Senator Joe Donnelly has come out in support of a constitutional amendment that seeks to curtail the massive amounts of campaign spending that now dominate federal elections in the United States. “I am concerned about how recent Supreme Court decisions, including Citizens United, are impacting our elections and electoral process,” Donnelly said. “In the wake…
Honoring the legacy of the late campaign finance reform crusader known as Granny D, 81-year-old Rhana Bazzini on Wednesday completed an over 400-mile trek from Sarasota to the Florida Capitol in Tallahassee in a crusade calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United. “There seems to be general agreement that money has corrupted our…
Credit: Flickr This election season, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is coming out ahead—as the number one dark money spender of 2014, watchdog Public Citizen revealed in a report released Wednesday. “In a record year for dark money expenditures, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is leading the way,” reads the report, entitled The Dark Side…
“All politicians are the same” is a common refrain you hear from voters these days. Tired of an era dominated with partisan gamesmanship, negative attack ads, and slick politicians whose word is about as trustworthy as a mule, many voters have simply given up on the process entirely, handing over their fate to a select…
The United States Senate voted down a constitutional amendment Thursday that would reverse the Supreme Courts’ Citizens United decision, which opened unlimited corporate and union cash into federal elections (the Court later ruled that state and local elections were also covered). It would also partially reverse the 1970s era Buckley v. Valeo, which held that…
Republican lawmakers hoping to rake in more campaign cash from Wall Street are challenging a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rule that limits the amount of money financiers can give to governors and state officials. Last week, the state Republican committees of New York and Tennessee filed a lawsuit aimed at repealing a Securities and…
The Koch brothers will reportedly spend at least $250 million on the 2014 midterm elections — and that’s a conservative estimate. While the Kochs may have the fattest wallet in the game, they’re hardly alone: In the wake of the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, spending on elections has skyrocketed. The Court’s more recent ruling…
