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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Re: Campaign Finance. Well, I’ll be Damned.

posted by on January 23 at 15:10 PM

I eat my hat for criticizing the do-gooder campaign finance folks.

There actually is a bill that gets at the real problem of veiled LLC contributions. This one, sponsored by Rep. Hans Dunshee (D-44, Snohomish), would regulate donations from LLCs—limiting the contributions and providing disclosure.

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will pedersen support it?

Posted by wf | January 23, 2007 3:49 PM
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Is there any corresponding legislation out there that makes it easier to figure out where campaign expenditures go?


There are a lot of little firms that specialize in everything from political niche advertising to outright ratfucking, and I for one would like to be able to pull up a list of candidates they've had as clients when they get caught trying something iffy.

Posted by robotslave | January 23, 2007 5:24 PM

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