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Court Rescinds Cap on Political Spending by Nonprofits

Emily's List wins ruling on 'soft money'

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 18, 2009 4:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – A federal appeals court today rescinded FEC limits on “soft money,” the Washington Post reports. The federal regulations had required that funds used by a nonprofit to influence a federal election be drawn from “hard money” accounts—individual contributions of “hard...   Read full story »

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