Sunlight Foundation Blog compared the House and Senate versions of The DISCLOSE Act and the results are here.
Month: May 2010
Campaign finance law enforcement in California examined
The LA Times looks at the enforcement practices of the California Fair Political Practices Commission here. In its 2009 annual report, the state Fair Political Practices Commission reveals that it closed 721 cases with findings that ethics rules were violated — more than double the year before. But only one in six violators was fined […]
Independent group spending up
Politico has the latest spending numbers for independent groups here this morning. Third-party groups and special interests are pouring tens of millions of dollars into House and Senate races this year — four times what was spent during a similar period in the 2006 midterm elections.