Category: FEC

“Feckless” FEC

This Times editorial discusses the recent language passed by the FEC on lobbyist-bundled contributions.  Google shows nearly 5,000 hits on “feckless” and “FEC” on the same page, including this Newsday editorial from 2005.

All’s Forgiven

The WSJ reports that Sen. Clinton has forgiven about $13 million in personal loans she made to her campaign for president.  Bloomberg also has an article.   Campaign finance law contains a provision addressing candidate loans over $250,000 and the opportunity for repayment. (b) For personal loans that, in the aggregate, exceed $250,000 in connection with […]

MN Recount Funds

The counting continues in Minnesota.  I mean the counting of recount funds received by the candidates, of course.  Al Franken is raising recount funds through this site and another.  The first site notes: Individuals can contribute up to $2300 for the recount effort, previous contributions to Al Franken for Senate do not count towards that […]