"Legislators Discuss Campaign 'Loophole'"

The Charleston Gazette (WV) offers this report, which begins: "A legislative committee on campaign finance reform debated ways Monday to rein in contributions to political advocacy groups like the one that heavily influenced this year’s Supreme Court race. Sen. Jon Blair Hunter, D-Monongalia, said Monday there’s not much point to pursuing the committee’s ongoing study of publicly financed campaigns as long as there are no limits on contributions to the so-called 527 groups. 'To have a loophole this broad, we might as well not do anything,' Hunter said. 'It defeats the whole purpose.'"

Posted by Rick Hasen at December 7, 2004 07:53 AM