Category Archives: campaign finance
“Full interview: Charles Koch”
Marketplace talked with Charles Koch for an hour. Here is a bit on the planned political spending:
Ryssdal: So if you feel that way, and if you’re spending, the Koch brothers writ large are spending so much money on politics,… Continue reading
“New Rules Help Hillary Clinton Tap Big Donors For Democrats”
Paul Blumenthal reports for HuffPo.
“Bernie Sanders’s inaccurate claim that the two Koch brothers will spend more than either major party on 2016 elections”
WaPo fact checker.
“Marco Rubio’s Interview With Fox News May Have Violated Ethics Rules”
HuffPo:
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) may have just violated ethics rules that prohibit soliciting campaign funds while on Senate property.
Rubio gave an interview to Fox News’ Neil Cavuto on Tuesday, speaking from the Russell Senate Office Building. When… Continue reading
“Billionaire Carl Icahn launches $150 million super PAC”
Politico:
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn announced Wednesday that he is forming a super PAC with $150 million of his own money “to help end the crippling dysfunction in Congress.”
“I am starting a Super PAC with my initial commitment of… Continue reading
“Lessig learned. Now let him debate.”
Jonathan Capehart in WaPo:
But I’m not here to stomp on Webb’s political grave. No, my purpose is to talk up Larry Lessig. The Democratic Party should make sure he’s at the next debate.
Yeah, yeah, I know what I… Continue reading
“Assembly poised to pass election bills, but Senate’s OK uncertain”
The latest from Wisconsin:
Assembly Republicans on Wednesday plan to pass bills overhauling campaign finance laws and the state elections agency, but those proposals face an uncertain future in the GOP Senate.
The overhaul of the Government Accountability Board, the… Continue reading
Mike Murphy on Life Running a So-Called Independent Super PAC
He complains to Sasha Issenberg:
But when they start to worry, you can’t put them on the phone with the candidate to assuage or motivate them, right?
Yeah, well I can’t say, “Hold for Jeb.” Sometimes we’ll do a briefing… Continue reading
“New ties emerge between Trump operation and super PAC”
“At Many Carly Fiorina Events, Her ‘Super PAC’ Covers the Costs”
NYT reports.
“What Campaign Donations Can’t Buy”
Megan McArdle for Bloomberg View.
“The Brave New World of Party Campaign Finance Law”
Michael Kang has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
The Article challenges urgent calls for the de-regulation of party campaign finance as part of the ongoing transformation of federal campaign finance law under the Roberts Court. First,… Continue reading
“Political nonprofit spent nearly 100 percent of funds to elect Tillis in ’14”
Robert Maguire for the Center for Responsive Politics:
A social welfare group called Carolina Rising spent 97 percent of the money it raised in the 2014 midterm elections — nearly $5 million — running ads that helped Sen. Thom Tillis… Continue reading