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The New York Times once again pulls out its Thesaurus of invective to tackle the issue of campaign finance reform.  Next time, we suggest they ...

Democracy 21 and the Campaign Legal Center are unhappy.  They describe the FEC’s ruling yesterday as “too little, ...

Why are so many so eager to invoke McConnell when interpreting FECA?

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In the past, articles in the online magazine Salon.com have referred to 527 groups as "shadowy", "stealth PACs", that "clearly enjoy a loophole ...

The FEC declined to answer Progress for America's request for advice by a vote of 4-2 (Chairman Toner, Comm'r von Spakovsky dissenting), calling it ...

A pair of lawsuits seek to nullify the reelections of five Alabama state senators for alleged failure to comply with state campaign finance reporting ...

Speaker-elect Nancy Pelosi has promised to "break the link between lobbyists and legislation," and has included in that program proposals for grassroots lobbying disclosure.  ...

There is instrumentalism in reform.  Who will win, and who loses, is calculated and anticipated, but ultimately unknown.

Perhaps the events of a single Tuesday ...

UPDATE:  An abbreviated version of this post by CCP Chairman Brad Smith is available in this week's Roll Call ($) --

Is the right of potential candidates to consider carefully whether to run for the most powerful political office in the world a "tired cliche?"  ...