March 4, 2004

Campaign-Finance Decision Allays Nonprofit Concerns

By Harvy Lipman

Many nonprofit groups have expressed relief that a Federal Election Commission decision does not subject their public-policy statements to the finance limits imposed on political committees. Such groups had worried that the limits would restrict their ability to speak out on issues, such as environmental or antipoverty legislation, because such a stand could be construed as a political message against a president who was running for reelection.

But the matter is far from settled. The

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