A disclaimer provision in an Alaska campaign finance bill is generating questions, according to this report. The bill passed from the House Finance Committee late Saturday requires disclosure for corporate political spending for or against candidates. The bill’s a response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision that opened the door for freer spending by certain […]
Day: April 19, 2010
Government execs: Stop trying to balance the budget with campaign money
Here’s a story from Connecticut on the state’s public financing system. Legislative leaders insist they are committed to the state’s public campaign finance program, but advocates say repeated raids on the program’s funding-totaling $48 million so far-to balance the state budget is threatening its survival.
Televising Supreme Court proceedings soon?
The Post covers the prospects that Supreme Court proceedings will be televised. Recently, the Court refused to release same-day audio of an oral argument in, of all matters, a First Amendment case.