By Peter H. Stone The conservative American Action Network, a leading independent player in last year’s election, poured $26 million — out of some $30 million in spending — from secret donors into political ads and activities to help Republican candidates. Set up in 2009, the network enjoys a prized tax status from the Internal Revenue […]
Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has filed an Advisory Opinion Request with the Federal Election Commission asking whether his Leadership PAC can raise unlimited contributions to spend on independent expenditures. The answer to this question is open and shut: the federal campaign finance laws clearly and unequivocally prohibit the Leadership PAC of a Member of Congress […]
Today, the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21, filed an amici brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in U.S. v Danielczyk, an appeal of a controversial district court decision overturning the century-old federal restriction on corporate contributions to candidates and political parties. The corporate contribution restriction overturned in the case […]
According to press reports, a new Super PAC was formed yesterday to support Herman Cain’s presidential campaign. The name of the Super PAC is “Americans for Herman Cain.” According to the PAC’s website (americansforhermancain.com), the PAC has registered with the FEC under this name as a “non-connected political committee” that “supports the Federal candidacy of […]
During the second quarter of 2011, more than 50 individuals donated the legal maximum to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and also dug into their pockets deeper and made additional contributions to Restore Our Future, a candidate-specific Super PAC formed to promote Romney’s campaign for president. A new analysis by Democracy 21, the […]
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