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Secretary Price broke with HHS precedent by spending $60,000 for transportation over three days
WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to obtain records about Secretary Tom Price...
Trevor Potter, President of Campaign Legal Center (CLC) and a former Republican Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (FEC), released the following statement responding to news reports of Facebook releasing Russia-sponsored campaign advertisements to Congress:
“American voters have a...
WASHINGTON – Campaign Legal Center (CLC) will host an event, “Examining Foreign Interference in U.S. Elections” on Oct. 12, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Pillsbury Building, 1200 17th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20036. The event will feature a series of panels and bring together campaign...
Suffolk Construction Company pays $34,000 fine, following CLC-D21 complaint; Priorities USA Action refunds the contribution
WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) received notification that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) found that the Massachusetts-based Suffolk Construction...
Omissions violate federal law and Senate rules
WASHINGTON - Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) asked for an investigation into Alabama U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of Alabama for failing to disclose as much as $150,000 in income on his personal financial disclosure report filed with the Senate...
Today in Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, groups advocating representative democracy filed an amici brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of an Arizona state constitutional amendment passed by voters giving an independent commission...
CLC submits comments in opposition to regulatory rollback of conflict of interest law, challenges Secretary’s authority to issue ‘de facto’ repeal
WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in opposition to its plans to...
Election Law Practicum at Georgetown University Law Center Will Aid Campaign Legal Center Litigation
Beginning today, Georgetown University law students will have the opportunity to undertake hands-on legal work in pending election law and voting rights cases through a semester-long practicum course for credit. The...
Bills address glaring gaps in election law exposed by Russia’s interference in 2016 election
WASHINGTON – Today, Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Mark Warner (D-VA) and John McCain (R-AZ) announced they are introducing the Honest Ads Act. The House is also introducing a bipartisan companion bill...
Last night, the Campaign Legal Center, joined by Democracy 21 and Public Citizen, urged the State Ethics Commission of New Jersey to investigate possible violations of the state’s ethics and conflict of interest laws by Governor Chris Christie. The Governor accepted chartered flights and free...
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued a decision finding that Montana’s base campaign contribution limits are constitutional, reversing a 2015 decision made by a federal district court. The case is about the state’s limits on the amount of money individuals...
Today, Campaign Legal Center Executive Director J. Gerald Hebert began teaching a semester-long voting rights class at New York Law School (NYLS). Through the study of constitutional amendments, Supreme Court jurisprudence and legislative action, including the Voting Rights Act, the course will...
Yesterday in Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar, groups concerned about impartial justice filed an amici brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of a Florida law barring the personal solicitation of contributions by judicial candidates. The brief argues that personal solicitations by...
In response to a petition filed by the Campaign Legal Center, Common Cause and the Sunlight Foundation, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes to require cable, satellite and radio to post online the political file the providers are...
Larry Noble, senior director and general counsel at Campaign Legal Center (CLC) released the following statement responding to Twitter’s announcement that it plans to create a “transparency center” that will disclose information about political ads purchased on the platform:
“Twitter’s new...
Campaign, Democrats undermine voters right to know, FEC must investigate
WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign committee violated campaign...
Today in Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO) v. Gessler, the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado denied motions for a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction stemming from a challenge to the state’s electioneering communications disclosure provisions. The federal court...
WASHINGTON – Today, Campaign Legal Center (CLC) filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging former Congressman Cliff Stearns (FL-06) has illegally converted leftover campaign funds to personal use, in violation of the prohibition against current and former candidates...
Reform groups today sent a letter to President Obama stating that if the Omnibus Appropriations legislation becomes law, it includes the most corrupting campaign finance provisions ever enacted.
The full text of the letter is below.
Dear President Obama,
The Omnibus Appropriations legislation...