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Today, CLC submitted public comments to the Wyoming Secretary of State regarding a proposed rulemaking to define coordination between state candidates and PACs or political parties. Our comments include specific recommendations that would help to ensure the final rule prevents circumvention of Wyoming's prohibition on corporate campaign contributions.
The collapse of transparency in the financing of our elections has, in large part been due to weak laws and even weaker enforcement efforts. Rebuilding transparency in the financing of our elections will require enforcement of the rules currently in effect and new laws where needed. To help voters...
During the coronavirus pandemic, the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has been granting financial relief to certain oil companies that drill on public lands. Using BLM data published by the Center for Western Priorities, CLC found that hundreds of the oil leases that have received this relief are owned by political megadonors or have close ties to senior Interior officials' former clients.
On June 30, 2020, CLC filed suit against the FEC for failing to act on our administrative complaint demonstrating that Iowa Values, a nonprofit 501(c)(4) corporation, violated federal campaign finance law by failing to register as a political committee and publicly disclose its donors. CLC's administrative complaint had been pending with the FEC for over 190 days.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on July 6, 2020 that states have the authority to require presidential electors to vote for the candidate that wins the popular vote in their state.
On June 30, 2020, CLC filed suit against the FEC for failing to act on our administrative complaint demonstrating that Iowa Values, a nonprofit 501(c)(4) corporation, violated federal campaign finance law by failing to register as a political committee and publicly disclose its donors. CLC's administrative complaint had been pending with the FEC for over 190 days.
On May 6, 2020, Plaintiff-Appellant Rio Grande Foundation filed its opening brief with the Tenth Circuit in Rio Grande Foundation v. City of Santa Fe. RGF is seeking to overturn the district court’s decision upholding Santa Fe’s disclosure law.
On June 26, 2020, Defendants-Appellees the City of Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Ethics & Campaign Review Board filed their principal brief in Rio Grande Foundation v. City of Santa Fe. The brief urges the Tenth Circuit to affirm the lower court decision, which upheld the constitutionality of Santa Fe’s important electoral transparency law.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) in the Executive Office of the President against two employees who wrote new trade rules for the auto industry and then offered members of the industry their paid consulting services for complying with the new rules while still employed at USTR.
CLC filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that "Pacific Atlantic Action Coalition" and "Pacific Environmental Coalition," which together have given over $1 million to Democratic super PACs since 2018, violated the ban on making political contributions in the name of another.
On March 24, 2020, CLC filed suit against the FEC for failing to act on an administrative complaint demonstrating that 45Committee violated federal campaign finance law by failing to register as a political committee and disclose its donors. The administrative complaint had been pending for 575 days.
On June 6, 2020, CLC filed a motion for default judgment against the FEC, after the FEC failed to make an appearance or otherwise act to defend the lawsuit. The motion demonstrates that CLC is entitled to judgment in its favor.
Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed comments with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) urging the agency to close the "Bloomberg Billionaire Loophole" in response to an advisory opinion request from a self-financing candidate seeking to transfer funds in excess of contribution limits to a national party committee.