“McConnell Pushes Campaign Finance Changes”
Roll Call: “An effort to ease limits on spending by party committees was among the late lingering issues as negotiations continued on legislation to keep the government funded past Thursday.”
Category Archives: campaign finance
“A Crowded GOP Field for 2016 Encounters Donors Reluctant to Commit Early”
Matea Gold and Tom Hamburger for WaPo:
Efforts by potential Republican presidential candidates to win over wealthy donors have set off a series of contests for their support that could stall the GOP race for months.
In Florida, allies… Continue reading
“The Secret GOP Tech Summit to Plot 2016”
Politico reports:
The Republican Party’s top operatives — including strategists representing the Koch brothers’ political operation and several leading prospective 2016 presidential candidates – on Monday huddled behind closed doors to discuss how to synchronize their sometimes competing tech… Continue reading
More on Arizona Disclosure Decision
The Arizona Republic and AP report on of Friday’s decision by U.S. District Judge James Teilborg, striking down the state’s “political committee” definition. The Arizona attorney general reportedly plans to seek a stay.
Update: Institute for Justice, which represents plaintiff… Continue reading
“Rules for Super PACs Lax, Murky As Their Power Grows in Elections”
Bloomberg BNA ($) reports from COGEL: “Four years after super political action committees were first created by court rulings and Federal Election Commission advisory opinions, the rules for these increasingly powerful, big-money players in the political arena remain murky,… Continue reading
Steven Sholk’s Updated “Guide to to Election Year Activities of Section 501(c)(3)”
The 2014 version is available for download here.
“81-year-old activist walks from Sarasota to Tallahassee to protest campaign finance”
If you’re going for a long walk this time of year, might as well do it in Florida (h/t Steve Kolbert @Pronounce_the_T).
“G.O.P. Donors Seek to Narrow Field of Presidential Candidates to One”
NYT: “Dozens of the Republican Party’s leading presidential donors and fund-raisers have begun privately discussing how to clear the field for a single establishment candidate to carry the party’s banner in 2016, fearing that a prolonged primary would bolster… Continue reading
Nader on “Cash Register Politics”
“Goodman Resurrects Long-Dormant Plan To Limit Enforcement Actions of FEC Staff”
Bloomberg BNA reports ($): “Federal Election Commission Chairman Lee Goodman apparently is endorsing a controversial proposed FEC enforcement manual, which would sharply circumscribe the authority of staffers in the agency’s Office of General Counsel to investigate alleged campaign finance violations… Continue reading
“Stephen Harper Does U-turn on Election Law Gagging Advocacy Groups”
News from Canada on outside spending restrictions.
Malbin Calls for “Third Approach” to Party Coordination
See this press release with Michael Malbin’s remarks at COGEL today.
“Democrats Spent Big in Secret Effort to Elect Kansas Independent Greg Orman”
From Bloomberg Politics, on recent disclosures regarding Super PAC and nonprofit spending in last month’s U.S. Senate elections.
“The Kochs Eclipse the RNC: Meet the Guys Behind the Right’s Best Data Shop”
From Politico:
The Koch brothers and their allies are pumping tens of millions of dollars into a data company that’s developing detailed, state-of-the-art profiles of 250 million Americans, giving the brothers’ political operation all the earmarks of a national… Continue reading