BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : FEBRUARY 28, 2000 ISSUE
GOVERNMENT Who's Running Issue Ads? Some four dozen groups are spending millions to sponsor ads on issues ranging from tobacco to clean air. Some examples: NATIONAL RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE Ran spots in New Hampshire mocking McCain's proposal to curtail issue ads. REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Spent $1 million so far on ads attacking Al Gore and Steve Forbes. SIERRA CLUB Radio and TV ads in New Hampshire criticized George W. Bush's clean-air record. Similar spots are starting to air in Michigan. Total amount spent: about $50,000. AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM Anti-tax group ran 82 TV spots and spent about $100,000 in New Hampshire attacking McCain's campaign-finance-reform stance. AFL-CIO Big Labor plans to spend about $20 million to influence 2000 races. First up: ads that urge lawmakers not to normalize trade relations with China. DATA: BUSINESS WEEK _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _					RELATED ITEMS Issue Ads: Free Speech or End Run? TABLE: Who's Running Issue Ads? INTERACT E-Mail to Business Week Online

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