Roll Call: “Americans for Prosperity is busing hundreds of out-of-state conservative activists to the country’s most contested political battlegrounds….Delivering partisans to competitive states in the final weeks of a campaign is hardly a unique strategy, but the extent of… Continue reading

Politico: “The reason is clear: Conservative super PACs and outside groups face the very real possibility they’ll have spent $1 billion and failed to elect Mitt Romney or deliver a GOP Senate. That means professional political types could have… Continue reading

The Center for Public Integrity reports.

Bloomberg BNA: “The Federal Election Commission deadlocked on a legal ruling about whether a nonprofit corporation can engage in joint fund-raising activity with FEC-regulated political action committees, including a so-called Super PAC.”

NPR: “Since April, more than 825,000 presidential campaign ads have been broadcast in the battleground states. Oddly, the dominant Republican voice on TV hasn’t been that of nominee Mitt Romney. The big advertisers are four heavily funded SuperPacs and… Continue reading

Politico reports.

“At best the rules are opaque, and at worst they’re misleading” –Loyola Law professor Ellen Aprill, quoted in the Wall St. Journal’s Is Your Political Donation Deductible?

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See this press release.

Dark Money Organizations Change Strategies to Keep Donors Secret Outside groups spending millions on state level elections, ballot initiatives

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Campaign Finance Most Companies Do Not Reveal Funding For 501(c)(4), Trade Groups, Study Says While voluntary corporate disclosure of direct political spending is becoming more common, relatively few companies disclose their contributions to outside groups that may be involved in… Continue reading

Back on August 7, Americans for Prosperity told the New York Times that it was shifting from running issue ads to express advocacy because of a need to emphasize the message: This campaign is the first time the group has… Continue reading