2011/10/5 Samuel Klein meta.sj@gmail.com:
CLPI has a good practical summary of the law in this area: http://www.clpi.org/the-law/faq
interesting:
Q. If a charity incorporated in this country has an Australian (for example) affiliate that lobbies (according to United States definitions of lobbying) and the affiliate shows up on the IRS 990 Form would its lobbying expenditures count against expenditure limits in this country? A. Yes, the affiliate's lobbying expenditures would count against the expenditure limits of the charity incorporated in this country.
Do WMF chapters count as affiliates? (Does "charity" mean a 501(c)(3) thing?)
Th.