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Jodi Rave: Tribal political donations debated
Thursday, February 9, 2006
"U.S. Senate leaders searched for answers Wednesday during a committee hearing about ways to make politically active tribes more accountable for their campaign contributions.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. and chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, led six panelists through a discussion on federal election laws and tribal campaign contributions in the wake of a recent lobbying debacle in the nation's capital.
We're in the midst of a far-reaching influence-buying scandal that was in large part triggered by lobbyist Jack Abramoff and some of his Indian tribal clients, Larry Noble, executive director of the Center for Responsive Politics, told the committee. This has resulted in intense interest of tribes and how they are regulated under the election laws.
McCain and the panelists agreed transparency was a key to tribal political spending. But views on how to achieve that ranged from leaving the Federal Election Campaign Act alone to making tribes operate as political action committees."
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Federal Elections Commission Opinions:
Advisory Opinion
1999-32 (January 28, 2000) |
Advisory Opinion
2000-05 (May 15, 2000) |
Advisory Opinion
2005-01 (March 14, 2005)
More Advisory Opinion 2005-01 Documents:
Advisory
Opinion Draft A and Draft B |
Tribe's Request
for Advisory Opinion
Relevant Links:
Federal Election Commission -
http://www.fec.govPoliticalMoneyLine
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http://www.politicalmoneyline.comCenter
for Responsive Politics -
http://www.opensecrets.org
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