Congress, Not the FEC, Has to Fix the ‘Indian Loophole’

• By Hans A. von Spakovsky
• Special to Roll Call
• Feb. 21, 2006, Midnight

On Feb. 8, 2006, Federal Election Commission Chairman Michael Toner and Vice Chairman Robert Lenhard testified before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee at the invitation of Chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) about the treatment of political contributions by American Indian tribes under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.