<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Campaign Finance</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/specials/campaignfinance?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><description>Campaign Finance</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[On Nov. 2, GOP Got More Bang for Its Billion]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35062-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35062-2004Dec29.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In the most expensive presidential contest in the nation's history, John F. Kerry and his Democratic supporters nearly matched President Bush and the Republicans, who outspent them by just $60 million, $1.14 billion to $1.08 billion, an analysis shows.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall  and James V. Grimaldi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fundraising Records Broken by Both Major Political Parties]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29739-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29739-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The GOP and the Democrats broke all previous fundraising records this year, but for the first time since the mid-1970s, the Democratic National Committee raised more money than the Republican National Committee.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall  and Derek Willis</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frist Political Fund Can't Cover Bank Loan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26558-2004Dec1.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26558-2004Dec1.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A campaign fund controlled by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) has lost almost $460,000 in stock market investments since 2000, according to federal election records and the manager of the Frist account.]]></description><author> Dan Morgan and Brian Faler</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Probes Clinton Senate Campaign]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9605-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9605-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Justice Department is trying to secure the cooperation of an indicted businessman as it pursues Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign for possible fundraising violations, according to interviews and documents.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Judge Strikes Down 15 FEC Rules on Campaign Finance]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35257-2004Sep20.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35257-2004Sep20.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A federal judge has struck down rules governing campaign fundraising, concluding that the regulations undermine a two-year-old campaign finance law and allow political activists and candidates to dodge it.]]></description><author> Carol D. Leonnig</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FEC Votes to Curb Nonparty Donations]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17049-2004Aug19.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17049-2004Aug19.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Federal Election Commission on Thursday adopted new regulations that will make it significantly more difficult for independent political groups to continue to raise and spend millions of dollars for the 2006 election.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Lobbyists, Spending Means Big Presence]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19546-2004Jul27.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19546-2004Jul27.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Thanks to a loophole in campaign finance laws, a presidential convention is the one place where corporations and labor unions can still spend with abandon to influence holders of high office.]]></description><author> Jeffrey H. Birnbaum  and Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Party Convention 'Loophole' Decried]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35401-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35401-2004Jul7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Private donors are pouring more than $103.5 million into the Democratic and Republican national conventions this summer, nearly double the amount raised for the conventions four years ago.]]></description><author> Jeffrey H. Birnbaum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Republicans Name 62 Who Raised Big Money]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19026-2004Jun30.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19026-2004Jun30.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Republican National Committee on Wednesday disclosed the names of 62 "Super Rangers" -- the new elite of fundraisers who have replaced the high-dollar corporate, union and wealthy donors of the past.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP 'Soft Money' Groups Hit Roadblocks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23283-2004Jun7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23283-2004Jun7.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Republican operatives attempting to compete with Democratic groups for large sums of unregulated presidential campaign funds are encountering reluctance on the part of many corporations to contribute to new independent groups.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Group Promotes Ties to GOP Leaders]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1088-2004May29.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1088-2004May29.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a bid to overcome GOP donors' reluctance to contribute large amounts of "soft money," the pro-Republican Leadership Forum has begun promoting its ties to House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and other prominent party leaders.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[GOP Creating Own '527' Groups]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52857-2004May24.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52857-2004May24.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Top Republican operatives have launched an effort to compete with Democratic groups for large sums of unregulated presidential campaign funds by designating a group with close ties to the Bush administration to serve as the main conduit.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Proposed Rules for '527' Groups Lead to Some Unusual Alliances]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9493-2004Apr13.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9493-2004Apr13.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Proposed rules to restrict the fundraising and spending activities of independent political organizations have pitted the GOP and campaign watchdog groups against a coalition of conservative family advocates and liberal abortion rights groups.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Dream' PAC Not Living Up to Its Goal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56171-2004Apr6.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56171-2004Apr6.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Only 8.9 percent of the money Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-Tex.) has raised for his American Dream political action committee has gone to the minority office-seekers it was created to support while more than $100,000 has been routed to Republican Party organizations or causes.]]></description><author> Dan Morgan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ky. Race Studied as Test Run of New Law]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28136-2004Mar26.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28136-2004Mar26.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Under the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law, candidates face sharp new restrictions on the coordination of their campaign activities with those of the national party and independent groups.]]></description><author> Spencer S. Hsu</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain Says FEC Is Not Enforcing Law]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47989-2004Mar10.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47989-2004Mar10.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the leading Republican proponent of campaign finance regulation, on Wednesday accused the chairman and vice chair of the Federal Election Commission of evading their obligation to enforce the law.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Forming Parallel Campaign]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44513-2004Mar9.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44513-2004Mar9.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Led by veterans of presidential and congressional campaigns, a coalition of Democratic Party interest groups, armed with millions of dollars in soft money, is rapidly constructing an unprecedented political operation designed to supplement the activities of Sen. John F. Kerry's campaign in the effort to defeat President Bush.]]></description><author> Dan Balz  and Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FEC Moves to Regulate Groups Opposing Bush]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52815-2004Feb18.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52815-2004Feb18.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Federal Election Commission decided on Wednesday that many of the political committees raising  "soft" money to campaign against President Bush are subject to regulation, but it postponed deciding how tough the restrictions should be.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[FEC Chairman Backs Organizations' Use of 'Soft Money']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44487-2004Feb15.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44487-2004Feb15.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Defying Republican Party demands to rule illegal the plans of a network of pro-Democratic political committees, Federal Election Commission Chairman Bradley A. Smith now argues that these committees should remain free to raise and spend large contributions known as "soft money."]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[McCain-Feingold Helps GOP]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20149-2004Feb6.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20149-2004Feb6.html?nav=rss_politics/specials/campaignfinance</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 12:18:19 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After one full year in effect, the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law has helped the Republican Party extend its fundraising  advantage over Democrats.]]></description><author> Thomas B. Edsall</author></item></channel></rss>