“Reforming The FEC: Rulemaking Obligations Must Be Fulfilled”
Karl Sandstrom at Law360.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“The 2020 Campaign Money Story”
Axios podcast speaks to Ciara Torres-Spelliscy.
“U.S. Businesses Say One Thing on Climate Change, But Their Campaign Giving Says Another”
Bloomberg:
Bloomberg Green examined political donations by businesses in the S&P 100 and the U.S.-based members of the Climate Action 100, a group representing the world’s largest corporate contributors to climate change. For every dollar these corporations gave to… Continue reading
“Pharma contributed to attorneys general who want to repeal the Affordable Care Act”
Stat:
The Affordable Care Act has driven a huge boost in revenue for pharmaceutical companies — but ironically, $1.5 million in drug industry donations last election cycle were funneled to Republican state attorneys general who will soon make a case… Continue reading
“Trump Campaign’s $63 Million Dwarfed by Biden’s $177 Million”
NYT:
President Trump’s re-election campaign committee ended September with only $63.1 million in the bank despite canceling some television buys late last month, leaving him badly outmatched financially against Joseph R. Biden Jr., who reported $177.3 million in… Continue reading
“Silicon Valley megadonors unleash a last-minute, $100 million barrage of ads against Trump”
“Justice Kavanaugh Unlocked Ways to Fight Foreign Interference”
Ellen Weintraub NYT oped:
Among many other recent developments not likely on anyone’s 2020 bingo card, a Supreme Court decision about foreign aid and legalized prostitution has shattered perceived constraints on the authority of the United States to robustly… Continue reading
A Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) Organizations
Steven Sholk:
I am pleased to announce that an updated version of my article, A Guide to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3) Organizations, has been published by Practising Law Institute as part of its 2020 Course Handbook for the… Continue reading
“Independent Spending in 2020 Congressional Elections Has Surpassed the $1 Billion Mark”
Campaign Finance Institute:
Independent spending (IEs) in the general elections of 2020 for the U.S. House and Senate reached $1.035 billion as of October 15. This is nearly one-third of a billion dollars more than congressional IEs as of… Continue reading
“How Trump’s Tax Records Could Point to Campaign Finance Violations”
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy for the Brennan Center.
“Adelsons pour $75M into last-ditch effort to save Trump”
Politico:
Casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam Adelson gave $75 million to a super PAC that flooded battleground states with anti-Joe Biden ads in September, a huge investment from the GOP megadonors as President Donald Trump slipped in… Continue reading
“ActBlue’s stunning third quarter: $1.5 billion in donations”
Politico:
Democratic candidates and left-leaning groups raised $1.5 billion through ActBlue over the last three months — a record-smashing total that reveals the overwhelming financial power small-dollar donors have unleashed up and down the ballot ahead of the 2020 election.From… Continue reading
“Biden raised whopping $383M in September”
Politico:
Joe Biden announced Wednesday evening that his campaign and affiliated committees raised $383 million in September, breaking a record he had just set the prior month as his campaign continues to ride a surge of online donations.Biden, the… Continue reading