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To: Mephisto who wrote (1591)	12/19/2001 1:57:49 PM
From: Mephisto	Respond to of 15516

"Bill Thomas of California, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is promoting a measure to water down a law requiring secret campaign slush funds to disclose their donors. It should be stopped cold. After failing for several years to ban unregulated "soft money" campaign donations by corporations, unions and rich individuals, Congress acted in 2000 to outlaw so-called "stealth" campaign funds. These funds became notorious in the presidential campaign when a sham group calling itself Republicans for Clean Air ran advertisements in New York attacking Senator John McCain during the presidential primary season. The donors turned out to be fund-raisers for George W. Bush, then governor of Texas. Other groups have run ads in other contests. They are exempt from paying income taxes under Section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code but did not, until last year, have to identity their donors." The above is an excerpt from an editorial, About-Face on Campaign Reform , in The New York Times December 19, 2001 nytimes.com For editorial: Message 16810880