Christopher Shays: “In our legislation we do nothing to impact voter guides at all. But because there was a concern that we might, we put in…”

“In our legislation we do nothing to impact voter guides at all. But because there was a concern that we might, we put in language that makes it a certainty that voter guides are allowed. They do not come under the campaign law at all. All these printed documents do not come under it. They are allowed. What the gentleman from California (Mr. Doolittle) is doing is using this as an opportunity to then eliminate the provision on sham issue ads. And we cannot do that. Sham issue ads are the vehicle in which corporations and labor unions bring big money into the ads. We call them ``campaign ads,'' as they are, and they can still make their voice heard through their campaign ads.”