been a miscalculation in that it may alienate the conservative base if he were to run in 2008 and erode much of the monetary support that might have come his way.
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For example, in the Robert Bork nomination during the Reagan administration.
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H.R. 1316, the 527 Fairness Act which would roll back some of the reforms of
the BCRA (e.g., the prohibition on corporations, unions, and other groups spending unlimited soft money on sham ‘issue ads’ to influence federal campaigns, among others), and the H.R. 513, the 527 Reform Act, (supported by the backers of BCRA) that would require 527 political organizations to register with the FEC and abide by the rules that apply to other political committees engaged in federal elections.
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More Bang For Its Billion, Analysis Shows.” The Washington Post, December
30, 2004, A01.
35
Senator Biden has already announced publicly that he intends to run for the
presidency in 2008 and has begun visiting key states and constituencies looking
for support. Furthermore, the announcement by the Senate Majority Leader
Frist, that he had a differing position on stem cell research than the president led
many to speculate that this might have been a miscalculation in that it may
alienate the conservative base if he were to run in 2008 and erode much of the
monetary support that might have come his way.
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For example, in the Robert Bork nomination during the Reagan administration.
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H.R. 1316, the 527 Fairness Act which would roll back some of the reforms of
the BCRA (e.g., the prohibition on corporations, unions, and other groups
spending unlimited soft money on sham ‘issue ads’ to influence federal
campaigns, among others), and the H.R. 513, the 527 Reform Act, (supported by
the backers of BCRA) that would require 527 political organizations to register
with the FEC and abide by the rules that apply to other political committees
engaged in federal elections.
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