The Hill: “Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and eight other Senate Democrats proposed new legislation on Tuesday that seeks to counteract the 2010 Citizens United case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the government cannot limit political spending by corporations,… Continue reading
Politico: “President Barack Obama’s White House is taking a new approach to straddling the tricky legal line between governing and campaigning: the tandem press briefing. Starting last week, Obama for America traveling press secretary Jen Psaki joined White House… Continue reading
Press release: “Jackson, MS—The Secretary of State’s Office’s outreach initiative offering assistance to individuals with no acceptable forms of photo voter identification has received limited response in its first two weeks. ‘We have inundated the State with outreach initiatives… Continue reading
An important piece, which reaffirms my conviction that the more important role of Super PACs and c4s in this election will be about control of the Senate (and potentially, though less likely, the House).
Bloomberg BNA: “A new court challenge to Federal Election Commission rules for corporate political action committees was filed July 10 in federal district court in Washington (Stop This Insanity Inc. Employee Leadership Fund v. FEC, D.D.C., Civil No. 12-1140,… Continue reading
Bloomberg BNA: “Reformers say they do not know yet whether they will pick up enough Republican votes needed to reach the 60-vote margin for cloture on the so-called DISCLOSE Act—or any GOP votes. Every Republican senator who voted when… Continue reading