Category Archives: campaign finance
“Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21’s Two-Pronged Effort to Join the FEC’s Advisory Opinion Process”
“Scott Walker Proposes Shutting Wisconsin Ethics Board”
Lyle Denniston Sees Potential #SCOTUS Review in Wisconsin John Doe/Delaware Disclosure Express Advocacy Cases
“Campaign watchdog questions nonprofit that backs Kasich”
Columbus Dispatch:
A campaign watchdog is questioning whether Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s newest TV ad may violate federal campaign finance laws.
The ad, a positive ad on Kasich’s history of balancing budgets, is scheduled to begin airing Tuesday in… Continue reading
“House Members Urge Obama to Veto Bill if Campaign Finance Riders Not Removed”
Democracy 21 Press Release:
Today, 47 members of the House of Representatives signed and sent a letter to President Obama urging the President to block campaign finance riders that have been placed in the House Financial Services Appropriations bill.
The… Continue reading
“Small donor myth debunked; The heavily touted grassroots fundraising engines were largely spin, a POLITICO analysis shows.”
Politico:
Clinton’s fundraising juggernaut of a campaign for the Democratic nomination, which repeatedly pledged to build “a grassroots-driven organization,” revealed in its FEC report that 67 percent of its field-leading $47 million in primary-election cash came from donors contributing… Continue reading
“Seeing Crowd, G.O.P. Donors Holding Back”
NYT:
Despite a wealth of choices in a crowded primary field, the vast majority of high-level Republican donors and fund-raisers have not yet backed any candidate financially, magnifying the importance of the coming debates as the presidential hopefuls seek… Continue reading
Justice Alito on Citizens United, Redistricting in Bill Kristol Interview
Transcript (video):
KRISTOL: And I read somewhere that [your father] sort of personally had to do the redistricting of the legislative district after the Supreme Court insisted on one man, one vote.
ALITO: I remember lying in bed… Continue reading
“Delayed FEC Cases Match Romney Super PAC Complaints”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Federal Election Commission apparently has struggled for nearly four years to decide what to do about allegations that millions of dollars in contributions to Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign super PAC violated rules against making contributions under… Continue reading
“John Doe ruling fuels call to punish prosecutors”
Wisconsin State Journal:
The director of a conservative group targeted in the John Doe probe the Wisconsin Supreme Court recently shut down is saying Gov. Scott Walker will be asked to fire the elected district attorney who started the… Continue reading
Bauer Sees More Heat than Light in John Doe Debate
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“Senators resist the Internet, leave voters in the dark”
“First on CNN: Cruz super PAC’s plan to win presidency”
Teddy Scheifer for CNN:
The $38 million super PAC supporting Ted Cruz plans to highlight polarizing issues as part of a full-throttle plan to turn out the white evangelical voters that can power him to victory, a new document… Continue reading