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The Rnc Battles the Mccain-Feingold Campaign Finance Law, Subpoenaing Democratic-Leaning Interest Groups for Detailed Financial Records

The Republican National Committee has issued subpoenas to a wide range of Democratic-leaning groups, including the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League (NARAL), the National Education Association, and the feminist group EMILY’S List, as the newest front in the battle to defeat the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law. In what NARAL president Kate Michelman describes as "a political strip search" that would provide the Republican Party with sensitive political information, the subpoenas demand the groups turn over detailed financial records, internal communications and strategic political documents. They also ask them to detail whether any of their activities "corrupt or appear to corrupt any federal candidate or federal office holder."


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