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Colbert 2012 Hits the Ground Running (VIDEO)

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Herman Cain used campaign funds to buy copies of his book from a company he runs

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FEC Taking Stephen Colbert's Advisory Opinion Request Very Seriously

No matter how the FEC rules regarding Colbert's Advisory Opinion Request, it will... more

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FREE THE CORPORATIONS!

FREE THE CORPORATIONS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyjERphDNPI

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To Donald Trump

Mr. Trump sure is talking a lot about Obama's birth certificate lately. As a... more

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What Would China Pay To Make John Boehner Speaker And To Give The GOP Power Again? Whatever It Takes... And The Chamber Of Commerce Is The Vehicle

Communist China knows who its friends are-- and it goes beyond just Ron... more

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Exposed: Christine O'Donnell Using Campaign Funds to Pay Rent

Sign the Letter to call for an investigation into Christine O'Donnell's... more

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Delaware GOP Files FEC Complaint Against Tea Party Christine O'Donnell

http://images.huffingtonpost.com/2010-03-30-TeaBaggerLogic.jpg The Republican Party... more

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FEC plans real-time release of campaign spending data - Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group

Earlier this week, Bob Biersack with the Federal Elections Commission detailed the upcoming release of new campaign finance data by the Federal Election Commission.
(http://www.fec.gov/blog/disclosure/entry/background_on_new_spending_data)
The anticipated release that is scheduled for next week will contain near-real time independent expenditure data and electioneering communication data.
Biersack was careful to identify that the type of data being released is not necessarily new, but the format of the data and who the information is supplied by are the important factors.

The FEC official writes:

“It's important to remember that not all of the activity we see in 2010 in these categories will really be new. People and groups have been making independent expenditures throughout the life of the Federal Election Campaign Act and some of this will simply represent a continuation of that activity, but some of these filings will come from organizations (e.g. corporations and unions using their general treasury funds) that were prohibited from making these expenditures in the past. The same goes for electioneering communications: Groups have been reporting this activity since the enactment of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, but the range of organizations that may make these disbursements is now wider.”

Groups spending more than $10,000 20 days or more before an election and $1,000 within 19 days of the election on independent expenditures must disclose financial details to the FEC the same day the information is released. Groups spending at least $10,000 on electioneering communications are also required by the FEC to disclose those actions the same day the information is distributed no matter when the spending occurs. The FEC is working to turn the information around as soon as possible by providing automated entry forms for political groups or digitizing information quickly if submitted in hand written form. The longest it could be before any information is available online is two days, and that is if data is received on a weekend.

This is promising news for people interested in following the money behind campaign ads. With all the rule changes and new players able to advance their political agendas in ways never allowed before, it is important that public have access to this information. For information on how states are requiring disclosure to take place read here(http://sunlightfoundation.com/topics/citizensunited/). And to read about how IE-only committees are taking form, read here(http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/2010/fec-approves-new-committee/).Earlier this week, Bob Biersack with the Federal Elections Commission detailed the... more

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FEC 2 GOP Candidates Fail to File Financial reports in Washington State Primaries

FEC Cites Two Committees for Failure to File 12-Day Pre-Primary Financial Reports... more

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Colbert Report: Let Freedom KA-CHING!

Stephen Colbert talks about the Citizens United v FEC case. WATCH THIS

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Palin's $150,000 clothing spending spree cleared

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One of the best releases from 2008º {that you didn't know about} [ºand it was FREE]

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CREW files FEC complaint against Palin and the RNC for $150,000 spending spree

Today, CREW filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against vice... more

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Down the Stretch: Watching the GOP Lawbreaking in WA-08

One of the biggest competitive disadvantages for Democrats is our unwillingness to... more

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Fictitious Donors Found in Obama Finance Records - NYTimes.com

Last December, someone using the name “Test Person,” from “Some Place, UT,” made a series of contributions, the largest being $764, to Senator Barack Obama’s presidential campaign totaling $2,410.07.

Someone identifying himself as “Jockim Alberton,” from 1581 Leroy Avenue in Wilmington, Del., began giving to Mr. Obama last November, contributing $10 and $25 at a time for a total of $445 through the end of February.

The only problem? There is no Leroy Avenue in Wilmington. And Jockim Alberton, who listed his employer and occupation as “Fdsa Fdsa,” does not show up in a search of public records.

An analysis of campaign finance records by The New York Times this week found nearly 3,000 donations to Mr. Obama, the Democratic nominee, from more than a dozen people with apparently fictitious donor information. The contributions represent a tiny fraction of the record $450 million Mr. Obama has raised. But the questionable donations — some donors were listed simply with gibberish for their names — raise concerns about whether the Obama campaign is adequately vetting its unprecedented flood of donors.

It is unclear why someone making a political donation would want to enter a false name. Some perhaps did it for privacy reasons. Another, more ominous possibility, of course, is fraud, perhaps in order to donate beyond the maximum limits.

There is no evidence that questionable contributions amount to anything more than a small portion of Mr. Obama’s fund-raising haul. The Times’s analysis, conducted over a few days and looking for obvious anomalies, like names or addresses with all consonants, identified about $40,000 in suspect contributions that had not been refunded by the campaign as of its last filing with the Federal Election Commission, in September.

It appears that campaign finance records for Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee, contain far fewer obviously false names, although he has taken in about $200 million in contributions, less than half Mr. Obama’s total. Mr. McCain did collect about $173,000 from donors who appear in campaign finance records with only a name and have no other identifying information. Mr. Obama collected about $314,000 from such donors.

(more at the link)Last December, someone using the name “Test Person,” from “Some... more

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"Terror" Film Violating Election Laws?

Is front group for Israeli organization trying to influence November election? The... more

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FEC frees McCain from spending limit for primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Election Commission voted unanimously Thursday to belatedly approve Republican presidential candidate John McCain's withdrawal from public financing for the primaries -- a move that spared him potential embarrassment on one of his signature issues.

The decision means McCain is not bound by the spending limits that restrict candidates who do accept primary season matching funds.

Had the commission rejected McCain's withdrawal from the system, any money he spent this year in excess of those spending limits would have been in violation of the law and could have been subject to a fine. Such a violation would have been an embarrassment for McCain, because he has been a strong advocate of campaign spending controls.

The commission, however, did not specifically vote on an underlying question raised by the panel's chairman and Democrats: whether McCain used the promise of public funds to secure a loan to his campaign late last year.

The action does not affect McCain's decision to obtain $84 million in public financing for the general election.

The FEC rejected McCain's argument that he did not need the FEC's approval to withdraw from the public system.

McCain had qualified last year for public funds for the primaries, but decided not to accept them because he wanted to spend above the limits. Then-FEC Chairman David Mason informed McCain that he needed an FEC vote to approve his withdrawal and asked McCain to explain the loan terms. At the time, the FEC did not have a quorum to act.

Previous FEC actions have indicated that a candidate cannot withdraw after he or she has accepted public money or has used it as collateral for a loan. McCain's loan agreement did not pledge the public funds as security but said that if McCain rejected matching funds and then lost an early primary, he would have to reapply for public money to pay off the loan.

A majority of commissioners appeared to agree that McCain's lawyers had carefully structured the loan to avoid using the public funds as collateral. But two commission Democrats voiced reservations.

Commissioner Cynthia Bauerly called the loan agreement ''murky.'' And Commissioner Ellen Weintraub added: ''I have a lot of problems with the way this loan was written,'' she said. Both voted to let McCain withdraw.

The Democratic National Committee had asked commissioners to put off the vote until the FEC investigates a Democratic Party complaint filed in February accusing McCain of violating public finance laws in connection with the matching funds.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Federal Election Commission voted unanimously Thursday to... more

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Are Elton and Hillary breakin' the law?

Rumours have emerged that Hillary Clinton's planned 'One Night Only'... more

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Federal Elections Commission to disappear in 2008?

The Federal Election Commission will effectively go dark on Jan. 1 because Congress... more

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