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Private Prison Contractor Continues to Illegally Spend Millions in Elections: CLC Appeals Decision

June 3, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

Today's court ruling benefits the wealthy special interests who take advantage of a rigged political system. 

Illinois Opportunity v. Bullock

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

Montana has strong transparency requirements for businesses that make political contributions and expenditures while seeking lucrative contracts with state government agencies. CLC is urging the court to uphold these requirements, which advance core First Amendment principles in promoting political...

Fake Political Group Exploits Facebook Rules and Hides Spending from the FEC

September 12, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC filed a complaint with the FEC alleging America Progress Now violated federal campaign finance law and exploited Facebook rules to hide spending. 

CLC President Trevor Potter Responds to IRS Rollback of Donor Disclosure

Date
May 27, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

WASHINGTON - Non-profits that engage in political activity by flooding our campaigns with secretive donor funds should not be exempt from reporting those donors to the Internal Revenue Service.

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Treasury Department finalized a rule ending the long...

Who Does the Paycheck Protection Program Work For? Not Your Average Small Business

May 12, 2020
Issues
Ethics
Campaign Finance

Lobbying efforts by wealthy special interests depleted coronavirus relief funds meant for small businesses. 

A Judge Speaks the Truth to the Supreme Court; A Tale of Two Views of Democracy

April 28, 2014
Issues
Campaign Finance

The Distorted Vision of Partisan Eyes

June 10, 2014
Issues
Campaign Finance

Coordination and Issue Politics- It's Still About the Money

July 18, 2014
Issues
Campaign Finance

The opposition to campaign finance reform is not monolithic. Some comes from conservatives who believe it’s really a cover to push some sort of substantive Democratic/liberal agenda. Others are fine with reducing First Amendment speech and representative democracy into mere commodities to be bought...

Magical Thinking About Reform

April 15, 2015
Issues
Campaign Finance

Supreme Court Case to be Heard This Week on Electoral College Could Create Chaos in Presidential Election

Date
May 12, 2020
Case
Chiafalo v. Washington
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
If the court rules to “unbind” electors, the integrity of the presidential election could be called into question during a critical election year.

Voters Have a Right to Know in 2020: CLC Files FEC Complaint Against Secretive Group

May 7, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

In 2020, voters should know about multi-million dollar campaigns to influence their votes. 

Carveouts and Tax Breaks for Whom and by Whom? Pandemic Stimulus Reflects Money in Politics

April 21, 2020
Issues
Ethics
Campaign Finance

The stimulus relief package primarily benefits wealthy special interests while neglecting everyday people. 

New CLC Report Highlights Digital Transparency Loopholes in the 2020 Elections

April 8, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

A new CLC report shows that our country needs across-the-board rules for digital ad transparency. 

Chiafalo v. Washington

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics

CLC is advocating in favor of state laws requiring that presidential electors follow the popular vote in their state.

Megadonor Access During a National Crisis and Other Takeaways From New FEC Reports

April 2, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

Amid the coronavirus pandemic, wealthy special interests continue using their money to exert undo influence over elected officials.  

 

Supreme Court Leaves Seattle’s Democracy Voucher System in Place

March 30, 2020
Case
Elster v. City of Seattle
Issues
Campaign Finance

Seattle’s innovative program gives a more diverse pool of people an opportunity to have their voices heard in politics.

 

Supreme Court Leaves Seattle’s Democracy Voucher System in Place, Protecting Innovative Campaign Finance Reform and Preserving Self-Government

Date
March 30, 2020
Case
Elster v. City of Seattle
Issues
Campaign Finance
Voting Rights

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear arguments in Elster v. City of Seattle, a challenge to Seattle’s Democracy Voucher Program, which was approved by over 60% of city voters in 2015. The program – which went into effect in 2017 – offers any eligible adult city resident...

Close the Bloomberg Big Money Loophole

March 26, 2020
Issues
Campaign Finance

Candidates should not be able to give unlimited contributions to national party committees. 

Prioritizing the Public Interest: CLC Files a Complaint Against Representative Steven Palazzo

March 26, 2020
Issues
Ethics
Campaign Finance

There is a systemic problem of elected officials using campaign finance funds for personal profit. 

CLC v. FEC (Delay Suit—Jeb Bush super PAC)

Updated
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

CLC has sued the Federal Election Commission for its more than four-year delay in enforcing a federal prohibition on candidates establishing or operating super PACs as “slush funds” for their campaigns. The lawsuit is based on a FEC complaint CLC filed asserting that the 2016 campaign of then...