Takeaways from presidential super PACs' mid-year financial disclosures - CNN Politics

https://apple.news/Ar4S6lWvyRD26vdhJU1-8GA #MoneyInPolitics #PACs #SuperPACs #PAC #FundRaising #ElectionFundraising #AppleNews

Add to these examples — #FossilFuel lobbying (A); #GOP #PAC payments for criminal defense attorneys to fight charges relating to withholding classified documents, trying to overthrow legitimate elections, mounting the #Jan6 insurrection at the Capitol (all cases of disregarding the #Constitution and the law) (B) — efforts to sway the #SupremeCourt: https://www.propublica.org/series/supreme-court-scotus

#Money in #politics is corrosive.

QED.

A) https://newrepublic.com/post/174310/earth-hotter-ever-ted-cruz-republican-solution-gut-climate-funding
B) https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/30/politics/donald-trump-campaign-spending-legal-costs/index.htm #SCOTUS #MoneyInPolitics

Ahead of the #Virginia primary elections on Tues., Sens. Lucas and Spruill have raised a combined $2.8M. The veteran lawmakers are vying to retain their positions of power in the recently-redrawn 18th Senate District. My latest w/ @opensecrets and VCIJ at WHRO. #MoneyInPolitics https://vcij.org/stories/veteran-democratic-powerbrokers-face-off-in-hampton-roads-senate-primary-1

ICYMI: I was away for part of last week, so I didn’t post about this on Mastodon: #Virginia lawmakers introduced 13 #CampaignFinance reform bills this session. Four passed the state senate — three with near-unanimous support. But only one survived the Republican-controlled House of Delegates, disappointing activists who say the state’s campaign finance law need to be overhauled. #MoneyInPolitics

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/02/virginia-general-assembly-adjourns-for-2023-after-passing-modest-campaign-finance-reform/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twitt_va-assembly/2/28/23+

Deadline tomorrow:
🚨Copenhagen Money in Politics #Conference Returns🚨
We're happy and proud to announce that the second #MoneyInPolitics conference will be held on June 15-16 2023 at EGB at Copenhagen Business School. This year's event was fantastic with a lot of cutting edge research.

Link to the call: bit.ly/3Xpb8s7 Limited travel funding will be available. Please share widely & submit your paper. #economics #socialscience #politicalscience @politicalscience

Total federal #lobbying skyrocketed to $4.1 billion in 2022, a nominal record and the highest lobbying spending since 2010 when adjusted for inflation. From my colleague @taylorgiorno @opensecrets. #MoneyInPolitics

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/01/federal-lobbying-spending-reaches-4-1-billion-in-2022-the-highest-since-2010/

On Monday, the Virginia Senate also passed two bills. One measure would require political groups to disclose their top three donors on election ads. The other would mandate candidates for state and local office to file #CampaignFinance reports electronically, with exceptions for those who lack the technological means. #MoneyInPolitics

🚨Weekly update on #Virginia #CampaignFinance reform: On Tuesday morning, a coalition of grassroots organizations gathered at the General Assembly to urge state lawmakers to take action. Later that day, a state senate committee advanced a pair of bills that would ban the personal use of campaign funds and prohibit legislators from fundraising on days the General Assembly is scheduled to meet during special sessions. #MoneyInPolitics

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/01/campaign-finance-advocates-pressure-virginia-general-assembly/

There was some debate today in the #Virginia #GeneralAssembly Privileges and Elections committee over how many states DO NOT limit political contributions to state politicians — 11 or 5? FWIW: The answer is five, when accounting for states that prohibit direct contributions from corporations, and for, when accounting for an Alabama law that limits the amount of money a state candidate can receive from a federal candidate. #CampaignFinance #MoneyInPolitics

The fractures and fissures in #Congress #MoneyinPolitics #FederalistSociety #collusion with #rightwing #agendas & #media #against #society #RepublicanParty v #CivilLiberties #Privacy #Democracy #Choice #SocialJustice have finally stripped away the seemingly #magical #cloak from #SCOTUS & #DecisionsForSale - The Supreme Court Justices Do Not Seem to Be Getting Along
Collegiality is scarce, and tensions are apparent. #Surprised? #Not https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/01/supreme-court-justices-public-conflict/672494/

A Virginia legislative panel formed to study campaign finance reform failed to deliver its final report on Wednesday in yet another setback for advocates who say the cost of elections in the commonwealth is untenable. My latest at @opensecrets #Virginia #MoneyInPolitics #CampaignFinance

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2023/01/a-missed-opportunity-virginia-subcommittee-on-campaign-finance-reform-has-little-to-show-after-2-year-study/

[ARTICLE UNPAYWALLED] The New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: Television Stars

#climate #electrification #MoneyInPolitics
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/11/climate/climate-propane-influence-campaign.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqIhkSVUaAibeWdkipwGLwvPLwbk1mnK7NDKSUT9EwqEUBYaE5krLbqcmbNI2xz2aS9kHMKMqQLY66N5jCHFXalvipIqYytNCKj8pqIm3UyRs1M7DDL5i-3q3YGTgbbonnOD67h_Xb329Cqfb2XInLQk285p1ZBr9jyxzs6TPGu5x3Nd13u5wRcwpAGddO1TZ-qXgGB58O9-ZbxnD6gFQWOpRWjzbn9X0-KtXOUwJSgqAFCUjlD56vNBMO9oXPrL9LwogfKf-grYRD29pLuS5FqjdaWSf8uVN5a6IOJRKjEQ

Loving the new state #BallotMeasure page @opensecrets. ⬇️

In 2022, ballot measure committees raised $988M. Nearly half of that went to committees supporting or opposing #gambling measures in #California. #MoneyInPolitics

https://www.opensecrets.org/ballot-measures

Anyone who wants to see who gives to your “favorite” US politician, look here:

https://www.followthemoney.org/

Want an easy way to US legislation (I feel most state websites intentionally suck)? You can set alerts here for keywords, sponsors, etc:

https://www.billtrack50.com

#politics #MoneyInPolitics

From Roll Call: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), the Energy and Commerce Committee's incoming chairwoman, said she will prioritize #Oil&Gas permitting reform. Earlier this year, she sponsored legislation to approve the #Keystone XL pipeline and resume oil and gas leasing on federal lands and in federal waters.

According to data collected by @opensecrets, the oil and gas industry ranked fourth among Rodgers' industry donors this cycle. #MoneyInPolitics

https://rollcall.com/2022/12/19/energy-and-commerce-agenda-more-support-for-fossil-fuels/?utm_source=morningheadlines&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletters&utm_content=12/19/2022

Latest: The Biden administration approved plans to build the nation’s largest oil export terminal off the Gulf Coast of Texas last month — a move that comes after the project’s developer expanded its federal lobbying operation, an OpenSecrets analysis of Enterprise Products Partners’ lobbying disclosures found. #MoneyInPolitics #Lobbying #Oil #Climate

https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/12/biden-administration-approved-offshore-oil-project-following-lobbying-push/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twitt_biden-oil/12/5/22

🚨Copenhagen Money in Politics #Conference Returns🚨
We're happy and proud to announce that the second #MoneyInPolitics conference will be held on June 15-16 2023 at EGB at Copenhagen Business School. This year's event was fantastic with a lot of cutting edge research.

Link to the call: bit.ly/3Xpb8s7 Limited travel funding will be available. Please share widely & submit your paper. #economics #socialscience #politicalscience @politicalscience

The National Turkey Federation gave $340,000 to federal #candidates, according to @opensecrets data. It's contributed $2.9 million since 1990 and spent more than $3 million on #lobbying efforts since 1998. https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/national-turkey-federation/summary?toprecipcycle=2022&contribcycle=2022&lobcycle=2022&outspendcycle=2022&id=D000027897&topnumcycle=A

The annual presidential #turkey #pardon "is basically the biggest public-relations stunt of the year for the turkey lobby," writes Domenic Montanaro for #NPR. https://www.npr.org/2019/11/26/782716688/i-beg-your-pardon-the-strange-history-presidents-sparing-turkeys

#thanksgiving #pr #lobbying #moneyinpolitics

Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC aligned with Republican Senate leadership, just dropped $6.3 million on online, tv and radio ads opposing Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.)

It's the super PAC's biggest buy since the Senate race in Georgia advanced to a runoff.

#georgia #senate #runoff #warnock #walker #moneyinpolitics #2022midterm #election
https://docquery.fec.gov/pdf/962/202211189546827962/202211189546827962.pdf

"Growth of campaign spending" is the top management and performance challenge facing the Federal Election Commission in 2023, according to a new inspector general report.

That's followed by "Identifying and regulating unlawful foreign contributions."

#federal #campaigns #election #fec #moneyinpolitics #money #foreigninfluence https://www.fec.gov/resources/cms-content/documents/FY-2023-Mgmt-Challenges.pdf