The foreign national ban is much more than a ban on “contributions” from foreign nationals: § 110.20 Prohibition on contributions, donations, expenditures, independent expenditures, and disbursements by foreign nationals (2 U.S.C. 441e, 36 U.S.C. 510).
Category: FEC
The Times Keeping it Practical?
Today’s Times editorializes on the lack of a quorum at the FEC. This blog focuses on the pratical aspect of political law, so when the Times invokes its concerns at the “practical level,” it’s worth considering, although we do not necessarily have to agree with its conclusions. Lacking a quorum, the commission has been left […]
The Obamas’ Tax Returns and the $3 Check-off
I’m sure I will not be the only one to notice that in 2005 and 2006, the Obama family’s publicly available tax returns show that they did not designate $3 to the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, the pool of money made available to candidates for President who qualify for public matching funds during the primary or […]