Public Campaign - disclosure

Dial for 223

Katie Schlieper — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:32:27 -0500

Our friends at the Sunlight Foundation have launched a new campaign to get Senators to on record in support of a campaign finance disclosure bill before they head home for the August recess. Want to give your Senator a call? Click here - Sunlight makes it easy.

Connecticut's New Transparency

Katie Schlieper — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 16:39:19 -0500

In addition to their new Clean Elections program, Connecticut is rolling out a searchable online database of contributions to state candidates. The database, eCRIS is already up for candidates to submit their records electronically (an easier, cheaper method of disclosure), and by April you'll be able to use the search features. Read more about this project here.

Loss for Disclosure

Katie Schlieper — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:09:45 -0500

Looks like the opponents to more transparent campaign finance disclosures in the Senate have won a round. A bill that would require Senators to file campaign finance reports electronically, as the House already does, has been bouncing around all year. Now, an amendment by Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), designed to "poison" the bill, looks to have derailed its progress for the year.

McCain-Feingold Law Reconsidered

Katie Schlieper — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:45:42 -0500

A portion of the 2002 McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform act may be imperiled; the Supreme Court is set to rule soon on whether the provision forbidding "issue ads" within a certain date of an election will be overturned.

Wisconsin and Disclosure

Katie Schlieper — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:35:11 -0500

Following this most recent round of elections, Wisconsin is considering stricter disclosure laws for certain issue ad expenditures - those not tied to a particular candidate or committee, but which mention a candidate's name in connection with an issue. There are further reform plans afoot to push for a public financing law.

Easy Enough

Katie Schlieper — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:45:03 -0500

There is, according to The Washington Post a quick and easy reform that the 109th Congress could pass before it recesses: mandatory electronic filing of Senate campaign finance reports. It would vastly streamline the process by which citizens can find out who's sending which senatorial candidates money, especially in those critical last weeks of a campaign.