Reformers Prepare Suit on 527s

Legislation, Bush Challenge Could Target FEC Shortly

• By Amy Keller and Mark Preston
• Roll Call Staff
• Sept. 14, 2004, Midnight

Reps. Marty Meehan (D-Mass.) and Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), with help from the same legal team that successfully defended their campaign finance reforms before the Supreme Court, will file suit against the Federal Election Commission today, claiming that the agency has acted negligently by failing to rein in the independent campaign-related groups known as 527s.