Trade Groups Decline to Cut Off GOP Objectors Sludge asked over two dozen corporate trade associations if they would follow their member companies in cutting off PAC donations to the Republican election objectors. Most declined to say they would.
Companies Are Pausing Their PACs, But Their Trade Groups Aren’t Dozens of companies paused their PAC donations to Republican election objectors, but a loophole could continue sending them funds through corporate trade associations.
Eleven Years Later, Democrats Will Try Again to Address Citizens United’s Dark Money Problem Both chambers of Congress are planning to vote on the For the People Act, which would force dark money groups to reveal their donors.
Biden’s Huge Inaugural Donations Would be Banned Under Democrats’ Ethics Bill Government watchdog groups called on Biden's presidential inaugural committee to reject million-dollar donations from corporations seeking to influence the new administration.
Companies Pause PACs While Fighting Democracy Reforms Many of the companies that grabbed headlines by suspending their PAC donations after the assault on the Capitol Building are members of industry groups that oppose ethics and campaign finance reforms.
Revealing Money and Power Networks in North Carolina Campaigns A spatial analysis of campaign finance data reveals a 2020 statehouse landscape awash in cash as Democrats tried new efforts to win seats ahead of redistricting.
GOP Groups Go Negative After Facebook Lifts Ad Ban for Georgia A look at the political ads Georgia voters are seeing on Facebook as they head to the polls in the runoff Senate elections.