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WASHINGTON, November 21, 2005 — Hours after Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, was indicted by a Texas grand jury, he went on national television to refute the charges and to tell viewers that he was not alone: other members of Congress had made transactions similar to those that led to his prosecution. >>
WASHINGTON, November 21, 2005 — Like DeLay's committee, groups run by 30 other members of Congress took corporate money and transferred funds to national party accounts >>
WASHINGTON, October 24, 2005 — With $51 million in the bank for 2005 so far, 527 committees—political nonprofit organizations that file with the Internal Revenue Service rather than with the Federal Election Commission—are riding high in the off-year election cycle. On the campaign trail, though, many of these groups are running afoul of state regulators and election authorities. Some have been fined, subpoenaed or left to dissolve after months of battling state officials. >>
WASHINGTON, July 14, 2005 — So-called 527 committees entered the public realm last year as a tool of campaigns and consultants to win elections. But in Alaska, one such group has found a new function: lobbying to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas development. >>
WASHINGTON, February 8, 2005 — Interest groups that spent millions through their 527 committees in Election 2004 are now turning their sights on a different target: Social Security. >>