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Mueller Report Confirms Extreme Vulnerability of American Elections

Date
April 18, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Details uncovered in the investigation lay bare the extent to which Russia conducted an organized campaign of information warfare against America with the goal of spreading chaos and distrust in our elections.

Fifth Circuit Affirms Multi-Million Dollar Verdict in Houston Bribery Case

Date
March 15, 2019
Case
Gil Ramirez Group v. Houston Independent School District
Issues
Ethics
This decision affirms the fact that city officials in a position of public trust should work to ensure that public funds benefit the students and employees of their school districts.

Election Watchdog Fines Senator Cruz for Failure to Report Loans Totaling Over $1 Million, in Violation of Federal Law

Date
March 15, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
The FEC fined the Cruz fore Senate campaign $35,000 for inaccurately reporting the source of campaign loans totaling $1,064,000, stemming from a complaint filed by CLC and Democracy 21 in 2016.

BREAKING: Record Fines Imposed Totaling $940,000 for Foreign Interference in Presidential Election by Chinese Corporation

Date
March 11, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
A record fine was handed down by the FEC after a complaint by CLC showed that a Chinese-owned corporation illegally contributed $1.3 million to a 2016 presidential campaign.

CLC’s Trevor Potter Applauds House for Passing HR 1

Date
March 8, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
Voting Rights
Redistricting
This landmark bill would make our government more accessible, transparent, and responsive to citizens.

CLC v. GSA

Updated
April 30, 2018
Status
Closed
Issues
Ethics

CLC is suing the GSA over its refusal to provide travel records responsive to CLC’s FOIA request.

NRA Used Shell Company to Unlawfully Coordinate With Four U.S. Senate Candidates, Complaint Alleges

Date
July 16, 2018
Case
Uncovering Illegal Coordination by the NRA
Issues
Campaign Finance
Campaign finance law prohibits coordination between candidates and outside groups like the NRA. In order to preserve their independence, FEC rules limit how a vendor may work for both a candidate and an outside group supporting that candidate.

CLC, Giffords Call on FEC to Investigate NRA Coordination with Rosendale Campaign

Date
September 17, 2018
Case
Uncovering Illegal Coordination by the NRA
Issues
Campaign Finance
An audio recording indicates that a top NRA official told a Montana Senate candidate that the NRA would be spending in the Montana race, described the content of the ads and the timing, and the candidate assented to that suggestion.

CLC Flags NRA Coordination with Missouri Senate Campaign

Date
October 23, 2018
Case
Uncovering Illegal Coordination by the NRA
Issues
Campaign Finance
CLC uncovered evidence that the NRA routed nearly $1 million through shell corporations to unlawfully coordinate with the Hawley for Senate campaign in Missouri.

CLC and Giffords Law Center Flag Overwhelming Evidence of Illegal Coordination of Millions in Spending Between NRA, Trump Campaign

Date
December 7, 2018
Case
Uncovering Illegal Coordination by the NRA
Issues
Campaign Finance
The NRA can legally make unlimited expenditures to support the Trump campaign only if the organizations are completely independent. But if the same people buying ads for the Trump campaign are also placing the NRA’s pro-Trump ads, then the NRA’s spending is not at all independent.

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Montana Case, Keeping Disclosure Laws in Place

Date
February 19, 2019
Case
Montanans for Community Development v. Mangan
Issues
Campaign Finance
Declining to hear this case protects the ability of state lawmakers across the country to use disclosure laws as a tool to promote transparency in elections.

Responding to Campaign Legal Center letter, Office of Congressional Ethics finds reason to believe Rep. Roger Williams violated House ethics rules

Date
August 12, 2016
Issues
Ethics

CLC Letter Against Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) Leads to Possible Investigation by the House Ethics Committee

WASHINGTON – Late yesterday, the House Ethics Committee revealed that the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) found “substantial reason to believe” Rep. Roger Williams (R-TX) may have...

CLC's Statement on DOJ Decision Not to Retry Bob McDonnell on Corruption Charges

Date
September 8, 2016
Case
McDonnell v. United States
Issues
Campaign Finance
Gov. Bob McDonnell clearly abused his office, but will face no penalty.

CREW v. FEC (CHGO)

Updated
June 6, 2018
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

This case presents an opportunity to reassert the important role of federal judges in holding the FEC accountable to its mandate when the commissioners are evenly divided on an enforcement question.

Montanans for Community Development v. Mangan

Updated
June 6, 2018
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

Montanans for Community Development (“MCD”) v. Mangan is a challenge to Montana’s disclosure laws, which serve to protect voters’ ability to know who is behind the election advertising they see, read, or hear. The laws at issue require political groups that spend money to influence Montana voters to...

Groups Seek Summary Judgment Against FEC for Dismissal of Crossroads GPS Complaint

Date
July 30, 2014
Case
Public Citizen v. FEC
Issues
Campaign Finance

Late yesterday, reform groups asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to declare unlawful the dismissal of a complaint against the secretive political spending group Crossroads Grassroots Political Strategies (GPS) by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). The motion for summary...

Testimony: HR 1 Advances the Right of Every Citizen to a Government Responsive and Accountable to Voters

Date
January 29, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
Today at 10am ET, the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary will hold a hearing on HR 1, For the People Act, a sweeping package of reforms that offers some of the most comprehensive advances our democracy has seen in decades.

Bipartisan Bill Re-Introduced to Increase Transparency and Accountability of Political Spending

Date
January 18, 2019
Issues
Campaign Finance
Ethics
CLC’s new issue brief describes how PATA, which was re-introduced, would attend to pressing democracy issues like single-candidate super PACs and digital disclosure loopholes.

Deon v. Barasch

Updated
March 20, 2018
Status
Active
Issues
Campaign Finance

Deon v. Barasch is a challenge to a Pennsylvania law that prohibits campaign contributions by key individuals involved in the state gaming industry. 

Supreme Court Declines to Hear Montana Case, Keeping Contribution Limits in Place

Date
January 14, 2019
Case
Lair v. Motl
Issues
Campaign Finance
The U.S. Supreme Court decision to decline to hear this case protects the viability of contribution limits nationwide as a tool for state lawmakers to combat pay-to-play politics.

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