Super Congress membership leads to super fundraising for Republican Dave Camp
The Super Congress succeeded in creating a ton of jobs for lobbyists. Looks like it's also lucrative for its members.
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions since his...
The further collapse of campaign finance regulation
First the Supreme Court affirmed that the First Amendment allowed corporations to engage in unlimited independent expenditures on behalf of candidates. Two months later, the DC Circuit held (and the FEC did not appeal) that if individual corporations ...
Newt Gingrich preaches principled opposition to mounting debt while $1 million in the red
Sure, he's sinking like a rock in a well in the polls, and he'll be battling Jon Huntsman and Fred Karger for the cellar in the GOP sweepstakes before long. But can't we keep Newt Gingrich around just a little bit longer, please? The entertainment val...
Newt Gingrich preaches principled opposition to mounting debt while $1 million in the red
Sure, he's sinking like a rock in a well in the polls, and he'll be battling Jon Huntsman and Fred Karger for the cellar in the GOP sweepstakes before long. But can't we keep Newt Gingrich around just a little bit longer, please? The entertainment val...
Supreme Court Takes Death Row Appeal, Turns Down Campaign Finance Challenge
Filed under: Law, Supreme CourtAn Alabama man, convicted of two killings in 1997, will get his day before the high court, after paper-work mix-ups halted his earlier appeals. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |&n...
Supreme Court Takes Death Row Appeal, Turns Down Campaign Finance Challenge
Filed under: Law, Supreme CourtAn Alabama man, convicted of two killings in 1997, will get his day before the high court, after paper-work mix-ups halted his earlier appeals. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |&n...
Supreme Court Takes Death Row Appeal, Turns Down Campaign Finance Challenge
Filed under: Law, Supreme CourtAn Alabama man, convicted of two killings in 1997, will get his day before the high court, after paper-work mix-ups halted his earlier appeals. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |&n...
Supreme Court Takes Death Row Appeal, Turns Down Campaign Finance Challenge
Filed under: Law, Supreme CourtAn Alabama man, convicted of two killings in 1997, will get his day before the high court, after paper-work mix-ups halted his earlier appeals. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs |&n...
Grand Jury Investigating John Edwards Expected to Report Soon
Filed under: Fundraising, Woman Up, AnalysisThe panel, which has been meeting for almost two years, is looking into whether money donated to Edwards' 2008 presidential campaign was used either to support Edwards' mistress or cover up their affair. ...
FEC Increases Political Contribution Limits for 2012
Filed under: Fundraising, 2012 President, Campaign Finance, 2012 ElectionsAdjusting for inflation, the Federal Election Commission has increased the amount donors can give to federal candidates. Permalink | Email this | Linking...
Obama 2012 Campaign Manager Huddling With Major Donors
Filed under: Democrats, Campaign Finance, White House, 2012 ElectionsObama's 2012 campaign manager, Jim Messina, is on his first coast-to-coast swing this week to huddle with major backers about building an organization to bankroll Obama's drive for a ...
Tom DeLay Says He Would Welcome Guns at His Public Events
Filed under: House, Republicans, Scandal, Guns, Congress, Campaign Finance, Arizona ShootingOnetime House GOP leader Delay, He, sentenced to three years in prison on money laundering charges, remains free pending an appeal of his conviction in Texas.&n...
