News here. Gansler said on Thursday that the committee is an informal bipartisan group that will look at issues involving state campaign finance regulations and laws to see if change is needed. Members are listed here.
Month: November 2010
What Citizens United meant and didn’t mean for 2010
Reason’s Jacob Sullum discusses. I am not saying Citizens United had no impact on independent spending. Groups like Karl Rove’s American Crossroads GPS (a 501(c)(4) spinoff of the 527 group American Crossroads) were created especially to take advantage of the freedom allowed by the decision. But its impact on the overall level of independent spending […]
Pressure for deal on DISCLOSE
The Times supports the DISCLOSE Act in this editorial this morning. The Democratic majority leader, Harry Reid, back from the brink of defeat in an election rife with murky check writers, needs to push hard and be ready to deal. The lame-duck session offers the last realistic chance for a donor disclosure law before secretive […]