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Federal Election Commission fines Sen. Rand Paul's presidential PAC $21,000

Consulting firms and campaigns weigh COVID vaccination requirement

Rand Paul's 2016 Presidential Campaign Committee Fined $21K

Advocacy group claims Senator Tuberville hid stock trades

FEC issues $21K fine to Rand Paul's 2016 presidential campaign committee: Report

3 Members Of Congress Failed To Properly Disclose Up To $22 Million Of Stock Trades, Watchdog Says

Ethics complaints accuse 3 Republican lawmakers of violating a federal stock-disclosure law

CLC’s Trevor Potter Testifies at Hearing on the For the People Act

March 24, 2021
Case
Passing the “For the People Act” to Create a More Accessible, Transparent and Responsive Government
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
Redistricting
Voting Rights

Potter focused on the bipartisan nature of S. 1 in his testimony. 

CLC Complaint Targets Members of Congress Who Failed To Disclose Stock Trades

July 29, 2021
Issues
Ethics

These latest congressional stock trade violations are part of a troubling, bipartisan trend where members of Congress try to avoid accountability. 

Why We Need an Independent Ethics Enforcement Body To Hold Senators Accountable

February 24, 2021
Issues
Ethics

To avoid more damage to public trust, the Senate needs to step up enforcement.

BREAKING: Campaign Legal Center Files Complaints Against Three Members of Congress for Failing to Properly Disclose Stock Trades

Date
July 29, 2021
Issues
Ethics
The failure of these three members of Congress to disclose their stock trades is part of a troubling bipartisan trend that undermines efforts to provide voters real time transparency about potential conflicts of interest.

CLC Complaint to Senate Ethics Committee Regarding Sen. Tommy Tuberville 

Document
Date

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) asks the Senate Ethics Committee to investigate Sen. Tommy Tuberville for a possible violation of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act. Sen. Tuberville failed to properly disclose nearly 130 separate stock and stock-option trades together worth at least $894,000 and as much as $3.5 million. 

CLC Complaint to OCE Regarding Rep. Pat Fallon

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Date

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) asks the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) to investigate Rep. Pat Fallon for a possible violation of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act and House rules. Rep. Fallon failed to properly disclose 93 stock trades together worth at least $7.8 million and as much as $17.53 million.  

CLC Complaint to OCE Regarding Rep. Blake Moore

Document
Date

Campaign Legal Center (CLC) asks the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) to investigate Rep. Blake Moore for a possible violation of the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act and House rules. Rep. Moore failed to properly disclose 70 separate stock and stock-option trades together worth at least $70,000 and as much as $1.1 million.  

Giving Voters Time Off To Vote Would Help Promote Fair Representation

July 29, 2021
Issues
Voting Rights

We need Election Day holidays and paid time off policies so that voting is actually convenient and accessible for voters. 

Campaign Legal Center Files Complaint Against Bipartisan Set of 23 Super PACs

Date
July 15, 2021
Issues
Campaign Finance

WASHINGTON - Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against 23 super PACs that had worked to illegally conceal their affiliation - denying voters the right to know who is spending big money to influence their vote.

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Wealthy special interests score a (narrow) win in SCOTUS decision in Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta

Date
July 2, 2021
Case
Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta
Issues
Campaign Finance
This ruling needlessly brushes aside precedent in favor of wealthy special interests—toughening the standard of scrutiny applied to California’s law beyond what the Court’s earlier disclosure decisions would have required.

Supreme Court Decision Further Damages Voting Rights Act

Date
July 1, 2021
Case
Brnovich v. DNC
Issues
Voting Rights
In a setback for voters, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to let discriminatory voting policies in Arizona stand.

CLC Files Suit To Block Kansas’ Anti-Voter Law

June 2, 2021
Case
Combatting State-Level Bills Restricting The Freedom To Vote
VoteAmerica v Schwab (Kansas)
Issues
Voting Rights

CLC is representing two nonpartisan nonprofits in a lawsuit against a Kansas law limiting the distribution of mail ballot applications. 

Recent Supreme Court Case Limiting Disclosure by Charitable Donors Should Have Little Impact on Campaign Finance Law

Case
Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta