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Continue readingTransparency advocates look at “The Price We Pay for Money’s Influence on Politics” during Sunlight-hosted event
With the midterms fewer than 50 days away, the Sunlight Foundation and ReThink Media hosted a panel discussion about the oversized role dark money plays in American elections.
Continue readingEnvironmental Defense Fund backs Republican in much-watched NY House race
A House race with a well-funded Democratic challenger in upstate New York has caused a split in the environmental community.
Continue readingKoch vets’ group picking up where Freedom Partners left off
Freedom Partners, a political nonprofit affiliated with Charles and David Koch, is transferring TV air time to a veterans' group also associated with the conservative activists.
Continue readingFCC docs shed light on Phoenix dark money group
FCC documents identify the president and treasurer of "Save Our Future Now" a dark money group that's spent more than $500,000 airing TV ads against candidates running for an obscure Arizona state office.
Continue readingGOP commissioners quash FEC dark money probe
Republicans on the Federal Election Commission voted to block investigations into two more major political nonprofits that the commission's own staff lawyers argued broke election law in 2010, according to recently released documents.
Continue readingThe DISCLOSE Act and the First Amendment
In a Senate Rules Committee hearing, the DISCLOSE Act — aimed at shining light on dark campaign money — draws plenty of rhetoric, but little grounds for consensus.
Continue readingNo, less disclosure will not reduce dark money
I’ve seen some odd arguments for limited disclosure over the years, but this may be just about the strangest and most divorced from reality.
Continue readingGrab your ear plugs: Political advertisers have buys all the way through Nov. 4
New filings in competitive Senate races — in states that did not previously share their political ad documents online — reveal which markets third party groups are targeting
Continue readingAll-Star break: Anti-establishment groups spend big for few upsets
Though the GOP's conservative wing has scored a few upsets, campaign finance data collected by Real-Time FEC show just how much of their resources have gone to losing candidates.
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