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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Gets It Wrong

In a Nov. 20 Guest Observer in Roll Call, “FEC Ruling on Voter Guides Sets Bad Precedent,” former Federal Election Commission Chairman Bradley A. Smith criticized the FEC’s recent ruling that the Sierra Club violated the federal law ban on corporate political expenditures by distributing a mailer in 2004 urging recipients to vote for presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Florida Senate candidate Betty Castor (D).

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House Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman John Mica conducts a committee markup hearing of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act on Feb. 2.
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30 Hill Aides to Know

30 Hill Aides to Know

The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

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