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WASHINGTON - Unions and businesses may pay for TV and radio "issue ads" that name candidates in the days before elections, federal regulators said Tuesday, easing previous restrictions and opening the way for interest groups to influence next year's elections with big-money advertising campaigns.
Following the lead of the Supreme Court, the Federal Election Commission voted unanimously to soften its advertising rules in a decision that could lead to fresh ads as soon as next month in Iowa.See the full content of this document
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Fec Softens Rules On Campaign Ads
Under the change, an organization that supports a presidential candidate, for example, may use corporate or union money to run independent ads that cast the candidate in a good light or that criticize his or her rivals, provided the overall message is a ca...
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