“Reform Groups Urge Members to Vote Against Omnibus Appropriations Bill With Destructive Campaign Finance Provisions”
The letter to Senators is here.
Category Archives: campaign finance
Redline of Cromnibus Party Funding Rider
CCP has posted this version showing changes that the bill would make to existing contribution limits.
Judge Posner on Free Expression and the First Amendment
At Concurring Opinions, the sixth installment of “Posner on Posner,” much of it on campaign finance. Snippets:
Question: Is speech overprotected by our courts and in our culture?
Posner: I think so. The most notorious example is expenditures on… Continue reading
“Supporters of Campaign Limits Urge Obama Veto of Funding Bill”
Bloomberg BNA on the Cromnibus party funding rider: “The unexpected addition of a provision to sharply increase campaign contribution limits for political parties to a must-pass government funding bill is being blasted by supporters of campaign regulation, as some… Continue reading
Cromnibus Party Contribution Rider Roundup
Analyses from Politico, WaPo, HuffPost,The Hill, and Business Insider of the rider that was added yesterday. Politico calculates that the provision “would dramatically increase the amount of money a single rich donor could give to… Continue reading
“DSCC Left with $20.4M in Post-Election Debt”
CCP Responds to Bright Lines Project on Nonprofit Political Activity
Eric Wang of the Center for Competitive Politics has submitted these comments to the IRS on the regulation of political activities by tax-exempt organizations.
“Outside Groups Set Spending Record in Midterms”
Language of the Cromnibus Party Funding Rider
Here’s the text of the provision unveiled late yesterday (h/t Ray LaRaja), amending 52 U.S.C. 30116 to raise limits on contributions to parties for conventions, headquarters, and recounts.
SEC. 101. SEPARATE CONTRIBUTION LIMITS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS MADE TO NATIONAL PARTIES TO… Continue reading
“In Spending Bill, A Gift For Political Party Fundraising”
Peter Overby reports: “Capitol Hill lawmakers agreed Tuesday afternoon on a small provision to be added to the omnibus spending bill, allowing the two party committees to raise money for their presidential nominating conventions. The limit per donor would… Continue reading
Texas Appeals Court Rejects King Street Patriots’ Motion for Rehearing, Issues Substituted Opinion
The new opinion, like the one issued in October, sides with the Texas Democratic Party in rejecting constitutional challenges to state campaign finance laws, including corporate contribution restrictions.
Billionaires United Behind the Next GOP Presidential Candidate?
Bloomberg News on yesterday’s NYT story that Republican mega-donors are discussing whether to coalesce behind a single “establishment” candidate. Newt Gingrich: “It’s a disastrously bad idea and it won’t happen.”
Super PACs and State Elections
On The Upshot, Derek Willis analyzes data on Super PAC activity in the 2014 election cycle, and finds: “[T]hey have expanded their activities far beyond the original model. In what is a perfectly legal maneuver in many states, they… Continue reading
Bauer Responds to Malbin
Bob Bauer has this post on Michael Malbin’s “Third Approach” to Party Coordination.