CFROMNIBUS UPDATE. WP. “Under the language in the bill, a couple could give as much as $3.1 million to a party’s various national committees in one election cycle.” WATCHDOGS YELP. NYT. “Depending on how the new law is interpreted by election officials, the provision could expand the amount that any one person can give to […]
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MCCONNELL AND CFR. Courier-Journal. “Campaign finance reform groups are charging that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is using a spending bill to mount a ‘sneak’ attack on party spending limits.” SUPER PAC FTL. WP. “Trevor Parkes and Henry Longley, neither of them from Ohio, filed paperwork for the ‘Draft Rob Portman’ super PAC and set […]
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CHALLENGE DISMISSED. Reuters. “A federal judge in Washington late on Tuesday dismissed a challenge by two state Republican parties of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that imposes restrictions on asset managers who donate to political campaigns, handing the regulator a victory.” CANTOR FUNDS. WP. “Former House majority leader Eric Cantor, who lost his […]