Bloomberg BNA: In response to a question at the Cato conference, he briefly discussed Obama’s recent move to establish a so-called Section 501(c)(4) group, known as Organizing for Action, as a successor to the president’s campaign committee. Bauer said… Continue reading

USA Today reports.

Peter Overby offers this nugget in his  NPR report on OFA’s new 501c4.

Politico reports. Still unresolved is whether the new 501c4 will disclose the amount of donations and how often it will disclose. President Obama needs to get out in front of this now and announce full and frequent voluntary disclosure.

WaPo editorial.

First Read: “Organizing for Action will be set up as a 501c4 group, but we are told the group WILL have full disclosure of its donors (either monthly or quarterly); setting it up a 501c4 (as opposed  to a Super… Continue reading

LA Times: “As he launches his second term, President Obama may get help from an ambitious new political organization being built out of his reelection campaign, a group that could reshape how future presidents harness supporters to press their… Continue reading

Center for Public Integrity: The Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision unleashed nearly $1 billion in new political spending in the 2012 election, with media outlets and a small number of political consulting firms raking in the bulk of the… Continue reading

The following press release arrived via email:   In a letter sent today to the IRS, Democracy 21, joined by the Campaign Legal Center, called on the agency to investigate whether American Tradition Partnership (ATP), formerly known as Western Tradition… Continue reading

Public Citizen press release.

Michael Beckel flags a key finding in this Open Secrets report.

Roger Colinvaux has posted this paper on SSRN (Case Western Reserve Law Review).  Here is the abstract: The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission makes a Supreme Court challenge to the tax law rule that prohibits… Continue reading

Peter Overby reports for NPR.