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Even Judges Can’t Follow Campaign Finance Laws

By Marc Elias
Special to Roll Call
June 7, 2005, Midnight

Anyone looking for an assessment of the state of America’s campaign finance system need look no further than the recent criminal trial of Democratic fundraiser David Rosen. Rosen’s trial and subsequent acquittal for underreporting in-kind contributions was remarkable in many respects. The trial featured testimony about Hollywood stars, their perks and their habits. It had a roster of characters straight out of central casting. But perhaps most striking was insight it offered into how much confusion exists about exactly how the campaign finance laws work.

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May 22, 2012

Rumi Pazos, 6, and his mother, Christi Funk, from Orange County, Ca., attend a news conference Tuesday in front of the Capitol on the Safe Chemical Act, which would update the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976. To support the bill, Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families rallied moms, nurses and cancer survivors to participate in a “stroller brigade” throughout the Capitol complex.

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