New Jersey Congressman Jeff Van Drew is expected to switch parties from Democrat to Republican after taking large amounts of campaign cash from his Democratic colleagues. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics) Anti-impeachment Rep. ...
Despite previously condemning Super PACs and declaring he would refuse their funding, Biden reversed course on Thursday opening the door to the controversial campaign finance groups. Joe Biden came under fire in June for telling ...
One of the U.S.-Ukraine diplomats has a lengthy history as a Republican donor, while another performed lobbying work for foreign clients and a major defense company. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Yue Stella Yu, The Center ...
Wealthy donors such as CEOs, executives and attorneys are mostly sticking with three Democratic presidential candidates. (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics) Wealthy donors have an abundance of options to choose from in the loaded ...
Dark money groups have spent more than $1 billion on independent expenditures since the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision. (By Anna Massoglia and Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics) A new “dark money” group ...
“It is illegal for any person to solicit, accept, or receive anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a US election.” (By Karl Evers-Hillstrom and Reid Champlin, Center For Responsive Politics) President Donald ...
Charges in the indictment range from campaign finance violations and false statements to the FEC to falsifying tax records. (By Ann Massoglia and Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Center for Responsive Politics) A fugitive Malaysian financier accused of ...
“I won’t take money from the banker, the realtors or the hotel, but I will take money from their trade association? That’s hypocrisy.” (By Camille Erickson, Center for Responsive Politics) More than 50 Democratic congressional ...
The donations highlight the existential stakes for the fossil fuel industry in the debate over the Green New Deal. (Maplight) The average congressional opponent of the Green New Deal has received 24 times more campaign ...
In a party-line vote of 234-193, the House approved the “For the People Act.” The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation that Democrats say will lessen the influence of big-money interests in federal ...
Fundraising for Trump’s re-election bid in 2020 is already setting records in 2019. (Center for Responsive Politics) Outside groups supporting President Donald Trump’s re-election bid kicked off 2019 with a barrage of spending, an early ...
Using shell entities to circumvent campaign coordination rules is a hardly new concept, and something that often occurs without consequence — giving consultants free rein to exploit these tactics. (Open Secrets, by Anna Massoglia) The Trump campaign ...
A lawsuit in Alaska is posing a real threat to the era of “dark money” ushered in by Citizens United. There’s a lawsuit in Alaska working to overturn the infamous 2010 Citizens United ruling that ...
Activists immediately denounced the measure, which “also recommits the party to an ‘all of the above’ energy stance.” (Common Dreams) Just two months after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was celebrated by environmentalists for banning donations from ...
GEO Group is America’s largest private prison company with 141 prison facilities across the U.S. but a new report from MapLight in conjunction with the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting reveals the company may have violated ...
The Democratic National Committee (D.N.C.) has agreed to reject campaign donations from corporate Political Action Committees (P.A.C.s) tied to the fossil fuel industry. This resolution came via a unanimous vote reached over the weekend, the ...
On March 13th, in a local city election in Tempe, Arizona 91 percent of voters said yes to forcing “Dark Money” organizations to reveal financial backers if their spending in local elections exceeds $1,000. Arizona Governor ...
Check out Donald Trump’s website tonight for a lives-stream of his State Of The Union donors. Donald Trump is using his first State of the Union address on Tuesday in what appears to be an ...
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