Photo by AMagill/flickr.com Sponsor Peter Wirth says he doesn’t like the legislation in its current form; its House shepherd, Nate Gentry, says he’s ‘concerned with some of the attorney general’s inclusions.’ A bill aimed at ensuring campaign-finance transparency has been so changed by Senate commit ...
Much of the attention this week has focused on President Obama’s support for the Super PAC set up by former aides to promote his re-election, freeing his supporters to contribute unlimited amounts. But in this announcement the President also came out in support of a constitutional amendment to decre ...
By Bill Lueders Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Patrick Crooks. Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley. Citing the negative role of money in judicial campaigns, two Wisconsin Supreme Court justices are calling for the state to consider ending ...
The Cardona brothers -- whose bundled contributions to President Barack Obama's re-election campaign are being returned because of their third, fugitive brother -- also gave money to several state Democratic organizations last year. Carlos Rojas Cardona made donations in 2011 to the state Democratic ...
LANSING — State Rep. Bob Constan (D-Dearborn Heights) and George T. Darany (D-Dearborn) are supporting an ethics and campaign finance reform package that would close the revolving door between the public and the private sectors and provide citizens with greater transparency and accountability from e ...
The Campaign Doctor newsletter offers marketing tip for campaigns. I subscribe because their advice is often useful for thinking about how to best promote political ideas. A recent issue offered some disturbingly useful advice: a candidate should hire a campaign finance manager first, before anyone ...
The Campaign Doctor newsletter offers marketing tip for campaigns. I subscribe because their advice is often useful for thinking about how to best promote political ideas. A recent issue offered some disturbingly useful advice: a candidate should hire a campaign finance manager first, before anyone ...
Every Friday, the Brennan Center will be compiling the latest news concerning the corrosive nature of money in New York State politics—and the ongoing need for public financing and robust campaign finance reform. We’ll also be linking to dispatches from around the country highlighting the national s ...
Today, at the Missouri Ethics Commission: C091145 02/09/2012 FRIENDS OF PETER KINDER St Louis Cardinals LLC 700 Clark St St Louis MO 63102 2/9/2012 $5,000.00 [emphasis added] Evidently a tribute to Herman C. Long. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and ...
Hey, remember this: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. What a ...
