Rather than jump into the media-led free-for-all clamoring for President Trump to be indicted or impeached (or both) based on the latest court filing by Special Counsel Mueller or the U.S. Attorney’s office in New York, let’s step back for just a moment.Source: Federal Election Law “Gotcha!”...
House Democrats are planning a major ethics and campaign-finance reform push in early 2019, but lawmakers appear unlikely to halt a growing trend among big-money groups of hiding their donors.Source: Congress unlikely to stop super PACs from hiding donors...
WASHINGTON – Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced the formation of an exploratory committee for a presidential run, making her the highest profile Democrat to formally move toward a bid for the White House in 2020. Warren has long been viewed as a potential 2020 candidate.Source: Sen. Elizabeth Warren forms exploratory committee for 2020 presidential run...
The Center for Public Integrity’s reporters crunched a lot of numbers during 2018 — a year that distinguished itself for record election spending and extreme political turbulence. 2: Number of donors to Texas Forever, a secretive Democratic super PAC that spent $2.Source: By the numbers: a 2018 money-in-politics index...
