Rep. Steve Stockman is facing an ethics inquiry after a series of Sunlight reports on the Texas Republican's questionable campaign finance practices.
Continue readingFired Stockman staffer resurfaces as “newspaper” publisher
A former staffer for Rep. Steve Stockman has been printing a publication designed to look like a newspaper, albeit one with a curiously singular focus - to criticize Stockman's Senate primary opponent, Sen. John Cornyn.
Continue readingStockman campaign goes for campaign finance hat trick
The embattled Stockman campaign has struggled to point to a permissible source for the $15,000 it received from two of the congressman's staffers. Though half of the money was reattributed again in the committee's recent slew of amendments, one of the contribution's most recent changes would also seem to have rendered it impermissible.
Continue readingStockman campaign may have broken campaign finance law
By re-attributing the source of some $15,000 in campaign contributions from relatives of congressional staffers to the staffers themselves, the campaign of Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, has raised more questions--and a potential violation of campaign finance laws--than it has answered.
Federal election law prohibits contributions from government employees to their employers, including members of Congress. Violators face fines and potential prison sentences of up to three years.
Continue readingStockman campaign amends filings, questions remain on contributions’ legality
"I did not make the contribution," Thomas Dodd told Sunlight on Oct. 10 when asked about why his mother had disavowed knowledge of a $7,500 contribution made to the campaign of his boss, Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas. Though now, the campaign says, he did. Five days after a Sunlight report cited Jane Dodd saying she didn't make the contributions, Stockman's campaign filed an amendment, listing Thomas Dodd, his special assistant, as the donor.
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