Lawmakers writing bill to limit giving to 527 groups (WV)

[davidinalameda]

http://www.wvgazette.com/section/News/2005010928

Call it the anti-Don Blankenship bill.

A committee of legislators is drafting legislation to limit independent spending for or against a candidate, like the $2.4 million Massey Energy Co. CEO Blankenship gave to one group to help defeat state Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw.

The draft bill would limit at $2,000 the contributions any one person could give to a group making an “electioneering communication” close to an election.



fantastic--hope other states and the feds adopt this

[illflem]

1. They'll find away around it,

like attacking a group rather than an individual. Then there is nothing that can be done without infringing on free speech.

[zbdent]

2. Amusing, since Ohio raised the bribery limit to 10K

based on the lament that it was limiting "freedom of speech".

[w4rma]

3. So unless you own a media outlet your mic is never worth more than $2,000.

The media enabling bill?

[TR Fan]

4. On face value, this would also seem to

limit the amount, for example, that a Soros could give to organizations like MoveOn (if were enacted at a federal level).