Yesterday the Federal Election Commission held a hearing and tackled a bundle of issues related to HLOGA’s provision requiring reporting of certain lobbyist-bundled contributions. The commission, which enforces campaign finance law, held a final hearing on how to implement a new requirement that all federal candidates, parties and political committees report any registered lobbyists or […]
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Freddie Mac PAC
With Freddie Mac in the news, some are asking what their PAC and others got for their money. Together, the two mortgage buyers spent nearly $200 million on lobbying and campaign contributions over the last two decades, throwing their weight around more like corporations than the government-sponsored enterprises they were. And when Fannie and Freddie […]
SEIU, Planned Parenthood
NPR’s “Secret Money Project” reports on SEIU and Planned Parenthood ads “against McCain.” That’s $2 million in “secret money.” The McCain-Palin ticket advances. Obama-Biden starts slipping. Enter Obama’s outside helpers…