“Here’s Where Campaign Finance Reform May Move Ahead As Congress Dithers”
Paul Blumenthal writes for HuffPo.
Category Archives: campaign finance
“Independence of independent expenditure groups called into question”
Richmond Confidential:
Richmond’s 2014 election was defined by Chevron Corp.’s failed effort to get their favored candidates elected despite spending more than $3 million through an array of independent expenditure committees.
But instances observed during the campaign raise questions about… Continue reading
“Advocacy Groups Tell Lawmakers To Back Off”
Peter Overby:
Three advocacy organizations — across ideological lines — are telling congressional investigators to back off in a probe of EPA ties to a leading environmental group, the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Republican Rep. Darrell Issa of California… Continue reading
“Supreme Court Eyes Review of Case Challenging FEC Corporate PAC Rules”
Bloomberg BNA:
The Supreme Court is set to consider at the justices’ private conference Jan. 9 whether to review a long-running constitutional challenge to campaign finance restrictions on corporate political action committees, which was brought by the PAC of… Continue reading
AZ Commission Goes to Ninth Circuit In Political Committee Case
Statement from AZ Clean Elections Commission:
On December 5, 2014, Judge James Teilborg released his most recent order in the case Galassini v. Fountain Hills. The scope of that order and its effect remain subject to further litigation. The… Continue reading
“Farewell to the Colbert Report”
“FCC Launches Political File Rulemaking for Cable, Satellite and Radio in Response to Reform Groups’ Petition”
“Pledge to Deter Outside Spending in Elections Made Strides in 2014”
Public Citizen press release:”The number of candidates proposing pledges to deter major election spending by outside groups increased dramatically in the 2014 elections, a new Public Citizen report shows.”
“Conflicted Supreme Court Takes Up Walker Criminal Probe”
“14 Things We Learned About Money in Politics in 2014”
“National Party 2.0: FECA Amendments in Omnibus Spending Bill Increase Fundraising Power of National Parties”
Useful Covington explainer and chart.
“The Privacy-Disclosure Balance and Its Complications”
“CRomnibus Pays Off for Parties”
Ray LaRaja:
I certainly do not believe, like Fred Wertheimer, that this is the most corrupting legislation ever passed. Personally, I would have preferred raising the limits on parties to $100,000 or even $200,000 per year, with no proliferation of… Continue reading