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Andrew Stiles The Washington Free Beacon 6/2/2014 More than 40 Senate Democrats have signed on to a constitutional amendment proposed by Senator Tom Udall’s (D., N.M.) that would fundamentally alter the right to free speech. Republicans are attacking the proposal, which would “give Congress clear authority in the Constitution to regulate the campaign finance system,” […] June 2nd, 2014 | Tags: campaign finances, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, Koch brothers, McCutcheon v. FEC, Sen. Harry Reid, Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Tom Udall | Category: 1st Amendment, Bloggers, Congress, Elections, Media, Politics, SCOTUS | Comments are closed
Legislature banned uses for politics David Sherfinski The Washington Times 2/5/2014 The Virginia legislature years ago banned governors from donating excess inauguration funds to political causes, but that hasn’t stopped Gov. Terry McAuliffe from finding a way to route $211,000 from his inaugural fund back to his election campaign and the Virginia Democratic Party, disclosure […] February 8th, 2014 | Tags: campaign finances, Terry McAuliffe | Category: corruption, Crime, Elections, Politicians, Virginia | Comments are closed
Sean Lengell The Washington Times 2/8/2013 Embattled former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois has agreed to plead guilty and faces possible jail time as part of a deal with federal authorities investigating accusations he misused campaign money, Chicago news outlets reported Friday. A federal judge will decide whether the Chicago Democrat, son of well-known […] February 8th, 2013 | Tags: campaign finances, Chicago, Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, corruption, Crime, Illinois | Comments are closed
Breitbart.com Breitbart TV 10 Nov 2012 CHICAGO (CBS) – A former U.S. attorney representing embattled Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. is negotiating a plea deal with the federal government, CBS 2 has learned. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine has the exclusive details. The plea deal would end Jackson’s 17-year career as a congressman representing Chicago’s […] November 10th, 2012 | Tags: campaign contributions, campaign finances, Chicago, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr | Category: Congress, corruption, Crime, Illinois | Comments are closed
Dan Riehl Riehl World View 10/12/2012 It looks as though his absence reportedly due to bi-polar disorder may have also been a bit convenient. This doesn’t involve previous allegations of his buying his seat from Blagojevich. Nice Friday night news dump. Federal prosecutors and FBI agents in Washington have launched a new criminal investigation of […] October 12th, 2012 | Tags: campaign finances, House spending account, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr | Category: Congress, corruption, Crime, FBI, Illinois, Politicians | Comments are closed
Alexis Levinson The Daily Caller 9/14/2012 Connecticut is not a state traditionally thought of as an opportunity for Republicans. But in a surprising turn of events, the Senate race is turning out to be quite competitive, with TV wrestling mogul Linda McMahon running dead even with Democratic Rep. Chris Murphy. Why and how is a […] September 14th, 2012 | Tags: campaign finances, Linda McMahon, Rep. Chris Murphy, Working Families Party | Category: Congress, Connecticut, Politics, Progressives | One comment - (Comments are closed)
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