News
On October 28, 2011, American Crossroads, a federally registered political committee backed by Republican political operative Karl Rove, submitted an Advisory Opinion Request (AOR) to […]
In a landmark decision, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld North Carolina’s ban on campaign contributions from lobbyists to candidates for the North […]
American Crossroads is the brainchild of political operative Karl Rove. On October 28, 2011, the Rove inspired organization asked the FEC to declare that expenditures […]
By Eliza Newlin Carney The website of Americans Elect, a nonpartisan group that is set out to mount an alternative presidential candidate in 2012, exhorts […]
According to the BNA Money and Politics Report, “the Democratic and Republican parties have received $35.4 million—about $17.7 million each—in public funding to pay for […]
By Marian Wang As the presidential campaign swings into high gear, rivers of cash are flowing in to support the candidates, and experts are predicting […]
By Peter H. Stone Questions about Herman Cain’s financial support from a tax-exempt charity Herman Cain’s campaign faces questions about tens of thousands of dollars […]
Today the Campaign Legal Center and Democracy 21, filed comments with the Federal Election Commission (FEC), urging the Commission to reject an advisory opinion request submitted by the […]
The Federal Election Commission is itself a national campaign finance scandal. It is widely recognized that the FEC is a dysfunctional agency that consistently […]
Reform groups held a press conference today to highlight the repeated failure of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to properly interpret and enforce the campaign finance laws […]
Sign up for Democracy 21’s email list(s) to receive “Wertheimer’s Political Report,” our weekly newsletter released every Thursday and/or our regular news releases. (And, we won’t share your email.)
