VoxLiberal View The Supreme Court hears a case next week that could make Citizens United even worse verified_publisherVox - Ian MillhiserThe Supreme Court will hear a major case on April 26 that could fundamentally alter the Court’s approach to laws requiring political organizations to disclose their donors — a change that could make it...
Q13 FOX Seattle0:27Seattle Tim Eyman ordered to pay $2.9 million to reimburse taxpayers, attorney general says Q13 FOX Seattle - flipboard.com A Thurston County judge ordered anti-tax initiative promoter Tim Eyman to pay nearly $2.9 million back to taxpayers for costs and fees related to a campaign finance lawsuit.
FortuneRepublican Party GOP House impeachers are seeing a flood of donations as Trump swears to kick them out of office verified_publisherFortune - Bill Allison, Mark Niquette, Bloomberg Former President Donald Trump has vowed to drive the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach him out of office, but GOP donors, political action …
Business InsiderU.S. PoliticsMitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and other GOP lawmakers who criticized Trump or voted to impeach him have spent tens of thousands... verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Grace PanettaProminent lawmakers spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security guards and other protection following the Capitol riots, a Punchbowl News analysis of campaign finance records shows. These members...
HuffPostLiberal View Trump Will Be Able To Keep His ‘Save America’ PAC’s Spending Secret Another 3 Months HuffPost - S.V. DateTrump raised some $76 million after the election under false pretenses, and FEC rules let him wait until July to say how he's spending it. WASHINGTON ― Former President Donald Trump, who raised some $76...
U.S. News & World ReportWynn Resorts House GOP Takes Cash From Casino Mogul Accused of Misconduct U.S. News & World Report - Associated Press By BRIAN SLODYSKO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A major House Republican fundraising committee overseen by GOP Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy …
Fraud What we learned from the first major FEC deadline after the insurrection popular.info - Judd Legum After the January 6 attack on the Capitol, about 170 companies announced they were suspending donations from their corporate PACSs to the 147 …
Roll CallTrump news update How the Jan. 6 riot is affecting campaign fundraising - Roll Call verified_publisherRoll Call - Herb Jackson Industry PAC contributions to House Republicans who voted against certifying Electoral College results in January fell during the first quarter of …
John Fetterman The 2022 Senate race’s first ad hits John Fetterman in a sore spot on race inquirer.com - Chris Brennan and Julia Terruso The first political ad in Pennsylvania’s 2022 U.S. Senate race isn’t pulling any punches. It hits Lt. Gov. John Fetterman squarely in a sore spot on …
NBCLXMatt Gaetz Matt Gaetz Using Donors’ Dollars on Legal Bills as Feds Investigate Possible Sex Trafficking NBCLX - Noah Pransky Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, facing allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, has tapped into a reliable source of funds to subsidize …
John Fetterman Fetterman dwarfs competition in first fundraising numbers for Pa.’s Senate race | WITF witf.org Fetterman dwarfs competition in first fundraising numbers for Pa.’s Senate race Katie Meyer/WHYY April 17, 2021 | 8:45 AM (Harrisburg) — There’s still …
Bill Peduto Peduto outpaces Gainey fundraising in March campaign finance reports post-gazette.com - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette March campaign finance reports reveal incumbent Mayor Bill Peduto leading by a wide margin in fundraising efforts for the upcoming Democratic mayoral …
U.S. Politics Republican associate of Peter Thiel eyeing Arizona Senate race washingtonexaminer.com - by David M. Drucker A Republican who works for venture capitalist Peter Thiel is mulling a campaign for the Senate in Arizona, where the GOP is targeting Democratic Sen. …
Maine Senate Record Spending In Collins-Gideon Senate Race Highlighted In Effort To Overturn Citizens United mainepublic.org A national group seeking to reduce the influence of money in politics and elections has released a study of the 2020 U.S. Senate race in Maine, a …
Fundraising Jane Timken, Josh Mandel FEC reports don’t quite support their big fundraising claims cleveland.com - Seth A. Richardson CLEVELAND, Ohio – Campaign finance reports filed this week tell a different story than Jane Timken and Josh Mandel have touted about their …
CBS NewsU.S. Politics Individual donors power fundraising for House Republicans who objected to election results or voted to impeach verified_publisherCBS News House Republicans are finding that even out of office, former President Trump is a magnet for money — whether they're perceived to be with him or …
Raw StoryLiberal View Trump hit with $1 trillion lawsuit over massive COVID-19 death toll in America Raw Story - Sky Palma Boy, Trump may have thought, how come he gets to do that and not me? I constantly have to lie about the election results, keep bellyaching that I …
ForbesU.S. Politics This Secretive Billionaire Is One Of America’s Biggest Conservative Donors Forbes - Michela TinderaSecretive trader Jeff Yass got rich navigating Wall Street’s ups and downs with his firm, Susquehanna International Group. After an investigation into his holdings, Forbes added him to the World’s Billionaires...
U.S. News & World ReportVirginia McAuliffe Has Fundraising Lead in Virginia Governor's Race U.S. News & World Report - Associated Press By SARAH RANKIN, Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has a commanding lead in fundraising as he …
U.S. Politics Opinion: 'Whataboutism' is exhausting political mudslinging. Listening is how to get around it. dispatch.com Will McKelvey Partisan back-and-forth can make following politics feel like watching tennis. One side lobs an accusation at the other side, which …
The New York TimesKentucky Democrats Aim to Revive a Campaign Finance Watchdog verified_publisherThe New York Times - Carl HulseWASHINGTON — Even in a dysfunctional capital, the Federal Election Commission has long stood out for monumental dysfunction. It has endured years without full membership, months without a quorum and persistent...
Virginia Millionaires Leave Their Mark on Virginia Governor's Race vpm.org Conservative businessmen Pete Snyder and Glenn Youngkin have vowed to bring board-room discipline to the governor’s mansion. The latest round of …
CNNU.S. Politics Some Trump congressional backers see campaign windfalls in 1st quarter verified_publisherCNN - By Fredreka Schouten, David Wright(CNN) — Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida raised more than $1.8 million during the first three months of the year, largely driven by small donations as the Republican mounted a vigorous defense of former President...
Business InsiderU.S. PoliticsWall Street spent a record $2.9 billion on political contributions and lobbying in 2019 and 2020, a new study shows. Here's... verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Grace DeanFinancial-services firms and trade associations, as well as their employees, spent a record $2.9 billion on campaign donations and lobbying in the 2019-20 election cycle, according to a new report by for...
Finance Bill Ketron penalized $135K for campaign finance violations murfreesboropost.com - Tayla Courage Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron must pay a $135,000 penalty for 474 campaign finance law violations that the Tennessee Registry of Election …
AlaskaAPOC denies Dunbar's expedited hearing request after allegations of Bronson campaign finance violations - Alaska Public... alaskapublic.org - Kavitha George, Alaska Public Media - Anchorage The runoff election for Anchorage mayor began to heat up this week, after Forrest Dunbar’s campaign accused Dave Bronson’s campaign of more than …
Fundraising Lawmakers break fundraising records to kick off 2022 cycle opensecrets.org - Karl Evers-Hillstrom The 2022 election cycle is already making its way into the history books, with candidates reporting unprecedented fundraising hauls only three months …
Chicago TribuneMichael Madigan Embattled former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s legal bills skyrocket in first quarter to $2.7 million Chicago Tribune - Dan PetrellaMichael Madigan’s legal bills connected to an ongoing federal corruption probe skyrocketed in the first three months of this year as he was ousted from his longtime role as Illinois House speaker and the...
Catherine Cortez Masto Cortez Masto, Lee top prior first-quarter fundraising tallies as congressional campaigns eye 2022 midterms thenevadaindependent.com Congressional representatives across the state reported race-leading fundraising hauls this week, positioning each with an early money advantage more …
The New York TimesU.S. Politics Dark Money in the New York Mayor’s Race verified_publisherThe New York Times - Giovanni RussonelloThe New York City mayor’s race already has a national-politics tinge thanks to one guy: the businessman Andrew Yang, whose long-shot campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination sputtered out early...
