FEC Guts Anti-Corruption Law That Separates Super PACs and Candidates Super PACs are supposed to be completely independent from candidates, but the FEC just approved a plan to let them collaborate on joint fundraising committees.
Dark Money Floods in to State Elections, Revealing Cracks in Disclosure Laws Political spending in state elections by LLC's and nonprofit groups has surged in the decade since Citizens United, but some states are leading the way in strengthening disclosure laws around who’s buying and funding campaign ads.
Campaign to Overturn Citizens United Keeps Racking Up Wins Seventeen more Wisconsin communities recently endorsed a constitutional amendment to get big money out of politics, bringing the state total of passed referendums to 163 and the nationwide total to 820.