Federal Election Commissioner Ellen L. Weintraub’s attack on former FEC commissioner Donald F. McGahn was misleading [“A disquieting pick for White House counsel,” op-ed, Dec. 11]. Ms. Weintraub claimed Mr. McGahn said, “I’m not enforcing the law as Congress passed it.Source: Don McGahn was one of the most principled members of the FEC...
The Republican National Committee is overseeing an expansive whip operation designed to lock down Donald Trump’s Electoral College majority and ensure that the 306 Republican electors cast their votes for the president-elect.Source: RNC keeps close tabs on Electoral College vote...
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, right, and Arizona Sen. John McCain at a Sept. 20 press conference on military aid to Israel. Cruz wants to reshape campaign finance law in the next Congress. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo) Will it also make major changes to campaign finance law?Source: Activists Brace for Fight Over Campaign Finance Law...
Amid news of possible Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, a top Hillary Clinton adviser is publicly casting support for a push by some members of the Electoral College to receive an intelligence briefing ahead of their formal vote next week.Source: Is Hillary Clinton Trying To Question The Legitimacy Of Donald Trump Winning?...
Donald Trump ran one of the most unorthodox -- and successful -- political campaigns in modern history.Source: Nothing about the way Team Trump made TV ads was normal...
FOR INFORMATION, CONTACT: Michelle C. Whittaker, Director of Communications, Representation2020 (301) 270-1238 / (301) 270-4616 / [email protected]Source: Female candidates poorly funded by PACs, donors, and major parties...
WASHINGTON — It did not take long after election night for the donations to start pouring in to America’s nonprofit journalism organizations. Almost a month later, the money keeps coming, in $10 and $20 and sometimes hundreds of dollars or more from small donors all over the country.Source: Nonprofit Journalism Groups Are Gearing Up With Flood of Donations...
As California's state legislators began a new session this week, data shows the 120-member Legislature is far more male and white than the state it represents. The new Legislature will have fewer female lawmakers than any since the early 1990s.Source: California's new Legislature has biggest gender gap in years...
Thanks to the efforts of Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, a recount is underway in Wisconsin. It is highly unlikely to change the outcome — as Hillary Clinton’s campaign has stated — but it is much more likely to overturn some conventional wisdom about counting votes.Source: The Wisconsin recount may have a surprise in store after all...
