Instead, the money will be used for political literature, phone banks to get out the vote, to broadcast issue advertisements and to register voters.
Under the measure, an issue advertisement could not use a candidate's name or likeness within 60 days of an election.
First, he'd create and air all of his issue advertisements outside the 60-day period.
It also reins in issue advertisements by outside groups before elections.
Then today, the commission decided to require no repayments from either Presidential campaign for the issue advertisements.
Republican issue advertisements in Senate races have been a source of controversy, too.
Complaints about the issue advertisements were among the first accusations to emerge from the 1996 campaign.
It would also restrict corporations and labor unions from running issue advertisements before an election.
The sources of "issue advertisements" and independent spending in the 1996 elections were frequently anonymous.
It would also rein in issue advertisements by outside advocacy groups during the election season.