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It's No Joke: FEC Oks Colbert Super PAC
30 Jun 2011 2:25 PM
This morning, at a cozy 9 th floor hearing room at the Federal Elections Commission, comedian and talk show host Stephen Colbert received approval to establish his super PAC. Mr. Colbert’s PAC will be able to raise and spend an unlimited amount of money, and make unlimited expenditures, provided all his expenditures are not coordinated with any candidate... Read More...
by Brian Bennett | with no comments
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RNLA Submits FOIA request to the FEC for Democratic Commissioners
9 Jun 2011 2:09 PM
The RNLA has submitted a FOIA request to the Democratic Commissioners of the FEC for any and all ex parte communications they have had with leaders on Capitol Hill, as well as liberal advocacy groups. The RNLA's request comes after the liberal group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington ("CREW") made a similar request to the FEC's... Read More...
by Brian Bennett | with no comments
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EDVa Strikes Down Ban on Corporate Direct Candidate Contributions
26 May 2011 2:57 PM
Today, Senior Judge James C. Cacheris , applied Citizens United v FEC , 130 U.S. 876 (2010) , to dismiss a count of directing corporate contributions to a Presidential campaign, holding that a complete ban on corporate contributions to candidates is unconstitutional (Judge Cacheris notes that the same limits that apply to individual contributions would apply... Read More...
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Stephen Colbert Advisory Opinion Request, No Kidding.
13 May 2011 7:03 PM
Today's Politico carried a story about Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert appearing in person at the FEC to file an Advisory Opinion request. Ken Vogel's piece does a great job relating Colbert's long-running Citizens United v. FEC schtick from the Colbert Report to the serious campaign finance law issues raised by his announcement of the Colbert... Read More...
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Former FEC Chair Smith joins litigation team to create "Super-Duper" PACs
27 Apr 2011 5:19 PM
Prof. Bradley A. Smith , former chairman of the FEC; Allison Hayward , vice-president for policy at the Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) and RNLA member; and Allen Dickerson , CCP's legal director, have signed on as co-counsel in Carey et al v. FEC (D.D.C. Civ. No. 11- 259-RMC). RADM James J. Carey, USN (ret), chairman of the National Defense PAC , along... Read More...
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DISCLOSE Act Is Back: Obama intends to reverse Citizens United decision by Executive Order
19 Apr 2011 2:33 PM
"They lost in the Supreme Court, they lost in Congress, they lost at the FEC, so now the president is just going to do it by edict." Hans von Spakovsky, today, reported that a source has leaked a document that the White House is apparently circulating among several government agencies. The document, entitled “ Disclosure of Political Spending... Read More...
by Casey Christine Higgins | with no comments
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DISCLOSE Act Slated for Senate Consideration TOMORROW
26 Jul 2010 10:14 AM
After rewriting the Senate version of the DISCLOSE Act, Senator Schumer began the Rule 14 process – a maneuver used to bypass action by the Rules and Administration Committee, which has jurisdiction over the bill – to get the new version on the Senate calendar and force a vote before Congress recesses in August. The DISCLOSE Act has now been slated... Read More...
by Casey Christine Higgins | with no comments
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Schumer Introduces New Version of DISCLOSE Act
22 Jul 2010 2:22 PM
After Democrats in the Senate apparently struggled to get the votes to pass the DISCLOSE Act, they have launched a new strategy to pass the legislation, which aims to reverse the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United . Last night, Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced a new version of the DISCLOSE Act . The new bill could come to the floor of the... Read More...
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RNLA Co-Chair Mitchell: "The NRA carve-out is a clear example of a congressional speech license."
17 Jun 2010 8:46 AM
Cleta Mitchell, partner at Foley & Lardner who works in campaign finance law, RNLA co-chair, and member of the NRA's board of directors wrote an op-ed in today's Washington Post addressing the NRA exemption from the DISCLOSE Act carved out by House Democrats this week. Mitchell said: The NRA "carve-out" reaffirms the wisdom of the First... Read More...
by Casey Christine Higgins | with no comments
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Another Victory for Citizens United
10 Jun 2010 2:11 PM
Citizens United continues its winning streak, this time in front of the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Citizens United recently went to the FEC to argue that its films should qualify for what is known as the "media exemption" or "press exemption" under the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). This exemption is what allows newspapers,... Read More...
by Justin Riemer | with no comments
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Former FEC Chairman Bradley A. Smith: “Disclosed Partisanship”
1 Jun 2010 2:59 PM
While the DISCLOSE Act was pulled from consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives last week, a Democratic source told Roll Call newspaper that, “It’s going to be one of the first things we take up when we get back.” Thus, the DISCLOSE Act could be voted on as soon as June 9th. In a 1996 memorandum to deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes... Read More...
by Casey Christine Higgins | with no comments
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DISCLOSE Act – the Citizens United “Fix” – To Come to a Vote in the House This Week
26 May 2010 4:09 PM
H.R. 5175, the DISCLOSE Act, which is an attempt by Democratic legislators to reverse the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v. FEC , will likely come to a vote in the House of Representatives on Friday. It is crucial that this bill not be passed. Not only is DISCLOSE a clear, unconstitutional restriction on First Amendment rights to Free Speech... Read More...
by Casey Christine Higgins | with no comments
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Was Somebody Missing from the DISCLOSE Act Hearings?
14 May 2010 10:21 AM
Former Chairman of the FEC Dave Mason makes the case that the hearings on legislation to mute the effects of Citizens United v. FEC lacked a key witness, the agency that would be tasked with administering the new law. The Un-DISCLOSEd Witness By: Dave Mason Special to The Examiner 05/13/10 5:57 PM EDT Every so often a congressional committee holds a hearing with... Read More...
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Renting Out the White House
28 Oct 2009 9:43 AM
President Obama campaigned on how he was going to clean up Washington. He was to be this transformational figure who would root out corruption. Now we've learned that much like the Washington Post , the White House is offering up its services to the highest bidder. I'm going to put together some information on just how many regulations have been violated... Read More...
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FEC Will Not Appeal Emily’s List Decision
23 Oct 2009 11:14 AM
Much of the recent discussion concerning campaign finance legal issues has focused on the September reargument of Citizens United v. FEC (AKA: The Case about Hillary the Movie) at the Supreme Court. Citizens United was notable for several reasons. First, it was Sonia Sotomayor's first case as a Supreme Court Justice. Apparently, it was also Solicitor General... Read More...
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