“The IRS gives up on fighting ‘dark money’”
WaPo editorial.
I made similar points in this LAT oped.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“Democratic party fundraising effort helps Clinton find new donors, too”
WaPo reports.
When Jeb Bush Drops Out This Weekend, Don’t Tell Us Money in Politics Doesn’t Matter
I’ve already written the prebuttal in WaPo:
It is easy to dismiss as overblown the concern about the outsize role of ultra-rich donors in the American political scene. Exhibit 1: Jeb Bush. Bush’s $100 million in super PAC fundraising was… Continue reading
“End Citizens United: Reform Group or Cash Cow?”
TAP:
In March of last year, a new organization with the arguably misleading name of End Citizens United began bombarding progressive donors with high-pressure fundraising emails tailor made to exploit grassroots passions over the toxic influence of corporate and… Continue reading
“Million-Dollar Donors Gave 24% of Money for all candidates and their Super PACs, 42% for Cruz, 38% for Rubio”
“TV Stations on Political Ads: Take the Money and Run”
“Voting in America: How Campaign Finance and Election Laws Threaten Democracy”
Watch this National Constitution Center event from earlier today featuring Ned Foley, Judge Jeremy Fogel, and me.
“FAN 98 (First Amendment News) The Roberts Court’s 5-4 First Amendment Rulings — Will They Survive?”
“Campaign Money, Congress, and Perceptions of Corruption”
Shaun Bowler and Todd Donovan have written this article for American Politics Research. Here is the abstract:
Many Americans think campaign money has a corrupting influence on Congress. Yet how they think about money in politics is a relatively unexplored… Continue reading
“HBO Prepping Campaign Finance Reform Film from Alexandra Pelosi”
“The New Wild West: Money and the 2016 US Presidential Election”
Watch video of this event at The New School.
“Bernie Sanders’ Litmus Test for a Supreme Court Nominee”
Listen (Hint: it’s Citizens United)
“Justice Scalia and Campaign Finance: A Puzzle”
Bauer blogs….with a cliffhanger!
“The future of politics and regulation”
Paul Jossey writes at The Hill.