Category Archives: campaign finance
“Exclusive: GOP reaches landmark agreement to juice small-dollar fundraising”
Politico:
President Donald Trump’s political team and top Republican officials have reached a landmark agreement to reshape the party’s fundraising apparatus and close the financial gap that devastated them in the midterms.
With the deal, Republicans hope to create a… Continue reading
“Cohen Hired IT Firm to Rig Early CNBC, Drudge Polls to Favor Trump”
Latest WSJ bombshell:
In early 2015, a man who runs a small technology company showed up at Trump Tower to collect $50,000 for having helped Michael Cohen, then Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, try to rig online polls in his boss’s… Continue reading
NY: “State Street: Albany Lawmakers Eye Campaign Finance Reform, but Activists Want More”
WSJ:
Reformers are rejoicing that Democratic leaders of the State Assembly and Senate are set to approve a passel of bills to increase voter participation and tighten campaign-finance laws. But there’s still a push to go further on some… Continue reading
“GE Opens Its Books on Political Spending”
Agenda:
On Tuesday, General Electric announced it would become more transparent — starting this month — by disclosing any contributions it makes to so-called social welfare organizations. That’s a category of nonprofit groups that often sponsors campaign outreach and political… Continue reading
“Documents Show NRA and Republican Candidates Coordinated Ads in Key Senate Races”
Mother Jones:
The National Rifle Association appears to have illegally coordinated its political advertising with Republican candidates in at least three recent high-profile US Senate races, according to Federal Communications Commission records. In Senate races in Missouri and Montana in… Continue reading
“Trump’s Whataboutism on Campaign Finance”
“New ‘Testing the Waters’ Report Examines How Presidential Candidates Ignore Campaign Finance Laws & Regulators Let Them”
Release:
Today, Common Cause released a new report on the many ways presidential candidates bend and break campaign finance laws as they barnstorm early primary states, fundraise, evade contributions limits, and build their campaign teams while denying they are… Continue reading
“Doug Jones Seeks Inquiry Into Misinformation Efforts in Alabama Senate Race”
NYT:
Senator Doug Jones, the Democrat who was an unwitting beneficiary of misinformation tactics during a special election in Alabama in 2017, asked the Federal Election Commission on Wednesday to investigate the episodes.
Mr. Jones made his formal request for… Continue reading
“How a little-known Democratic firm cashed in on the wave of midterm money”
WaPo:
The solicitations piled into voters’ email accounts — sometimes multiple times a day. And they carried alarming messages, often in blaring capital letters.
“We’re on the verge of BANKRUPTCY.”
“Our bank account is ALMOST EMPTY!”
“Trump is INCHES away… Continue reading
“How to Fix America’s Broken Political System”
Norm Eisen and Fred Wertheimer in Politico:
Much attention has focused on H.R. 1, the comprehensive package of democracy reforms introduced on Thursday by Representative John Sarbanes (D-Md.) on behalf of the new Democratic House majority. The unprecedented legislation… Continue reading
Wendy Button, John Edwards’ Former Speechwriter, Reflects on His Prosecution, and Similar Charges Involving Trump
Oped in USA Today.
“House Dems Seek SEC Rule on Political Giving Disclosure”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Securities and Exchange Commission could require publicly traded companies to disclose their political spending under one of the first bills the new House Democratic majority introduced Jan. 4.
Federal Court Blocks Maryland Law Aimed at Foreign Spending in Elections Requiring Online News Organizations, Including Plaintiff Washington Post, to Post and Collect Information on Spenders on State Political Advertising
From today’s opinion granting a preliminary injunction in Washington Post v. McManus:
In May 2018, as Americans were continuing to learn the details of a far-reaching Russian campaign to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential contest, the state of Maryland enacted… Continue reading