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Below is an article by Michael Isikoff for NBC Newsentitled, "Firm gives $1 million to pro-Romney group, then dissolves." According to Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer: This story involves a $1 million donation apparently made in a manner designed to blatantly circumvent the campaign finance disclosure laws. The apparent effort to keep secret the actual donor or donors […]
By Kathleen Ronayne on August 3, 2011 3:00 PM Attorney Trevor Potter has been a part of the campaign finance world for two decades. During the early 1990s, he served as a commissioner on the Federal Election Commission, and was chair of the FEC in 1994. During the 2000 and 2008 presidential elections, Potter served as general […]
Petition to IRS July 27 2011.pdf
Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center filed a petition today with the Internal Revenue Service challenging the legality of IRS regulations that define whether an organization that conducts campaign activity is entitled to obtain or maintain tax-exempt status as a section 501(c)(4) organization. Under Section 553(e) of the Administrative Procedure Act, “Each agency shall […]
Campaign Legal Center – Common Cause – CREWDemocracy 21 – League of Women Voters Public Citizen – U.S. PIRG Enclosed for your information is a letter sent today by reform groups to the Chairman and Ranking Democrat on the House Ethics Committee in light of recent press reports indicating severe "partisan dysfunction and accusations of […]
By Michael Beckel President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign made waves for the sheer volume and magnitude of individuals who gave him small-dollar donations — and who repeated this giving during the course of the two-year primary and general election campaign. As he runs for re-election, Obama is hoping to recapture the magic, and early indications suggest he is. […]
By Kim Barker and Marian Wang The nation is gearing up for yet another "most expensive election in history," the quadrennial exercise in which mind-numbing amounts of money pour into the political system. But this year promises more than just record spending-more money will be flowing from more players with more opportunities to hide the source. […]
By Amanda Becker Roll Call Staff The federal program providing public money to presidential campaigns is dying. Going into next year’s elections, taxpayer participation is at an all-time low, the funds available are a pittance compared with what candidates can raise themselves, and the only candidates eligible this year […]
Representative Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) filed a brief last Friday with the federal district court in Washington, DC in a lawsuit he filed in April against the Federal Election Commission. The Van Hollen lawsuit challenges as contrary to law an FEC regulation that has eviscerated the existing contribution disclosure requirements for groups that run “electioneering […]
The United States Supreme Court now sees its central task as comforting the already comfortable and afflicting those already afflicted. If you are a large corporation or a political candidate backed by lots of private money, be assured that the court’s conservative majority will be there for you, solicitous of your needs and ready to […]
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