“Congress, Not the FEC, Has to Fix the ‘Indian Loophole'”

FEC Commissioner Hans von Spakovsky has written this Roll Call oped (paid subscription required). A snippet: “However, if Congress decides that there is no corruption justifying applying the same restrictions to Indian tribes that everyone else has to live with, perhaps Congress should also question why others have those restrictions. Only Congress can correct this statutory glitch: The FEC does not have the ability to change the statutory provisions that created this loophole. Congress could have fixed this in 2002 when it passed the McCain-Feingold campaign reform law that amended FECA but chose not to. Will it finally remedy this problem now?”

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