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Supreme Court to review limits on campaign contributions
By Bill Allison Feb 19, 2013 5:21 p.m.A case that the Supreme Court has agreed to hear next fall challenges campaign spending limits that have been in place since the Watergate scandal that toppled President Richard Nixon.
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Two freshmen seek end to corporate personhood
By Jake Harper Feb 11, 2013 2:42 p.m.Two new members of Congress, Reps. Rick Nolan, DFL-Minn., and Mark Pocan, D-Wis., will introduce a resolution on Tuesday aimed at reducing corporate influence in politics through an amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Anti-Hagel ad spending tops $200K
By Jake Harper Feb 6, 2013 2:20 p.m.
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Inside spending: super PACs, dark money groups dominated by political insiders
By Bill Allison Jan 23, 2013 9:38 a.m.By suppressing the speech of manifold corporations, both for-profit and nonprofit, the Government prevents their voices and viewpoints from reaching the public and advising voters on which persons or entities are hostile to their interests.
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Incoming FEC chair's wish list for 2013
By Keenan Steiner Dec 21, 2012 4:22 p.m.With the end of the year, the six federal election commissioners are preparing to play their annual game of musical chairs. That means a new chair of the commission for 2013. She has lots she wants to accomplish.
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Groups ask feds to investigate mystery corporate campaign donations
By Keenan Steiner Dec 20, 2012 11:28 p.m.Election watchdog groups are asking the Justice Department and the Federal Election Commission to investigate a mysterious series of large campaign donation first reported by Sunlight.
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The 2012 super PAC million dollar club
By Keenan Steiner and Jacob Fenton Dec 7, 2012 2 p.m.At least 156 people and entities gave more than $1 million to super PACs, according to an analysis of post-election campaign finance reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. See a list of the top 10 super PAC donors below.
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Secret money fuels Freedomworks
By Jacob Fenton and Keenan Steiner Dec 7, 2012 10:37 a.m.New filings show that Freedomworks, the Tea party-aligned super PAC that's in the midst of a messy leadership breakup, got more than $12 million from two shadowy companies set up just this fall.
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Election lawyers say super PACs should shift strategy
By Keenan Steiner Nov 16, 2012 3:26 p.m.Given the underperformance of many outside spending groups in this year's election, some election lawyers suggested they shift strategies to focus more on mobilizing voters on the ground rather than TV ads in a panel discussion today.
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Karl Rove's super PAC breaks $100 million in spending
By Jacob Fenton Nov 6, 2012 11:02 a.m.American Crossroads, the super PAC run by Karl Rove, has spent more than $100 million.
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What we learned: 10 lessons from the campaign brought to you by Citizens United
By Sunlight Reporting Group Nov 6, 2012 7:45 a.m.For the candidates, it's all over except for the voting, but for those of us who follow money in politics, it will take months to close the books on what will be the most expensive election in history. Meanwhile, here are a few lessons we learned in the brave new world of unlimited political money:
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Unknown donors fund 11th hour ads against Democratic Senate candidates
By Keenan Steiner Oct 30, 2012 9:05 a.m.A GOP-aligned super PAC that formed just three weeks before the election and whose donors remain unknown dropped about $1 million on two key Senate races on Friday, according to recent Federal Election Commission reports.
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Outside political spending crosses $1 billion mark
By Kathy Kiely and Jacob Fenton Oct 26, 2012 7:09 a.m.Outside groups have spent more than $1 billion trying to influence this year's election, and the tidal wave of special interest money so no signs of abating in the 10 days that remain before Election Day.
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Political donors' million dollar check club: September edition
By Kathy Kiely and Jacob Fenton Oct 21, 2012 11:06 a.m.A relative handful of mega-donors capable of writing seven-figure checks, thanks to the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United that opened the door for unlimited campaign contributions, have fuelled this fall's dizzying rise in outside political spending, which jumped from $14 million the week ending Sept. 1 to $110 million the week ending Oct. 20, according to Sunlight's Follow the Unlimited Money tracker.
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