Category Archives: campaign finance

“With a nod and a wink, Republicans build 2016 campaign machines”

March 6, 2015, 8:50 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Reuters: Asked last week about his agenda if elected, presumptive Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker began: “Should I choose to be a candidate…” Then he added with a grin: “My lawyers love it when I say that.” Like the… Continue reading

“I Was Alabama’s Top Judge. I’m Ashamed by What I Had to Do to Get There”

March 6, 2015, 8:42 amcampaign finance, campaigns, judicial electionsRick Hasen

Sue Bell Cobb writes for Politico magazine.

“House Committee Approves Bills to Eliminate EAC, Public Funding for Presidential Races”

March 4, 2015, 8:46 pmcampaign finance, election administration, Election Assistance CommissionRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA reports.

“Federal Actions Bring Election Matters to the Forefront”

March 4, 2015, 12:43 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Goldfeder and Perez.

“Liberal ‘dark money’ group scrutinized in Pennsylvania”

March 4, 2015, 12:37 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

CPI reports.

“FEC Backlog of 191 Enforcement Cases Includes Many Matters Pending for Years”

March 4, 2015, 7:29 amcampaign finance, federal election commissionRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA.

“House GOP Moves to Axe Presidential Public Financing Program, Bolster Election Spending by Corporations and the Wealthy”

March 4, 2015, 7:24 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

Public Citizen: Public Citizen roundly condemns the latest sneak attack (PDF) by U.S. House GOP leaders to terminate the presidential public financing program and give corporations and the wealthy still more influence over American elections. On the heels of… Continue reading

“Awash in cash, Bush asks donors not to give more than $1 million – for now”

March 4, 2015, 7:09 amcampaign finance, Plutocrats UnitedRick Hasen

One wonders if this is a show of strength rather than a real “problem.”

“Eric Garcetti’s Mayor’s Fund lets companies give big”

March 4, 2015, 6:57 amcampaign financeRick Hasen

LAT: The contribution is one of dozens the Mayor’s Fund has received, from companies with a stake in City Hall decisions and from charitable foundations, according to records reviewed by The Times. Modeled on similar nonprofits in New York… Continue reading

“Money Chase for 2016 Is Wild, Wild West”

March 3, 2015, 1:12 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Jeanne Cummings for Bloomberg View.

Brad Smith Reviews Robert Post’s “Citizens Divided”

March 3, 2015, 9:53 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Here.

“Revealed: Democratic Super PAC Architect Moonlights for Walmart, Cable Lobby”

March 3, 2015, 8:42 amcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

The Intercept.

“Backers of Prop. 8 marriage initiative lose disclosure case”

March 3, 2015, 7:13 amcampaign finance, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Bob Egelko reports for the SF Chronicle.

“FEC Limits on Newly Formed PACs Supported by Federal Court Decision”

March 2, 2015, 7:12 pmcampaign financeRick Hasen

Bloomberg BNA: A constitutional challenge to contribution limits on traditional political action committees has been turned back by a federal judge in Virginia, who ruled that the limits remain valid under Supreme Court rulings dating back to the 1976… Continue reading