“Colleagues Petition for Retirees’ Funds”
Roll Call: “After a House Member announces retirement, there’s often one lingering question from their colleagues: What’s going to happen to the rest of their campaign cash?”
Monthly Archives: February 2012
No Secret Money for Obama Super PACs?
Ken Vogel: @Messina2012 sezs Obama backs superPAC only if “all $ fully disclosed.” Too late: already taken $215k in secret 501c4 $ politi.co/yCtHbM
And Josh Gerstein of Politico notes that the President has “quasi-endorsed” a constitutional amendment… Continue reading
“Congressional Committees Face Campaign Finance Contortions”
The Caucus reports.
“Jack Abramoff’s atonement”
Dana Milbank’s column.
“Obama Gives Blessing to Super PAC”
“Citizens United more radical than realized”
Fred Wertheimer has written this oped for The Hill. He’s also issued this statement on the legality of Super PACs supporting Romney and Obama.
Bopp Endorses Romney
See here.
“Psychic Dissonance”
Obama campaign green-lights pro-Obama super-PAC.
“Preliminary Injunction Sought in Challenge To Ban on Contractors’ Campaign Money”
Bloomberg BNA: “Challengers of a ban on federal campaign contributions from individuals with government contracts have asked a federal district court in Washington, D.C., for a preliminary injunction barring the Federal Election Commission from enforcing the contractor contribution ban… Continue reading
“Congressional earmarks sometimes used to fund projects near lawmakers’ properties”
WaPo: “Thirty-three members of Congress have steered more than $300 million in earmarks and other spending provisions to dozens of public projects that are next to or within about two miles of the lawmakers’ own property, according to a… Continue reading
Obama Campaign to Return $200,000 in Bundled Contributions Tied to Family of Fugitive
The NY Times breaks the story. For those Republicans who will make political hay of this story please note: the Obama campaign voluntarily disclosed its campaign bundlers. This is an important step for deterring corruption and providing voters with… Continue reading
“Opponents criticize effort to move up start date of citizenship requirement for voter registration”
Newsfrom Kansas: “Kansas is ill-prepared to ensure poor, elderly, minority and transient Kansans have convenient access to documents and ID cards that will allow them to cast a ballot in elections this year, voter advocates said this morning.”
“Taxing Gifts to Super PACs?”
Misleading headline at the Washington Wire. This is about gifts to 501c4s, not PACs. And the concern now is not just transfers from c4’s to PACs, but c4 spending itself.