CAMPAIGN SPENDING ON FOOD. Tampabay.com. “USA Today crunched numbers to find lawmakers spent $14.5 million in donors’ money on food since 2011. And the late Rep. Bill Young was ‘one of the bigger spenders.’” SPLIT VOTES AND “UNOFFICIAL LAW.” NYT. “Campaign lawyers of both parties say the deadlocks have profoundly, if informally, affected the rules […]
SUPER PAC EMBRACE. Seattle Times. “President Obama’s Tuesday fundraising swing through the Seattle area will include a high-priced dinner event benefiting a Democratic super PAC.” $468, 22 MONTHS, AND THE FEC. In the Know (D. Mason). “Connie Mack lost his U.S. Senate race in Florida in 2012, but the FEC wasn’t finished until about a […]
SUMMER RERUNS. Senate Rules Comm. “The DISCLOSE Act (S.2516) and the Need for Expanded Public Disclosure of Funds Raised and Spent to Influence Federal Elections” is the tile of Wednesday’s hearing. SINGLE CANDIDATE SUPER PACS. HuffPo. “This year, for the first time since the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United ruling unleashed the unlimited-money super PAC, […]