NRA and Other Groups Gain Exemptions in New Law

The NRA and several other groups are successfully lobbying congress to create exemptions for their organizations in the newest campaign finance laws:

Lawmakers charged with shepherding new campaign finance legislation through the House have expanded a loophole originally created for the National Rifle Association to include smaller groups with similar national presence.

A House aide confirms to the Huffington Post that the exemptions from the new stringent disclosure requirements offered under the DISCLOSE Act would now apply to groups with memberships over 500, 000.

The previous floor had been set at one million members. But after input from and discussion among lawmakers, it was determined that such a standard would unfairly grant preferred status to the NRA and very few other groups. Other groups, including Big Labor, have been pushing for their own exemptions.

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