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Last Updated on Friday, 5 March 2010 10:32 Written by rslcpol Friday, 5 March 2010 10:32
Cross posted on www.redistrictingmajorityproject.com
From the Associated Press.
Members of Congress may soon be back in the business of raising soft money, the unlimited corporate and union donations that a 2002 law bans them from collecting for their campaigns.
The National Democratic Redistricting Trust is asking the Federal Election Commission to let lawmakers raise soft money for the legal fights likely to develop as congressional district boundaries are redrawn after this year’s census. How a district is drawn — and which voters are included in it — can have a big impact on whether a Democrat or Republican gets elected to represent it.