“Corporate Political Spending and State Tax Policy: Evidence from Citizens United”
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“The Truly Scary Part of the $1.6 Billion Conservative Donation; It’s not about the legality. It’s about the loop.”
I have written this piece with Dahlia Lithwick for Slate. It begins:
On Monday, the New York Times broke the news that last year conservative mastermind Leonard Leo had obtained control over $1.6 billion through something called the “Marble Freedom… Continue reading
“Inside The Right’s Historic Billion-Dollar Dark Money Transfer”
The Lever/ProPublica:
An elderly, ultra-secretive Chicago businessman has given the largest known donation to a political advocacy group in U.S. history — worth $1.6 billion — and the recipient is one of the prime architects of conservatives’ efforts to… Continue reading
“Broadening Donor Participation in Local Elections: Results from the Seattle Democracy Voucher Program in 2021”
New report from Jennifer Heerwig and Brian McCabe. Executive Summary:
The Democracy Voucher program in Seattle completed itsthird election in 2021. The 2021 cycle featured an open seatmayoral race, two at-large city council contests, and the racefor city attorney. Six… Continue reading
“Outside Money Floods New York Congressional Races”
NYT:
A rising tide of lightly regulated outside money is pouring into New York State: As of Thursday, with the Aug. 23 primary date looming, outside entities have spent about $9 million in state congressional primaries, according to data maintained… Continue reading
“Inbox beware: Federal watchdog approves Google program to let campaigns skip spam filters”
Politico:
The Federal Election Commission, the nation’s chief campaign finance watchdog agency, gave its blessing to a program proposed by Google on Thursday that will effectively allow federal campaigns and other political committees to bypass spam filters and land in… Continue reading
“Force multipliers: How one donor network is pushing the envelope on California campaign money”
Cal Matters:
Sift through the campaign contributions to Robert Rivas, the Salinas Democrat angling to become the next speaker of the California Assembly, and a name keeps popping up: Govern For California.The organization’s statewide chapter gave the maximum $9,800… Continue reading
Federal Judge Declines to Enjoin Alaska Campaign Disclosure Law
AP has this story on the ruling, which appears to rely on the Purcell doctrine:
A federal judge on Thursday denied a request to block campaign finance provisions of a ballot measure approved by Alaska voters in 2020, finding that… Continue reading
FEC Commissioners Spar over Rep. Swalwell’s Request for Advisory Opinion on Using Campaign Funds for Childcare
Business Insider:
On May 26, 2022, counsel for Swalwell petitioned the FEC to see if the 5-term Democratic lawmaker could use campaign funds to pay for overnight childcare as both he and his wife both work full time, he… Continue reading
“Corporate PACs contributed over a million dollars to lawmakers who opposed abortion rights bill”
From Open Secrets:
Corporate PACs of companies that committed to covering travel expenses related to abortion have contributed more than $1.62 million in the 2022 election cycle to 139 Republicans and two Democrats who voted against the Women’s Health … Continue reading
Oakland Public Financing Proposal
Bolts:
On Monday night, the Oakland City Council unanimously voted to place a democracy vouchers referendum on the city’s November ballot, with all six council members present voting aye.If Oakland voters approve the measure, a new Democracy Dollars program… Continue reading
CLC on “The Supreme Court’s Role in the Degradation of U.S. Democracy”
From the first page of the hard-hitting report, available here, that Campaign Legal Center released today:
The time has come to talk about what the Supreme Court is doing to American democracy. For more than half a century—roughly during… Continue reading
“Election Deniers Got Nearly $2 Million in May From Corporate PACs”
Bloomberg on a report from Accountable.US: “Some of the US’s largest corporations and their trade associations in May poured $1.9 million into the campaign coffers of Republicans who voted against certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 victory over Donald Trump, according… Continue reading
Lawsuit Challenging FEC’s Dismissal of Administrative Complaint on Alleged Violations by Trump’s 2020 Campaign
From Campaign Legal Center’s release:
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) has filed a lawsuit in District of Columbia federal court, challenging the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) recent dismissal of an administrative complaint that CLC filed against the campaign committees of… Continue reading