1.   More recently, the parties have relied on soft money for tens of millions of dollars of issue advocacy commercials that praised or attacked specific candidates.

2.   The bill would also curb issue advocacy commercials by outside groups in periods before an election.

3.   The bill would also put limits in the period approaching elections on issue advocacy commercials that are thinly veiled attempts to support or oppose particular candidates.

4.   The legislation would also curb issue advocacy commercials, which often implicitly support or attack certain candidates but are not subject to contribution limits.

5.   Their only concerns were provisions that would force PACs to disclose sources of their contributions and spending on issue advocacy commercials.