Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, and Gets It Wrong
- By Paul S. Ryan
- Special to Roll Call
- Dec. 11, 2006, Midnight
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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