Sentences with phrase «corporate electioneering»
But the U.S. Federal Election Commission ruled ads promoting the movie were campaign expenses, and restricted them, like all corporate electioneering has been restricted for decades.
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Bossie's group sued the FEC, hoping to shield itself from the regulatory reach of the McCain - Feingold Act, one provision of which forbids the broadcasting of corporate - funded «electioneering communications» that mention a candidate for office in the month before a primary or general election.
«Overruling Austin and McConnell would fundamentally alter the legal rules governing corporations» dating back to at least 1947, she warned, «and would make vast sums of corporate money available for overt electioneering.»