Category: FEC

Campaign Money, All in the Family

Former Chairman of the Federal Election Commission David Mason has an interesting post on the Center for Competitive Politics’ blog, “Defending Nancy Pelosi.” He writes: I suppose Speaker Pelosi is partly at fault for buying into the “more ethical than thou” logic of progressive campaign finance rules.  She contributed to a climate that makes attacks […]

Readings

The Bellingham Herald reports on a new book that sounds interesting, The Wicked Wine of Democracy. Miller writes that he passed envelopes of cash to lawmakers, converted campaign checks into hard-to-trace cash, illegally shifted campaign expenses onto the books of labor unions, and did campaign work while on a union payroll. “I broke the law […]