CLC files complaints with government agencies, such as the Federal Election Commission (FEC), and participates in legal action against candidates, political parties and government agencies who fail to uphold the law. CLC also works with journalists to call out potential violations of the law.
CLC has been recognized as nonpartisan by publications on both sides of the political aisle, including The Daily Caller and The Huffington Post.
CLC filed a complaint with the FEC alleging that one of the nation’s largest private prison companies had contributed to a pro-Trump super PAC in violation of the 75-year old ban on government contractors making contributions in connection with elections.
“GEO Group and GEO Corrections Holdings Inc. really seem indistinguishable, and their corporate interests are the same. Their goal is to influence the federal contracting process, which is exactly what the contractor ban is designed to prevent.”
- Brendan Fischer, Director, CLC Federal Reform Program
In October 2016, weeks before the 2016 presidential election, CLC filed a complaint against a super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton, Correct the Record, for effectively acting illegally as an arm of the Clinton campaign.
Members of Congress from both sides of the political aisle have spent millions on personal expenses using funds from political action committees known as “leadership PACs." CLC and Issue One examined 200,000 records of leadership PAC expenditures from January 2013 through the first quarter of 2018 to discover these disturbing trends that cross political party and affiliation.
CLC filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission alleging that the treasurer of former Democratic Congressman Mark Takai’s campaign committee illegally converted the late Congressman’s leftover campaign funds to personal use, nearly 18 months after the Congressman left office.
"In their political afterlife, former politicians and their staffers are hoarding unspent campaign donations for years and using them to finance their lifestyles, advance new careers and pay family members. …Their spending makes a mockery of one of the fundamental principles of America’s campaign finance laws: Donations must be spent only on politics, not politicians’ personal lives."
Tampa Bay Times, “Zombie Campaigns”
