A new website advocates passage of S. 223, a bill relating to the disclosure of campaign finance reports for Senate candidates. The legislation has not been brought to the floor, according to a Campaign Finance Institute email I received, because of an issue surrounding a proposed amendment to the bill.
The court released its opinion in EMILY’S List v. FEC. The court ruled in the FEC’s favor on joint motions for summary judgment. The case involved allocation regulations and the FEC’s regulation at 11 CFR 100.57 regarding solicitations referencing a federal candidate.
This Post story discusses the role of political contributions. The story involves UBS of Switzerland. Bank officials named in an unfolding Senate investigation have directed more than $2 million into this year’s congressional and presidential campaigns, some of it arriving just as investigators finished a report accusing the bank of helping clients hide billions of […]