Tag Archive: Democratic Governors Association

Santa shunning the NRA? Follow November fundraising returns with Influence Explorer’s Real-Time FEC

by Peter Olsen-Phillips

investigations

Dec 20, 2013 2:57 pm

The National Rifle Association submitted an underwhelming fundraising report as the Friday deadline for monthly filing campaign committees approaches. Follow the action on Influence Explorer’s Real-Time FEC.

FEC deadlocks on and delays key decisions

by Keenan Steiner

investigations

Sep 12, 2013 5:39 pm

In a session marked more by delay than by decision, the Federal Election Commission did not approve a request by the Democratic Governors Association to use soft money to fund a new group that would participate in federal get-out-the-vote efforts, a matter it put off voting on at its last meeting in August.

By forming a separate organization, the group of state governors was seeking to get around a legal ban on groups of state lawmakers from playing in federal elections with unlimited funds.

The two Democrat-appointed commissioners voted against approval, disappointing the three GOP commissioners who believed the DGA ...

FEC puts off enforcement fight

by Keenan Steiner

investigations

Jul 25, 2013 6:55 pm

The Federal Election Commission demonstrated a rare burst of productivity Thursday, when commissioners settled one major issue, investigated another, but put off a brewing fight over how it conducts investigations for another day.

The Republican and Democratic commissioners had no trouble giving the green light to requests brought by two separate committees to treat same-sex married donors the same as opposite-sex donors. Married donors can jointly contribute $10,400 to a candidate, even if only spouse earns income. The move was expected after the Supreme Court's reversal of the Defense of Marriage Act.

The commissioners were also unified in ...

Group of Democratic governors stand out among party-planners in Charlotte

by Keenan Steiner

investigations

Sep 4, 2012 9:39 am

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- It’s hard to get the nation's 20 Democratic governors in one place. But that didn't stop party organizers from trying with a swanky, '70s-themed event here Monday night, complete with women in go-go outfits dancing on tables and an ABBA cover band at a two-story downtown club.

One wide-eyed attendee, the president of a state teacher’s union attending his first Democratic National Convention, said he didn’t expect the party to be this good.