A group called American Leadership Project drew fire from the Obama camp, as summarized in “Clinton 527 Will Endure Unbearable, Life-changing Misery, Obama Lawyer Says:” In a conference call [Feb. 21], Obama campaign lawyer Bob Bauer predicted that the FEC would administer a smackdown to the pro-Clinton 527 American Leadership Project , predicting criminal charges […]
Category: FEC
Permissible Uses of Campaign Funds
Today’s Post, in “Senators Diverting Campaign Funds to Kin,” notes that [u]nder long-standing congressional ethics rules, corporations, unions and other large organizations cannot directly pay senators stipends. But their contributions to senators’ election campaigns can be paid without limit to the children, spouses, in-laws and other relatives of the lawmakers, in a practice that has […]
SueNow.org, LitigateNext.org, ReformerScreedsAgainstCase.org, SpeechSometimeThisYear-Maybe.org
Speechnow.org filed suit in D.C. federal court seeking a preliminary injunction to begin its advocacy as soon as possible. Case documents are available online. Writing in today’s Post, Brad Smith and Steve Simpson argue: The First Amendment guarantees the right of citizens to urge political change, and elections present an ideal opportunity to affect policy […]