Earlier this year, after it was revealed that the Republican National Committee was sending out a fundraising letter that came:
... in an envelope starkly printed with the words, "DO NOT DESTROY OFFICIAL DOCUMENT" and describes itself, on the outside of the envelope, as a "census document."
... and after it was denounced by both Democrats and Republicans, Congress passed a law that required:
... mailings marked "census" to state the name and address of the sender and to contain an unambiguous disclaimer that the survey is not affiliated with the federal government.
The Senate approved the bill by unanimous consent and it passed in the House by a vote of 416 - 0.
And today?
The Republican National Committee is continuing to send out a misleading fundraising mailer labeled "Census Document," just weeks after Congress passed a law aimed at banning such mailers. [...]
An RNC mailer obtained by TPMmuckraker bears the words "Census Document" and, in all caps, "DO NOT DESTROY/OFFICIAL DOCUMENT," on the outside of the envelope. In smaller letters, it says: "This is not a U.S. government document." The new law requires, among other things, that such mailers state the name and address of the sender on the outside of the envelope -- something the RNC's missive doesn't appear to do ...
Based on a PDF image, the mailer obtained by TPMmuckraker does not appear to state the sender's name and address on the outside. And the words "DO NOT DESTROY/OFFICIAL DOCUMENT" would appear to make the disclaimer that it's not a government document less than unambiguous.
According to an RNC spokesman, they've decided that the law doesn't apply to their mailer ... apparently because they say so. No word on whether the law and order, family values party came to that conclusion at a bondage-themed, lesbian sex club.