41.   Soft money donations are the unlimited contributions made to political parties for party-building activities, such as get-out-the-vote drives.

42.   Soft money donations are unlimited in amount, but are only supposed to be used for party-building activities, not to support specific candidates.

43.   Soft money donations fall outside federal election law.

44.   Since then, Democrats have relied on soft money donations to reduce the enormous advantage held by Republicans in the race for small donations.

45.   Soft money donations flow through the biggest loophole in federal election laws.

46.   Soft money donations to the national political parties were originally used for party-building activities and get-out-the-vote efforts.

47.   The biggest tide of soft money donations always occurs in the summer and fall before the general election.

48.   The McCain-Feingold bill would outlaw soft money donations to the Republican and Democratic parties from companies, unions or special interest groups.

49.   The McCain-Feingold bill that bans unlimited soft money donations in federal elections passed the Senate in the spring.

50.   The soft money donations are not supposed to benefit individual candidates.