The Federal Election Commission has dismissed a complaint over the $150,000-plus designer wardrobe the Republican Party bought to outfit vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
The good-government group that filed the complaint, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, argued that candidates aren't supposed to use donor money for personal expenses such as clothes. The FEC ruled that the ban doesn't apply to party money, however.
The Alaska governor was Sen. John McCain's pick for vice president. Her purchases with clothes from such high-end stores as Saks Fifth Avenue drew criticism for Palin, the self-described hockey mom.
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