Group's Ads Lauding Clinton Stir Discord Over Rules

GROUP'S ADS LAUDING CLINTON STIR DISCORD OVER RULES
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Brody Mullins brody.mullins@wsj.com]
A fight over political spending by outside groups flared up over the weekend when backers of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama sought to shut down a round of television advertisements launched by supporters of rival Sen. Hillary Clinton. Supporters of Sen Obama mailed a complaint to the Federal Election Commission charging that the organization funding the advertisements lauding Sen Clinton is violating election law. At issue: The complicated rules for spending by outside political organizations on elections -- and an effort by one such group to spend millions on advertisements that praise Sen Clinton before primaries next week in Texas and Ohio.
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