Have pro-Donald Trump super PACs resolved their feuds and raised enough money to support him?
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The importance of being transparent: Clinton and Trump need to answer these opengov questions
The presidential debates present a clear opportunity to press the candidates for answers on important questions about transparency. Here are some of the questions we'd like to see the candidates answer.
Continue readingElection commissioner calls for new rules to keep foreign money out of U.S. politics
Last Friday, Ellen Weintraub of the FEC announced a new proposal to launch rulemaking to keep foreign money out of U.S. politics.
Continue readingNRA’s influence comes from $14 million in spending — not just campaign contributions
The NRA is known for its wide-ranging campaign contributions — but its spending on ads is arguably even more powerful.
Continue readingPrinciples for transparency and accountability in the U.S. presidential transition
Here are the five principles that the Sunlight Foundation calls on the presidential campaigns to embrace before and after the election.
Continue readingMcCutcheon decision has allowed at least $39 million more in presidential election so far
Sunlight estimates that at least $39 million more has flowed into the presidential fundraising committees than would have if aggregate campaign finance limits still existed today.
Continue readingBernie Sanders’s new political group won’t have to disclose its donors
Our Revolution launched this week to support “candidates in lockstep with [Bernie] Sanders' ideals.” But as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, the group would not be required to disclose its donors.
Continue readingWhich states have strong campaign finance oversight?
If a state has campaign finance limits but no one is there to enforce them, do they really matter?
Continue readingThe sky isn’t the limit: The unfortunate truth about campaign finance limits
Several states are weakening campaign finance limits, allowing individuals to pour in more money than ever to state politics.
Continue readingThe feuds and funders behind the pro-Donald Trump super PACs
Who's in the “motley crew” of Trump-supporting super PACs? We’ve broken down who they are, who's in charge, what they’ve raised — and the intense discord between them.
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