Protect Our Elections
-By Dan Froomkin March 21, 2012- WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are setting up a showdown with Republicans on the issue of unlimited secret campaign donations, proposing new rules that would…
-By Robin Bravender March 15, 2012- The AFL-CIO, the largest organized labor group in the United States, wants an immediate crackdown on super PACs. The union federation on Wednesday afternoon…
-By Jonathan Weisman March 9, 2012- Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, joined the fight over the tax status of “Super PACS” on Friday, accusing Senate Democrats of a “politically…
-By Alana Horowitz March 11, 2012- A billionaire backer of Mitt Romney said that the wealthy have "an insufficient influence" on politics and policy. In an interview with the Chicago…
-By Dan Froomkin March 8, 2012- WASHINGTON -- For years, the IRS has done little or nothing to check the rise of overtly political groups that claim a special tax-exempt…
-By Benjamin Hart March 13, 2012- A new Washington Post/ABC News poll found that super PACs, the political organizations that allow donors to contribute unlimited amounts of money in support…
-By Dan Froomkin March 12, 2012- WASHINGTON -- CEOs may think twice before making what they intend to be secret campaign donations from their corporate treasuries, now that a progressive…
-By Jonathan Weisman March 6, 2012- WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service is caught in an election-year struggle between Democratic lawmakers pressing for a crackdown on nonprofit political groups and…
-By Paul Blumenthal February 23, 2012- WASHINGTON -- The main super PAC supporting Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has violated campaign finance law, a nonpartisan campaign finance watchdog group said on…
February 23, 2012- The presidential primary season is being brought to you by a handful of multimillionaires and companies who have propped up the candidates with enormous donations to their…
-By Fredreka Schouten, Gregory Korte and Christopher Schnaars February 22, 2012- WASHINGTON – Five wealthy people, led by Dallas industrialist Harold Simmons and Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, have…
Justice Ginsburg knows the Citizens United decision was a mistake. Now she appears to be ready to speak truth to power. -By Richard L. Hasen February 20, 2012- In 18…
Pro Publica has created an interactive chart which shows the share of all contributions given by the top ten donors to each of the 12 largest super PACs, through Jan.…
-By Richard Lardner February 13, 2012- WASHINGTON — Despite criticism of Fannie Mae by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, his campaign accepted nearly $280,000 in donations raised by a registered…
-By Mike Sacks February 17, 2012- WASHINGTON -- The calls for Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from the health care cases to be heard in March took a theatrical…
-By Paul Blumenthal February 16, 2012- WASHINGTON -- Seven Democratic senators sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) calling for an investigation into social welfare nonprofits that spend…