DNC Challenges Republicans To Forgo Contributions From PACs And Lobbyists, Reveal

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DNC Challenges Republicans To Forgo Contributions From PACs And Lobbyists, Reveal Top Fundraisers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/20/dnc-republican-funding-pacs-lobbyists_n_904529.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008

The Democratic National Committee (DNC) issued a challenge to its Republican counterpart on Wednesday, calling on the party and its presidential candidates to make fundraising more transparent and refrain from taking contributions from political action committees or federal lobbyists.

The letter from DNC Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) was faxed and hand-delivered to Republican National Committee (RNC) headquarters on Wednesday.

It comes just days after RNC Chair Reince Priebus said President Obama should be investigated for potentially "criminal behavior" after he filmed a fundraising web video for his reelection campaign inside the White House. (Federal law bans political activities in government offices, but past presidents, including George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, have filmed ads in the White House and concluded they were not violating that law.)

"I have noticed with great curiosity yours and the Republican Party's apparent newfound interest in transparency and accountability as it relates to campaign finance," writes Wasserman Schultz. "Curious because, after all, the Republican Party has fought in Congress and in the courts virtually every effort over the past decade or more to rein in the influence of moneyed special interests in politics and to require greater disclosure and transparency."

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Full letter at link