Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is skeptical of a legislative solution to the security issues surrounding political advertising on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)Source: McConnell Skeptical of Mandatory Disclosures for Facebook, Twitter Ads...
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.—Richard Gabbay says he wasn’t trying to suppress anyone’s vote. He simply wanted to organize fellow Republicans for the upcoming 2016 presidential election in Florida’s Broward County.Source: Securing the vote: How efforts to prevent fraud, and voting rights, collide...
Three members of a 2012 presidential campaign committee were convicted by a federal jury in Des Moines, Iowa, on all counts of an indictment charging the concealment of campaign expenditures made to secure the endorsement of an Iowa State Senator. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R.Source: Three Members of 2012 Presidential Campaign Staff Guilty of Concealing Campaign Expenditures to State Senator...
The House Republican tax plan would upend a longstanding measure, known as the Johnson Amendment, that prohibits politicking from the pulpit, and critics say it could turn churches into new conduits for political money.Source: GOP Tax Bill Would Allow Politics from the Pulpit...
When I was asked to run the Democratic Party after the Russians hacked our emails, I stumbled onto a shocking truth about the Clinton campaign. Before I called Bernie Sanders, I lit a candle in my living room and put on some gospel music.Source: Inside Hillary Clinton’s Secret Takeover of the DNC...
Weintraub voiced support for the Honest Ads Act, introduced Oct. 19 by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and co-sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.), as a more effective means for promoting greater digital ad transparency.Source: FEC Commissioner Says Agency Limited in Ability to Regulate Online Political Ads...
ATLANTIC CITY — Voice recorder in his pocket, Rodney Cotton, 51, got out of the private detectives’ car and headed for the Gilliam for Mayor headquarters on Atlantic Avenue.Source: Campaign informant: I was paid $30 to hand messenger ballot to Atlantic City Democratic operative...
After two rocky days in Congress, the social media giants face rising momentum for regulation of political ads to curb Russian election meddling, although some key Republicans remain skeptical and urged the companies to do a better job on their own. Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc.Source: Facebook and Twitter Brace for New Election-Ad Rules From Congress...
Last night the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a divided opinion that sets up the next challenge to the Supreme Court’s decisions in Citizens United and McCutcheon. The Ninth Circuit panel in Lair v.Source: Ninth Circuit Tees Up Latest Challenge to Citizens United and McCutcheon...
Representatives from Twitter, Facebook and Google are expected to testify this week at three congressional hearings on the influence of social media in the 2016 election. The Senate bill was introduced by Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.).Source: Congress holds hearings on online political ads...
