BNA Money and Politics Report offers this story. A few snippets from this very important report: “Instead of establishing a schedule to resolve the case within weeks, as requested by challenger WRTL, the court said it would take until April 10 to decide whether to allow discovery and development of a further factual record in the case. The ruling was announced from the bench by U.S. District Judge Richard Leon, one of three judges on a special panel of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The announcement followed a status hearing in the case.” “Meanwhile, attorneys for the AFL-CIO, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and three other organizations filed a petition with the FEC Feb. 16 asking that the commission try to resolve the issue of whether there should be an exception to BCRA’s electioneering communication rules for grass roots lobbying messages…FEC Chairman Michael Toner quickly responded to the rulemaking petition, telling BNA in a telephone interview Feb. 17 that the petition “raises issues of enormous importance which I believe the commission should decide as soon as possible.'”