Campaign cash: The independent fundraising gold rush since 'Citizens United' ruling

By Peter H. Stone

For many powerful GOP operatives and allied fundraisers, the luncheon last April felt like one part reunion and one part strategy summit for

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"… ups are spearheading. Coordination among independent groups is legal under campaign finance laws, but the organizations are strictly barred from conducting any joint activ …"

CREW challenges tax status of GOP political organization

By Peter H. Stone

Watchdog group asks IRS and FEC to investigate Republican political organization

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"… r the Commission on Hope, Growth and Opportunity may have violated tax and campaign finance laws.In a press release, CREW’s executive director Melanie Sloan charged that …"

Withdrawn FEC nominee laments “broken” confirmation process

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

In early August, the White House quietly informed the U.S. Senate that it was withdrawing the nomination of labor lawyer John J. Sullivan

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"… ers with a demonstrated commitment to the existence and enforcement of the campaign finance laws.”Why hasn’t Obama done so? Traditionally, nominees to the FEC are pres …"

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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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"… ow part of the AFL-CIO) to help re-elect President Franklin Roosevelt. The campaign finance laws of the 1970s established a legislative framework for PACs, and ever since, …"

The curious spending of Republicans for Choice

By Josh Israel and Aaron Mehta

Wharton Professor Yoram “Jerry” Wind calls himself a liberal Republican. Unhappy with what he considers far-right positions taken by his par

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"… goes beyond the election of political candidates.Since the post-Watergate campaign finance laws went into effect in the mid-1970s, more and more interest groups have form …"

Hidden Chamber of Commerce hand behind anti-Solis ad

By Aaron Mehta

There’s a new ad floating on the “BlogAds” network, and it’s quite a doozy. In giant font, the ad warns of “Obama’s ETHICAL Problem,” which

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"… s wholly owned by big labor and has allegedly brokenHouse ethics rules and campaign finance laws to enact their radical anti-worker agenda.”Clicking on the ad takes you …"

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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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"… s largely responsible for the commission’s refusal to enforce even those campaign finance laws on the books.Further, McConnell’s opposition to disclosure is a somewhat …"

Fiesta Bowl accused of reimbursing execs for campaign contributions

By Laurel Adams

Allegations that Fiesta Bowl execs violated campaign finance laws by reimbursing contributions

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"… m for Hayworth, McCain and the Straight Talk Express, another violation of campaign finance laws, CREW said.The allegations of improper campaign contributions were first r …"

Obama’s first choice for FEC raises questions about stance on 527s

By Josh Israel

A few days ago, President Obama made attorney John Sullivan his first nomination to fill one of the three vacant seats on the Federal Electi

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"… for Truth, and MoveOn were fined after the election was over for violating campaign finance laws.In 2008, 527 groups continued to spend large sums of money on the sort of …"

President Obama’s opportunity to mold the FEC

By Josh Israel

At midnight Thursday, the terms of Federal Election Commissioner Donald F. McGahn II (a Republican) and FEC Chairman Steven T. Walther (a De

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"… ommitment to effective, non-partisan administration and enforcement of the campaign finance laws.”Josh Zaharoff, deputy program director for Common Cause, argues that, s …"

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