Category Archives: campaign finance

“Election Panel Moves Toward Online Ad Disclosure Compromise”

March 8, 2018, 7:48 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: Federal Election Commission members said today they were close to reaching a deal to advance new disclosure rules for online political advertisements. The commission postponed a vote on new rules to give them more time to draft a… Continue reading

“Criminal Investigation Sought into Sanders Campaign for Collusion During a Federal Election With a Foreign Entity”

March 8, 2018, 10:12 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Veritas: Project Veritas Action Fund has requested a criminal investigation by the US Department of Justice into the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign to determine if the Sanders campaign and the Australian Labor Party conspired to “defraud the U.S. government”… Continue reading

“Venturing Into the Swamp, Trump Dines With Major Donors”

March 8, 2018, 9:52 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

NYT: President Trump dined at the ornate Georgetown home of a prominent Washington lawyer on Wednesday night with wealthy donors who are expected to play crucial roles in financing his re-election campaign. The dinner was the latest in a series… Continue reading

“PowerPost Democratic super PAC makes plans to spend $43 million on House races”

March 8, 2018, 9:49 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

WaPo: The most prominent Democratic super PAC exclusively targeting House races said Thursday it plans to reserve $43 million worth of TV ad time ahead of November’s midterm elections, sketching out dozens of media markets where it plans to spend.… Continue reading

“Phoenix voters may get to weigh in on ‘dark money’ donations”

March 8, 2018, 9:46 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

AZ Central: Phoenix could follow Tempe in an effort to root out secretive campaign donations from city elections. The Phoenix City Council Wednesday took the first step toward curbing the influence of “dark money” — campaign donations made by political… Continue reading

“The Move to Politicize Churches Is Back, and Conservatives Should Be Outraged”

March 8, 2018, 9:30 amcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

Eliza Newlin Carney for TAP.

“CFI’s Guide to Money in Federal Elections – 2016 in Historical Context”

March 8, 2018, 9:25 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Campaign Finance Institute: Did you know . . . That Donald Trump raised more money from small donors than Barack Obama – more than Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton combined? That independent spending in congressional elections by non-party groups… Continue reading

“Are congressional Democrats lying their way to riches?”

March 8, 2018, 9:23 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

CPI: Last month, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sent supporters an email. Subject line: “NOT asking you for money.” Open the email and Pelosi scolds Republicans for “playing politics with our national security.” She urges you to click a link… Continue reading

“DOJ & FEC Complaints Urge Full Investigation of Apparent Illegal Coordination Between Trump and RNC & Outside Groups”

March 7, 2018, 4:50 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Release: Today, Common Cause filed complaints with the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging reason to believe that President Trump and his campaign, Vice President Pence and his leadership PAC, the Republican National Committee (RNC),… Continue reading

“Cuomo Changes Rationale for Accepting His Appointees’ Donations”

March 5, 2018, 6:37 amcampaign finance, conflict of interest lawsRick Hasen

NYT: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration is reinterpreting its reinterpretation. In the five days since The New York Times reported that Mr. Cuomo had construed an executive order to enable himself to collect roughly $890,000 in campaign money from his… Continue reading

“Provisions attached to budget bills could reshape campaign finance laws”

March 1, 2018, 10:10 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

WaPo: A handful of provisions tucked into a pair of must-pass bills under consideration in Congress this month could reshape the financing of political campaigns and give further cover to donors who want to keep their contributions private. One measure… Continue reading

“Dark money group America First Policies is running a pro-Trump polling operation. Here is an inside look at its secretive work”

March 1, 2018, 10:03 pmcampaign finance, tax law and election lawRick Hasen

CNBC: America First Policies, a nonprofit group with close ties to President Donald Trump, has hired Trump’s pollsters to conduct a wide range of political polling and research that experts say resembles the kind of expensive work the Republican… Continue reading

“Turning Words into Action”

March 1, 2018, 10:01 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Bruce Freed & Karl Sandstrom: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink’s recent annual letter to corporate leaders (discussed on the Forum here) correctly urges companies to contribute to society. At a time when the private sector is being pressed to address… Continue reading