The ways that social media shape political attitudes and the intricacies of lawmaking in the U.S. Congress were two of the many topics at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference in Boston earlier this month.Source: APSA conference roundup: Research on political polarization on social media and the U.S. Congress...
The Texas senator’s re-election campaign sent voters in at least three counties a letter with a label suggesting it was a legal summons. The Federal Election Commission says doing so doesn’t break any rules.Source: Ted Cruz’s Campaign Marked a Fund-Raising Letter an Official ‘Summons.’ It Wasn’t Against the Rules....
Congress passed a bill Thursday that would require senators to file campaign finance reports electronically through the Federal Election Commission (FEC).Source: Congress passes bill to require Senate campaign filings to be made electronically...
'Russia Hoax' author Gregg Jarrett and former FEC chairman Bradley Smith join 'Life, Liberty & Levin' to discuss campaign finance laws.Source: Former FEC chairman Bradley Smith talks campaign finance law...
Ted Cruz’s Texas Senatorial campaign has sent hundreds of thousands of mailers seeking donations that are meant to look like official county summons, a high-ranking campaign official confirmed to Newsweek.Source: Ted Cruz Campaign is Mailing Donation Requests Disguised as Legal Summonses...
Bradley Smith is chairman of the Institute for Free Speech, a former Republican chairman of the Federal Election Commission, and a visiting fellow in the James Madison Program at Princeton University.Source: Is attempting to sway Susan Collins’s vote breaking the law? It’s hard to tell....
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Nonpartisan redistricting proponents are turning to midterm election referendums in key states where legislative leaders have signaled no desire to give up their authority on drawing political boundaries.Source: Redistricting reformers turn to ballot initiatives...
The Americans for Prosperity Foundation had argued that the state's rules requiring filing of the donor list violate the First Amendment by discouraging individuals from giving and by exposing them to threats and harassment.Source: Koch group loses donor secrecy fight at appeals court...
A federal appeals court in California ruled Tuesday that a charitable group backed by the Koch network must disclose its donors to the state attorney general, setting up a potential legal challenge that could make its way to the Supreme Court. A three-member panel of the U.S.Source: Koch-backed charity must reveal donor list to California state officials, appeals court rules...
