The final countdown

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

If the story of this election is the rise of outside spending, the lesson we at You Report Election 2010 learned is that following the money

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"… anti-abortion group attacked a candidate’s record on immigration, and a campaign finance reform group accused a Senate candidate of prosecutorial misconduct.How much mone …"

"… Senate candidate Ken Buck and California Republican Rep. Dan Lungren over campaign finance reformCitizens Against Government Waste launched a striking futuristic ad campaig …"

Campaign MoneyWatch takes aim at Ken Buck’s loaded history

By Aaron Mehta and Josh Israel

It must be Ken Buck week here at You Report central. A reader in Colorado followed up yesterday’s post about an education group’s attack ad

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"… y Watch says it “works to hold politicians who are against comprehensive campaign finance reform accountable for where they get their political donations.”Buck’s oppon …"

Political inaction committees: How political action committees are spending your donations

By Josh Israel, Aaron Mehta and Gabriel Debenedetti

Jay Peters is a psychology instructor at a Durham, North Carolina, community college who has donated tens of thousands of dollars to conserv

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"… eative people.”Mary Boyle, vice president for communications for the pro-campaign finance reform group Common Cause, adds that the spending habits of many PACs are legal, …"

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California Republican lampooned in tropical ad

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

As election ads paid for by third-party groups begin to flood U.S. airways, one group seeking campaign finance reform is running an ad blast

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"… d for by third-party groups begin to flood U.S. airways, one group seeking campaign finance reform is running an ad blasting a California Republican who has protected the cu …"

Who bankrolls Congress?

By Aaron Mehta and Josh Israel

California Assembly Speaker Jesse M. Unruh once famously said of moneyed political interests: “If you can't take their money, drink their bo

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"… eir coffers open for future needs.” She notes broad disagreement between campaign finance reform supporters and opponents as to where the lines cross, but called the statu …"

John J. Sullivan: Federal Election Commissioner in waiting

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

One full year after being nominated to the Federal Election Commission, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) lawyer John J. Sullivan

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"… nce or predict at this point.” …"

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SOLUTIONS: Forcing contractors to disclose contributions is a good first step

By Melanie Sloan

SOLUTIONS: An executive order requiring government contractors to disclose campaign donations

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"… by company officials to candidates and parties is already reported to the Federal Election Commission, significantly, the order would also require disclosure of contributions m …"

Campaign finance reform advocates face long-term challenges

By Josh Israel

The current political environment looks bleak for any congressional action soon on disclosure requirements to narrow the Citizens United rul

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"… d, advocates fear, this Supreme Court may also strike down state and local campaign finance reform laws.Speaker Arianna Huffington, the liberal-leaning website publisher, ca …"

"… around the issue.Fred Wertheimer, president of Democracy 21 and a veteran campaign finance reform activist, said that reformers currently operate in a “very hostile envir …"

New 'Citizens United' legislation would enhance powers of parties

By Josh Israel

New legislation to address a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing unlimited campaign advertising by corporations and labor unions includes an

The time for campaign finance reform?

By Caitlin Ginley and Josh Israel

The conventional wisdom is that the public financing system for presidential campaigns is dead, or at least comatose. But a conference at th

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"… , and efficient.” And, now, he assured, was the time to enact it.Veteran campaign finance reform activist Fred Wertheimer, currently president of Democracy 21, said the ch …"

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