Category Archives: campaign finance
“CPA Unveils New One-Stop Website, Corporate Political Spending Database”
Release:
As campaign finance takes center stage for the 2016 elections, the Center for Political Accountability has launched a new website to serve as the “go-to” place to track corporate political spending.
The one-stop resource for corporate political spending… Continue reading
“The Warnings About The Supreme Court’s Dangerous Campaign Finance Ruling Are Now Coming True”
Paul Blumenthal for HuffPo:
During courtroom debate over the McCutcheon decision, Solicitor General Donald Verrilli expressed concern that political parties could create joint fundraising committees to allow a single candidate to solicit a $1 million-plus contribution, which could be distributed… Continue reading
“New study shows potential impact of a small donor matching program on 2016 presidential race”
Release:
Candidates in the 2016 presidential race would see a dramatic shift in their fundraising, and have a powerful incentive to focus more on small donors under a proposed small donor public financing system, according to a study released… Continue reading
“What Happens To All That SuperPAC Money When A Candidate Drops Out”
Peter Overby reports for NPR.
“A few new faces — but not many — among megadonors to presidential super PACs”
Center for Responsive Politics:
While there are no complete ingenues among the rosters of top donors to the super PACs, which filed their disclosure reports for the first half of the year this week, there are a few who… Continue reading
“Scott Walker’s Demise Shows Limits of ‘Super PAC’ Money Model”
Nick Confessore reports for the NYT.
“If you think super PACs have changed everything about the presidential primary, think again”
David Karol for the Monkey Cage.
“Brennan Center Publishes Campaign Finance Paper Largely Grounded in Reality”
Rare common ground (for now).
Sixth Circuit Unanimously Rejects Challenge to Time Limits on Solicitations in Judicial Elections
The result in this case involving denial of a preliminary injunction follows the Supreme Court’s recent Williams-Yulee case and the new strict scrutiny standard set out there there. Judge Boggs was on the panel. Very interesting.
“Parties and the Rethinking of Reform: Part II”
“Political parties go after million-dollar donors in wake of looser rules”
Must-read WaPo on the return of soft money:
The national political parties are urging wealthy backers to give them 10 times more money than was allowed in the last presidential election, taking advantage of looser restrictions to pursue million-dollar donors… Continue reading
Trump Says He’d Spend $100 Million to Get Elected
That wouldn’t do the trick.
“FEC to Vote on Super PAC Advisory Opinion”
Ken Doyle for Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission has signaled that it will vote in the coming weeks on a potentially major advisory opinion request seeking to clarify legal limits on super political action committees (super PACs) and other… Continue reading