Month: May 2008

TPM on ALP in MT and PR

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 29, 2008
Categories In FEC, IRS

TPM covers American Leadership Project’s most recent activity. Although all analysts give Hillary Clinton long odds to win the nomination, her major union backers and other big donors clearly haven’t given up.

Public Financing Attention in North Carolina

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 29, 2008
Categories In North Carolina

Public financing is getting attention in North Carolina. Three major ex-politicians with ties to Nash County, two of whom are Republicans, have taken up the cause of campaign finance reform at both the state and federal levels.Former Republican N.C. Rep. Gene Arnold, former Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Valentine Jr. and former Republican lieutenant governor and […]

Missouri Contribution Limits

Post author By Eric Brown
Post date May 29, 2008
Categories In Missouri

This editorial discusses Missouri’s campaign finance law and advocates public financing. This year the legal problems with removing contribution limits seem to have been resolved, and the current limits will be removed starting in August, after the primary election. Removing such limits is not an unreasonable step toward more transparency in our political system. Current […]