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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 05:31 PM
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Unlimited funds may fight Schwarzenegger's redistricting plan


The Federal Election Commission voted Thursday to let members of Congress raise unlimited "soft money" to fight Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's redistricting plan in California.

The 6-0 decision came in response to a request from Reps. Howard Berman, D-Calif., and John Doolittle, R-Calif., both of whom oppose the redistricting initiative.

The decision will let federal officeholders raise unlimited sums from unions, corporations and other donors to support or oppose any measure on the ballot of the Nov. 8 special election called by Schwarzenegger.

In general, federal campaign finance law limits federal officeholders to donations of $5,000 from individual contributors for nonfederal electoral issues. Commissioners decided those limits, which lawmakers enacted in 2002, should not apply in the case of the special election, in part because there are no federal candidates on the ballot.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050818/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/schwarzenegger_redistricting&printer=1
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 05:33 PM
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1. Interesting
I like that a Republican is fighting this too.
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Lasher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 05:38 PM
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2. I never noticed...
but you could drive a Volkswagen into Schwarzenegger's nose holes.
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movonne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 05:46 PM
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3. And a Hummer in his mouth...
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Joanne98 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-05 05:48 PM
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4. Can their side raise unlimited funds too?
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