U.S. Senate Hearing on Repealing the Limitation on Party Expenditures on Behalf of Candidates

On April 18, the U.S. Senate Rules Committee will hold a hearing, on the subject of possibly repealing limits in the McCain-Feingold law on how much money political parties may spend on behalf of their own nominees. Speakers in favor include John Samples of the CATO Institute, and attorney Marc Elias. Speakers opposed to the idea are Fred Wertheimer of Democracy 21, Dr. Thomas E. Mann of The Brookings Institution, and Gary Kalman of U.S. Pirg.
Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news.


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