Among those who decry the levels of money being spent on elections, the villain is almost always Citizens United, which unleashed corporations and permitted them to make unlimited independent expenditures in support of or in opposition to candidates for elected office.Source: It’s Buckley, not Citizens United, that created massive spending...
WITH THE 2016 PRESIDENTIAL campaign season fully underway, the candidates have begun to outline their vision for the future of the country. In a policy speech in Tallahassee, Fla.Source: Presidential Candidates and Lobbying–Where They Sit...
CHICAGO — Federal judges who tossed several of Rod Blagojevich's corruption convictions endeavored to answer a question legal observers said Wednesday had gone largely unanswered: Just when does an elected official cross the line between legal and illegal political horse-trading? The 7th U.S.Source: Blagojevich ruling draws line on what is, isn't corruption...
California is getting a new statewide voter registration system after nearly a decade of development and delay. The state's existing voter registration system is aging, and isn’t compatible with modern technology. So as far back as 2006, the state started looking to modernize.Source: Nine Years Later, California Gets New Voter Registration System...
Relatively inexperienced IRS managers could take the reins of gatekeeping panels with significant sway over dark money groups under the terms of a memo sent to agency managers last week and obtained by OpenSecrets Blog.Source: New IRS process for recommending nonprofit audits draws critiques...
