House Democrats unveiled Friday the For the People Act, a comprehensive package of democratic reforms and the first major bill of the 116th Congress.Source: House Democrats Introduce Their Sweeping New Reform Bill...
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...
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...
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!”...
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...
Earlier today, Bradley Smith continued our conversation about whether Donald Trump’s hush-money payments violated federal election law. I say maybe — depending on the evidence.Source: Yes, Donald Trump Is in Real Legal Jeopardy for Campaign-Finance Violations...
Video Michael Cohen's guilty plea and subsequent sentencing for campaign-finance violations and other crimes revived speculation about President Trump's potential legal exposure -- but some former Federal Election Commission members say neither of them necessarily committed a violation with hush-mSource: Former FEC commissioners: Trump-Cohen 'hush' payments not necessarily a violation...
$6.4 billion. That’s how much candidates, political parties, and interest groups spent on federal elections in 2016, according to the Open Secrets project at the Center for Responsive Politics.Source: Most Campaign Outreach Has Zero Effect on Voters...
The battle for control of the House led to unprecedented spending, by both candidates and super PACs, particularly in contested toss-up races.Source: Each of the five most expensive House races ever took place in 2018...
The Supreme Court should strike down campaign-finance rules that play partisan favorites. Can the government pass laws that effectively silence groups on one side of a political debate but not the other? You might think not.Source: Supreme Court Should Strike Down Unfair Campaign Contribution Rules...
