On February 16, OMB Watch, along with numerous other groups such as AFL CIO, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce,filed a Petition for Rulemaking with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) asking the FEC to exempt legitimate grassroots communications from "electioneering communication" prohibitions. Currently, the electioneering communications provision bars any ad that mentions a federal candidate broadcast within 30 days of a primary election or within 60 days of a general election. The petition is in response to the Supreme Court's ruling in Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. FEC. The Court upheld the right of advocacy groups to seek protection for legitimate issue advertising and noted that the FEC had the statutory authority to craft a rule to protect certain ads. Check out a Roll Call article on the petition.