Statement re Defending the Commission in Public Citizen v. FEC begins: For nearly forty years, votes to defend the Commission in cases challenging dismissals of administrative complaints have been routine, pro forma acts. Even when the Commission has split on… Continue reading

Press release: “The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) today announced it has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) seeking a controversial agency document related to a complaint against Crossroads GPS that… Continue reading

As a reader suggests, this statement by Commissioner Goodman is a dog whistle to lawyers to file a constitutional challenge.

Shane Goldmacher: The Republican commissioners of the Federal Election Commission have broken their silence about the mysterious 76-page document that was redacted against their wishes in the deadlocked decision over whether Crossroads GPS was a legitimate nonprofit. In a … Continue reading

Public Citizen press release.

Paul Jossey blogs.

Bob Bauer blogs.

CPI reports.

Fascinating Shane Goldmacher report for National Journal: The Federal Election Commission was deadlocked, and no one was surprised. Democrats had wanted to crack down; Republicans didn’t. No matter that it could have been among the most important campaign finance decisions… Continue reading

Read all about it. On January 30,2014, we voted to reject a conciliation agreement with Winning Our Future, a super PAC active during the 2012 presidential election.’ Winning Our Future failed tod isclose more than $1.6 million dollars in political… Continue reading