November 4, 2004
Criticizing Elected Officials
Q. I've received information from Moveon.org that the Federal Election Commission has proposed new rules, under which nonprofit groups that advocate for a variety of causes (cancer research, poverty issues, the environment, etc.) could be transformed into political-action committees if they criticize or condemn elected officials based on their actions or policy positions. Is this for real?
A. It appears that for now, it's not. Although the Federal
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