“Republicans for Clean Air” a Bit Less Clean

Remember this from McConnell v. FEC?

    Because FECA’s disclosure requirements did not apply to so-called issue ads, sponsors of such ads often used misleading names to conceal their identity. “Citizens for Better Medicare,” for instance, was not a grassroots organization of citizens, as its name might suggest, but was instead a platform for an association of drug manufacturers. And “Republicans for Clean Air,” which ran ads in the 2000 Republican Presidential primary, was actually an organization consisting of just two individuals–brothers who together spent $25 million on ads supporting their favored candidate.

Those two brothers, who ran those ads against John McCain and in favor of George W. Bush in the 2000 Republican primaries, are now in a great deal of SEC trouble.

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