RNC Surprisingly Drops Challenge to Federal Soft Money Limits November 21, 2014, 2:00 pmcampaign finance, political partiesRick Hasen Huh. Bloomberg BNA says the RNC won’t comment and the FEC will only say the voluntary dismissal was sought by the RNC. I thought this challenge had a reasonably good chance of success, not in the DC Court of Appeal but in the Supreme Court. Share this: