Former Sen. Warren Rudman argues that Republicans have lost their way on campaign finance issues in this piece today. It was congressional Republicans who led the 1971 effort to strengthen existing campaign finance law through the Federal Election Campaign Act. After the Watergate campaign finance scandal, Republicans in Congress joined with Democrats to pass far-reaching […]
Day: February 5, 2010
Van Hollen-Schumer, the cure-all for Citizens United holdings?
Van Hollen-Schumer doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as smoothly as McCain-Feingold or Shays-Meehan, but maybe with time (and once we see the bill) we can get more comfortable with the linguistics. The Times spells out its view of what should be in legislation for a post-Citizens United campaign finance world. The interesting thing? Public […]
Good morning, here’s “demon sheep” news
Political Wire covers what it calls the “demon sheep” ad that’s creating buzz.