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WASHINGTON — The Democratic National Committee, now operating under Barack Obama’s fundraising rules, on Friday returned about $100,000 in money from lobbyists and political action committees.
The donations were already “in the pipeline” when Obama, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, instituted the standards for the committee, a party official said.
Obama imposed the rules to avoid a conflict with his own ban on money from federal lobbyists and PACs.
Republican John McCain does accept money from lobbyists and PACs, as does the Republican National Committee and other party committees.
