Category Archives: campaign finance
“Cuomo, a Master of the $50,000 Fund-Raiser, Bypasses Small Donors”
“McConnell Skeptical of Mandatory Disclosures for Facebook, Twitter Ads”
Roll Call:
“I’m a little skeptical of these disclosure-type proposals that are floating around, which strikes me would mostly penalize American citizens trying to use the internet and to advertise,” the Kentucky Republican said in an interview that aired Saturday….… Continue reading
Washington State Court Rejects First Amendment Challenge to Seattle Campaign Finance Voucher Program
“GOP Tax Bill Would Allow Politics from the Pulpit”
Kate Ackley for Roll Call:
The House Republican tax plan would upend a longstanding measure, known as the Johnson Amendment, that prohibits politicking from the pulpit, and critics say it could turn churches into new conduits for political money.
Under… Continue reading
McCutcheon Joint Fundraising Committees at Center of Controversial Donna Brazile Book Excerpt
Brazile in Politico:
On the phone Gary told me the DNC had needed a $2 million loan, which the campaign had arranged.
“No! That can’t be true!” I said. “The party cannot take out a loan without the unanimous agreement… Continue reading
“FEC Commissioner Says Agency Limited in Ability to Regulate Online Political Ads”
Morning Consult:
As executives from Facebook Inc., Google Inc. and Twitter Inc. face congressional committees this week over concerns that Russian agents used their platforms in order to influence the 2016 election, a Democratic member of the Federal Election Commission… Continue reading
“‘Not going to be a cakewalk’: Social media sites face hurdles curbing foreign political ads”
“Facebook, Twitter: Russian actors sought to undermine Trump after election”
Politico:
Top lawyers from Facebook and Twitter said Tuesday that Russian-linked posts and advertisements placed on the social networks after Election Day sought to sow doubt about President Donald Trump’s victory.
Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch told a Senate Judiciary… Continue reading
“Flagging Online Falsehoods”
Ned Foley:
The problem with Russia’s use of online platforms was not its foreignness, but its falsity. To be sure, foreigners—individuals and corporations as well as governments—may be barred from engaging in express advocacy for or against the election of… Continue reading
Institute for Free Speech (formerly CCP) Opposes Honest Ads Act Aimed at Foreign Spending on US Elections
“Conservative megadonors fund populist ads”
Weigel:
The new ad from Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, a hub of the Koch donor network, comes at Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) from a surprising angle — attacking her as a foe of the little guy. In the spot,… Continue reading
“Scofflaw politicos ignore federal fines — with few consequences”
CPI:
More than 160 political committees and similar groups together owe the government more than $1.3 million worth of unpaid fines, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of Federal Election Commission and U.S. Treasury records since 2000.
Some… Continue reading
“How corporations are still playing politics more than a century after President Theodore Roosevelt and the Tillman Act”
Michael Beckel for Issue One:
For instance, last year in Nevada, the app-based ride-sharing company Uber sponsored campaign mailers and e-mail messages to its riders and drivers urging the reelection of Republican Assemblyman Derek Armstrong, as veteran journalist Jon Ralston… Continue reading