Exploratory Campaigns May Answer to IRS (washingtonpost.com)

Exploratory Campaigns May Answer to IRS (washingtonpost.com): "Exploratory Campaigns May Answer to IRS
By Lori Montgomery and Yolanda Woodlee
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, February 3, 2005; Page DZ02
Outrage abounds these days over the peculiar habits of political exploratory committees. Under District law, they are permitted to accept contributions of any size, and they are not required to report them to the D.C. Office of Campaign Finance.
But it turns out there is someone who might take an official interest in the comings and goings of exploratory cash: the friendly folks at the IRS. "