I burned the midnight oil Wedenesday and got up early yesterday to finish reading the Senate Finance Committee’s snappily titled report - The Internal Revenue Service’s Processing Of 501(c)(3) And 501(c)(4) Applications For Tax-exempt Status Submitted By “Political AdvocSource: Bristol Palin At Heart Of IRS Scandal - Who Knew?...
Cleveland, Ohio — Gov. Scott Walker says he didn't know he was a target of the now-closed John Doe probe until this week, when newly released court documents showed he was under investigation for misconduct in office.Source: Scott Walker says he didn't know he was a John Doe target...
WASHINGTON — President Obama used the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act on Thursday to urge Congress to restore key elements of the law, arguing that court decisions and state statutes that discourage “certain kinds of foSource: Obama Urges Restoring Voting Rights Provisions...
Campaign finance systems in the US and the UK have provoked similar controversial discussions over the past few years especially due to reforms introduced in both jurisdictions by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (BCRA) of 2002 in the US and the Political Parties, Elections and Referendum Act (PPSource: Campaign finance in the US and the UK: A comparative assessment...
During Thursday night's GOP debate, Donald Trump bragged about how he deliberately gave money to politicians so that he could later get favors from them. He even said that he used donations to get Hillary Clinton to go to his wedding — that his giving left her with "no choice."Source: Donald Trump made one shockingly insightful comment during the first...
A panel of one of the nation's most notoriously conservative appeals courts in the country delivered a victory to voting rights activists. While the 5th U.S.Source: What Comes Next For Texas’ Voter ID Case...
1) Donald Trump, obviously. 2) So far, immigration is playing a bigger role than I would have anticipated in the Republican primary, and the economy and particularly the deficit are playing a smaller role. 3) Rand Paul has seriously underperformed relative to my expectations.Source: What's surprised me so far in the 2016 election...
Acting one day before the fiftieth anniversary of the nation’s most important voting rights law, a federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that Texas will be barred from enforcing at least part of its four-year-old law that requires a photo ID before a voter can go to the polls.Source: Texas voter ID law ruled invalid — in part...
For some wealthy donors, it doesn’t matter who takes the White House in 2016—as long as the president’s name is Clinton or Bush.Source: Hillary Clinton’s Mega-Donors Are Also Funding Jeb Bush...
The modern presidential campaign is now seemingly endless. Surprisingly, we have lived with this infinite campaign for longer than many people realize.Source: How campaign finance laws spawned permanent presidential campaigns...
