Category: FEC

The Post’s campaign finance reporter held an online discussion Friday.  I previously noted the issues surrounding the event here and here.  The online discussion includes this exchange: Newburyport, Mass.: Was Elton John paid for his performance at the Hillary raise-a-thon? If not, isn’t it illegal for a foreign citizen to donate to a U.S. election? […]

I previously noted that some of Obama’s tax returns showed that he failed to indicate that he wanted $3 to go to public funding of presidential campaigns. Today we learned: Asked whether he felt the current system of funding campaigns through public money was antiquated, Obama admitted, “It is creaky, and needs to be reformed […]

As I expected, if the Commission approves the draft opinion in Advisory Opinion 2008-2, a candidate/homemaker would be granted some relief and be permitted to use campaign funds to pay for certain expenses during his campaign.   Without a quorum the Commission cannot approve the draft, however.  Roll Call (subscription required) reports on other nomination news […]