The Federal Election Commission is the supposed enforcer of the nation’s campaign finance and disclosure laws. But, with commissioners evenly... View Article
Continue readingCommerce Committee Vote Should Not Sound Death Knell for Broadcast Ad Transparency
Yesterday, the House Commerce Committee killed an amendment to the FCC Reform Act that would have required groups airing political... View Article
Continue readingFEC deadlocks on supersizing corporate and union PACs
A lawyer who has already successfully fought to loosen campaign finance regulations says he'll probably go back to court to continue his crusade after the Federal Election Commission today deadlocked over allowing corporations, unions and other organizations with political action committees to create super PACs within them.
The six commissioners divided along party lines over attorney Dan Backer's proposal to allow corporations, unions and other associations to create segregated "independent expenditure" accounts within their traditional political action committees, using the same name and brand they currently employ. Backer, of DB Capitol Strategies, was the winning attorney in Carey ...
Continue readingSuper PACs and Secret Money Undermine Elections
The New York Times looked at this week’s Super PAC filings with the FEC and demonstrated—again—what we knew would be... View Article
Continue readingTransparency in the State of the Union
Tonight’s State of the Union Address raised even less transparency issues than we expected. (See the text at the end... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: Thanks to Citizens United, Americans “don’t think the government works for them anymore”
In our continued effort to highlight the anniversary of January 2010’s Citizens United decision, this month’s weekly roundups will take... View Article
Continue reading1021 Days Later…
It has already begun. And it’s getting worse. Two years ago, on January 21, 2010, the Supreme Court unleashed it,... View Article
Continue readingCitizens United: Montana Fights Back
Joining us from Montana as our special guest blogger is Montana Cowgirl. You can read more of her blog on Montana... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Weekly Roundup: Bernie Sanders calls Citizens United “a complete undermining of democracy”
In our continued effort to highlight the anniversary of January 2010’s Citizens United decision, all of this month’s weekly roundups... View Article
Continue readingSunlight Drafts SUPERPAC Act to Address Hidden Money in Elections
As the second anniversary of the Supreme Court’s disastrous Citizens United decision approaches, the Sunlight Foundation has drafted the Stop... View Article
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