Federal Election Commission (FEC) ’should not exacerbate the cons...
Federal Election Commission (FEC) “should not exacerbate the constitutional problems” already raised by court appeals of new campaign finance law, NAB said. In comments for record in FEC hearing (CD Aug 29 p1), NAB said that while FEC was…
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“statutorily obligated” to adopt new political spending rules while judicial review was pending, agency shouldn’t interpret “electioneering communications so broadly as to encompass communications beyond paid advertisements.” New law doesn’t empower FEC to regulate all political broadcasts, only “certain electioneering communications” that should be limited to “paid advertisements,” NAB said. In adopting rules, NAB said FEC “must be cognizant of the limits of its authority and expertise and not unjustifiably expand that authority” to encompass matters that are under FCC jurisdiction and expertise.