Investigating Power
…have been big donors to RAGA. RAGA has faced scrutiny because its members worked with donors to challenge federal regulations. The forum in Washington suggests the criticism hasn’t fazed them:…
…which creates an ordinance that requires groups that make more than $1,000 in independent expenditures in municipal elections to disclose its financial supporters and details of the organization. The city…
…the National Federation of Independent Businesses, which has been battling paid sick leave ordinances, lobbied in favor of soda tax preemption in Michigan. Grassroots activists know they are up against…
…Law was set up to fight restrictions on campaign financing in the name of “free speech.” In 2017, it spun off and became an independent non-profit legal center. An additional…
…of campaign reform. Even for him, it wasn’t always this way. Back in 1987, the Kentucky senator proposed a constitutional amendment to allow Congress to limit independent expenditures, saying it…
…a Republican from Utah. ALEC has gained increasing attention for its outsized role in shaping state-level policy, and provides a forum for lobbyists to meet with legislators and formulate “model”…
…grassroots support. The end result is right-to-work legislation in red states and lawsuits like Janus in blue states. “The attack on public-sector workers is also an attack on women and…
…for election. There had really been no recusal standard for justices or for other court judges receiving campaign contributions or benefiting from “independent” spending by outside interest groups up to…
…dollars at a Trump family property. The Independent Petroleum Association of America will hold its 2018 “Congressional Call-Up” lobbying event at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. from March…
A recent Internal Revenue Service (IRS) filing from the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) shows that Project Six, a self-described “independent nonprofit organization dedicated to investigating, exposing and ending government corruption…
