Alabama Democrats accuse GOP of skirting campaign finance laws (B'ham News)

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Published: Wednesday, October 05, 2011, 10:02 PM
Updated: Wednesday, October 05, 2011, 10:02 PM

By Kim Chandler -- The Birmingham News

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- The chairman of the Alabama Democratic Party today accused high-ranking Republicans of breaking campaign finance law including the GOP-pushed ban on transfers between political action committees.

"I am here today to prove again that Republican leaders in this state will go to any extent to defraud the people of Alabama. They will break federal laws just as quickly as state laws that they championed and passed last year," Democratic Party Chairman Mark Kennedy said during a press conference.

Kennedy accused Republicans of breaking the PAC transfer ban and also of trying to skirt campaign finance law with two organizations -- House Republican Caucus LLC and the nonprofit Alabama House Republican Caucus Foundation.

However, the leader of the House Republican Caucus said the contributions were legal and accused Kennedy of "whining."

The House Republican Caucus LLC made six contributions since 2009 totaling over $20,000 to the Alabama Republican Party and one contribution to a candidate, according to campaign finance reports. The group formed as a corporation and does not report the sources of its money. Political action committees are required to report where they get their money.
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more: http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2011/10/alabama_democrats_accuse_gop_o.html




This story has been in the news for a while -- after seeing Colbert's discussion with his Super-PAC lawyer, it caught my attention again.

[BlueDemKev]

1. Wow....I didn't know there were still any Democrats left in Alabama