In today's Roll Call...

See Amazon putting campaign cash a click away, which begins: "One month after the Supreme Court upheld a ban on massive political contributions from corporate America, online retailer Amazon.com plans to become the first U.S. business to unveil a way for the general public to funnel cash to presidential candidates. Amazon will create a link on its Web site this week that will permit customers to donate directly to presidential campaigns when purchasing books written by or about the candidates on the company’s virtual bookstore. "

See also the editorial, FEC Loopholes, which begins: "The Federal Election Commission is at it again, poking loopholes in the new Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act to permit federal officeholders and candidates to raise soft money, this time for so-called 527 political committees."

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Posted by Rick Hasen at January 12, 2004 07:26 AM