Category Archives: campaign finance
“A New Agenda for Political Reform; Instead of trying to weaken the pressure of corporate money in Washington, let’s try strengthening Congress’s capacity to resist it.”
Lee Drutman and Steve Teles in Washington Monthly.
If Finance Chair Named for Hillary Clinton Campaign, “It Can’t Be a ‘Plutocrat'”
“Rumors of John Doe’s death greatly exaggerated”
Brendan Fischer oped in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
“Lone Billionaire Hits Much, Much Higher Limit For Campaign Contributions”
“Hillary, Jeb and $$$$$$; Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush and Fund-Raising for the 2016 Presidential Race”
Frank Bruni NYT column.
“Ruling bars state from treating free legal advice as a campaign contribution”
News from WA:
Free legal advice to a recall campaign isn’t a campaign contribution — neither is free legal advice in pursuit of that argument, and state campaign finance regulators can’t claim otherwise.
That idea, the heart of a ruling… Continue reading
“Conservative watchdog group accuses Democrats of illegally coordinating through voter data firm”
WaPo:
A new conservative watchdog group filed a complaint this week with the Federal Election Commission against the private voter data firm Catalist and dozens of Democratic party and candidate committees, accusing them of operating “an illegal coordination scheme”… Continue reading
“The Clinton Foundation Super PAC; It’s past time to drop the fiction that the Clinton Foundation is a charity.”
“The FEC Opens Its Ears”
FEC Chair Ann Ravel writes this oped in The Hill.
“Campaign Legal Center White Paper Outlines Likely Violations By Prospective 2016 Presidential Candidates”
Release:
Today, the Campaign Legal Center released a white paper examining prospective 2016 presidential candidates raising millions of dollars, while denying that they are even “testing the waters” for a potential run for their Party’s nomination. Why would they… Continue reading
“Hillary Clinton’s Complex Corporate Ties; Family charities collected donations from companies she promoted as secretary of state”
“Forcing Their Hands? Campaign Finance Law, Retirement Announcements and the Rise of the Permanent Campaign in U.S. Senate Elections”
David Karol has written this article in Congress and the Presidency. Here is the abstract:
Congressional retirement decisions affect representation and campaigns. They have long interested scholars. Yet the timing of retirement announcements has not been explored. In an analysis… Continue reading
“California ethics panel rejects exceptions to lobbyist fundraising rules”
LAT.