The court’s holding means that party committees like the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Committee no longer need to compete for donations.
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High Court Throws Out Limits on Aggregate Political Contributions
The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in McCutcheon v. FEC leaves in tact restrictions on how much a donor can give to any one political candidate or party committee, but throws out restrictions on the number of candidates or committees to which a single contributor can make donations. So reports the Washington Post.
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