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Thu Feb-21-08 05:14 PM
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Among other things... PAC's are subject to federal oversight. 527's are not.
The PAC handles donations to candidates and express advocacy-this is the hard money end of the table: Limits on contributions from donors to the PAC and from the PAC to candidates, but they can coordinate with the candidate's campaign, the parties, etc.
The 527 is segregated from the PAC, and handles issue advocacy-the soft money stuff. You can give as much as you want to a 527, they can spend as much as they want on ads and whatnot, but can't coordinate it with a candidate, and they can't do express advocacy.
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