Today’s “Inside the Beltway” addresses alleged foreign national involvement in U.S. elections. Are Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Elton John breaking U.S. laws by allowing the British pop singer, a foreign national, to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign by performing a concert on her behalf? That’s the question Inside the […]
Month: March 2008
Florida: Public Financing on the Ballot?
Pending a Florida House and Senate vote, public financing could be on the ballot. Florida voters would then decide to kill or continue its public financing system for races for governor and other statewide offices.
Migden Sued for $9 million
A California state senator faces a $9 million lawsuit involving alleged campaign finance irregularities. The San Francisco Chronicle reports: “For years, Sen. Migden has been deceiving the voters of California by filing inaccurate campaign statements,” Ross Johnson, chairman of the state Fair Political Practices Commission, said in a statement. “The sophisticated and pervasive pattern of […]