Via The Tennessean Republican Rep. Kevin Brooks of Cleveland says all he did in January was ask fellow GOP lawmakers to keep an open mind on Republican Gov. Bill Haslam’s Insure Tennessee proposal. But the House assistant majority leader quickly…
Read MoreVia Business Insider Over the weekend, the New York Times published a sobering interview with the head of the Federal Election Commission, who confirmed that she had largely given up on the agency playing a meaningful role in restraining…
Read MoreVia NPR The presidential hopefuls haven’t spent much time so far with voters. Instead, they’ve committed many days to courting the millionaires and billionaires who can fuel a White House bid. And at the same time, activists on the left…
Read MoreVia The Washington Post Over the weekend, the New York Times published a sobering interview with the head of the Federal Election Commission, who confirmed that she had largely given up on the agency playing a meaningful role in restraining…
Read MoreVia PR Watch Two career prosecutors–one a Republican, one a Democrat–just called Scott Walker a liar, and not a single national newspaper took notice. The comments came after Walker, an unannounced candidate for president, used an appearance on an Iowa…
Read MoreVia Vox The money at the nexus of the Clinton Foundation, Bill Clinton’s speaking shop, and Hillary Clinton’s State Department is unnerving. But the amount of coverage it’s getting might make you think it’s unusually unnerving by the standards of…
Read MoreVia Newsweek After years of striking down campaign finance laws, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 29 upheld a Florida rule that bars judicial candidates from personally asking for campaign contributions. Chief Justice John Roberts’s opinion drew a distinction between…
Read MoreVia The Wall Street Journal Ed Rogers, a prominent lobbyist. put it the best. He wrote in the Washington Post, “I’m embarrassed by our campaign finance system. And as a long-time participant in the system, for me to get…
Read MoreYesterday, the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform held a “Standing Up to Special Interests” Forum at Columbia College Chicago. A panel of experts discussed current strengths and weaknesses in campaign finance laws at the local, state, and federal level. The…
Read MoreVia the Chicago Sun Times WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states may limit candidates for elected state and local judgeships from making a personal appeal for campaign contributions. The justices’ 5-4 ruling means in 30 states that…
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