Today CCP President David Keating testified before the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration (video included). The hearing, which discussed S. 2219, is the most recent effort by the reform community to expand non-profit disclosure requirements. This latest effort comes on the heels of a number of previous attempts to dramatically expand the amount of information [...]
Money in Politics is Only Dangerous to Incumbents
Published on March 29, 2012
Filed Under: Blog, Coordination, Disclosure, Expenditure, First Amendment, Independent Speech, Political Parties, Super PACs, Chuck Schumer, DISCLOSE, Lamar Alexander, Senate Rules Hearing, District Of Columbia
In Defense of Millionaires
Published on February 8, 2012
In 1996, Bob Dole won the Iowa caucuses and the South Carolina primary, ending the race for the Republican nomination. Dole’s candidacy was backed by Establishment figures, Establishment money, and was the best organized and best staffed. While Dole’s campaign inspired little ardor outside of mistaken pineapple enthusiasts, it more than made up for this [...]
Filed Under: Blog, Contributions & Limits, Coordination, Expenditure, Featured Content, First Amendment, Super PACs, Bob Dole, Citizens United, First Amendment, super PAC, super PACs
FEC Investigations are No Joke
Published on January 18, 2012
Last night, The Colbert Report and The Daily Show continued their on-going gag involving the “Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC”. We’ve embedded the clip below, where Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert (with call-in legal advice from former FEC Commissioner Trevor Potter) get as close to the line of “not coordinating” as humanly [...]
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This weekend in campaign finance
Published on January 17, 2012
With the second anniversary of the Citizens United decision coming up this Saturday, reform groups are pulling out all the stops to protest the decision. Between coming up with impossibly forced acronyms and enacting whatever solution they came up with during their anti-CU house parties, the reform community should probably prepare for another Supreme Court case. However, [...]
Filed Under: Coordination, Independent Speech, Political Committees & 527s, Super PACs, Uncategorized, District Of Columbia