The RNC is Suing the FEC to have the same right to raise unlimited Cash like the Super PACS

The Republican National Committee on Friday sued the Federal Election Commission in an effort to raise unlimited cash like super PACs do. 

The central committee, chairman Reince Priebus, and Louisiana Republicans filed a joint lawsuit in US District Court for the District of Columbia asking for permission to set up an independent account that could raise and spend potentially enormous sums of money to help federal candidates. Under the current rules, the RNC may only accept $32,400 each year from donors, and local-level parties are capped at $10,000.

‘‘The patchwork of limits on political speech undermines the First Amendment and puts high transparency, full-disclosure groups like the RNC on an unequal footing with other political entities,’’ RNC chairman Reince Priebus said in a statement. ‘‘We are asking that political parties be treated equally under the law.’’ 

Super PACs, which operate independently of the political parties or the candidates they support, can raise unlimited money from allies. The groups technically cannot coordinate their spending and strategy with their favored candidates, but seldom have they pushed a message that runs counter to the campaigns’ wishes. 

RNC officials said they want to have the same abilities to have independent accounts to buy ads, send campaign mail, and make phone calls.

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