…McGahn also oversaw an NRCC scheme in 2002 to circumvent the McCain-Feingold soft money ban by transferring $1 million to the Leadership Forum, a front group set up by House…
Trump Names Controversial Lawyer to be White House Counsel
5 Things to Know about Billionaire Betsy DeVos, Trump Choice for Education
…Since 2010, AFC has spent at least $4.5 million on independent expenditures and issue ads in Wisconsin. This amount doesn’t include the individual donations given by members of the DeVos…
Fracking Special Interests Spent Big in 2016 Elections
Corporations that profit from fracking funneled millions to PACs for “independent expenditures” in the 2016 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission filings. For example, the fracking giant Devon Energy…
Don McGahn, Trump White House Counsel, Has Long Courted Controversy
…an NRCC scheme in 2002 to circumvent the McCain-Feingold soft money ban by transferring $1 million to the Leadership Forum, a front group set up by House Republican leaders. An…
Progressive Policies Win at the Ballot Box
…groups and regulating independent expenditures. This model will be one to emulate, see CMD’s previous report on this. And in Missouri citizens voted 70-30 to establish limits and regulations to…
Dispatches from COP 22, UN Climate Negotiations in the Hottest Year on Record
…Clearly Trump has problems with racism, women, and paying taxes, and for climate we need the US to lead with cutting emissions.” When I referred to the fact that Trump…
WI Senate Race Tightens with Flood of Last Minute Ads against Russ Feingold
…face of poll numbers giving Clinton the edge. They have spent more than $75 million on independent expenditures, according to Open Secrets. Its largest donor is casino magnate Sheldon Adelson,…
Koch Cash Working to Flip the Senate in Iowa
…of $4,000 from KochPAC to Blum for Congress. Rep. Steve King (IA-04) received $2,500 from KochPAC to King for Congress. The Koch-funded Concerned Women for America has also endorsed King….
“Independent” Women’s Group Backing Trump Skirts Law to Influence Elections
…office “sell” women voters on corporate-backed alternatives to publicly popular paid sick leave, equal pay, quality childcare and workplace flexibility policies. Read more articles about the Independent Women’s Forum here….
Kochs Battle Dark Money Disclosure in South Dakota
…on dark money and phony industry front groups by barring candidate coordination with outside groups and regulating independent expenditures. It cracks down on sham “issue ads,” which are really the…
