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Category Archives: campaign finance
Must-Read Nick Confessore on Money in Illinois Politics in the Citizens United Era
Deep dive in the New York Times on the rise of our emerging plutocracy and the lack of capacity of campaign finance laws to deal with it:
The families remaking Illinois are among a small group around the country who… Continue reading
“Donors gave a super PAC $6 million. Candidates actually got about $140,000.”
LAT:
Before he entered the race for the White House, Ben Carson signed on to a campaign to raise money to fight Obamacare. When Juanita McMillon saw his name, she was eager to get out her checkbook.
“I think he… Continue reading
BIG Campaign Finance News: La. GOP Soft Money Lawsuit Gets 3-Judge Court, Likely Ticket to SCOTUS
I know it is late on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, but here’s some very big news. It sounds technical, but it really, really matters.
A federal district court has held that the Louisiana GOP, under the guidance of tenacious… Continue reading
“GOP rider would boost party spending”
Politico on news that will ruin Fred Wertheimer’s Thanksgiving:
Senate Republicans plan to insert a provision into a must-pass government funding bill that would vastly expand the amount of cash that political parties could spend on candidates, multiple sources tell… Continue reading
“Libre, Backed by Koch Brothers, Aims to Raise G.O.P. Standing With Hispanics”
NYT:
The approach — a free Thanksgiving turkey in exchange for some personal information — captures the mission of Libre, a multimillion-dollar effort financed by the conservative billionaire Koch brothers and devoted to winning over Hispanics, with the message… Continue reading
“Campaign Watchdogs: Pro-Rubio TV Ads Are Breaking The Law”
“Tax documents show how secret money infects campaigns on both sides”
Stephen Spaulding blogs at The Hill.
“What Today’s CEOs Can Learn from George Steinbrenner”
“Campaign for Accountability Statement on Sheldon Adelson”
Release:
On November 3, 2015, the Campaign for Accountability (“CfA”) announced that it had asked the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the Federal Election Commission to investigate Sheldon Adelson and the Las Vegas Sands Corporation… Continue reading
“Bernie Sanders’s Rejection of ‘Super PACs’ Is Not Universal”
“The Reform Debate and the Parties”
“The Citizen United President?”
Robert Weisman oped in USA Today:
Will Barack Obama be remembered for standing by helplessly as Citizens United eroded the very foundations of our electoral democracy?
That may be an unfortunate part of his legacy if he fails to… Continue reading
“Bipartisan Support for Limits on Campaign Spending”
More from that Pew study I linked to yesterday:
Opinions on campaign finance and its effects on the political system are widely shared; majorities across demographic and partisan groups say there should be limits on campaign spending, that money’s… Continue reading