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The Growing Influence of Non-Profit Political Committees Bruce Springsteen and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth support different candidates, but they have at least one thing in common. They both illustrate the growing influence of political fundraising organizations called "527s." Join NPR's Neal Conan and his guests to examine this new face of money in American politics.
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Bruce Springsteen and Swift Boat Veterans for Truth support different candidates, but they have at least one thing in common. They both illustrate the growing influence of political fundraising organizations called "527s." Join NPR's Neal Conan and his guests to examine this new face of money in American politics.

Guests:

Derek Willis, writer and database specialist at the Center for Public Integrity

Brooks Jackson, director of the Annenberg Political Fact Check Project at the University of Pennsylvania