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Campaign Finance
Voters have a right to know which wealthy special interests are spending big money to secretly influence our vote and our government to rig the political system in their favor.
CLC advocates for passing and enforcing strong campaign finance reforms that help guarantee a democracy responsive to the people.
These reform solutions include ensuring transparency in both the funding of and spending by political campaigns, placing reasonable limits on that funding and encouraging states and localities to adopt public financing of elections. CLC helps enact such policies at the state, local and federal levels, and works to ensure that the Federal Election Commission enforces current campaign finance laws. CLC also defends laws that ensure voters’ right to know who is spending to influence their vote and our government.
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On the Docket for Campaign Finance
Demanding Disclosure from Dark Money Nonprofits (Freedom Path v. IRS)
Pushing the FEC to Enforce the Law Against the NRA for Illegal Spending Coordination — Giffords v. FEC
Spotlighting the Trump Administration’s Corrupt Transactions
Recent Campaign Finance Cases and Actions
Social welfare nonprofits, known as 501(c)4s, receive tax-exempt status designated by Congress for groups operating “exclusively” for “social welfare.” The IRS’ lax interpretation of the law has enabled 501(c)4s to become major conduits for undisclosed election spending. Campaign Legal Center and CREW have filed an amicus brief urging the court to enforce the statute as Congress intended.
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Presidential pardon power is meant to correct injustice, not reward wealthy donors or political loyalists. Campaign Legal Center is working to protect equal justice under law by exposing abuses of the pardon power and advocating reforms that promote transparency, accountability and fair standards in the clemency process.
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President Donald Trump does not have absolute authority over the composition and operations of independent agencies, despite what he has claimed. Campaign Legal Center filed an amicus brief arguing that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and Election Assistance Commission (EAC), two such agencies, must remain independent to ensure free and fair elections.
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