“Tracing the Money Behind the Supreme Court Case Against Obamacare; Most of the state attorneys general suing to dismantle the Affordable Care Act were elected with corporate backing.”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for the Brennan Center.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“Political Giving Should Be Private; Americans of both parties worry they’ll be canceled for making donations to a campaign or cause.”
Brad Smith WSJ oped.
“Managers Gave to GOP Groups Accused of Racial Gerrymander Push”
FundFire (subscription only):
Asset management firms gave at least $1.5 million between 2010 and 2018 to Republican-affiliated groups that promoted redistricting efforts that were later struck down by federal courts for disenfranchising Black voters, according to data in a new … Continue reading
D.C. Circuit Strikes FEC Rule Which Limited Disclosure of Contributions Funding Independent Expenditures
Big win for more effective disclosure rules.
“Democrats push to revamp political money system that’s boosting their campaigns; ‘Dark money’ is funding half of spending on House, Senate ads”
“Trump’s Policies Are a Boon to the Super Rich. So Where Are All the Seven-Figure Checks?”
NYT:
Mr. Trump is hardly lacking for cash; he has received huge numbers of small donations online from a fervent grass-roots base, and he raised a jaw-dropping $165 million in July for his campaign and the two fund-raising committees that… Continue reading
“Is Jared Kushner Illegally Soliciting Campaign Help From Kanye West?”
Paul Ryan analysis.
Is Kanye West Breaking the Law By Coordinating with the Trump Campaign While Running for President? Perhaps
I’ve been getting a lot of questions about whether Kanye West, who is running for President and getting on the ballots in at least a few states, is somehow breaking campaign finance law by doing so given the… Continue reading
“Bribery Charges in Ohio Illuminate the Dangers of Dark Money”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for the Brennan Center.
Ohio: “LaRose favors bill targeting dark money; Secretary of State backs bipartisan measure requiring disclosure.”
Big CLC Complaint Against Trump Campaign Using Parscale Firm to Hide Recipients of Campaign Expenditures
Start here:
https://twitter.com/brendan_fischer/status/1288101435062788097
“Private-Equity Executives Pour $92 Million Into 2020 Races Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman, who gave $10 million to a group aiming to defend the Senate’s Republican majority, leads political spending in the industry”
Big (Quixotic?) Push to Get Supreme Court to Hold that Congress Has the Constitutional Power to Outlaw Super PACs
The cert petition in Lieu v. FEC is designed to get the Supreme Court to address an issue addressed by the D.C. Circuit in the earlier SpeechNow case but never addressed by the Supreme Court: is it constitutional for Congress… Continue reading
“A Company Backs a Cause. It Funds a Politician Who Doesn’t. What Gives?”
NYT Dealbook:
Walmart calls its employees “heroes” for putting their health at risk to work during the pandemic. AT&T champions L.G.B.T.Q. rights. Microsoft is undertaking one of the country’s most ambitious corporate efforts to eliminate its carbon emissions… Continue reading