Return of the $1 Million Donor

Return of the $1 Million Donor: "Return of the $1 Million Donor


Friday, June 24, 2005; Page A30

ONE RELIABLE TEST for judging legislation these days is to look at the title; more often than not, you can assume that the measure will accomplish almost precisely the opposite of what its name boasts. A fine example of this is the 527 Fairness Act of 2005, a campaign finance bill that is about neither so-called 527s -- the outside groups that played such an influential role during the 2004 campaign -- nor fairness. In fact, the bill -- which has been approved by the House Administration Committee -- is about undermining the 2002 campaign finance law and again allowing megabucks donors to wield dangerous amounts of influence over politicians and political parties."