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WAGNER v. FEDERAL ELECTION COM'N

Civil Action No. 11-1841(JEB).

854 F.Supp.2d 83 (2012)

Wendy WAGNER, et al., Plaintiffs, v. FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION, Defendant.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

April 16, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur B. Spitzer , American Civil Liberties Union of the Nation's Capital, Alan B. Morrison , George Washington University Law School, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs.

Seth E. Nesin , David Brett Kolker , Harry Jacobs Summers , Holly Jean Baker , Federal Election Commission, Anthony Herman , Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES E. BOASBERG, District Judge.

For over seventy years, federal contractors have been barred from donating to candidates, political committees, and parties in connection with federal elections. The ban on such contributions guards against "pay-to-play" arrangements, in which people seeking federal contracts provide financial support to political candidates in return for their help securing government business. It also protects...

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