Politico:
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and his staff have been in contact with Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) throughout the whole process, despite Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) public proclamation that Democrats were worried about provisions tucked… Continue reading
WaPo:
A massive expansion of party fundraising slipped into a congressional budget deal this week would fundamentally alter how money flows into political campaigns, providing parties with new muscle to try to wrest power back from independent groups.
The… Continue reading
for guest blogging over the last week while I was out. I thought it was going to be a slow week….but as Dan says, there are no slow weeks in this field anymore!
The table of contents and links are here. The issue features a forum on Bruce Cain’s new book Democracy More or Less: America’s Political Reform Quandry, with papers from a conference at Ohio State last year. The forum is… Continue reading
Going to the 2015 AALS Annual Meeting, January 2-5 in Washington, DC? Trying to decide whether to go? It’s a bumper year for those interested in Election Law and Legislation, with these panels of interest on the program:… Continue reading
Roll Call reports on opposition to the party funding rider among House Democrats. Bloomberg BNA ($) says that Rep. Pelosi wants it out. NYT reports that Democratic opposition to the bill has hardened due to the relaxation of campaign finance… Continue reading
AP reports that the court “lifted the stay it had imposed after reviewing a petition filed by incumbent Democrat Ray Powell over concerns his campaign had with the procedures for the recount” and that the recount will start Thursday.
FairVote Blog finds that of the “202.5 million votes to elect the current Senate, spread across three election cycles in 2010, 2012, and 2014 …. 49% were cast for Democratic candidates and 46.6% for Republicans.”