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 Coordinated Communications ]]></title>
  <link>http://thefederalregister.com/d.p/2005-12-14-E5-7293</link>
  <description><![CDATA[ The Federal Election Commission requests comment on proposed 
revisions to its regulations regarding communications that have been 
coordinated with Federal candidates and political party committees. The 
Commission's current rules set out a threeprong test for determining 
whether a communication is ``coordinated'' with, and therefore an in
kind contribution to, a Federal candidate or a political party 
committee. In Shays v. FEC, the Court of Appeals invalidated one aspect 
of the socalled content prong of the coordinated communications test, 
because the court believed that the Commission had not provided 
adequate explanation and justification for the current rules under the 
Administrative Procedure Act. To comply with the decision of the Court 
of Appeals, and to address other issues involving the coordinated 
communication rules, the Commission is issuing this Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking. No final decision has been made by the Commission on the 
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