Investigating Power
…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…
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…
…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…
…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…
…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…
…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,…
…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….
…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….
…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…
…The super PAC also states that since “it is not involved with independent expenditures” and “will not be engaged in paid media,” coordination is permitted. But the attorneys at the…
