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Opinion: Citizens United 1 Year Later -- Unleash the Corruption

Last month it was reported that incoming Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., "paid a personal visit" to Tom Donohue, the president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, "to thank him for the chamber's unsolicited support of his candidacy." Apparently the senator did not get the memo that all genuflecting before campaign funders should be...

Feds Probe Christine O'Donnell's Campaign Spending

BALTIMORE -- Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation of Delaware Republican Christine O'Donnell to determine if the former Senate candidate broke the law by using campaign money to pay personal expenses, according to a person with knowledge of the investigation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on...

Sarah Palin's PAC Gave $87,500 to Candidates

JUNEAU, Alaska (July 11) - Sarah Palin's political action committee contributed at least $87,500 to candidates she's endorsed in the last few months, according to a report filed Sunday with the Federal Elections Commission. But SarahPAC's financial disclosure also shows Palin spending more than $210,000 on...

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HUFFPOST FUNDRACE -- Court Rules For Disclosure

A federal court ruled late Friday that a rule put in place by the Federal Election Commission that has essentially gutted a donor disclosure provision of the McCain-Feingold law was invalid and should be replaced with the original provision passed by Congress.

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Foreigners Banned From Elections But Some Participate

Michael Dompas, an Indonesian native who has just been sent overseas by his employer, plans to return this fall to help with President Obama's reelection campaign.

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Campaign Finance Ruling Inappropriately Attempts to Overrule Supreme Court Decision

A federal district court judge in Alexandria, Virginia issued an opinion yesterday ruling that the ban on corporate contributions to federal candidates enacted in 1907 is unconstitutional.

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David Arkush: The U.S. Chamber's Big Lie on Election Spending

A few weeks ago, the Obama administration circulated a draft executive order that would require companies seeking federal contracts to disclose their political spending, including the new spending that the Supreme Court permitted in Citizens United v.

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From Slaves to Pornographers, Campaign Contribution Records Rife With Characters

That, at least, is how Robert Hannay of Paradise Valley, Ariz., describes his professional life in a campaign finance report filed with the Federal Election Commission.

Background on federal election commission

The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is an independent regulatory agency that was founded in 1975 by the United States Congress to regulate the campaign finance legislation in the United States.

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