The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted along near-party lines to prohibit the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from collecting the names and addresses of major donors to 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) tax-exempt organizations.Source: Donor privacy is dark money? Nonsense!...
There weren't many expenditures in Donald Trump's last campaign finance report. At least not compared to the typical presidential campaign.Source: Campaign Finance Report: Trump Does A Lot Of Mixing Business With Politics...
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that he was running for re-election. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo) Does Marco Rubio's Senate campaign already have an accompanying super PAC? Source: Is This the New Rubio Super PAC?...
The Ted Cruz Super PAC “Keep the Promise” has now become the “Defeat Crooked Hillary PAC,” with pollster Kellyanne Conway handing the reins over to David Bossie.Source: Former Ted Cruz Super PAC ‘Refurbished,’ Becomes ‘Defeat Crooked Hillary PAC’...
There weren't many expenditures in Donald Trump's last campaign finance report. At least not compared to the typical presidential campaign.Source: Campaign Finance Report: Trump Does A Lot Of Mixing Business With Politics...
Throughout primary season Reince Priebus, the Republican National Committee chairman, repeated a familiar refrain.Source: The Latest Installment of Stop Trump and the Rules...
Today, Commissioner Ellen Weintraub has taken the unprecedented step of using her office to organize what is in essence a private forum, to be held at the Federal Election Commission (FEC).Source: Statement of Chairman Bradley A. Smith and President David Keating on FEC Commissioner Weintraub’s “Corporate Political Spending and Foreign Influence” Forum...
Things for Legislators to Consider: What is meant by a uniform system and is it a desirable attribute in your state? In some cases the state taking a more central role in the election administration process may be appreciated; in others it may not be. Would statutes need to be “cleaned up” to allow for standardization of voting systems and...
How, in the space of a few years, has “paid trolling” gone from a questionable advertising practice to a political technique being openly used by the U.S. Democratic front-runner?Source: The FEC can’t figure out what to do about paid speech online....
